Search for dissertations about: "Centenarians"
Found 5 swedish dissertations containing the word Centenarians.
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1. Unequal drug treatment : age and educational differences among older adults
Abstract : The overall aim of this thesis is to investigate whether drug treatment is unequally distributed among older adults on the basis of age and socioeconomic position. All studies in this thesis are based on nationwide register data from the Swedish Prescribed Drug Register (SPDR) record-linked to other registers in Sweden. READ MORE
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2. Better all the time? Trends in health and longevity among older adults in Sweden
Abstract : Background: The health status of the aging population has become one of the major public health concerns today, as the number of older people increases in both absolute and relative terms and life expectancy continues to increase. The increases in life expectancy observed today is mainly the result of improved survival in old age, and as old age is a major risk factor for disease and disability, a major question of concern is to what extent increasing life expectancy comes with years with or without disability. READ MORE
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3. Determinant Factors for Memory Performance in Human Aging: A Study of Environmental, Person-Based, and Non-Cognitive Predictors Contributing to Memory Performance in old Adults
Abstract : The aim of this thesis was to examine the importance of environmental, non-cognitive, and person-based variables for memory performance in old adults. Study I was conducted in cooperation with the Gerontology Research Centre and the Department of Psychology in Lund. READ MORE
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4. Framing Technological Development in a Concrete Context : The Use of Wood in the Swedish Construction Industry
Abstract : An understanding of the factors that condition technological development is of vital importance for business theory as well as for practitioners. The contextual setting of the development constitutes one area of inquiry into this research field. READ MORE
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5. Trends in population health in an era of increasing longevity
Abstract : In Sweden, the number of older adults over the age of 85 increased by 75% since 1990 while the number of centenarians has almost quadrupled. Rapid population ageing is a global phenomenon and projected to continue in almost all countries worldwide, Sweden among them, throughout the 21st century. READ MORE