Antalet stress-relaterade diagnoser ökar i samhället samtidigt som fler personer söker hjälp för stress-relaterade symptom inom primärvården. Primärvården erbjuder olika behandlingsformer för stress-relaterad problematik, bland annat kundaliniyoga. Syftet med studien var att utforska hur kundaliniyoga utövad i en avgiftsfri och öppen grupp inom primärvården påverkade deltagarna. Studien grundades på ett bekvämlighetsurval av 5 respondenter. Respondenterna definierade sig som kvinnor mellan 25 och 85 år och hade olika erfarenheter av depression, ångest, oro och annan stress-relaterad problematik. Data om respondenternas upplevelser samlades in via halvstrukturerade intervjuer och analyserades utifrån den tematiska analysmetoden the Constant Comparative Method. Respondenterna upplevde positiva fysiska, mentala, emotionella, interpersonella samt andliga effekter. Kundaliniyogan fyllde ett flertal avgörande funktioner i respondenternas liv och hade stor betydelse för deras fysiska och mentala välmående. Upplevelsen av att ha hittat rätt träningsmetod och sammanhang samt yttre omständigheter så som kundaliniyogalärare och avgiftsfrihet visade sig vara av stor betydelse för respondenternas upplevelser. Kundaliniyogan upplevdes vara effektiv vad gäller att reducera stress-relaterade symptom och upplevdes generera positiva effekter i flera områden av respondenternas liv. / The numbers of stress-related diagnoses in society are growing while an increased number of people with stress-related symptoms look for help within primary health care. The primary health care provides different treatments for stress-related problems, amongst others kundalini yoga. Hitherto no qualitative study has been made on how practitioners experience kundalini yoga, practised in a drop-in-class, free of charge within primary health care. The study is based on an convenience sample of 5 participants. The participants defined themselves as women aged 25-85 years having different experiences of depression, angst, anxiety and other stress-related symptoms. The participants' responses were collected by the use of semi-structured interviews and analysed using the Constant Comparative Method. The participants expressed positive physical, mental, emotional, interpersonal and spiritual effects. The kundalini yoga fulfilled several crucial purposes in the lives of the participants and was of great importance for their physical and mental well-being. The sense of finding the right context and practice as well as external circumstances such as the kundalini yoga teacher and the fact that the yoga was free of charge played an important role in how the participants experienced the kundalini yoga. The participants perceived kundalini yoga as effective in reducing stress-related symptoms and in generating positive effects in a variety of areas of life.

Chronic Heart Failure (CHF) is known to have a substantial impact on activities of daily living (ADL) and symptoms such as breathlessness and fatigue are characteristic. Despite this, research in occupational therapy concerning people with CHF is rare. The overall aim of this thesis was to increase the knowledge of ADL ability and fatigue among those with CHF, to describe experiences of limitations in occupational performance and the strategies that these elderly people use to manage their daily activities and also to describe a programme including energy conservation for clients with CHF in primary healthcare. Method Three groups of older people with a verified diagnosis of CHF and one group of occupational therapists (OTs), all recruited from primary healthcare, were analyzed. The ADL ability of 40 participants was described, with reference to dependence on others, perceived strain and quality of occupational performance. The association between ADL ability and the New York Heart Association Classification (NYHA), a functional classification for people with CHF, was analyzed. Fatigue and its association to ADL ability, use of assistive devices and community support were also analyzed. Ten respondents were then interviewed and asked to describe the strategies they used to manage ADL. The interview results were combined with the current body of research and CHF guidelines to form a base for the development of an intervention programme, including energy conservation, for people with CHF. The programme, based on the Occupational Therapy Intervention Process Model (OTIPM), was used by OTs in primary healthcare, and the clients’ ADL, goal achievements and use of energy conservation strategies were described, as well as the five clients’ and two OTs’ experiences of the program. Results Most participants were independent in personal ADL activities (PADL). A majority was dependent in one or more instrumental ADL activities (IADL) and perceived strain when performing the activities independently. The Assessment of Motor and Process Skills (AMPS) showed a reduced quality of occupational performance compared with healthy people of the same age. Age had a significant impact on ADL performance. Despite this, participants in NYHA III/IV showed significantly increased effort (under motor cutoff) when performing ADL tasks compared with those in NYHA I/II. Fatigue was common and greater fatigue was associated significant with increased dependence and decreased quality of occupational performance, with the exception of shopping. Participants who used assistive devices and home care estimated higher physical fatigue, but no correlation was found with community mobility services. Comorbidities, which can affect occupational performance, were common in all the studies. The participants experiences of limitations in occupational performance and the strategies that they used to manage their daily activities were described as redefining an active