Search for dissertations about: "psychosocial problems of old age"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 8 swedish dissertations containing the words psychosocial problems of old age.

  2. 1. Do psychosocial working conditions contribute to healthy and active aging? studies of mortality, late-life health, and leisure

    Author : Charlotta Nilsen; Karolinska Institutet; Karolinska Institutet; Sweden Stockholm Karolinska Institutet Care Sciences and Society Department of Neurobiology; []
    Keywords : MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES; psychosocial working conditions; work stressors; active jobs; passive jobs; sense of coherence; middle age; socioeconomic position; mortality; physical functioning; lung function; leisure activity; old age; Sweden; longitudinal;

    Abstract : The growing demographic challenge posed by an aging population makes finding predictors of health in old age increasingly important. This thesis investigated long-term associations between midlife psychosocial working conditions and late-life health and leisure and examined whether sense of coherence in midlife modified the association between psychosocial working conditions and all-cause mortality. READ MORE

  4. 2. Living with cancer in old age. Quality of life and meaning

    Author : Bibbi Thomé; Institutionen för hälsovetenskaper; []
    Keywords : MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES; Cytology; oncology; cancerology; Cytologi; onkologi; cancer; Public health; epidemiology; Folkhälsa; epidemiologi; hermeneutic-phenomenology; meaning; SF-12; EORTC QLQ C-30; receiving help for daily living; gender; age; comorbidity; complaints; quality of life; content analysis; cancer experience; Aged;

    Abstract : The overall aim of this thesis was to investigate quality of life in people aged 75 and older with cancer in relation to age, gender, presence and type of complaints, comorbidity, living conditions, perceived economic situation, sense of coherence, receiving help for daily living and social resources. The aim was also to investigate older people’s experiences and the meaning of living with cancer in old age. READ MORE

  5. 3. Hearing problems in the elderly. Outsider and insider perspectives of presbyacusis

    Author : Ann-Kristin Karlsson Espmark; Göteborgs universitet; []
    Keywords : MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES; Aged; Presbyacusis; Tinnitus; Epidemiology; ICF; Aural rehabilitation; Hearing aid; Pure-tone audiometry; Questionnaire; Psychosocial Factors; Phenomenography; Audiological rehabilitation.;

    Abstract : What insight can be gained from an epidemiological perspective into factors affecting elderly people with hearing difficulties both individually and in relation to their surroundings? How is hearing impairment perceived by the elderly? How great is the need for audiological rehabilitation for elderly people with hearing impairments?Study I is a cross-sectional study within the framework of the age study H70 where a comparison was made between a) tone audiometry and self-assessments of hearing, b) tone audiometry and the prescription of hearing aids and c) self- assessments of hearing and the prescription of hearing aids. Three age cohorts were studied: 1) year of birth 1901-1902 (n=210: 133 f and 77 m), 2) year of birth 1915-16 (n=168: 94 f and 74 m) and 3) year of birth 1922-23 (n=237: 129 f and 108 m). READ MORE

  6. 4. Life satisfaction in late life: Markers and predictors of level and change among 80+ year olds

    Author : Anne Ingeborg Berg; Göteborgs universitet; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Life satisfaction; oldest-old; longitudinal design; health; social network; locus of control; depressive symptoms; personality;

    Abstract : The overall aim of the thesis was to examine within-individual and between-individual changes in life satisfaction in the oldest-old using different time metrics and to study life satisfaction within the context of psychosocial and health-related variables. Data were obtained from the Swedish OCTO-Twin Study of individuals aged 80 and older who were able to complete the Life Satisfaction Index-Z (LSI-Z). READ MORE

  7. 5. Children with high and intermediate imperforate anus : aspects of care and psychosocial effects of the malformation

    Author : Maria Öjmyr-Joelsson; Karolinska Institutet; Karolinska Institutet; []
    Keywords : Imperforate anus; children; fecal incontinence; psychosocial; parental experiences; care.;

    Abstract : The overall aim of this thesis was to investigate the experiences of children with high and intermediate imperforate anus and of their parents; how they have experienced care and treatment and what consequences the malformation involve for them. Materials: For Paper I three patients with high imperforate anus and their families were interviewed. READ MORE