Constipation in palliative care: Prevalence, definitions, symptom distress and risk-factors
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LIST OF PAPERS INTRODUCTION ................................................................................1 BACKGROUND ..................................................................................2 Palliative care ................................................................................................ 2 Symptoms in palliative care ......................................................................... 3 Constipation .................................................................................................. 4 Definition of constipation ............................................................................. 5 Causes of constipation .................................................................................. 7 Prevalence and assessment of constipation in palliative care................... 9 Nursing theory............................................................................................. 11 The concept of nursing ............................................................................... 11 RATIONALE ......................................................................................14 AIMS ...................................................................................................15 METHODS .........................................................................................16 Design ........................................................................................................... 16 Participants and procedure ....................................................................... 16 Development of the study questionnaire .................................................. 18 Statistical analysis ....................................................................................... 21 Ethical considerations ................................................................................ 22 RESULTS ............................................................................................24 Prevalence, definition and patient-perceived symptom distress (I) ....... 25 Factors related to constipation when applying different definitions (II). ................................................................................................................ 28 DISCUSSION .....................................................................................30 Methodological issues and limitations ...................................................... 35 Clinical implications ................................................................................... 37 Future research ........................................................................................... 38 CONCLUSION ...................................................................................40 SUMMARY IN SWEDISH ...............................................................41 ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS ..............................................................47 REFERENCE LIST ...........................................................................48
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