Anna Forsberg

ORCID: 0000-0002-5410-0723
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Research Areas
  • Palliative Care and End-of-Life Issues
  • Transplantation: Methods and Outcomes
  • Renal Transplantation Outcomes and Treatments
  • Organ Donation and Transplantation
  • Organ Transplantation Techniques and Outcomes
  • Grief, Bereavement, and Mental Health
  • Family and Patient Care in Intensive Care Units
  • Nursing Diagnosis and Documentation
  • Polyomavirus and related diseases
  • Emergency and Acute Care Studies
  • Social and Educational Sciences
  • Childhood Cancer Survivors' Quality of Life
  • Heart Failure Treatment and Management
  • Liver Disease and Transplantation
  • Trauma and Emergency Care Studies
  • Hip and Femur Fractures
  • Patient Safety and Medication Errors
  • Organ and Tissue Transplantation Research
  • Geriatric Care and Nursing Homes
  • Patient-Provider Communication in Healthcare
  • Health Literacy and Information Accessibility
  • Intensive Care Unit Cognitive Disorders
  • Health Sciences Research and Education
  • Patient Satisfaction in Healthcare
  • Ethics and Legal Issues in Pediatric Healthcare

Lund University
2016-2025

Skåne University Hospital
2016-2025

Deakin University
2024

European Society for Organ Transplantation
2020-2023

Statistics Sweden
2023

Helsingborgs lasarett
2018

FoU Södertörn
2018

Linköping University
2016

Karlstad University
2016

Karolinska Institutet
2013

The aim of this study was to establish the top 10 research uncertainties in aortic dissection together with patient organization Aortic Dissection Association Scandinavia using James Lind Alliance concept.A pilot survey aiming identify sent 12 patients found have high content validity (scale index = 0.91). An online version thereafter 30 and 45 caregivers field dissection. Research were gathered, collated processed.Together priorities retrieved from five different current guidelines, 94...

10.1177/2050312118822632 article EN cc-by-nc SAGE Open Medicine 2019-01-01

Our knowledge of sports-related injuries in para-sport is limited and there are no data on how Paralympic athletes themselves perceive an injury. The aim this qualitative study was to explore athletes' perceptions their experiences injuries, risk factors preventive possibilities. Eighteen Swedish with vision impairment, intellectual spinal cord injury, cerebral palsy, myelomeningocele, dysplasia neuromuscular disorder, representing 10 different para-sports, were interviewed. phenomenographic...

10.1080/17461391.2016.1192689 article EN European Journal of Sport Science 2016-06-22

Background. Recruitment of living donors represents a medical and moral responsibility. Their motives are often complex. Categories factors causing concern were identified from previous in-depth interview study the literature. The aim present was to evaluate these motives.

10.1093/ndt/gfh138 article EN Nephrology Dialysis Transplantation 2004-03-05

Liver transplantation is a highly complex, life-saving, treatment for many patients with advanced liver disease. requires multidisciplinary teams, system-wide adaptations and significant investment, as well being an expensive treatment. Several metrics have been proposed to monitor processes outcomes, however these lack patient focus do not capture all aspects of the process. Most reported outcomes those that matter patients. Adopting principles Value-Based Health Care (VBHC), may provide...

10.3389/ti.2023.12190 article EN cc-by Transplant International 2024-01-25

ABSTRACT Aim To explore the meaning of adaptation after visceral transplantation in terms patient experiences, symptoms, self‐efficacy, transplant‐specific and mental well‐being. Design A convergent parallel mixed‐methods study, consisting interviews generic as well questionnaires. Results were integrated using meta‐inference. Methods The study comprises a population 17 transplant recipients Scandinavia, 12 women 5 men with mean age 40.6 years (range 19–63 years) an average follow‐up 9.4...

10.1111/jocn.17666 article EN cc-by-nc-nd Journal of Clinical Nursing 2025-01-24

Receiving an organ transplant provides people with opportunity to be healthy. When young receive transplants, they face unique challenges beyond the typical medical all patients experience. The overall goal of transplantation is health and life satisfaction. So, our research aimed describe main concerns among 14–25-year-old who have received transplants. Based on surveys, interviews, a workshop attended by 44 people, we identified nine major types concerns. In this article, will some these...

