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Ann-Mari Fagerdahl, RN; Lennart Boström, MD, PhD; and Carin Ottosson, MD, PhD are from the Department of Clinical Science and Education, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden. Johanna Ulfvarson, RN, PhD is from the Department of Neurobiology, Care Sciences, and Society, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden.

Address correspondence to:
Ann-Mari Fagerdahl, RN
Department of Clinical Science and Education
Södersjukhuset, Karolinska Institutet
Södersjukhuset S - 118 83
Stockholm, Sweden
ann-mari.fagerdahl@sodersjukhuset.se