Suzana Johansson, Doctoral student

Sustainable Active Ageing / Caring Science

Titles

RN, MSc, Doctoral student

Department/unit

Blekinge Institute of Technology
School of Health Science
SE-371 79 Karlskrona
Sweden
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Title of Thesis work

Self-care and Depression in Older People with Heart failure.

Overall aim of the thesis

This project aims to describe the short-and long-term correlation between knowledge of personal illness and the risk of depression and mortality, and describe factors that influence self-care. The short- and long-term effects of an intervention containing disclosure about, and support of, self-care at home will also be examined.

Dissertation plan and preliminary time schedule

2012-2016

Main supervisor

Name: Cecilia Fagerström
Titles: Associate Professor in Caring Science
Affiliation: School of Health Science, Blekinge Institute of Technology
E-mail: cecilia.fagerstrom@bth.se

Supervisors

Name: Johan Berglund
Titles: Professor in Public Health Science
Affiliation: School of Health Science, Blekinge Institute of Technology
E-mail: johan.berglund@bth.se

Name: Arkadiusz Siennicki-Lantz
Title: Chief Physician
Affiliation: Division of Geriatric Medicine, Lund University
E-mail: Arkadiusz.Siennicki-Lantz@med.lu.se

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