10.3389/frym.2025.1487876 article EN Frontiers for Young Minds 2025-02-27

Experiencing liver transplantation: a phenomenological approach In order to promote health, nurses and other health care professionals need discover articulate the meaning that is implicit in experiencing life after transplantation. From such an understanding, appropriate nursing interventions can be based. The aim of this study was investigate subjective experiences having transplant, 1 year After approval from ethics committee at Göteborg University, 12 patients, nine women three men, were...

10.1046/j.1365-2648.2000.01480.x article EN Journal of Advanced Nursing 2000-08-01

Earlier investigations of attitudes living kidney donors have been performed in retrospect. We saw a need to investigate depth those motives and feelings that are relevant potential donors. With phenomenologic approach, interviews were with 12 Seven categories identified: desire help, increased self-esteem from doing good deeds, identification the recipient, self-benefit relative's improved health, mere logic, external pressure, feeling moral duty. In individual, these interacted create...

10.1097/01.tp.0000087832.27092.4f article EN Transplantation 2003-10-27

Background: Patients’ non-adherence to immunosuppressant treatment after organ transplantation may lead failure, graft loss and death. Non-adherence among Swedish kidney transplant recipients has not previously been studied. Hence the aim of this study was explore by using self-report instruments as well testing hypothesis that there is a difference in self-reported symptoms, beliefs about medicine social support between respondents with or without self reported non-adherence.

10.2174/1874434601206010041 article EN cc-by The Open Nursing Journal 2012-04-04

The aim of this study was an in-depth investigation the change process experienced by patients undergoing bariatric surgery. A prospective interview performed prior to as well 1 and 2 years after Data analyses transcribed interviews were means Grounded Theory method. core category identified: Wishing for deburdening through a sustainable control over eating weight, comprising three related categories: hoping surgery, feeling deburdened practising physical restriction, trying maintain own...

10.3402/qhw.v6i1.5901 article EN International Journal of Qualitative Studies on Health and Well-Being 2011-01-01

BackgroundAs many as 88% of heart transplant recipients (HTRs) suffer from psychological distress. Both psychosocial factors and physical health are associated with increased However, the causes impacts distress unclear. HTRs strive for a sense control over their daily lives in order to improve well-being. Perceived was found be related patients' construction normality, emotional state, well thoughts feelings uncertainty about future.

10.1177/1474515116648240 article EN European Journal of Cardiovascular Nursing 2016-05-05

In an intensive care unit (ICU), privacy and proximity are reported to be important needs of dying patients their family members. It is assumed that good communication between the ICU team families about end-of-life decisions improves possibilities meeting families' needs, thus guaranteeing a dignified peaceful death in accordance with guidelines. The aim this study was explore circumstances under which die Swedish ICUs by reporting on presence whether private or shared rooms. An additional...

10.1111/j.1399-6576.2006.01250.x article EN Acta Anaesthesiologica Scandinavica 2007-03-14

To present data on Swedish ICU nurses' attitudes to brain death and organ donation test a questionnaire designed explore these issues in terms of validity reliability.Previous studies have identified various barriers donation. The single most important factor was the attitude staff.A 34-item instrument developed experiences donation.The sent 50% nurses Sweden (n = 1013) response rate 69% 702). expected scale dimensionality examined both by explorative principal component analysis...

10.1111/j.1365-2702.2011.03756.x article EN Journal of Clinical Nursing 2011-05-12

Persons with Parkinson’s disease (PD) need to adapt their progressive disability achieve and maintain a high degree of life satisfaction (LS), but little is known about the meaning LS adaptation. This study aimed gain an in-depth understanding adaptation in persons PD. Open-ended interviews were performed 13 diagnosed PD, 9 women, 3 men, one non-binary person (mean age 54 years, mean time since diagnosis 3.4 years). The analyzed using phenomenological–hermeneutic approach. participants...

10.3390/ijerph18063308 article EN International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health 2021-03-23

Symptom distress and impaired psychological well-being after liver transplantation may lead to limitations in everyday activities lowered health-related quality of life. The aim this nationwide, descriptive, cross-sectional study was explore self-reported symptom occurrence distress, among Danish transplant recipients, their association with as well demographic, clinical characteristics. Liver recipients transplanted from 1990 2022 were included. All asked complete the Organ Transplant...

10.3389/fpsyg.2024.1354706 article EN cc-by Frontiers in Psychology 2024-03-13
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