Pia Åsbring
Biographic Data
| ID | 295280 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Pia Åsbring |
| GIVEN NAMES | Pia |
| FAMILY NAME | Åsbring |
| SIGNATURE | ÅSBRING P |
| AFFILIATIONS | Karolinska Institutet |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 5 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 83 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 5 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2001 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2012 |
| H-INDEX | 3 |
Words about body and soul
The purpose was to examine a sample of Stockholm residents' social representations of their physical and mental health and ill-health. Four open-ended questions were answered by 1240 people between 18-80 years. A thematic analysis revealed nine aspects of health: physical, lifestyle, psychological, social, recreational, work and study, treatment, other and multifactorial aspects. Some cross-cutting themes were described to have an impact on healt…
Patient Power and Control
The authors interviewed 12 women diagnosed with chronic fatigue syndrome and 13 with fibromyalgia with the aim of determining the strategies they perceive themselves as using to gain control over their situation during the health care process. The results highlight various strategies that the women report applying to find a way of managing the illness and to influence caregivers. They describe, for example, how they try to gain control over their…
Ideal versus reality
Women's Experiences of Stigma in Relation to Chronic Fatigue Syndrome and Fibromyalgia
Chronic fatigue syndrome and fibromyalgia are characterized by being difficult to diagnose and having an elusive etiology and no clear-cut treatment strategy. The question of whether these illnesses are stigmatizing was investigated through interviews with 25 women with these illnesses. The women experienced stigmatization primarily before receiving a diagnosis, and the diffuse symptomatology associated with the illnesses were significant for sti…
Chronic illness – a disruption in life
Chronic illness – a disruption in life: identity‐transformation among women with chronic fatigue syndrome and fibromyalgia Background. People with chronic illnesses often suffer from identity‐loss. Empirical research concerning patients with chronic fatigue syndrome (CFS) or fibromyalgia has not, however, adequately addressed the consequences of these illnesses for identity. Aim. The aim of this article is to describe how women with CFS and fibro…
Women's Experiences of Stigma in Relation to Chronic Fatigue Syndrome and Fibromyalgia
Chronic fatigue syndrome and fibromyalgia are characterized by being difficult to diagnose and having an elusive etiology and no clear-cut treatment strategy. The question of whether these illnesses are stigmatizing was investigated through interviews with 25 women with these illnesses. The women experienced stigmatization primarily before receiving a diagnosis, and the diffuse symptomatology associated with the illnesses were significant for sti…
Ideal versus reality
Patient Power and Control
The authors interviewed 12 women diagnosed with chronic fatigue syndrome and 13 with fibromyalgia with the aim of determining the strategies they perceive themselves as using to gain control over their situation during the health care process. The results highlight various strategies that the women report applying to find a way of managing the illness and to influence caregivers. They describe, for example, how they try to gain control over their…
Words about body and soul
The purpose was to examine a sample of Stockholm residents' social representations of their physical and mental health and ill-health. Four open-ended questions were answered by 1240 people between 18-80 years. A thematic analysis revealed nine aspects of health: physical, lifestyle, psychological, social, recreational, work and study, treatment, other and multifactorial aspects. Some cross-cutting themes were described to have an impact on healt…
Chronic illness – a disruption in life
Chronic illness – a disruption in life: identity‐transformation among women with chronic fatigue syndrome and fibromyalgia Background. People with chronic illnesses often suffer from identity‐loss. Empirical research concerning patients with chronic fatigue syndrome (CFS) or fibromyalgia has not, however, adequately addressed the consequences of these illnesses for identity. Aim. The aim of this article is to describe how women with CFS and fibro…
Women's Experiences of Stigma in Relation to Chronic Fatigue Syndrome and Fibromyalgia
Chronic fatigue syndrome and fibromyalgia are characterized by being difficult to diagnose and having an elusive etiology and no clear-cut treatment strategy. The question of whether these illnesses are stigmatizing was investigated through interviews with 25 women with these illnesses. The women experienced stigmatization primarily before receiving a diagnosis, and the diffuse symptomatology associated with the illnesses were significant for sti…
Ideal versus reality
Patient Power and Control
The authors interviewed 12 women diagnosed with chronic fatigue syndrome and 13 with fibromyalgia with the aim of determining the strategies they perceive themselves as using to gain control over their situation during the health care process. The results highlight various strategies that the women report applying to find a way of managing the illness and to influence caregivers. They describe, for example, how they try to gain control over their…
Words about body and soul
The purpose was to examine a sample of Stockholm residents' social representations of their physical and mental health and ill-health. Four open-ended questions were answered by 1240 people between 18-80 years. A thematic analysis revealed nine aspects of health: physical, lifestyle, psychological, social, recreational, work and study, treatment, other and multifactorial aspects. Some cross-cutting themes were described to have an impact on healt…
Health, psychology, and well-being (5 works) · Medicine (5 works) · Psychiatry (5 works) · Psychology (5 works) · Fibromyalgia (4 works) · Fibromyalgia and Chronic Fatigue Syndrome Research (4 works) · Chronic fatigue syndrome (3 works) · Clinical Psychology (2 works) · Disease (2 works) · Etiology (2 works)