life, aware of one’s impaired body and planning activities and balancing the degree of effort. During the interventions according to the programme the clients’ increased their participation and independence in daily activities, consciously gave up what were less meaningful activities for them and deteriorated because of the progression of the CHF. Most goals were achieved and many energy conservation strategies were used by the clients. The clients’ experiences were described as working in collaboration to manage daily activities and using professional support from OTs to enhance their activities. The OTs’ experiences of the programme were described as being supported with specific knowledge and a structured way of working and finding clinical benefits from working according to the program, but doubt the possibilitiy of using it, due to constraints in clinical practice. Discussion The participants' physical fatigue and breathlessness had a negative impact on their ADL-ability. Age affected ADL performance, but the impact of a more severe CHF remained adjusted for age. An ongoing process of occupational adaptation due to periodical physical decline and fluctuating day-to-day ability was described. Many of the strategies used by the participants to handle daily activities could be described as energy conservation strategies, an indication that occupational therapy interventions including energy conservation management would be beneficial for clients with CHF. Both the OTs and the clients described that the specialized programme provided structure for the OTs’ work, knowledge about CHF and about valuable energy conservation strategies. The programme seemed to support the OTs to work in a more comprehensive client-centered way. Conclusion The work with this thesis has increased the limited existing knowledge about elderly people with CHF and their ADL ability, fatigue and the adaptation of occupational performance that they use to manage their daily activities. The experiences indicated that a specialized programme including energy conservation for occupational therapy in primary healthcare seemed to support the OTs work in a more comprehensive client-centered way. The programme needs to be further evaluated.

Vårdcentraler har under de senaste 15 åren anställt kuratorer psykologer och psykoterapeuter som kan erbjuda samtalsbehandling. Vid utvärdering av samtalen visar resultaten friskare patienter som bidrar till lägre vårdkostnader. Biologiska, psykologiska och sociala funktionerna blir centrala i mötet med patienten och hur dessa funktioner påverkar beskrivningen av problemet men också effekten utifrån funktionsnivå i relation till närstående. Vårdcentralen är första linjens vårdgivare från mödra- till äldrevård. Då förändring sker hos patienten påverkas helheten/nätverket. Syftet med studien var att undersöka hur patienter önskade då det gällde att ta med sina närstående och vilken öppenhet/erfarenhet fanns hos samtalsbehandlarna, inom primärvården, att bjuda in nätverket till samtalsbehandlingen? Via enkäter ställdes frågor till patienter och samtalsbehandlare som analyserades i huvudsak på ett kvantitativt sätt.  I resultatet framkom att närmare hälften önskade att ha med sig någon från sitt nätverk till samtalen. Övriga patienter önskade inte familjens deltagande utan beskrev den egna samtalskontakten som viktig. De flesta samtalsbehandlare beskrev att de erbjöd par- och familjesamtal. Syftet, med par- och familjesamtal, skiljde sig mellan respondenterna. Studien pekar på att familjen bjuds in som resurs vid något tillfälle för att få utvidgad information och utökad förståelse kring patientens livssituation. Några respondenter beskrev att samtalen bearbetade interaktionen mellan paret eller familjemedlemmarna. En mindre grupp patienter har haft par- eller familjesamtal. De beskrev att det varit behjälpligt och att de arbetat med samspelet mellan individerna som bidragit till ett positivt behandlingsresultat. / Over the last 15 years counselors, psychologists and psychotherapists are the professions hired for counseling in the Swedish primary care centers. Evaluations of the treatments show healthier patients and lower health care costs. Biological, psychological and social functions are central in counseling, since these features affect the description of the problem and the effect based on the level of functioning in relation to the partner and relatives. The primary care facilities are the first-line of caregivers, from maternal - to elderly care. When circumstances change for the patient, the whole family-network surrounding him/her is affected. The purpose of this study was to investigate what patients thought of bringing their relatives into counseling, and with which openness and what experience counselors invited the network to take part? The respondents answered questions in a survey, and the data was analyzed mainly in a quantitative fashion. The results showed that approximately half of the respondents wanted someone from their family-network to participate in the counseling. The other patients did not want their families’ participation, and thought of their own connection to the counselor as essential. The majority of the counselors claimed to offer couples and family counseling. The aim of the couple and family counseling differed between the respondents. The study suggests that the family is invited as resource at any time to get extended information and enhanced understanding of the patient's life situation. Some respondents described the counseling as processing of the interaction between the couple or the family members. A few patients said they had had couple or family counseling. They described it as being helpful and that working with the communication had been a contributing factor to the favorable outcome.

