%0 Journal Article
%T Healthcare professionals¡¯ perceptions of their work with patients of working age with heart failure
%A Camilla Lindb£¿ck
%A Catharina Frank
%A Christina Takman
%A Lena Nordgren
%J Nordic Journal of Nursing Research
%@ 2057-1593
%D 2018
%R 10.1177/2057158517744128
%X There is a lack of knowledge about healthcare professionals¡¯ perspectives on rehabilitation in relation to heart failure. Still, collaboration between different professionals can impact patients. The purpose of this study was to describe healthcare professionals¡¯ perceptions of their work with patients of working age with heart failure. The sample population consisted of six nurses, one physiotherapist and one cardiologist. One individual interview and two focus-group interviews were conducted. The interviews were analyzed using qualitative content analysis. Three descriptive categories were constructed: ¡®the impact of heart failure on patients¡¯ life situations¡¯, ¡®heart failure service¡¯, and ¡®patients¡¯ process of returning to work¡¯. To support patients, healthcare professionals need to find ways to combine patients¡¯ personal needs with protocol-driven care
%K focus-group interview
%K healthcare professionals
%K heart failure
%K interviews
%K rehabilitation
%U https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10.1177/2057158517744128