SAMMANFATTNING Bakgrund: Artros är den vanligaste, kroniska ledsjukdomen som drabbar kroppens olika leder bland annat knäleden. Fysisk aktivitet är den främsta behandlingen vid ledsjukdomen där artrosskolan finns till som stöd för patienterna. Fysioterapeuterna i artrosskolan arbetar hälsofrämjande med artrospatienter genom att befrämja fysisk aktivitet. Syfte: Att undersöka vad patienter med knäartros upplever har påverkat deras motivation för fysisk aktivitet under artrosskolan. Metod: Denna studie är en kvalitativ intervjustudie som genomfördes med en induktiv ansats. Sex deltagare inkluderades i studien där en semistrukturerad intervjuguide användes. Vidare analyserades intervjuerna med en kvalitativ innehållsanalys. Materialet tolkades och sorterades i kategorier och underkategorier. Resultat: Studien resulterade i fem huvudkategorier som vidare delades in i sex underkategorier. Huvudkategorierna var: det sociala stödet på artrosskolan, enkel och lättillgänglig träning, ökad förståelse, upplevda effekter av artrosskolan och brist på uppföljning och personlig kontakt. Slutsatser: Resultatet indikerar att kompetens, självbestämmande och tillhörighet har haft en inverkan för vad som har påverkat motivationen för fysisk aktivitet. Deltagarnas upplevelser om vad som påverkat deras motivation kan därmed kopplas till Self-determination theory där tidigare nämna begrepp är tre viktiga grundstenar. Det har framgått att deltagarna upplevt att det sociala stödet från artrosskolan, fysiska och psykologiska effekter samt en ökad förståelse för artros och träningens betydelse har bidragit till ökad motivation för fysisk aktivitet.

O estudo da associação entre doença arterial coronariana e coronariopatias (DAC), stress e personalidade tem produzido grande volume de pesquisas, cujos resultados indicam correlação significante entre stress e personalidade com DAC. O campo da psicocardiologia emergiu recentemente como uma especialização da medicina comportamental, tendo por objetivo a busca de evidências das associações existentes entre traços de personalidade e outras variáveis psicossociais, com a etiologia, a ocorrência e o prognóstico da DAC. O Padrão Comportamental Tipo A (TABP) e a Personalidade Tipo D (TDP) são construtos que relacionam personalidade a desfechos cardíacos e estados crônicos de stress, constituindo estilos diferenciados de coping. TABP é um construto multidimensional considerado como fator de risco independente para a ocorrência de DAC, caracterizado principalmente por hostilidade, raiva, impaciência, ambição, estilo de fala rápido e urgência do tempo. Mais recentemente, o conceito da TDP foi proposto com base no do Modelo dos Cinco Fatores de Personalidade (FFM). TDP é caracterizada pela interação simultânea de afetividade negativa e inibição social. O indivíduo TDP vive permanentemente um estado emocional permeado por sentimentos negativos, ao mesmo tempo em que inibe a expressão desta afetividade negativa em situações de interações sociais. Esta overview teve por objetivo investigar as evidências obtidas em revisões sistemáticas (RSs), com ou sem metanálise, sobre a associação do TABP e da TDP com eventos coronarianos. Foram pesquisadas as bases de dados: Clinical Trials, Cochrane Library, Dissertation Abstracts, EMBASE, LILACS, MEDLINE/PubMed e PsychINFO. Dois revisores avaliaram independentemente os títulos e os resumos de todas as RSs identificadas na busca eletrônica. Foram identificadas onze RSs que atenderam aos critérios de inclusão, sete sobre TABP e quatro sobre TDP; além de uma overview sobre TABP. As evidências sumarizadas das RSs convergiram para uma associação quase nula entre TABP e DAC, mesmo quando hostilidade e raiva foram usados como sinônimos de TABP. Por outro lado, as RSs que investigaram a associação entre TDP e DAC acharam evidências robustas, especialmente em prognosticar evolução negativa de pacientes TDP com DAC preexistente. A avaliação dos efeitos de fatores psicossociais na etiologia, desenvolvimento e prognóstico de doenças cardíacas tem importantes implicações clínicas e é essencial para diagnosticar indivíduos com propensão à DAC para ações preventivas e para o sucesso de programas de reabilitação cardíaca. A possibilidade de o cardiologista avaliar seus pacientes quanto à probabilidade de desenvolver DAC tem grande implicação para a prática médica por seu valor profilático e prevencionista. Estudos prospectivos recentes evidenciaram que a afetividade positiva é associada à saúde cardíaca com efeitos benéficos na reabilitação cardíaca / Studies on the association of cardiac heart disease (CHD), stress and personality have being producing an enormous volume of research, with results indicating a significant correlation among stress, personality and coronary disease. The field of psychocardiology arose as a specific area of behavioral medicine. It aims searching for evidence on existing associations between personality traits and the ethiology, incidence and prognosis of (CHD). The Type A Behavior Pattern (TABP) and the Type D Personality (TDP) are constructs associated with cardiac