Högskolan i Skövde

his.sePublications
Planned maintenance
A system upgrade is planned for 10/12-2024, at 12:00-13:00. During this time DiVA will be unavailable.
Change search
CiteExportLink to record
Permanent link

Direct link
Cite
Citation style
  • apa
  • apa-cv
  • ieee
  • modern-language-association-8th-edition
  • vancouver
  • Other style
More styles
Language
  • de-DE
  • en-GB
  • en-US
  • fi-FI
  • nn-NO
  • nn-NB
  • sv-SE
  • Other locale
More languages
Output format
  • html
  • text
  • asciidoc
  • rtf
Att sitta fast i ett mörkt svart hål: Upplevelser av att leva med depression
University of Skövde, School of Health and Education. anci.odhe@odhes.com.
2017 (Swedish)Independent thesis Basic level (degree of Bachelor), 10 credits / 15 HE creditsStudent thesisAlternative title
To live in a dark black hole : Experiences from living with depression (English)
Abstract [sv]

Bakgrund: Depression beskrivs som en folksjukdom i Sverige och det uppskattas att den psykiska ohälsan kommer att öka. Det är viktigt att sjuksköterskan erhåller kunskap om patienters upplevelse av att leva med depression för att kunna utgå från ett patientperspektiv och ge bästa möjliga omvårdnad.

Syfte: Syftet var att beskriva hur patienter upplever att leva med depression.

Metod: En kvalitativ studie genomfördes med en innebördsanalys baserad på sju självbiografier.

Resultat: Resultatet presenteras i fyra teman; Att förlora fotfästet, Att uppleva sammanhang och stöd respektive icke stöd, Att hitta egna sätt att hantera depressionen och ensamhet och Att ta emot vård kan upplevas både positivt och negativt.

Konklusion: Depression kan vara så djup att patientens ansträngning att ta sig ur depressionen endast fördjupar den. Mer information och utbildning behövs till vårdpersonal, anhöriga och patient för att minska stigmatisering av sjukdomen och den bristande kunskap som finns om hur det är att leva med depression.

Abstract [en]

Background: Depression is described as a widespread disease in Sweden and it is estimated that mental illness will increase. It is important that the nurse obtains knowledge of the patient's experience of living with depression in order to work from a patient's perspective and provide the best possible care.

Aim: The objective was to describe experiences of patients suffering from depression.

Method: A qualitative study was conducted using a content analysis based on seven autobiographies.

Results: The results are presented in four themes; Losing the grip, To experience the context and support and non-support, To find their own ways to deal with depression and loneliness and To receive care can be experienced both positive and negative.

Conclusion: Depression can be so severe that the patient’s attempting to self-soothe only worsens it. Health professionals, patients and relatives need more information and education to decrease the stigma of depression and increase knowledge about what it is like to live with depression.

Place, publisher, year, edition, pages
2017. , p. 25
Keywords [en]
care, depression, experience, patient perspective, support
Keywords [sv]
depression, patientperspektiv, stöd, upplevelse, vård
National Category
Nursing
Identifiers
URN: urn:nbn:se:his:diva-13525OAI: oai:DiVA.org:his-13525DiVA, id: diva2:1091097
Subject / course
Nursing/Nursing Science
Educational program
Nursing - Study Programme
Supervisors
Examiners
Available from: 2017-05-08 Created: 2017-04-25 Last updated: 2017-05-08Bibliographically approved

Open Access in DiVA

fulltext(1249 kB)379 downloads
File information
File name FULLTEXT01.pdfFile size 1249 kBChecksum SHA-512
1621113ba7e2d315e9d8591b036b70118eda1f069e6250ab1a72843fb980f5c061fd0d8102ca5dc75376dda3f13eef5520c569cade7646e7ed731adb42f92be9
Type fulltextMimetype application/pdf

Search in DiVA

By author/editor
Odhe Ydergren, Ann-Christine
By organisation
School of Health and Education
Nursing

Search outside of DiVA

GoogleGoogle Scholar
Total: 379 downloads
The number of downloads is the sum of all downloads of full texts. It may include eg previous versions that are now no longer available

urn-nbn

Altmetric score

urn-nbn
Total: 453 hits
CiteExportLink to record
Permanent link

Direct link
Cite
Citation style
  • apa
  • apa-cv
  • ieee
  • modern-language-association-8th-edition
  • vancouver
  • Other style
More styles
Language
  • de-DE
  • en-GB
  • en-US
  • fi-FI
  • nn-NO
  • nn-NB
  • sv-SE
  • Other locale
More languages
Output format
  • html
  • text
  • asciidoc
  • rtf