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Adherence to medication according to sex and age in the CHARM programme.

Granger BB, Ekman I, Granger CB, Ostergren J, Olofsson B, Michelson E, McMurray JJ, Yusuf S, Pfeffer MA, Swedberg K.

Eur J Heart Fail. 2009 Nov;11(11):1092-8.PMID: 19875409 [PubMed - in process]Related articles

A cost-effectiveness study of a patient-centred integrated care pathway.

Olsson LE, Hansson E, Ekman I, Karlsson J.

J Adv Nurs. 2009 Aug;65(8):1626-35. Epub 2009 Jun 1.PMID: 19493145 [PubMed - in process]Related articles

A Qualitative Descriptive Study of the Work of Adherence to a Chronic Heart Failure Regimen: Patient and Physician Perspectives.

Granger BB, Sandelowski M, Tahshjain H, Swedberg K, Ekman I.

J Cardiovasc Nurs. 2009 May 21. [Epub ahead of print]PMID: 19465865 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]Related articles

Relationship between blood pressure levels and adherence to medication in patients with chronic heart failure: how come?

Mohammadi M, Ekman I, Schaufelberger M.

Vasc Health Risk Manag. 2009;5(1):13-9. Epub 2009 Apr 8.PMID: 19436649 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articlesFree article

Palliative care in heart failure: a position statement from the palliative care workshop of the Heart Failure Association of the European Society of Cardiology.

Jaarsma T, Beattie JM, Ryder M, Rutten FH, McDonagh T, Mohacsi P, Murray SA, Grodzicki T, Bergh I, Metra M, Ekman I, Angermann C, Leventhal M, Pitsis A, Anker SD, Gavazzi A, Ponikowski P, Dickstein K, Delacretaz E, Blue L, Strasser F, McMurray J; Advanced Heart Failure Study Group of the HFA of the ESC.

Eur J Heart Fail. 2009 May;11(5):433-43. Review.PMID: 19386813 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Reported Adherence and Social Support Among Immigrants Compared to Native Swedes.

Hedemalm A, Schaufelberger M, Ekman I.

J Immigr Minor Health. 2009 Mar 3. [Epub ahead of print]PMID: 19255854 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]Related articles

The Iranian version of Angina Pectoris characteristics questionnaire: reliability assessment.

Najafi-Ghezeljeh T, Kassaye Tessama M, Yadavar-Nikravesh M, Ekman I, Emami A.

J Clin Nurs. 2009 Mar;18(5):694-9.PMID: 19239536 [PubMed - in process]Related articles

Design evaluation of a home-based telecare system for Chronic Heart Failure patients.

Gund A, Ekman I, Lindecrantz K, Sjoqvist BA, Staaf EL, Thorneskold N.

Conf Proc IEEE Eng Med Biol Soc. 2008;2008:5851-4.PMID: 19164048 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Adaptation and validation of the Iranian version of Angina Pectoris characteristics questionnaire.

Najafi-Ghezeljeh T, Ekman I, Nikravesh MY, Emami A.

Int J Nurs Pract. 2008 Dec;14(6):470-6.PMID: 19126076 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

It's up to me! Experiences of living with pre-diabetes and the increased risk of developing type 2 diabetes mellitus.

Andersson S, Ekman I, Lindblad U, Friberg F.

Prim Care Diabetes. 2008 Dec;2(4):187-93. Epub 2008 Nov 8.PMID: 18996075 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Considering patient non-participation in health care.

Eldh AC, Ekman I, Ehnfors M.

Health Expect. 2008 Sep;11(3):263-71.PMID: 18816322 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Fatigue in patients with chronic heart failure - a burden associated with emotional and symptom distress.

Falk K, Patel H, Swedberg K, Ekman I.

Eur J Cardiovasc Nurs. 2009 Jun;8(2):91-6. Epub 2008 Aug 20.PMID: 18715830 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Symptom recognition and health care seeking among immigrants and native Swedish patients with heart failure.

Hedemalm A, Schaufelberger M, Ekman I.

BMC Nurs. 2008 Jun 30;7:9.PMID: 18590538 [PubMed - in process]Related articlesFree article

Home care as an option in worsening chronic heart failure -- a pilot study to evaluate feasibility, quality adjusted life years and cost-effectiveness.

Patel H, Shafazand M, Ekman I, Höjgård S, Swedberg K, Schaufelberger M.

Eur J Heart Fail. 2008 Jul;10(7):675-81. Epub 2008 Jun 24.PMID: 18573692 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Narratives of a man with severe chronic heart failure and his wife in palliative advanced home care over a 4.5-year period.

Brännström M, Ekman I, Boman K, Strandberg G.

