Search for dissertations about: "Birgitta Sidenvall"
Showing result 1 - 5 of 13 swedish dissertations containing the words Birgitta Sidenvall.
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1. Occupational performance in individuals with severe mental disorders : Assessment and family burden
Abstract : The overall aim of the present thesis was three-fold. The overall aim of the present thesis was three-fold. READ MORE
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2. Eating problems in patients with head and neck cancer treated with radiotherapy : Needs, problems and support during the trajectory of care
Abstract : Aim: The overall aim of this thesis was to acquire knowledge about daily life with focus on eating problems during the trajectory of care for patients with head and neck cancer treated with radiotherapy. Method: The data in study I were gained from medical and nursing records of 50 patients. READ MORE
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3. General Motor Function Assessment and Perceptions of Life Satisfaction during and after Geriatric Rehabilitation
Abstract : Two main goals of geriatric rehabilitation are to re-establish ability for physical function in order to facilitate independence in activities of daily living (ADL), and to promote an optimal degree of well-being, i.e. life satisfaction, in the individual. READ MORE
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4. The meal in geriatric care : Habits, values and culture
Abstract : The aim of the present thesis was to study the meal situation in geriatric care, focusing on cultural, social, psychological and nutritional qualities of the meals for the patients as well as caring strategies and actions performed at meals by the nursing staff. The studies were carried out in a rehabilitation and long-term care clinic providing geriatric care. READ MORE
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5. Daily life after Subarachnoid Haemorrhage : Identity construction, patients' and relatives' statements about patients' memory, emotional status and activities of living
Abstract : The overall aim of this thesis was to describe patients’ experience and reconstruction regarding the onset of, and events surrounding being struck by a Subarachnoid Haemorrhage (SAH), and to describe patients’ and relatives’ views of patients’ memory ability, emotional status and activities of living, in a long-term perspective.Methods: Both inductive and deductive approaches were used. READ MORE