<p>The purpose of this study was to increase the understanding of how patients following cerebral vascular attacks percieve personal Control and their ability to influence the course of their rehabilitation. Specific questions relating to the concept of Health Locus of Control such as perception of personal responsibility and own influences as well as the recognition of the influence of outside phenomena such as faith, luck and divine power were asked for. The empirical findings of this study were based upon semistrucutural interviews with five respondents. The results showed that the respondents efforts, together with the efforts of others were a necessity in successful rehabilitation. The influence of faith or luck on the other hand, was not percieved as a factor for success. In the discussion, the anomalies shown in the study were analysed in relation to Health Locus of Control. These anomalies show how the respondents regulary combine internal and external attributions.</p>

The purpose of this study was to increase the understanding of how patients following cerebral vascular attacks percieve personal Control and their ability to influence the course of their rehabilitation. Specific questions relating to the concept of Health Locus of Control such as perception of personal responsibility and own influences as well as the recognition of the influence of outside phenomena such as faith, luck and divine power were asked for. The empirical findings of this study were based upon semistrucutural interviews with five respondents. The results showed that the respondents efforts, together with the efforts of others were a necessity in successful rehabilitation. The influence of faith or luck on the other hand, was not percieved as a factor for success. In the discussion, the anomalies shown in the study were analysed in relation to Health Locus of Control. These anomalies show how the respondents regulary combine internal and external attributions.

Immigration is today happening in Sweden to a great extent and this requires a higher level of demands within the transcultural nursing. With this fact as a base to our literature review the aim of the study was developed. This was to investigate how immigrants with diabetes mellitus type 2 experience health and to find out the importance of knowledge related to the patients compliance of given advise and prescriptions. On the basis of the aim the following questions of issue was formulated: How do immigrants with diabetes mellitus type 2 experience their health and what knowledge do they possess concerning their illness? and Within which areas of the immigrants life is it important for the nurse to gain knowledge in order to affect and oblige him or her? A critical review of nine scientific articles emerged in three themes that answer the questions of issue. These themes are: Experience of health and illness, Factors that influence the immigrants acting and Religion, culture and communication. The themes of the study support and relates to Leiningers sunrise model. / Invandring sker i Sverige idag i allt större utsträckning och högre krav ställs på den transkulturella omvårdnaden. Med detta som grund utformades studiens syfte som var att genom litteraturstudie undersöka hur invandrare med diabetes mellitus typ 2 upplever hälsa samt kunskapens betydelse för patientens följsamhet till givna råd och ordination. Utifrån syftet formulerades följande frågeställningar Hur upplever invandrare med diabetes mellitus typ 2 sin hälsa och vad har de för kunskap kring sin sjukdom? samt Kring vilka områden i den invandrades liv behöver sjuksköterskan ha kunskap för att på bästa sätt kunna påverka och tillmötesgå denna? Efter att kritiskt granskat 9 vetenskapliga artiklar mynnade resultaten ut i tre teman som svarar på frågeställningarna. Dessa teman är Hälso- och sjukdomsuppfattning, Faktorer som påverkar den invandrades agerande och Religion, kultur och kommunikation. Studiens teman stöttar och anknytes till Leiningers sunrise-modell.