Search results for "Health service"

Framtidas eldre - hva mener de egentlig om velferdsteknologi? : En studie om holdninger til teknologi i morgendagens helsetjeneste

2017

Masteroppgave i helse- og sosialinformatikk HSI500 - Universitetet i Agder 2017 Background: In 2040 the number of elderly (< 80 years) will double. Welfare technology is introduced as one of the solutions to the challenges health care is facing (Parliamentary report 29 (2012-2013)). There is little data on the elderly’s attitudes about services in the years to come and their attitudes toward welfare technology.Aim: The aim of the study was to mapattitudes towardwelfare technology among the future generation of elderlyin the municipality of Grimstad, as well as to assess predictors for positivetechnology attitudes.Research method: On the basis of Theory of planned behavior (Ajzen, 1985),aque…

Quality evaluation in public services: statistical modelling for effective management.

1999

The relationship between context, structure, and processes with outcomes of 6 regional diabetes networks in Europe

2018

BackgroundWhile health service provisioning for the chronic condition Type 2 Diabetes (T2D) often involves a network of organisations and professionals, most evidence on the relationships between the structures and processes of service provisioning and the outcomes considers single organisations or solo practitioners. Extending Donabedian's Structure-Process-Outcome (SPO) model, we investigate how differences in quality of life, effective coverage of diabetes, and service satisfaction are associated with differences in the structures, processes, and context of T2D services in six regions in Finland, Germany, Greece, Netherlands, Spain, and UK.MethodsData collection consisted of: a) systemat…

20 years of health promotion research in the Nordic countries : Health, wellbeing and physical activity

2018

Elintapaohjauksen lähtökohtia korkeassa diabetesriskissä olevilla henkilöillä tyypin 2 diabeteksen ehkäisyn toimeenpanohankkeessa (D2D) : elintapaohj…

2012

Effects of home-based physical exercise on days at home, healthcare utilization and functional independence among patients with hip fractures : a ran…

2021

Objective To evaluate the effects of a physical exercise program on days lived at home, the use and costs of healthcare and social services mortality and functional independence among patients with hip fractures. Design Randomized controlled trial with parallel two-group design, consisting of a 12-month intervention and 12-month registry follow-up. Setting Home-based intervention. Participants Patients with operated hip fracture, living at home, aged ≥60 years, randomized into physical-exercise (n=61) or usual-care (n=60) groups. Intervention Supervised physical exercise twice a week. Main Outcome Measures The primary outcome was the number of days lived at home over 24 months. Secondary ou…

Terveys- ja hyvinvointiteknologian sovelluksia ikääntyneiden terveyden edistämisessä ja kustannusvaikuttavien palvelujen kehittämisessä

2018

Hvilke faktorer påvirker IPLOS registreringen i primærhelsetjeneste?

2019

Masteroppgave helse- og sosialinformatikk HSI500 - Universitetet i Agder 2019 Background: According to the «Regulations on pseudonymous register for individual health and care statistics»the municipality sector commits itself to registertheir services and patients in the municipalities. Based on this, a registration system was developed which is integrated into the EPR systems used in the municipal sectors. IPLOS is the registry where all data is collected and used for statistics and distribution of earmarked funds. Reporting to the IPLOS registry is an imposed task that can pose a number of challenges for the health personnel who perform the registrations.Purpose:The purpose of the assignm…

Physiotherapists’ validating and invalidating communication before and after participating in brief cognitive functional therapy training : Test of c…

2021

Objective The aim of this study was to investigate physiotherapists’ validating and invalidating communication, before and after brief Cognitive Functional Therapy (CFT) training that included a session on validation skills. Associations between validation/invalidation and the characteristics of the interviews and physiotherapists were also explored. Methods Eighteen physiotherapists treating patients with low back pain participated in the study. The study had a within-group design in which validation and invalidation for physiotherapists were rated before and after training using a reliable observational scale. We also collected data on interview length and physiotherapists’ and patients’ …