Search for dissertations about: "HRQL"
Showing result 11 - 15 of 75 swedish dissertations containing the word HRQL.
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11. Coping strategies and health-related quality of life in persons with traumatic spinal cord lesion
Abstract : Aims: The overall aims of the thesis were to investigate coping strategies employed by persons with traumatic spinal cord lesion (SCL) to cope with the lesion and its consequences, and to study the relations between coping strategies and health-related quality of life (HRQL). Further, specific contributions to SCL-related scale development were given. READ MORE
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12. Health-related Quality of Life in Head and Neck Cancer. A Five-year Prospective Multicenter Study
Abstract : The aim of this prospective longitudinal multicenter study was to evaluate the health-related quality of life (HRQL) in patients with head and neck cancer at diagnosis, after one and five years in relation to tumour location, stage, sub site, treatment modality, gender and age. The first part of the study, lasting for one year, consisted of 357 patients (mean age 63 years; 72% males) that were included between 1993 and 1995. READ MORE
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13. Health-related Quality of Life in Obesity
Abstract : Aims: to document the impact of obesity on health-related quality of life (HRQL), to evaluate the effects of weight reduction treatment on HRQL, and to validate and improve methods for the assessment of HRQL in obesity. Methods: a) SOS comprises a cross-sectional study, an ongoing prospective intervention trial, and a longitudinal population study (n=1135). READ MORE
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14. Studies on health-related quality of life in patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease
Abstract : Aims. To describe health-related quality of life (HRQL) in chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), to develop a Swedish version of the St George's Respiratory Questionnaire (SGRQ), to study factors related to HRQL in COPD and to study long-term effects of rehabilitation on exercise tolerance and HRQL.Methods. READ MORE
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15. Crohn’s Disease in Sickness and in Health : Studies of Health Assessment Strategies and Impact on Health-Related Quality of Life
Abstract : Background and aims. Crohn’s disease (CD) is a chronic inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) with potentially deleterious effects on well-being and daily-life functioning. A complete picture of health status in CD therefore comprises both disease activity (DA) and health-related quality of life (HRQL). READ MORE