Search for dissertations about: "Risk-Factor Test"

Showing result 21 - 25 of 157 swedish dissertations containing the words Risk-Factor Test.

  2. 21. Prolonged latent phase of labour : Prevalence, labour outcomes, quality of care, women’s experiences and preferences, and psychometric properties of a questionnaire

    Author : Karin Ängeby; Ann-Kristin Sandin-Bojö; Mona Persenius Wentzel; Bodil Wilde-Larsson; Anna Dencker; Karlstads universitet; []
    Keywords : MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES; birth experience; prolonged latent phase of labour; quality of care; psychometric evaluation; Nursing Science; Omvårdnad;

    Abstract : The overall aim of this thesis was to investigate the prevalence and labour outcome of a prolonged latent phase of labour, quality of care, women’s experiences and preferences during labour, and to psychometrically test a questionnaire.Methods: Qualitative and quantitative methods. READ MORE

  4. 22. Accelerometer measured physical activity, methodological and health related aspects

    Author : Tina Tanha; Malmö Institutionen för kliniska vetenskaper; []
    Keywords : MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES;

    Abstract : Introduction Ihe association of physical inactivity with mortality, cardiovascular disease and cancer is extensively studied in adults. Clustering of cardiovascular risk factors and objectively measured physical activity in children and youth has not been convincingly established. READ MORE

  5. 23. Predictors of Dementia : Insulin, Fatty Acids and Vascular Risk Factors

    Author : Elina Rönnemaa; Lena Kilander; Lars Lannfelt; Björn Zethelius; Laura Fratiglioni; Uppsala universitet; []
    Keywords : MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES; dementia; Alzheimer’s disease; vascular dementia; insulin secretion; diabetes; fatty acids; epidemiology; vascular risk factors; Geriatrics; Geriatrik;

    Abstract : Identification of modifiable risk factors for Alzheimer’s disease (AD) is crucial in order to diminish suffering from this devastating disease. The aim of this thesis was to investigate if different aspects of glucose metabolism, insulin, fatty-acid composition or other vascular risk factors predict the future development of AD and dementia. READ MORE

  6. 24. Hepatitis C : prevalence, risk factors and implications for screening

    Author : Charlotta Millbourn; Karolinska Institutet; Karolinska Institutet; []
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    Abstract : Hepatitis C is a blood-borne virus that mainly affects the liver. The infection is often contracted early in life and remains as an asymptomatic slowly progressive disease. READ MORE

  7. 25. Autonomous cortisol secretion – Mortality, morbidity and diagnostics

    Author : Albin Kjellbom; Lund Medicin; []
    Keywords : MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES; adrenal incidentaloma AI ; Adrenal adenoma; Cortisol; autonomous cortisol secretion ACS ; Mortality;

    Abstract : ContextUp to half of patients with adrenal adenomas found as incidentalomas show biochemical signs of subtle cortisol hypersecretion without having clinical signs or symptoms of Cushing’s syndrome. A condition called autonomous cortisol secretion (ACS). Previous studies have indicated that ACS might be associated with increased mortality. READ MORE