Search for dissertations about: "quality of life gender differences in asthma"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 7 swedish dissertations containing the words quality of life gender differences in asthma.

  2. 1. Every breath you take every move you make. Studies on Asthma and Sports in Adolescent Athletes

    Author : Kerstin Romberg; allergologi och palliativ medicin Lungmedicin; []
    Keywords : MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES; Adolescence; asthma; airway hyper-reactivity; mannitol provocation; exercise challenge; CC16; gender; life style; quality of life;

    Abstract : Asthma and allergies are common diseases in adolescents and have increased during the last few decades. All elite level sports activities result in increased risk of asthma and rhinitis regardless of sport practised. READ MORE

  4. 2. Quality of life, school performance, treatment adherence and gender differences in asthma

    Author : Rosita Sundberg; Göteborgs universitet; []
    Keywords : MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES;

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  5. 3. Juvenile chronic physical illness in Northern Russia : Studies on mental health, health-related quality of life, and family functioning

    Author : Anna Zashikhina; Bruno Hägglöf; Marianne Cederblad; Umeå universitet; []
    Keywords : MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES; chronic physical illness; adolescence; mental health; behavior emotional problems; depression; self-esteem; health-related quality of life; family functioning; Child and Youth Psychiatry; barn- och ungdomspsykiatri;

    Abstract : Background Chronic physical illness (CPI) is a prolonged, rarely cured condition, which often causes impairment of activities of a child’s or adolescent’s daily living. This thesis encompasses three cohorts of patients with CPI – diagnosed with diabetes, asthma or epilepsy. READ MORE

  6. 4. Asthma in young children : epidemiology, burden of asthma and effects of a parental information program

    Author : Carl-Axel Hederos; Karolinska Institutet; Karolinska Institutet; []
    Keywords : Asthma; Pre-school children; Prevalence; Questionnaires; Quality of life; Intervention;

    Abstract : Background: The prevalence of asthma is usually estimated on the basis of the results of questionnaires. A comparison with prevalence according to medical records has not been reported before. Adherence to medical advice and prescriptions are generally poor in chronic diseases like asthma. READ MORE

  7. 5. Phenotyping of severe asthma in a clinical context

    Author : Valentyna Yasinska; Karolinska Institutet; Karolinska Institutet; []
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    Abstract : Severe asthma is a chronic heterogeneous inflammatory disease characterized by several clinical phenotypes and molecular endotypes. Although it affects a relatively small proportion of the asthma population (approximately 4%-10%), with an even smaller proportion of these having severe uncontrolled eosinophilic asthma, it accounts for > 50% of the costs attributed to the disease. READ MORE