Contemp Nurse. 2007 Dec;27(1):10-22.PMID: 18386950 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Psychometric properties of a Swedish version of the Kansas City Cardiomyopathy Questionnaire in a Chronic Heart Failure population.

Patel H, Ekman I, Spertus JA, Wasserman SM, Persson LO.

Eur J Cardiovasc Nurs. 2008 Sep;7(3):214-21. Epub 2007 Dec 3.PMID: 18060843 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Equality in the care and treatment of immigrants and native Swedes--a comparative study of patients hospitalised for heart failure.

Hedemalm A, Schaufelberger M, Ekman I.

Eur J Cardiovasc Nurs. 2008 Sep;7(3):222-8. Epub 2007 Nov 26.PMID: 18032113 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Breaking the vicious circle of fatigue in patients with chronic heart failure.

Falk K, Granger BB, Swedberg K, Ekman I.

Qual Health Res. 2007 Oct;17(8):1020-7.PMID: 17928476 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

[Diastolic heart failure--symptoms and etiology]

Hagerman I, Brodin LA, Dahlström U, Ekman I, Willenheimer R, Boman K.

Lakartidningen. 2007 Aug 22-28;104(34):2345-7. Swedish. No abstract available. PMID: 17907559 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Standard medication information is not enough: poor concordance of patient and nurse perceptions.

Ekman I, Schaufelberger M, Kjellgren KI, Swedberg K, Granger BB.

J Adv Nurs. 2007 Oct;60(2):181-6.PMID: 17877565 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

A practical use of theory to study adherence.

Granger BB, Moser D, Harrell J, Sandelowski M, Ekman I.

Prog Cardiovasc Nurs. 2007 Summer;22(3):152-8. Review.PMID: 17786091 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Views of patients with heart failure about their role in the decision to start implantable cardioverter defibrillator treatment: prescription rather than participation.

Agård A, Löfmark R, Edvardsson N, Ekman I.

J Med Ethics. 2007 Sep;33(9):514-8.PMID: 17761818 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Being a close relative of a person with severe, chronic heart failure in palliative advanced home care -- a comfort but also a strain.

Brännström M, Ekman I, Boman K, Strandberg G.

Scand J Caring Sci. 2007 Sep;21(3):338-44.PMID: 17727546 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Patients' persistence of evidence-based treatment of chronic heart failure: a treatment paradox.

Ekman I, Swedberg K.

Circulation. 2007 Aug 14;116(7):693-5. No abstract available. PMID: 17698742 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articlesFree article

Admitted with a hip fracture: patient perceptions of rehabilitation.

Olsson LE, Nyström AE, Karlsson J, Ekman I.

J Clin Nurs. 2007 May;16(5):853-9.PMID: 17462035 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Effects of nursing interventions within an integrated care pathway for patients with hip fracture.

Olsson LE, Karlsson J, Ekman I.

J Adv Nurs. 2007 Apr;58(2):116-25.PMID: 17445014 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Intestinal paracellular permeability is not affected in chronic congestive heart failure.

Schaufelberger M, Ekman I, Björnsson E, Kalaitzakis E, Ekman T.

Eur J Heart Fail. 2007 Jun-Jul;9(6-7):574-8. Epub 2007 Mar 26.PMID: 17383229 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Pulmonary oedema -- a life threatening disease.

Ekman I, Ekstrand L, Schaufelberger M.

Eur J Cardiovasc Nurs. 2007 Dec;6(4):259-64. Epub 2007 Feb 26.PMID: 17321798 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Reasons for seeking acute care in chronic heart failure.

Patel H, Shafazand M, Schaufelberger M, Ekman I.

Eur J Heart Fail. 2007 Jun-Jul;9(6-7):702-8. Epub 2006 Dec 26.PMID: 17188930 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Self-assessed symptoms in chronic heart failure--important information for clinical management.

Ekman I, Kjörk E, Andersson B.

Eur J Heart Fail. 2007 Apr;9(4):424-8. Epub 2006 Dec 21.PMID: 17188019 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

The integrated care pathway reduced the number of hospital days by half: a prospective comparative study of patients with acute hip fracture.

Olsson LE, Karlsson J, Ekman I.

J Orthop Surg Res. 2006 Sep 25;1:3.PMID: 17150123 [PubMed]Related articlesFree article

A review of records from follow-up visits for immigrant and Swedish patients at a heart failure clinic.

Hedemalm A, Schaufelberger M, Ekman I.

Eur J Cardiovasc Nurs. 2007 Sep;6(3):216-22. Epub 2006 Nov 7.PMID: 17092776 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Conditions for patient participation and non-participation in health care.

Eldh AC, Ekman I, Ehnfors M.

Nurs Ethics. 2006 Sep;13(5):503-14.PMID: 16961114 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Fatigue is a prevalent and severe symptom associated with uncertainty and sense of coherence in patients with chronic heart failure.