Background: Lifestyle related non-communicable diseases are now the biggest cause of death and burden of disease in Thailand. NANDA is an evidence- based classification system of nursing diagnosis. Aim: The purpose of the study was to identify and describe the nursing needs of a patient group from a low socio-economic background located in an urban primary health-care setting in Thailand by using NANDA. Method: The study is a structured observation study with a quantitative approach. The study was conducted at a health- center in Bangkok, Thailand. Result: 42 different NANDA diagnoses were identified in the observed group. In total 609 nursing diagnoses were distributed among 96 patients of which 76 were women. The most frequent nursing need diagnosis found was; Imbalanced nutrition; more than body requirement. The most frequent nursing risk diagnosis identified was: Risk for decreased cardiac tissue perfusion. Conclusion: The nursing needs observed in the patient group were mainly related to non- communicable diseases. The disease panorama observed in the patient group coherent with findings in international modern research. Significant relationships and patterns between nursing needs could be identified which strengthens the idea of using an instrument such as NANDA. In conducting the study it was evident that some nursing problems did not match with any diagnosis in the NANDA taxonomy. Clinical impact: The study shows the nursing needs among a patient group with low-socio economic backgrounds in an urban primary health care setting in Bangkok. NANDA is a good tool to systematize nursing care in the nursing profession. It can be beneficial for students in similar situations to use a tool like NANDA to categorize their assessments and impressions. / Bakgrund: Livsstil relaterade icke-smittsamma sjukdomar är numera den största dödsorsaken och sjukdomsbördan i Thailand. NANDA är en evidensbaserad klassificeringssystem av omvårdnad diagnos. Syfte: Syftet med studien var att beskriva och identifiera omvårdnadsbehov hos en patientgrupp med låg socioekonomisk bakgrund inom primärvården i Bangkok genom att använda NANDA. Metod: Studien är en strukturerad observationsstudie med en kvantitativ ansats. Studien genomfördes på en primärvårsinstans i Bangkok. Resultat: 42 olika NANDA diagnoser identifierades i den observerade gruppen. Totalt fördelades 609 diagnoser på 96 patienter, varav 76 var kvinnor. Vanligaste omvårdnadnadsdiagnosen var Obalanserad kost, mer än kroppsbehovet. Den vanligaste omvårdnads riskdiagnosen identifierad var Risk för minskad hjärtvävnads perfusion. Slutsats: Omvårdnads behovet i den observerade patient gruppen var främst relaterat till icke smittsamma livsstilsrelaterade sjukdomar. Sjukdomspanoramat i den observerade patientgruppen var i överensstämmelse med resultat i internationell modern forskning. Att använda NANDA visade sig vara använbart för att organisera och systematisera observationer och data oavsett sammanhang. Signifikanta samband och mönster mellan olika omvårdnadsbehov kunde identifieras. Ett antal identifierade omvårdnadproblem matchade inte med någon diagnos i NANDA taxonomin. Klinisk betydelse: Studien visar på omvårdnadsbehovet hos en patientgrupp med låg socioekonomisk bakgrund i en urban primärvårdsinstans i Bangkok. NANDA är ett bra verktyg för att systematisera omvårdnad i sjuksköterskeyrket. Det kan vara fördelaktigt för studenter i liknande situationer att använda ett verktyg som NANDA att kategorisera sina bedömningar och intryck.

