A disease has consequences not only for the afflicted person but also for those who interact with him or her. A low-grade glioma is a brain tumour whose regarding its psychosocial implications for adult patients and their next of kin has received little attention in the literature. In the light of this the overall aim of the present thesis was to provide increased knowledge about how patients with low-grade glioma and their next of kin experience and deal with everyday life. The methods of the studies were mainly qualitative. Thirty-nine patients and 28 next of kin were interviewed and all except one next of kin completed a quality of life questionnaire. The onset of low-grade glioma was described from the patients’ perspective as a process, either rapid (up to a few months) or prolonged over several years. This phase of low-grade glioma encompassed repeated visits to physicians and care institutions. The onset of low-grade glioma was accompanied by stress, anxiety and uncertainty in the case of both the patients and those nearest. The symptoms and problems the patients experienced covered a broad range of consequences, physical, psychological and social. The patients presented a wide range of ways to cope with illness-related problems. The next of kin were often deeply involved in the patients’ situation and many of them experienced extremely stressful emotions mainly in the early period of the illness. They had experience of positive encounters in health care but more often they had had a sense both of powerlessness and of being invisible and neglected. Relations and roles changed in ways that mostly were experienced as negative. Enabling strength in everyday life had to do with alleviation of strain and having a positive outlook upon life. By means of the questionnaire Subjective estimation of Quality of Life (SQoL) the patients and those nearest estimated their quality of life as being comparatively high. Only one variable, among the patients the absence of work/meaningful occupation and among the next of kin the absence of own children, being estimated at below 60% of the maximum score.

Bakgrund: Patienters återhämtning påverkas av möte med sjuksköterskor, symtom, behandling, biverkningar och vårdrelation. Sjuksköterskors profession utgår ifrån att arbeta med individanpassad vård och det innebär att varje patient bör behandlas unikt och vårdas efter patientens omvårdnadsbehov. Syftet: Syftet var att beskriva kvinnliga patienters upplevelser av stöd från sjuksköterskor vid återhämning av bröstcancer. Metod: En systematisk litteraturstudie med tio vetenskapliga artiklar som analyserades utifrån Evans analysmetod. Resultat: Resultatet visade på två huvudteman och fyra subteman. Det första temat, uppmuntran till återhämtning och tillhörande subteman var: stödets betydelse och motivationens betydelse. Andra temat var: ge information om sjukdomen och tillhörande subteman var: förmedla muntlig information och förmedla skriftlig information. Slutsats: Patienters upplevelser av stöd från sjuksköterskor vid återhämtning av bröstcancer berodde på att patienter fick den vård som de var i behov av vilket innebar att ett vänligt förhållande mellan patienter och sjuksköterskor skapades. Det gjorde att patienter kunde lita på sjuksköterskor genom att patienterna sökte efter trygghet och säkerhet. Detta resulterade till att patienterna kunde uppnå återhämtning med hjälp av stöd från sjuksköterskorna. / Background: Patients' recovery is affected by meeting with nurses, symptoms, treatment, side effects and relationship of care. The nursing profession is based on working with personalized care and this means that each patient should be treated uniquely and cared for according to the patient's nursing needs. Aim: The aim was to describe female patients' experiences of support from nurses in the recovery of breast cancer. Method: A systematic literature study with ten scientific articles that were analyzed based on Evans' analysis method. Results: The results showed two main themes and four subthemes. The first theme, recovery encouragement and associated sub-themes were: the importance of support and the importance of motivation. The second theme was to provide information about the disease and associated sub-themes were: convey oral information and convey written information. Conclusion: Patients' experiences of support from nurses in recovering from breast cancer were due to patients receiving the care they needed, which meant that a friendly relationship between patients and nurses was created. This allowed patients to trust nurses by seeking safety and security. This result led to patients being able to achieve recovery with the help of the support of the nurses.