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Empirical Studies

Calibrating and adjusting expectations in life: A grounded theory on how elderly persons with somatic health problems maintain control and balance in life and optimize well-being

Anne-Sofie HelvikInnlandet Hospital TrustDivision TynsetNorway;Department of Public Health and General PracticeNorwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU)TrondheimNorway;St. Olavs University HospitalTrondheimNorwayCorrespondence[email protected]
, Dr Philosophiae,
Valentina Cabral IversenPsychiatric Department ØstmarkaSt. Olavs University HospitalTrondheimNorway;Department of Neuroscience, Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU)TrondheimNorway
, PhD,
Randi SteiringDepartment of Public Health and General PracticeNorwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU)TrondheimNorway
, RN &
LillemorR-M HallbergSchool of Social and Health SciencesHalmstad UniversityHalmstadSweden
, Professor
Article: 6030 | Accepted 08 Mar 2011, Published online: 31 Mar 2011

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Wander van der Vaart & Rosanna van Oudenaarden. (2018) The practice of dealing with existential questions in long-term elderly care. International Journal of Qualitative Studies on Health and Well-being 13:1.
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Mauro Colombo, Carla Facchini, Achim Rusu, Eleonora Marelli, Giuseppe Procino, Rosella Capuano, Cristina Miramonti & Antonio Guaita. (2017) Patients’ Expectations in a Geriatric Rehabilitation Ward: Matching with Actual Outcomes. Health 09:11, pages 1597-1604.
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Aili I. Breda & Amber S. Watts. (2017) Expectations Regarding Aging, Physical Activity, and Physical Function in Older Adults. Gerontology and Geriatric Medicine 3, pages 233372141770235.
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Miloslav Klugar, Juraj Čáp, Jitka Klugarová, Jana Marečková, Donald N. Roberson & Zuzana Kelnarová. (2016) The personal active aging strategies of older adults in Europe. JBI Database of Systematic Reviews and Implementation Reports 14:5, pages 193-257.
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Zahra Ebrahimi, Katarina Wilhelmson, Kajsa Eklund, Crystal Dea Moore & Annika Jakobsson. (2013) Health despite frailty: Exploring influences on frail older adults' experiences of health. Geriatric Nursing 34:4, pages 289-294.
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Anne-Sofie Helvik, Knut Engedal & Geir Selbæk. (2013) Perceived health among the medically hospitalized elderly: A one-year follow-up study. Scandinavian Journal of Public Health 41:4, pages 421-428.
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Anne-Sofie Helvik, Knut Engedal & Geir Selbæk. (2013) Change in sense of coherence (SOC) and symptoms of depression among old non-demented persons 12 months after hospitalization. Archives of Gerontology and Geriatrics 56:2, pages 314-320.
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Anne‐Sofie Helvik, Knut Engedal & Geir Selbæk. (2012) Depressive symptoms among the medically hospitalized older individuals — a 1‐year follow‐up study. International Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry 28:2, pages 199-207.
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Anne-Sofie HelvikKnut Engedal, Steinar Krokstad & Geir Selbæk. (2011) A comparison of life satisfaction in elderly medical inpatients and the elderly in a population-based study: Nord-Trøndelag Health Study 3. Scandinavian Journal of Public Health 39:4, pages 337-344.
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