Bakgrund: Ohälsosamma levnadsvanor är ett folkhälsoproblem och står för en femtedel av den totala sjukdomsbördan i Sverige. Var annan kvinna och var tredje man i åldrarna 16-84 år rapporterar att de inte har några ohälsosamma levnadsvanor. (Socialstyrelsen, 2011; Folkhälsomyndigheten, 2014). De flesta distriktssköterskor och sjuksköterskor i den svenska primärvården tycker att det är viktigt att arbeta med patienternas levnadsvanor, de tycker även att arbetet behöver utvecklas (Kardakis, Weinehall, Jerdén, Nyström & Johansson, 2013). Syfte: Att undersöka i vilken utsträckning distriktssköterskor och sjuksköterskor arbetar med rådgivning om levnadsvanor till patienter i primärvården. Syftet är också att undersöka hur de skulle vilja arbeta, vilken kunskap de tycker sig ha och om de anser att de behöver ytterligare kunskap om rådgivning kring levnadsvanor. Metod: En totalundersökning gjordes där samtliga distriktssköterskor och sjuksköterskor verksamma inom primärvårdens vårdcentraler i föreliggande landsting inkluderades i studien. Data samlades in med hjälp av en webbenkät. Resultat: Resultatet visade att de flesta respondenterna ansåg att arbetet med levnadsvanor var mycket eller ganska viktigt och att de flesta arbetade med rådgivning om levnadsvanor i ganska stor utsträckning. Det fanns inga signifikanta skillnader mellan specialistutbildade och grundutbildande sjuksköterskor. Slutsats: Distriktssköterskor och sjuksköterskor i primärvården i föreliggande landsting anser att arbetet med rådgivning om levnadsvanor är mycket viktigt. De arbetar också mycket med detta och anser sig ha kunskaper inom området, men de vill ändå arbeta mer med rådgivning om levnadsvanor och utveckla sin kompetens.  Det är tydligt att distriktssköterskor och sjuksköterskor i primärvården är en underutnyttjad resurs i arbetet med levnadsvanor. / Background: Unhealthy lifestyle behaviour is a public health problem, accounting for a fifth of the total burden of disease in Sweden. Every second woman and every third man aged 16-84 years report that they do not have any unhealthy lifestyle behaviours. (Socialstyrelsen, 2011; Folkhälsomyndigheten, 2014). Most district nurses and registered nurses in Swedish primary health care think it is important to work with lifestyle behaviours, they also think there is need for improvement (Kardakis, Weinehall, Jerdén, Nystrom & Johansson, 2013). Aim: To examine the extent to which district nurses and nurses are working with counseling patients on lifestyle behaviours in primary health care. The aim is also to examine how they would like to work, what knowledge they think they have and if they feel they need additional knowledge of counseling on lifestyle behaviours. Method: A comprehensive survey was made in which all district nurses and registered nurses working in primary health care centers in the present county were included in the study. Data were collected using an online survey. Results: The results showed that most respondents felt that the work with lifestyle behaviours was very or quite important. Most of the respondents were working quite widely with counseling on lifestyle behaviours. There were no significant differences between nurses with specialist education and registered nurses. Conclusion: District nurses and registered nurses in primary health care in this county believe that counseling on lifestyle behavior is very important. They also work a lot with this and claim to have knowledge about lifestyle behaviours. Still they want to work more with counseling on lifestyle behaviours and develop their skills. It is clear that district nurses and registered nurses in primary health care is an underutilized resource in the work with lifestyle behaviours.

