When time does not heal all wounds: three decades’ experience of immigrants living in Sweden
Aim To investigate how immigrants from the Balkan region experienced their current life situation after living in Sweden for 30 years or more. Methods The study was designed as a qualitative study using data from interviews with informants from five Balkan countries. The inclusion criteria were informants who were immigrants to Sweden and had ...
By Ferid Krupić, Monika Moravcova, Emina Dervišević, Svemir Čustović, Kemal Grbić, Parvaneh Lindström
Experience of nurses in assessing postoperative pain in hip fracture patients suffering from dementia in nursing homes
Aim To explore the experiences of registered nurses in assessing postoperative pain in hip fracture patients suffering from dementia in nursing homes. Methods The study was designed as a qualitative study using data from a self-reported questionnaire form. Data were collected through the self-administered questionnaire with 23 questions, mainly add...
By Ferid Krupić, Mirza Bišćević, Emina Spahić, Amila Jašarević, Mahir Jašarević, Kemal Grbić, Eric Hamrin-Senorski, Eleonor Svantesson, Svemir Čustović, Olof Westin
Communication and assessment of pain in hip fracture patients with dementia - experiences of healthcare professionals at an accident and emergency department in Sweden
Aim To describe the experience of healthcare professionals in assessing pain and communication in patients with hip fractures and dementia in an emergency department. Methods Data were collected through focus group interviews using open-ended questions, following an interview guide and qualitative content analysis. Twenty one registered nurses part...
By Nail Seffo, Eric Hamrin Senorski, Olof Westin, Eleonor Svantesson, Ferid Krupić
Preoperative tumour size as a predictor of the presence of lymphovascular invasion in lung adenocarcinoma
Aim To examine whether preoperative tumour size may serve as a biomarker for the occurrence of lymphovascular invasion (LVI) in centrally and peripherally located lung adenocarcinoma. Method The study included 261 patients surgically treated for diagnosed lung adenocarcinoma. A ROC curve was used to determine the biomarker potential of tumour size ...
By Kemal Grbić, Bakir Mehić, Dalma Udovičić-Gagula, Amina Valjevac, Adem Ćemerlić, Ferid Krupić
Ethnic differences in the perception of pain: a systematic review of qualitative and quantitative research
Aim To investigate existence of scientific support for linking differences in the experience of pain to ethnicity. Methods The study was designed as a systematic literature review of qualitative and quantitative studies. The inclusion criteria were scientific studies published in scientific journals and written in English. Studies that described ch...
By Ferid Krupić, Svemir Čustović, Mahir Jašarević, Sahmir Šadić, Mirsad Fazlić, Kemal Grbic, Kristian Samuelsson
Immigrant patients in brief meetings with anaesthetist nurses – experiences from perioperative meetings in the orthopaedic setting
Aim To explore the experience of anaesthetist nurses in brief meetings with immigrant patients in the perioperative setting. Methods The study was conducted through open individualised interviews using open-ended questions. Eighteen anaesthetist nurses (six men and twelve women) participated in the interviews. Their age varied between 35 and 65 and...
By Ferid Krupić, Kemal Grbić, Svemir Čustović, Eric Hamrin Senorski, Kristian Samuelsson
The experience of nurse anaesthetists in assessing postoperative pain in orthopaedic patients
Aim To explore the experiences of anaesthesia nurses in assessing postoperative pain in patients undergoing total hip and/or knee arthroplasty. MethodsData were collected through four focus group interviews (FGI) using the critical incident technique (CIT). The participants were six men and 12 women, all registered nurses with further education in ...
By Ferid Krupić, Kemal Grbić, Mirza Bišćević, Mahir Jašarević, Svemir Čustović, Sebastian S. Mukka
Experience of registered nurses in assessing postoperative pain in hip fracture patients with dementia
Aim To explore the experience of registered nurses in assessing pain in hip fracture in patients with dementia in the postoperative setting. Methods The study questionnaire contained 23 items mainly addressing demographic and social data, information about communication and pain assessment, attention and awareness of the health-care professionals o...
By Ferid Krupić, Sahmir Sadić, Nail Seffo, Mirza Bišćevic, Mirsad Fazlić, Svemir Čustović, Kristian Samuelsson
The predictive value of the clinical sign of limited hip abduction for developmental dysplasia of the hip (DDH)
Aim To assess the relationship between the clinical sign of limited hip abduction and developmental dysplasia of the hip (DDH). Methods A research was conducted on 450 newborns at the Neonatal Unit at the Clinic of Gynaecology and Obstetrics and the Orthopaedics and Traumatology Clinic of the University Clinical Centre, Tuzla, between 30 th August ...
By Svemir Čustović, Sahmir Šadić, Aleksandar Vujadinović, Asmir Hrustić, Mahir Jašarević, Amer Čustović, Ferid Krupić
The effect of changing one’s country of residence on the decision to become an organ donor: the experience of religious immigrant women living in Sweden
Aim To explore and elucidate women's knowledge of and willingness to take part in organ donation, and to explore if their opinions were changed by coming to Sweden. Methods The study was designed as a qualitative study using data from interviews with women from Bosnia and Herzegovina, Macedonia, Croatia and Kosovo. The inclusion criteria were women...
By Ferid Krupić, Sahmir Šadić, Svemir Čustović, Mahir Jašarević, Mirsad Fazlić, Kristian Samuelsson