endpoints and are components of a chronic stress condition, wich produces differentiated coping styles. TABP is a multidimensional construct considered as an independent risk factor for the incidence of CHD, characterized mainly by hostility, anger and time urgency. More recently, the TDP concept was proposed on the basis of the Five-Factor Model of Personality (FFM). TDP is characterized by the simultaneous interaction of negative affectivity and social inhibition. The TDP individual experiences a permanent emotional state permeated by negative feelings, at the same time he or she inhibits the expression of this negative affectivity in social interactions. The objective of this overview is to investigate evidence obtained by systematic reviews (SRs), with or without meta-analyses, on the association of TABP and TDP with coronary events. Clinical Trials, Cochrane Library, Dissertation Abstracts, EMBASE, LILACS, MEDLINE/PubMed and PsychINFO data bases have been consulted. The titles and abstracts of all SRs identified through electronic search were analysed by two indepent reviewers. Eleven identified SRs met the inclusion criteria, seven on TABP and four on TDP, besides an overview on TABP. In this overview, summarized evidence of the SRs on TABP converged to an almost null association between TABP and CHD. Otherwise, the SRs which investigated the association between TDP and CHD found robust evidence, specially in the prognosis of negative evolution of TDP patients with previous CHD. The assesment of the psychosocial factors effects in the ethiology, development and prognosis of cardiac disease has important clinical implication and is essential to assess individuals with propensity to CHD in order to adopt preventive actions and to the success of cardiac rehabilitation programs. The possibility that cardiologists have to diagnose their patients on the likelihood to develop CHD has relevant implications to the medical practice for its prophylatic and preventive value. Recent prospective studies found evidence that positive affectivity is associated to cardiac health with beneficial effects in cardiac rehabilitation

Bakgrund: Digitala patientmöten ökar med visionen om ökad e-hälsa, det kan användas för att nå fler patienter och verka kompletterande till traditionell fysioterapi. Det finns lite information om digitala patientmöten med fokus på att kunna stödja beteendeförändring. Syfte: Syftet med studien var att undersöka hur fysioterapeuter beskriver sina möjligheter och begränsningar att kunna stödja beteendeförändringar hos patienter i digitala patientmöten.Metod: Studien utfördes som en kvalitativ intervjustudie med en induktiv ansats. Sex fysioterapeuter deltog i studien och data från intervjuerna analyserades med en kvalitativ innehållsanalys. Resultat: Intervjuerna resulterade i fem kategorier med tolv underkategorier. Dessa kategorier var: behov att överbrygga det fysiska avståndet, digital fysioterapi passar kortare, enklare kontakter, krävs mer tydlighet i digitala möten för att få med patienten, avsaknaden av fysisk kontakt vid digital fysioterapi hindrar samt rutin för uppföljning. Slutsatser: Deltagarna beskrev det digitala patientmötet som positivt för enkla och snabba patientkontakter. Dock menade de att det inte kan ersätta traditionell fysioterapi då avsaknaden av den fysiska kontakten och den bristande uppföljningen begränsar deras möjligheter att stödja beteendeförändringar. Studien ger grund för fortsatt forskning om organisatorisk implementering av stödjande arbetssätt för beteendeförändringar i digital / Background: Meeting patients in a digital format increases with the vision of increased e-health. It can be useful to reach more patients and work complementary to traditional physiotherapy. There is little information on digital patient meetings with a focus on being able to support behavioral changes. Aim: The aim of this study was to investigate how physiotherapists describe their possibilities and limitations to support behavioral changes in digital patient meetings.Method: The study was conducted as a qualitative interview study with an inductive approach. Six physiotherapists participated in this study and data from the interviews were analyzed with a qualitative content analysis. Result: The interviews resulted in five categories with twelve subcategories. These categories were: the need to bridge the physical distance, digital physiotherapy fits for shorter, simpler contacts, more clarity is required in digital meetings to engage the patient, the lack of physical contact during digital physiotherapy prevents and routines for follow-up. Conclusions: The participants described the digital patient meetings as positive for simple and quick patient contacts. However, they meant that it could not replace the traditional physiotherapy since the lack of physical contact and the lack of follow-up limits their ability to support behavioral changes. This study provides support for continued research on the organizational implementation of supporting working methods for behavioral change in a digital environment.