Background: Mental illness is a growing public health problem which can cause significant disabilities and lead to poor quality of life. As primary care nurses often are the first to encounter these patients they need knowledge to be able to respond appropriately to this group. Aim: The aim was to describe how the sufferer of mental illness experiences the introduction to primary care. Method: The literature review was based on the results of 11 scientific articles which were analyzed with the inspiration of a metasynthesis method. Results: Four categories emerged: the experience of being treated like a human being, the importance of a therapeutic space, the experience of time and availability as well as the importance of competent personnel and the importance of continuity. Patients described different aspects deemed important when encountering nursing staff. Conclusion: Patients experienced that they received good care when they felt listened to and seen as individuals with their own thoughts and feelings. Person-centered care lead to patients feeling acknowledged. / Bakgrund: Psykisk ohälsa är ett växande folkhälsoproblem och kan leda till storafunktionsnedsättningar och sämre livskvalitet. Sjuksköterskor inom primärvårdenbehöver kunskap för att kunna bemöta denna patientgrupp då det vanligtvis är de sommöter dessa patienter först.Syfte: Syftet var att beskriva hur personer med psykisk ohälsa upplever mötet medprimärvården.Metod: Litteraturstudien bygger på 11 vetenskapliga artiklars resultat som analyseradesmed inspiration av en metasyntes.Resultat: Fyra kategorier framkom: Upplevelsen av att bli behandlad som en helmänniska, vikten av ett terapeutiskt utrymme, upplevelsen av tid och tillgänglighet samtbetydelsen av kompetent personal och vikten av kontinuitet. Patienterna beskrev fleraolika faktorer som påverkade mötet med vårdpersonalen.Konklusion: Patienterna upplevde att de fick bra vård när de blev lyssnade på ochsedda som individer med egna tankar och känslor. En personcentrerad vård ledde till attpatienterna kände sig bekräftade.

<p>Typ 2 diabetes är den vanligaste diabetesformen i Sverige och har samband med vår vällevnad. Tidigare studier visar att sjukdomen är mer vanlig bland fysiskt inaktiva och bland människor med ett ökat energiintag. Syftet med studien var att kartlägga sjuksköterskans hälsofrämjande arbete i primärvården vid typ 2 diabetes. En kvalitativ intervjustudie användes för att samla data. Fem sjuksköterskor från olika vårdcentraler i gamla Skaraborgs län deltog. Analysen av intervjuerna resulterade i ett huvudtema och fem underteman. Resultatet visar på att sjuksköterskorna aktivt arbetar med att motivera patienterna till att ändra kostvanor och öka den fysiska aktiviteten i den icke- farmakologiska behandlingen. Sjuksköterskorna använde information, patientrelation, konkret arbete, patientens villkor och mål som verktyg för att få patienterna motiverade. Att förespråka kost och fysisk aktivitet anses vara mycket viktig uppgift för sjuksköterskorna och utgör en central del i deras arbete.</p> / <p>Type 2 diabetes is the most common form of diabetes in Sweden today and is related to our lifestyle. Previous studies indicate that the disease is more common among physical inactive people and in people with increased energy intake. The aim of this study was to survey how nurses´ in primary health care promote lifestyle change in patients with type 2 diabetes. A qualitative interview study was used for data collection. Five nurses from different primary health care settings in old Skaraborgs county participated. The analyses of the interviews resulted in one major theme and five sub themes. The result shows that nurses work actively to motivate patients to change dietary habits and start with daily physical activity as a part of non-drug therapy. The nurses´ used information, nurse- patient relationship, concrete work, goals and the patient terms as tools to get patients motivated. Promoting diet and physical activity is a central part of the nurses’ daily work.</p>

