The European Heart Failure Self‐care Behaviour scale revised into a nine‐item scale (EHFScB‐9): a reliable and valid international instrument

T Jaarsma, KF Årestedt, J Mårtensson… - European journal of …, 2009 - Wiley Online Library
Aims Improved self‐care is the goal of many heart failure (HF) management programmes.
The 12‐item European Heart Failure Self‐Care Behaviour Scale (EHFScB scale) was …

[HTML][HTML] Associations between fear of COVID-19, mental health, and preventive behaviours across pregnant women and husbands: an actor-partner interdependence …

DK Ahorsu, V Imani, CY Lin, T Timpka… - International Journal of …, 2020 - Springer
The present cross-sectional study examined the actor-partner interdependence effect of fear
of COVID-19 among Iranian pregnant women and their husbands and its association with …

[HTML][HTML] Is the Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale (HADS) a valid measure in a general population 65–80 years old? A psychometric evaluation study

I Djukanovic, J Carlsson, K Årestedt - Health and quality of life outcomes, 2017 - Springer
Abstract Background The HADS (Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale) aims to measure
symptoms of anxiety (HADS Anxiety) and depression (HADS Depression). The HADS is …

Nurses' attitudes about the importance of families in nursing care: a survey of Swedish nurses

E Benzein, P Johansson, KF Årestedt… - Journal of family …, 2008 - journals.sagepub.com
The purpose of this study was to investigate the attitudes of registered nurses (RNs) about
the importance of involving families in nursing care. A sample of 634 randomly selected …

Exploring factors and caregiver outcomes associated with feelings of preparedness for caregiving in family caregivers in palliative care: a correlational, cross-sectional …

A Henriksson, K Årestedt - Palliative medicine, 2013 - journals.sagepub.com
Background: Family caregivers in palliative care often report feeling insufficiently prepared
to handle the caregiver role. Preparedness has been confirmed as a variable that may …

Postoperative recovery from the perspective of day surgery patients: a phenomenographic study

K Berg, K Årestedt, K Kjellgren - International journal of nursing studies, 2013 - Elsevier
Background Today, many patients undergo surgical procedures in a day surgery setting.
The shift from inpatient care to care at the patients' own home following discharge places …

[HTML][HTML] A national study of patient safety culture in hospitals in Sweden

M Danielsson, P Nilsen, H Rutberg… - Journal of patient …, 2019 - journals.lww.com
Objective Using the Hospital Survey on Patient Culture, our aim was to investigate the
patient safety culture in all Swedish hospitals and to compare the culture among managers …

Numeric rating scale: patients' perceptions of its use in postoperative pain assessments

K Eriksson, L Wikström, K Årestedt, B Fridlund… - Applied nursing …, 2014 - Elsevier
Aim The purpose of this study was to describe how patients perceive the use of the numeric
rating scale in postoperative pain assessments. Background There are recommendations to …

Families' importance in nursing care: Nurses' attitudes—an instrument development

E Benzein, P Johansson, KF Årestedt… - Journal of Family …, 2008 - journals.sagepub.com
This article describes the development and testing of a research instrument, Families'
Importance in Nursing Care—Nurses' Attitudes (FINC-NA), designed to measure nurses' …

[HTML][HTML] The Swedish version of the multidimensional scale of perceived social support (MSPSS)-a psychometric evaluation study in women with hirsutism and …

M Ekbäck, E Benzein, M Lindberg… - Health and quality of life …, 2013 - Springer
Abstract Background The Multidimensional Scale of Perceived Social Support (MSPSS) is a
short instrument, developed to assess perceived social support. The original English version …