Essays about: "patient’s experience"

Showing result 6 - 10 of 314 essays containing the words patient’s experience.

  1. 6. The experiences of older HIV/AIDS patients : A descriptive literature review

    University essay from Högskolan i Gävle/Avdelningen för vårdvetenskap

    Author : Jiawen Lu; Xinting Yu; [2023]
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    Abstract : Background: The number of older people living with HIV/AIDS is increasing year byyear. With the ageing of society and advances in anti-HIV/AIDS treatment programmes,HIV/AIDS infection among older persons (over 45 years of age) is increasing at anunusual and unprecedented rate and is receiving increasing attention. READ MORE

  2. 7. The experiences of patients with idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis : A descriptive review

    University essay from Högskolan i Gävle/Avdelningen för vårdvetenskap

    Author : Ting Cen; Shuting Yang; [2023]
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    Abstract : Background: Idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis was previously considered a rare disease,but now the incidence and mortality of pulmonary fibrosis are increasing.Epidemiological studies have shown that the prevalence of the disesse has increased yearby year in the past 20 to 30 years. READ MORE

  3. 8. Living with epilepsy - the experiences of adult people : A descriptive literature review

    University essay from Högskolan i Gävle/Avdelningen för vårdvetenskap

    Author : Wenjing Gu; JiaFeng Wu; [2023]
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    Abstract : Background: Epilepsy is a common serious chronic neurological disease, and peoplewith epilepsy not only suffer physical pain caused by the disease itself but also sufferfrom a range of complex psychological problems. Epilepsy is a chronic nervous systemdisease that needs a life-long treatment. READ MORE

  4. 9. Experiences of having a stroke in young and middleaged patients : A descriptive review

    University essay from Högskolan i Gävle/Avdelningen för vårdvetenskap

    Author : Yuanyuan Lei; Wei Xia; [2023]
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    Abstract : Background: As the second leading cause of death and the third leading cause ofdisability in the world, stroke is more and more common among young people, and itsprevalence and incidence rate are also increasing. However, compared to elderly strokepatients, young and middle-aged patients often play important social and family rolesand face different challenges. READ MORE

  5. 10. A Machine Learning Approach to Skin Cancer Delineation on Photoacoustic Imaging

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Fysiska institutionen; Lunds universitet/Beräkningsbiologi och biologisk fysik - Genomgår omorganisation

    Author : Alice Fracchia; [2023]
    Keywords : Skin cancer; carcinoma; photoacoustic imaging; ultrasound imaging; machine learning; dimensionality reduction; sandpiles algorithm; active contour; multilayer perception MLP ; convolutional neural networks CNN ; autoencoder; Physics and Astronomy;

    Abstract : Skin cancer is a growing public health concern due to its prevalence among the population. Current clinical procedures require high invasiveness and multiple surgeries, which are responsible for patient discomfort and high medical expenses. READ MORE