Bakgrund: Ohälsosamma levnadsvanor ökar i västvärlden och orsakar folksjukdomar så som hjärtkärlsjukdom, cancer, sjukdomar i andningsorganen och diabetes. Hälso- och sjukvården uppmanas att arbeta med förebyggande metoder mot användandet av alkohol och tobak, inaktivitet och ohälsosam kost. Det saknas aktuell forskning som rör distriktssköterskors hälsofrämjande arbete på livsstilsmottagning, därför behövs erfarenheterna undersökas för att utveckla det hälsofrämjande arbetet inom primärvården. Omvårdnadsteoretikern Dorothea Orens teori om egenvård belyser vikten av sjuksköterskans roll att stärka patientens kapacitet till att själv ta makten över sin hälsa. Syftet med studien var att undersöka distriktssköterskors erfarenhet av att arbeta hälsofrämjande på livsstilsmottagning. Metoden var kvalitativ med induktiv ansats där fem intervjuer gjordes med distriktssköterskor som arbetade på livsstilsmottagning förlagd på vårdcentral. Intervjuerna analyserades enligt Graneheim och Lundmans innehållsanalys. Resultatet visade två övergripande kategorier med fem underkategorier. Kategorin ”Barriärer i det hälsofrämjande arbetet” med underkategorierna ”Patientens nivå av hälsolitteracitet" och ”Patientens motstånd till egenvård” Den andra kategorin var ”Möjligheter med ett hälsofrämjande arbete” med underkategorierna ”Individanpassa arbetet”, ”följa upp patientens levnadsvanor” och ”Samverkan med andra hälsoyrken”. Slutsats: Dorothea Orems teori går att applicera i distriktssköterskornas hälsofrämjande arbete, men den visar samtidigt att hälsolitteraciteten har betydelse för att individanpassa arbetet.  Studiens resultat kan stödja liknande forskning för att skapa evidens.  Vidare forskning krävs för att undersöka om några verktyg används och i så fall, vilka verktyg och dess funktion för att utveckla strukturen i det hälsofrämjande arbetet på Livsstilsmottagning inom primärvården. / Background: Unhealthy lifestyles are increasing in the Western world, causing widespread diseases such as cardiovascular disease, cancer, respiratory diseases and diabetes. The health services are encouraged to work with preventive methods against the use of alcohol and tobacco, inactivity and unhealthy diet. There is no current research related to nurses' health promotion in lifestyle clinics, hence it’s necessary to explore the experience to enable development in the area of health promotion in primary care. Nursing theorist Dorothea Orem's theory of self-care highlights the importance of the nurse's role to strengthen the patient's capacity to self take control of their health. The purpose of this study was to investigate the nurses' experience of working in health promotion lifestyle clinic. The method was qualitative inductive approach where five interviews were conducted with district nurses who worked on lifestyle clinics located at the medical center. Interviews were analyzed according Graneheim and Lundman's content analysis. The results showed two main categories with five subcategories. Category "Barriers in health practice" with subcategories "The patient's level of health literacy" and "The patient's resistance to self-care" The other category was "Possibilities with a health promotion" with the categories “Adapt practice", "Monitor the patient's living habits" and "Collaboration with other health professions.” Conclusion: Dorothea Orem's theory can be applied in the district nurses' health practice work, but it also shows that of health literacy is important to individualize the work. The study results could support similar research to create evidence. Further research is needed to investigate if some tools are used and if so, which and its function in the structure of health promotion at lifestyle clinic in primary care.

