Going through magnetic resonance imaging - patients’ experiences and the value of information and preparation for adults and children
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description: Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) is becoming an increasingly common form of exami¬nation for both adults and children. Although it is non-invasive and considered painless, both adults and children experience anxiety during the examination. The technique is sensitive to motion and for that reason many children are anaesthetised. The aim of this thesis was to improve patient care through exploring adult patients’ experiences of undergoing MRI, to examine the value of increased written information for adult patients and to examine whether children receiving age-adjusted preparation and realisation of MRI could go through the examination without deep sedation or anaesthesia. A further aim was to study over a five year period, the commonness of the use of MRI versus CT for children, and the occasions on which the children had deep sedation or anaesthesia. To examine the patients’ lived experience of going through an MRI examination, nineteen patients were interviewed and the interviews were analysed with hermeneutic phenomeno¬logical analysis (Paper I). A two group controlled experimental design was used to examine the impact that increased written information in connection with MRI had on patient anxiety and image quality (motion artefacts). The written information that was part of the prevalent routine was given to 118 adult patients (control group) while 124 patients received also in¬creased written information (intervention group). Anxiety was measured and image quality concerning motion artefacts was assessed (Paper II). Data from the radiological information system were scrutinised for all children between 0 and 15 years having had MRI or computer tomography (CT) over a period of five years (Paper III). A two-group controlled experimental design was used to examine whether or not children between the ages of three and nine could go through MRI awake. The usual preparation was given to 36 children (control group) and age-adjusted preparations and the opportunity to …
abstract: Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) is becoming an increasingly common form of exami¬nation for both adults and children. Although it is non-invasive and considered painless, both adults and children experience anxiety during the examination. The technique is sensitive to motion and for that reason many children are anaesthetised. The aim of this thesis was to improve patient care through exploring adult patients’ experiences of undergoing MRI, to examine the value of increased written information for adult patients and to examine whether children receiving age-adjusted preparation and realisation of MRI could go through the examination without deep sedation or anaesthesia. A further aim was to study over a five year period, the commonness of the use of MRI versus CT for children, and the occasions on which the children had deep sedation or anaesthesia. To examine the patients’ lived experience of going through an MRI examination, nineteen patients were interviewed and the interviews were analysed with hermeneutic phenomeno¬logical analysis (Paper I). A two group controlled experimental design was used to examine the impact that increased written information in connection with MRI had on patient anxiety and image quality (motion artefacts). The written information that was part of the prevalent routine was given to 118 adult patients (control group) while 124 patients received also in¬creased written information (intervention group). Anxiety was measured and image quality concerning motion artefacts was assessed (Paper II). Data from the radiological information system were scrutinised for all children between 0 and 15 years having had MRI or computer tomography (CT) over a period of five years (Paper III). A two-group controlled experimental design was used to examine whether or not children between the ages of three and nine could go through MRI awake. The usual preparation was given to 36 children (control group) and age-adjusted preparations and the opportunity to …
author: Törnqvist, Erna
language: eng
keywords: Nursing, MRI, information, preparation, children, experiences, patients, deep sedation anaesthesia
date published: 2010
date modified: 2026-07-24T02:59:36Z
provider: University of Lund
publisher: Networked Digital Library of Theses and Dissertations
type: WebPage
source organization: Faculty of Medicine, Lund University