Search for dissertations about: "LSS"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 21 swedish dissertations containing the word LSS.

  2. 1. Lumbar spinal stenosis : Body mass index and the patient's perspective

    Author : Björn Knutsson; Karl Michaëlsson; Bengt Sandén; Göran Sjödén; Paul Gerdhem; Uppsala universitet; []
    Keywords : MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES; Antonovsky; back pain; BMI; body mass index; Bygghalsan; cohort study; coping; EQ-5D; excess weight; leg pain; LSS; lumbar spinal stenosis; obesity; ODI Oswestry disability index; overweight; patient-centered; patient-physician relationship; patient-perspective; patient-related-outcome-measure; PROMs; qualitative study; spinal stenosis; salutogenesis; salutogenic; sciatica; spine surgery; suffering; Swedish spine register; Swespine; VAS; weight loss; weight change; Orthopaedics; Ortopedi;

    Abstract : During recent decades, lumbar spinal stenosis (LSS) has become the most common indication for spine surgery, a change that coincides with a higher worldwide prevalence of overweight and obesity. Thus, surgical treatment of LSS in the overweight and obese population is common and increasing in scope. READ MORE

  4. 2. Managing Vulnerability : Everyday Interaction in Sheltered Accommodations

    Author : Richard Gäddman Johansson; Stina Bergman Blix; Ilkka Henrik Mäkinen; Karen Christensen; Uppsala universitet; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; vulnerability; social interaction; care and service provision; service users; support workers; sheltered accommodations; intellectual and developmental disabilities; LSS; Sociologi; Sociology;

    Abstract : The purpose of this dissertation is to develop our understanding of the performance and management of vulnerability in social interaction. The term vulnerability is used frequently within a wide range of scholarly fields, however common conceptions of vulnerability have been criticized for containing normative assumptions about our propensities for being exposed to and capabilities for dealing with adverse events and experiences. READ MORE

  5. 3. Enabling disability rights in practise : Understanding how the governance of state-funded personal assistance is fulfilling the Swedish LSS Act

    Author : Heléne von Granitz; Ulrika Winblad; Karin Sonnander; Ieva Reine; Urban Markström; Uppsala universitet; []
    Keywords : MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES; Activities of daily living; disability policy; LSS Act; governance; ICF; participation in society; personal assistance; policy refinement; policy tool; public policy; social security; Sweden; UNCRPD; Hälso- och sjukvårdsforskning; Health Care Research;

    Abstract : Personal assistance (PA) is stated in Article 19 of the UNCRPD as an internationally recognised disability right and is operationalised as a measure in the Swedish Act concerning Support and Service for Persons with Certain Functional Impairments (the LSS Act). The Act’s overall policy goal is to promote good living conditions for the eligible persons by enabling participation in society on equal terms with others. READ MORE

  6. 4. Live life! Young peoples' experience of living with personal assistance and social workers' experiences of handling LSS assessments from a child perspective

    Author : Lill Hultman; Ulla Forinder; Pernilla Pergert; Kerstin Fugl-Meyer; Berth Danermark; Karolinska Institutet; Karolinska Institutet; Karolinska Institutet; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Personal assistance;

    Abstract : The Act Concerning Support and Services to Persons with Certain Functional Impairments, in which the provision of personal assistance (PA) is included, came into force in 1994. It paved the way for strengthened rights for people with disabilities, in which the overall intention was to give disabled people equal opportunities and enable full participation in society. READ MORE

  7. 5. Experiences of everyday life and participation for people with intellectual disabilities : from four perspectives

    Author : Leena Berlin Hallrup; Malmö universitet; []
    Keywords : Everyday life; Experiences; Focus group interviews; Group homes; Participation; Participant observations; Service managers; Significant others; Qualitative studies; Staff members the LSS act;

    Abstract : People with intellectual disabilities are dependent in many ways on the support ofothers if they are to have access to social life, services and support in society. Inorder to participate in various activities, they need intellectual and social support. READ MORE