Inledning: Primärvården i Sverige är i behov av förändring då dess struktur och resursfördelning behöver anpassas för att klara av att möta de framtida utmaningar som primärvården står inför med en befolkning som lever allt längre, kroniska sjukdomar samt multisjuka, där en möjlig lösning skulle kunna tänkas vara digitalisering av primärvården.  Syfte: Det här examensarbetet syftar till att undersöka digitala vårdcentralers möjligheter att bidra till en förbättrad tillgänglighet till primärvården i Sverige. Metod: En systematisk litteraturstudie har genomförts i flera olika databaser, där både kvalitativa och kvantitativa studier har inkluderats i studien. Resultat: Ur ett patientperspektiv rapporterade ett flertal studier en övergripande tillfredsställelse genom användning av digitala vårdbesök som ett alternativ till fysiskt besök på vårdcentral. Diskussion: Generellt ses digitala vårdcentraler som tillgängliggörare av vård för befolkningen, men det finns även osäkerheter som riskerar att påverka både patienter och skattemedel om resurserna används felaktigt och där de inte gör mest nytta. / Introduction: Primary care in Sweden is in need of change, and should recognize challenges related to structures of care, and use of resources, in order to adapt to future challenges faced by primary care. Sweden’s population is living longer, and population health will be increasingly affected by chronic diseases and people living with multiple illnesses. A possible solution could be the use of digitalization in primary care. Purpose: The purpose of this bachelor thesis is to investigate the possibility of digital healthcare providers to contribute to improved accessibility to primary care in Sweden. Method: A systematic literature study has been conducted through several different databases. Both qualitative and quantitative studies have been included in the study. Results: Findings suggest that there is overall patient satisfaction with digital healthcare visits as an alternative to physical visits to the healthcare center. Discussion: Generally speaking, digital care could be expanded but there are also uncertainties that may affect both patients and strain on resources. These issues need further exploring.

Bakgrund: Behovet av förändrade levnadsvanor är stort i dagens samhälle. Ett av distriktssköterskans arbetsområden är att arbeta hälsofrämjande genom att möta, stödja, hjälpa, råda, vårda, förebygga samt behandla i livets olika skeden. En metod som möjliggör detta arbete och som används inom primärvården vid hälsofrämjande arbete är motiverande samtal (MI). Syfte: Syftet med studien var att belysa distriktssköterskors erfarenheter av att använda motiverande samtal (MI) som metod i sitt hälsofrämjande arbete inom primärvården. Metod: En kvalitativ design med induktiv ansats användes som metod. Datainsamlingen genomfördes med tolv semistrukturerade intervjuer. Data analyserades med manifest innehållsanalys. Resultat: Analysen resulterade i tre kategorier. MI-metodens utmaningar, där distriktssköterskorna beskrev att metoden underlättade deras arbete. De beskrev att MI-metoden lyfte fram patientens egna resurser och skapade delaktighet. Patientens motivation hade stor betydelse för den hälsofrämjande förändringen. Det professionella förhållningssättet hos distriktssköterskan, där distriktssköterskorna beskrev vikten av att vara öppen, närvarande och ödmjuk genom att de lyssnade aktivt på patienten för att få kännedom om dennes situation. Förutsättningar för att använda MI-metoden i verksamheten, där det framkom att distriktssköterskor hade behov av repetition och mer utbildning i MI-metoden samt att det fanns behov av stöd från organisationen i användandet av MI-metoden. Slutsats: MI-metoden används framgångsrikt av distriktssköterskor och skapar stora möjligheter att motivera patienter till förändringar. Studien påvisar även att det finns behov för uppföljning av utbildning samt återkoppling mellan kollegor. / Background: The need for changing living habits is very common in today's society. One of the district nurses' work areas is health promotion through meeting, supporting, helping, advising, cherishing, preventing and treating the different stages of life. A method that enables this work and which is used in primary health care for health promotion is Motivational Interviewing (MI). Aim: The purpose of the study was to highlight district nurses' experiences of using Motivational Interviewing (MI) as a method in their health promotion work in Primary health care. Method: A qualitative design with inductive approach was used as a method. The data collection was conducted with twelve semi-structured interviews. Data was analyzed with manifest content analysis. Results: The analysis resulted in three categories. The MI- method's Challenges, where district nurses described that the method facilitated their work. They described that the MI-method highlighted the patient's own resources and created participation. The patient's motivation was of great importance to the health-promoting change. The professional approach of the district nurse , where district nurses described the importance of being open, present and humble by actively listening to the patient to get to know their situation. Preconditions for using the MI method in the business, where it was found that district nurses needed repetition and more training in the MI method and that there was a need for support from the organization in the use of the MI method. Conclusion: The MI method is used successfully by district nurses and creates great opportunities to motivate patients for change. The study also shows that there is a need for follow-up of education and feedback between colleagues.