Amanda Hellström, Doctoral student
Sustainable Active Ageing / Caring Science
titles
RN, Doctoral student
Department/unit
Blekinge Institute of Technology
School of Health Science
SE-371 79 Karlskrona
Sweden
Phone: +46 73 346 30 67
E-mail: Amanda.hellstrom@bth.se
title of Thesis work
Insomnia in elderly persons - How to assess insomnia and promote sleep in health care settings by nursing interventions
Overall aim of the thesis
The overall aim for the thesis is to evaluate the evidence of nursing interventions that ameliorate sleep in health care settings and to test a screening tool for insomnia in elderly persons. Futhermore, the aim is to explore sleep habits and sleep quality of elderly persons, to describe nursing care routines related to daily activities and sleep in a residential care facility and to test the effect of a non-pharmacological intervention for sleep promotion on sleep quality and insomnia symptoms.
Dissertation plan and preliminary time schedule
Preliminary dissertation in autumn 2013
Main supervisor
Name: Ania Willman
Title: Professor
Affiliation: School of Health Science, Blekinge Institute of Technology
E-mail: ania.willman@bth.se
Assistant supervisors
Name: Anna Condelius
Title: Post-doc
Affiliation: Department of Health Sciences, Lund University, SE-220 00 Lund, Sweden
E-mail: anna.condelius@med.lu.se
Name: Cecilia Fagerström
Title: Senior Lecturer, PhD
Affiliation: School of Health Science, Blekinge Institute of Technology
E-mail: cecilia.fagerstrom@bth.se
peer reviewed publications
Hellström, A. Fagerström C. & Willman, A. (2011) Promoting sleep by non-pharmacological nursing interventions in health care settings. A systematic review. Worldwiews on Evidence-Based Nursing. Volume: 8, Issue 3, pages 128-142
Fagerström, C. & Hellström, A. (2011) Sleep complaints and their association with comorbidity and Health Related Quality of Life in a Swedish older population. Aging & Mental Health, Vol. 15, No. 2, March 2011, 204-213
Hellström, A., Hagell, P., Fagerström, C. & Willman, A. Measurement of the Minimal Insomnia Symptom Scale (MISS) in anelderly population in Sweden. BMC Geriatrics 2010, 10:84
Networks
Svensk Förening för Sömnforskning och Sömnmedicin (SFSS), www.swedishsleepresearch.com
Nätverket för sömn och hälsa, www.swenurse.se/somnohalsa
Professional background/interests
I started my professional career in 2000, as a nurse at the surgical clinic at a hospital in southeast of Sweden. My experience includes both caring for patients undergoing various surgical and urological procedures and medical examination and consultations as a surgical practice nurse. In 2005 I was awarded a graduate diploma in General Health Care Specialist Nursing - Surgical Nursing. Since 2007 I have an employment School of Health Science, Blekinge Institute of Technology. I am a member of the research group "Care of the elderly, long term diseases and palliative care" at Lund University http://portal.omv.lu.se/Portal/forskning/research_areas/01_area, where I participate in seminars.
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