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

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

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

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