Made available in DSpace on 2016-04-27T13:10:23Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 Adilson Peron.pdf: 1186813 bytes, checksum: 5ebb7419e0360630b3d63cef39acfe9f (MD5) Previous issue date: 2014-02-12 / Introduction: Cholelithiasis is very prevalent surgical disease, with approximately 60,000 admissions per year in the Unified Health System in Brazil (Sistema Único de Saúde - SUS). Is often asymptomatic or oligosymptomatic and major complications arise from the migration of calculi to biliary low tract. Despite these complications are severe and life threatening, many patients refuse surgical treatment. Objectives: To understand the reasons why individuals with cholelithiasis refuse cholecystectomy before complications inherent to the presence of gallstones in the bile duct and pancreatitis occur. Methods: To investigate the justifications for refusing to submit to surgery we performed individual interviews according to a predetermined script. In these interviews, we evaluate the degree of knowledge of individuals about the disease and its complications and the reasons for the refusal of surgical treatment. We interviewed 20 individuals with cholelithiasis who refused or postponed surgical treatment without a plausible reason. In these interviews, we apply the thematic analysis (MINAYO, 2006). Results: The majority of participants has good knowledge of their disease and its possible complications, were well oriented and had the right surgical indications by their physicians. The refusal for surgery is based primarily on negative experiences of themselves or family members with surgery, including anesthesia; unexplained fears of surgery and, some, cannot specify the reason for the denial or prefer to get the risk and wait for complications to then have to solve them compulsorily. Conclusions: The reasons for the refusal to surgical resolution of cholelithiasis are diverse, but are closely related to personal negative surgical experiences or related persons or complex problems of psychological nature that must be adequately addressed by the surgeon and other qualified professionals. Our study has the proposal of an informed consent that brings all the information about the surgery, its preoperative and postoperative risks, as well as figures with friendly format intended to inform and to help the patients in their decisions / Introdução: A colelitíase é uma doença de resolução cirúrgica muito prevalente, com aproximadamente 60.000 internações por ano no SUS. Muitas vezes é assintomática ou oligossintomática e as principais complicações advêm da migração dos cálculos para as vias biliares baixas. Apesar das complicações serem graves e com risco de morte, muitos pacientes se recusam ao tratamento cirúrgico. Objetivos: Entender as razões pelas quais os indivíduos com colelitíase recusam a colecistectomia antes que ocorram complicações inerentes à presença de cálculos na vesícula, nas vias biliares e a possível pancreatite. Métodos: Para conhecer as justificativas da recusa à cirurgia realizamos entrevistas individuais segundo um roteiro de perguntas pré-determinadas. Nestas entrevistas procuramos avaliar o grau de conhecimento dos indivíduos sobre a doença e suas complicações e as razões para a recusa do tratamento cirúrgico. Entrevistamos 20 indivíduos portadores de colelitíase que se recusavam ou adiavam sem uma justificativa plausível o tratamento cirúrgico. A estas entrevistas aplicamos a análise temática (Minayo, 2006). Resultados: A grande maioria dos entrevistados tem bom conhecimento de sua doença, das possíveis complicações, foram bem orientados e tiveram a indicação cirúrgica pelos seus médicos assistentes. A recusa para a cirurgia foi baseada (principalmente) em experiências negativas próprias ou de familiares com o ato cirúrgico, incluindo aí a anestesia; medos inexplicáveis do ato cirúrgico e alguns não conseguiram especificar a razão para a recusa, preferiram correr o risco e esperar pelas complicações para então ter que resolvê-las. Conclusões: As razões para a recusa à resolução cirúrgica da colelitíase são diversas, mas estão intimamente ligadas às experiências cirúrgicas negativas pessoais ou de pessoas relacionadas ou a complexos problemas de natureza psicológicas que devem ser adequadamente abordados pelo cirurgião e por outros profissionais habilitados. Nosso estudo faz a proposta de um termo de consentimento livre e esclarecido que traz todas as informações sobre a cirurgia, seus riscos pré e pós-operatório assim como figuras com formato amigável que pretendem informar e ajudar o paciente na sua decisão.

