SAMMANFATTNING Syftet med studien var att undersöka patienters inställning till att dela rum med patienter av motsatt kön och ålder. Metoden som användes var en deskriptiv tvärsnittsstudie med kvantitativ ansats som utfördes på två akutkirurgiska avdelningar. Det var 33 inneliggande patienter som deltog i studien. En studiespecifik enkät delades ut med tio frågor och två frågor om kön och ålder. Frågorna rörde olika synpunkter om hur det är att dela rum med andra patienter och om hur det är att dela rum med patienter med motsatt kön och ålder. Enkäten innehöll även en öppen fråga där deltagarna kunde lämna övriga synpunkter. Materialet analyserades med beskrivande statistik. För att jämföra skillnaden mellan män och kvinnor användes Mann Whitney U test och för att jämföra skillnader mellan de olika åldersgrupperna användes Kruskall Wallis. Resultatet visade att kvinnor ansåg att det var något obekvämare att dela rum med motsatt kön än vad det var för männen. Kvinnorna ville också i större utsträckning få information om detta innan man blev tilldelad en sal och plats. Den yngsta åldersgruppen 18-30 år upplevde sig mest besvärad av störd nattsömn jämfört med de två äldre grupperna. Slutsatsen var att kvinnor tyckte att det var mer obekvämt att dela rum med personer av motsatt kön. De yngsta deltagarna ansåg att det var mest besvärande att dela rum med andra och då med tanke på störd nattsömn. Det som skapade mest oro på patientsalen var när medpatienterna inte visade hänsyn eller om det var medicinskt oroliga. / ABSTRACT The aim of this study was to investigate the patient´s views on their expirience and preference of sharing a patient room with other patients of the opposite sex en age. The metod was a deskriptive cross-sectional study with a quantitavie analyxix. A survey was conducted at two surgical departments. The sample consisted of 33 inpatients. The investigation included questions of gender and age in order to compare differances between men and women and between age groups. The differences between sexes were analysed using Mann Whitney U test and the Kruskall Wallis test was used to determine differances between age groups. The results showed that women felt it somewhat inconvenient to share a room with the opposite sex than men did. The women would also like to receive information about this before the were assigned a room and place. the youngest age group of 18-30 years was the most troubled by disturbed sleep compared with the two older groups. The conclusion was that women found it more uncomfortable to share a room with people of the opposite sex. Among age groups the youngest participants experienced that it was most embarrassing to share a room with others and especially when considering distrubed sleep. What created the most concern was when the other patients did not show respect or if they were medically worried.

As boys in the upper elementary grades become increasingly influenced by peer pressure, many are less likely to participate in singing activities because singing is considered a "feminine" activity. The purpose of this research was to explore if there was an effect on upper elementary boys' level of participation during group singing activities when they attended music classes in a single-sex setting. This study employed a true experimental design and a mixed method. Boys (N = 186) were videotaped during their regular coeducational music classes on two occasions to establish baseline data. Then the students were randomly assigned to attend music classes in either a single-sex or coeducational group. Boys were videotaped again after seven music classes (approximately 9 weeks later). The videos were scored using the author-designed Singing Participation Measure, and the scores (N = 123) were analyzed using an analysis of variance (ANOVA). In addition, qualitative data were collected in the form of music teacher interviews and journal entries. The ANOVA showed no statistically significant differences between groups (single-sex or coeducational) or within groups (baseline scores versus post-treatment scores). In contrast, the qualitative data showed substantial differences in most of the boys' participation in single-sex classes. The teachers reported a sudden increase in the boys' singing participation and described numerous advantages of single-sex music education. Further research is needed. Implications for music educators suggest teachers could create single-sex singing opportunities, choose repertoire mindfully, and establish a "singing culture" at the school to increase boys' participation during singing activities. In addition, music educators are encouraged to know their students' strengths, weaknesses, interests, and needs, and to remember that "one size" does not "fit all" when it comes to what is best for developing young musicians.

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