Search for dissertations about: "body burden"
Showing result 1 - 5 of 125 swedish dissertations containing the words body burden.
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1. An invisible burden : An experience-based approach to nurses' daily work life with healthcare information technology
Abstract : Information and Communication Technology (ICT) has been an increasingly pervasive component of most workplaces throughout the past half century. In healthcare, the turn to the digital has resulted into the broad implementation of Healthcare Information Technology (HIT). READ MORE
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2. Non-communicable diseases and war injuries in Palestine : burden, incidence and management in the health system
Abstract : Background: The epidemics of non-communicable diseases (NCDs) and war-related injuries are a significant health concerns, and are rapidly emerging as major causes of mortality and disability globally, particularly in low and middle-income countries (LMICs) such as Palestine. Health research on the epidemiology and management of NCDs and war injuries is scarce and largely neglected. READ MORE
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3. Technology as an extension of the human body : Exploring the potential role of technology in an elderly home care setting
Abstract : The present thesis explores the potential role and implications of technology in elderly care from the users’ perspective. This exploration is undertaken in terms of five empirical studies of a telehealth project and a meta-analysis of their contributions. READ MORE
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4. Body composition and quality of life in patients with IBD, ileostomy and short bowel syndrome
Abstract : Patients with IBD are at risk for intestinal disability (e.g. having a stoma, malnutrition). The general aim of the thesis was to investigate physiological, psychological and social consequences of having IBD and an ileostomy or short bowel syndrome (SBS). READ MORE
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5. Rheumatoid Arthritis: Body Composition, Bone Loss, and Mortality
Abstract : Early rheumatoid arthritis (RA) patients (disease duration ≤1 year, n=165) were recruited 1995-2001 and followed systematically clinically and with dual energy X-ray absorptiometry (DXA) over 2 years and compared to age- and gender-matched controls. Baseline arm and leg lean mass were decreased in RA patients in both genders and body mass index and truncal fat distribution were increased in female RA patients. READ MORE