O estudo da associação entre doença arterial coronariana e coronariopatias (DAC), stress e personalidade tem produzido grande volume de pesquisas, cujos resultados indicam correlação significante entre stress e personalidade com DAC. O campo da psicocardiologia emergiu recentemente como uma especialização da medicina comportamental, tendo por objetivo a busca de evidências das associações existentes entre traços de personalidade e outras variáveis psicossociais, com a etiologia, a ocorrência e o prognóstico da DAC. O Padrão Comportamental Tipo A (TABP) e a Personalidade Tipo D (TDP) são construtos que relacionam personalidade a desfechos cardíacos e estados crônicos de stress, constituindo estilos diferenciados de coping. TABP é um construto multidimensional considerado como fator de risco independente para a ocorrência de DAC, caracterizado principalmente por hostilidade, raiva, impaciência, ambição, estilo de fala rápido e urgência do tempo. Mais recentemente, o conceito da TDP foi proposto com base no do Modelo dos Cinco Fatores de Personalidade (FFM). TDP é caracterizada pela interação simultânea de afetividade negativa e inibição social. O indivíduo TDP vive permanentemente um estado emocional permeado por sentimentos negativos, ao mesmo tempo em que inibe a expressão desta afetividade negativa em situações de interações sociais. Esta overview teve por objetivo investigar as evidências obtidas em revisões sistemáticas (RSs), com ou sem metanálise, sobre a associação do TABP e da TDP com eventos coronarianos. Foram pesquisadas as bases de dados: Clinical Trials, Cochrane Library, Dissertation Abstracts, EMBASE, LILACS, MEDLINE/PubMed e PsychINFO. Dois revisores avaliaram independentemente os títulos e os resumos de todas as RSs identificadas na busca eletrônica. Foram identificadas onze RSs que atenderam aos critérios de inclusão, sete sobre TABP e quatro sobre TDP; além de uma overview sobre TABP. As evidências sumarizadas das RSs convergiram para uma associação quase nula entre TABP e DAC, mesmo quando hostilidade e raiva foram usados como sinônimos de TABP. Por outro lado, as RSs que investigaram a associação entre TDP e DAC acharam evidências robustas, especialmente em prognosticar evolução negativa de pacientes TDP com DAC preexistente. A avaliação dos efeitos de fatores psicossociais na etiologia, desenvolvimento e prognóstico de doenças cardíacas tem importantes implicações clínicas e é essencial para diagnosticar indivíduos com propensão à DAC para ações preventivas e para o sucesso de programas de reabilitação cardíaca. A possibilidade de o cardiologista avaliar seus pacientes quanto à probabilidade de desenvolver DAC tem grande implicação para a prática médica por seu valor profilático e prevencionista. Estudos prospectivos recentes evidenciaram que a afetividade positiva é associada à saúde cardíaca com efeitos benéficos na reabilitação cardíaca / Studies on the association of cardiac heart disease (CHD), stress and personality have being producing an enormous volume of research, with results indicating a significant correlation among stress, personality and coronary disease. The field of psychocardiology arose as a specific area of behavioral medicine. It aims searching for evidence on existing associations between personality traits and the ethiology, incidence and prognosis of (CHD). The Type A Behavior Pattern (TABP) and the Type D Personality (TDP) are constructs associated with cardiac endpoints and are components of a chronic stress condition, wich produces differentiated coping styles. TABP is a multidimensional construct considered as an independent risk factor for the incidence of CHD, characterized mainly by hostility, anger and time urgency. More recently, the TDP concept was proposed on the basis of the Five-Factor Model of Personality (FFM). TDP is characterized by the simultaneous interaction of negative affectivity and social inhibition. The TDP individual experiences a permanent emotional state permeated by negative feelings, at the same time he or she inhibits the expression of this negative affectivity in social interactions. The objective of this overview is to investigate evidence obtained by systematic reviews (SRs), with or without meta-analyses, on the association of