Falk K, Swedberg K, Gaston-Johansson F, Ekman I.

Eur J Cardiovasc Nurs. 2007 Jun;6(2):99-104. Epub 2006 Jul 10.PMID: 16831569 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Fatigue and anaemia in patients with chronic heart failure.

Falk K, Swedberg K, Gaston-Johansson F, Ekman I.

Eur J Heart Fail. 2006 Nov;8(7):744-9. Epub 2006 May 11.PMID: 16690352 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Caring for patients with chronic heart failure: The trajectory model.

Granger BB, Moser D, Germino B, Harrell J, Ekman I.

Eur J Cardiovasc Nurs. 2006 Sep;5(3):222-7. Epub 2006 Apr 17. Review.PMID: 16616643 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Living with severe chronic heart failure in palliative advanced home care.

Brännström M, Ekman I, Norberg A, Boman K, Strandberg G.

Eur J Cardiovasc Nurs. 2006 Dec;5(4):295-302. Epub 2006 Mar 20.PMID: 16546447 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Adherence to candesartan and placebo and outcomes in chronic heart failure in the CHARM programme: double-blind, randomised, controlled clinical trial.

Granger BB, Swedberg K, Ekman I, Granger CB, Olofsson B, McMurray JJ, Yusuf S, Michelson EL, Pfeffer MA; CHARM investigators.

Lancet. 2005 Dec 10;366(9502):2005-11.PMID: 16338449 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Thirty years of experience living with a continent ileostomy: bad restrooms--not my reservoir--decide my life.

Berndtsson I, Lindholm E, Ekman I.

J Wound Ostomy Continence Nurs. 2005 Sep-Oct;32(5):321-6; quiz 327-8.PMID: 16234726 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Young adults experiences of living with congenital heart disease.

Berghammer M, Dellborg M, Ekman I.

Int J Cardiol. 2006 Jun 28;110(3):340-7. Epub 2005 Oct 14.PMID: 16226816 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Adherence and perception of medication in patients with chronic heart failure during a five-year randomised trial.

Ekman I, Andersson G, Boman K, Charlesworth A, Cleland JG, Poole-Wilson P, Swedberg K.

Patient Educ Couns. 2006 Jun;61(3):348-53. Epub 2005 Aug 31.PMID: 16139468 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Developing clinical knowledge through a narrative-based method of interpretation.

Ekman I, Skott C.

Eur J Cardiovasc Nurs. 2005 Sep;4(3):251-6. Epub 2005 Apr 1.PMID: 16098941 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Exploring symptoms in chronic heart failure.

Ekman I, Cleland JG, Andersson B, Swedberg K.

Eur J Heart Fail. 2005 Aug;7(5):699-703.PMID: 16087127 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

The meaning of patient participation for patients and nurses at a nurse-led clinic for chronic heart failure.

Eldh AC, Ehnfors M, Ekman I.

Eur J Cardiovasc Nurs. 2006 Mar;5(1):45-53. Epub 2005 Jul 12.PMID: 16014340 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Intrusion and confusion--the impact of medication and health professionals after acute myocardial infarction.

Attebring MF, Herlitz J, Ekman I.

Eur J Cardiovasc Nurs. 2005 Jun;4(2):153-9. Epub 2005 Mar 4.PMID: 15904886 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Gender makes a difference in the description of dyspnoea in patients with chronic heart failure.

Ekman I, Boman K, Olofsson M, Aires N, Swedberg K.

Eur J Cardiovasc Nurs. 2005 Jun;4(2):117-21.PMID: 15904882 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Symptoms in patients with heart failure are prognostic predictors: insights from COMET.

Ekman I, Cleland JG, Swedberg K, Charlesworth A, Metra M, Poole-Wilson PA.

J Card Fail. 2005 May;11(4):288-92. Erratum in: J Card Fail. 2005 Jun;11(5):404. PMID: 15880338 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

The phenomena of participation and non-participation in health care--experiences of patients attending a nurse-led clinic for chronic heart failure.

Eldh AC, Ehnfors M, Ekman I.

Eur J Cardiovasc Nurs. 2004 Sep;3(3):239-46.PMID: 15350234 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Maintaining normality and support are central issues when receiving chemotherapy for ovarian cancer.

Ekman I, Bergbom I, Ekman T, Berthold H, Mahsneh SM.

Cancer Nurs. 2004 May-Jun;27(3):177-82.PMID: 15238804 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Symptoms in acute coronary syndromes: does sex make a difference?

Patel H, Rosengren A, Ekman I.

Am Heart J. 2004 Jul;148(1):27-33. Erratum in: Am Heart J. 2005 Apr;149(4):743. PMID: 15215788 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles