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Ingalill Rahm Hallberg

Ingalill Rahm Hallberg

Professor emerita

Ingalill Rahm Hallberg

Effects of clinical supervision on nurse-patient cooperation quality - A controlled study in dementia care.

Author

  • Anna-Karin Edberg
  • Ingalill Rahm Hallberg
  • Lars Gustafson

Summary, in English

An intervention consisting of individualized planned care for patients and regular clinical systematic supervision for nurses was carried out on a ward for dementia care (the experimental ward, EW). On a similar control ward (CW), no changes were made. Observations of nurse-patient cooperation during morning care were collected at both wards, before and during the intervention. The observations (N = 107) were analyzed blindly and sorted into already-developed categories. The distribution of the cooperation-style categories was then analyzed statistically. The patients who survived throughout the study period (N = 18) were also compared over time. Nurse-patient cooperation at the EW improved significantly during the intervention period, whereas, at the CW, it deteriorated (p = .02). Status of surviving patients followed the same pattern (p = .001). The findings indicate that such interventions can improve the quality of nurse-patient cooperation in dementia care.

Department/s

  • Department of Health Sciences
  • Psychiatry (Lund)

Publishing year

1996

Language

English

Pages

127-146

Publication/Series

Clinical Nursing Research

Volume

5

Issue

2

Document type

Journal article

Publisher

SAGE Publications

Topic

  • Geriatrics
  • Nursing
  • Psychiatry

Status

Published

ISBN/ISSN/Other

  • ISSN: 1054-7738