TABP and TDP with coronary events. Clinical Trials, Cochrane Library, Dissertation Abstracts, EMBASE, LILACS, MEDLINE/PubMed and PsychINFO data bases have been consulted. The titles and abstracts of all SRs identified through electronic search were analysed by two indepent reviewers. Eleven identified SRs met the inclusion criteria, seven on TABP and four on TDP, besides an overview on TABP. In this overview, summarized evidence of the SRs on TABP converged to an almost null association between TABP and CHD. Otherwise, the SRs which investigated the association between TDP and CHD found robust evidence, specially in the prognosis of negative evolution of TDP patients with previous CHD. The assesment of the psychosocial factors effects in the ethiology, development and prognosis of cardiac disease has important clinical implication and is essential to assess individuals with propensity to CHD in order to adopt preventive actions and to the success of cardiac rehabilitation programs. The possibility that cardiologists have to diagnose their patients on the likelihood to develop CHD has relevant implications to the medical practice for its prophylatic and preventive value. Recent prospective studies found evidence that positive affectivity is associated to cardiac health with beneficial effects in cardiac rehabilitation

abstract: Behavior-driven obesity has become one of the most challenging global epidemics since the 1990s, and is presently associated with the leading causes of death in the U.S. and worldwide, including diabetes, cardiovascular disease, strokes, and some forms of cancer. The use of system identification and control engineering principles in the design of novel and perpetually adaptive behavioral health interventions for promoting physical activity and healthy eating has been the central theme in many recent contributions. However, the absence of experimental studies specifically designed with the purpose of developing control-oriented behavioral models has restricted prior efforts in this domain to the use of hypothetical simulations to demonstrate the potential viability of these interventions. In this dissertation, the use of first-of-a-kind, real-life experimental results to develop dynamic, participant-validated behavioral models essential for the design and evaluation of optimized and adaptive behavioral interventions is examined. Following an intergenerational approach, the first part of this work aims to develop a dynamical systems model of intrauterine fetal growth with the prime goal of predicting infant birth weight, which has been associated with subsequent childhood and adult-onset obesity. The use of longitudinal input-output data from the “Healthy Mom Zone” intervention study has enabled the estimation and validation of this fetoplacental model. The second part establishes a set of data-driven behavioral models founded on Social Cognitive Theory (SCT). The “Just Walk” intervention experiment, developed at Arizona State University using system identification principles, has lent a unique opportunity to estimate and validate both black-box and semiphysical SCT models for predicting physical activity behavior. Further, this dissertation addresses some of the model estimation challenges arising from the limitations of “Just Walk”, including the need for developing nontraditional modeling approaches for short datasets, as well as delivers a new theoretical and algorithmic framework for structured state-space model estimation that can be used in a broader set of application domains. Finally, adaptive closed-loop intervention simulations of participant-validated SCT models from “Just Walk” are presented using a Hybrid Model Predictive Control (HMPC) control law. A simple HMPC controller reconfiguration strategy for designing both single- and multi-phase intervention designs is proposed. / Dissertation/Thesis / Doctoral Dissertation Chemical Engineering 2021

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Bakgrund: Ätstörningar är allvarliga tillstånd och orsakar stort lidande för drabbade. Patienterna har störda uppfattningar om kropp och ätande samt upplevs svårbehandlade. Basal kroppskännedom utgår från kroppens rörelser, där kroppsmedvetenhet övas, tankar och känslor integreras. Vetenskapligt finns begränsad kunskap om hur patienter med ätstörning ska bemötas, men den terapeutiska alliansen påverkar följsamhet och behandlingsresultat. Syfte: Att beskriva fysioterapeuters erfarenheter av vad som påverkar skapandet av en terapeutisk allians vid behandling med Basal kroppskännedom vid ätstörningsproblematik. Metod: Studien har kvalitativ, deskriptiv design i åtta semistrukturerade intervjuer med fysioterapeuter som rekryterades genom ändamålsenligt- och snöbollsurval. Data analyserades med induktiv ansats.  Resultat: Fem kategorier och elva underkategorier identifierades. Huvudkategorierna är “Metoden bjuder in till helhetssyn och tillitsfull relation”, “Yrkesskicklighet och personlighet en tillgång i komplexa mötet”, “Kroppslig och verbal kommunikationsförmåga ger samarbetet fler dimensioner”. “Arbetet siktar mot självständigt och hållbart tillfrisknande” samt “Terapeutiska miljön påverkar trygghet och fokus”. Slutsats: Alliansskapandet genom Basal kroppskännedom är mångfacetterad i mötet med patientgruppens komplexa sjukdomssituation. Faktorerna som utkristalliserades påverkar både enskilt och gemensamt, skapandet av en fysioterapeutisk allians. Genom resultatet framträder en början till beteendeförändringsstrategier med hjälp av beteendemedicinskt förhållningssätt, socialkognitiv teori samt stress-copingteori

SAMMANFATTNING  Bakgrund: Ishockey tillhör en av de idrotterna med högst skadefrekvens. Det finns olika faktorer ur ett biopsykosocialt perspektiv som har inverkan på spelares respons och beteende vid skada och rehabilitering. Fysioterapeuter har som uppgift att stötta patienter i rehabilitering och återgång till målaktivitet. Till författarnas vetskap finns det ingen forskning på fysioterapeuters upplevelse av spelares beteende under en rehabiliteringsprocess inom svensk elitishockey.  Syfte: Syftet med följande studie var att undersöka fysioterapeuters upplevelser kring spelares beteende i relation till rehabiliteringsprocessen vid skada inom svensk elitishockey.  Metod: En kvalitativ design med semistrukturerade intervjuer. Ett ändamålsenligt urval användes där sex fysioterapeuter inkluderades från Hockeyallsvenskan och Svenska Hockeyligan (SHL). En kvalitativ innehållsanalys genomfördes med induktiv ansats.  Resultat: Den tematiska analysen resulterade i fem kategorier och 20 subkategorier. Kategorier som framkom var personliga faktorer påverkar beteende, erfarenhet påverkar beteende, omgivningsfaktorer påverkar beteende, egna prioriteringar påverkar beteende samt kunskap om skada påverkar beslutsfattande.  Slutsats: Studien belyste hur samspelet mellan individ- och omgivningsfaktorer hos spelare påverkar beteende under rehabilitering. Identifiering av dessa faktorer visar att rehabilitering med fördel kan utgå från ett biopsykosocialt perspektiv. Spelares hantering av skada upplevdes variera beroende av olika copingstrategier samt hur skadan värderades. / ABSTRACT  Background: Ice hockey is one of the sports with the highest incidence of injuries. There are different factors seen from a biopsychosocial perspective which all influence the players response and behavior during an injury and rehabilitation. The task of physiotherapists is to support patients in their rehabilitation and return to their target activity. There is a limited knowledge of the experiences of physiotherapists regarding player behavior during a rehabilitation process in Swedish elite ice hockey.  Aim: The aim of this this study was to examine physiotherapists experiences of players behaviors in relations to a rehabilitation process after an injury in Swedish elite ice hockey.  Method: A qualitative design with semi structured interviews. An expedient selection was used with six physiotherapists who were included from Hockeyallsvenskan and Svenska Hockeyligan (SHL). The interviews were analyzed with qualitative content analysis with inductive approach.  Results: The thematic analysis resulted in five categories and 20 subcategories. The categories identified were personal factors affects behavior, experience affects behavior, environmental factors affect behavior, personal priorities affect behavior and knowledge about injury affects decision making.  Conclusion: The study illustrated how the interplay between individual- and environmental factors affected player behavior during rehabilitation. Identification of these factors shows that rehabilitation benefits from a biopsychosocial perspective. The experience was that players management of an injury variated depending on different coping strategies and how the injury was valued.

Bakgrund: Artros är den vanligast förekommande ledsjukdomen. I den fysioterapeutiska behandlingen ingår fysisk träning där patienterna får individuellt anpassade hemträningsprogam. Följsamheten till dessa har dock visat sig låg, vilket kan åtgärdas med beteendeförändring. Fysioterapeuten kan bistå med stöd genom användning av beteendeförändringstekniker. Syfte: Att beskriva fysioterapeuters arbete med följsamhet till hemträningsprogram med hjälp av beteendeförändringstekniker hos patienter diagnosticerade med artros. Metod: Kvalitativ deskriptiv design med semistrukturerade intervjuer. Sju fysioterapeuter rekryterades genom bekvämlighetsurval. Data analyserades utifrån kvalitativ innehållsanalys med deduktiv ansats där data matchades med redan framtagna kategorier och underkategorier utifrån Michie et al. (2013) taxonomi med beteendeförändringstekniker. Resultat: Informanternas beskrivningar av arbetet med följsamhet till hemträning matchades med 38 beteendeförändringstekniker indelade i 14 kluster: Goals and planning, Feedback and monitoring, Social support, Shaping knowledge, Natural consequences, Comparison of behavior, Associations, Repetition and substitution, Comparison of outcomes, Reward and threat, Regulation, Antecedents, Identity, Self-belief. Slutsats: Studien visade hur informanterna tillämpar beteendeförändringstekniker i arbetet med följsamhet till hemträning. Inget framstående beteendeförändrande arbetssätt kunde påvisas. En stor variation beteendeförändringstekniker beskrevs. Några arbetssätt tenderade innehålla beteendeförändringstekniker som hänger ihop och kommer till följd av varandra. Andra arbetssätt innehöll enskilda tekniker som används i syfte att möta individuella behov och hinder till träning. / Background: Osteoarthritis is the most common joint disease. The physiotherapeutic treatment includes physical exercise where the patients receive individually adapted home exercise programs. However, adherence to these has proven to be low, which can be remedied with behavioral change. The physiotherapist can provide support by using behavior change techniques. Aim: To describe physiotherapists' work with adherence to home exercise programs using behavioral change techniques in patients diagnosed with osteoarthritis. Method: Qualitative descriptive design with semi-structured interviews. Seven physiotherapists were recruited through a sample of convenience. The data was analyzed based on qualitative content analysis with a deductive approach where the data was matched with already developed categories and subcategories based on Michie et al. (2013) taxonomy with behavior change techniques.  Results: The informants’ descriptions of the work with adherence to home training were matched with 38 behavior change techniques divided into 14 clusters: Goals and planning, Feedback and monitoring, Social support, Shaping knowledge, Natural consequences, Comparison of behavior, Associations, Repetition and substitution, Comparison of outcomes, Reward and threat, Regulation, Antecedents, Identity, Self-belief. Conclusion: The study showed how informants applied behavior change techniques in their work with adherence to home training. No prominent behavioral change approach could be demonstrated. A wide variety of behavioral change techniques were described. Some ways of working tended to include behavioral change techniques that interrelate and result from each other. Other ways of working contained individual techniques used to meet individual needs and training barriers.