Search for dissertations about: "Margareta Bachrach-lindström"
Showing result 1 - 5 of 7 swedish dissertations containing the words Margareta Bachrach-lindström.
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1. Health-Related Quality of Life in Postmenopausal Women with Osteoporotic Fractures
Abstract : Background: The global burden of osteoporosis includes considerable numbers of fractures, morbidity, mortality and expenses, due mainly to vertebral, hip and forearm fractures. Underdiagnosis and undertreatment are common. READ MORE
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2. Cultural Competence for Health Professionals : Instrument Development
Abstract : In recent decades, both global migration in general and specifically migration to Sweden have increased. This development compels the need for delivering healthcare to the increasingly diverse populations in Sweden. READ MORE
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3. Empowering knowledge and Quality of Recovery after hip or knee replacement
Abstract : BackgroundArthroplasty is commonly used for an increasing population of patients with osteoarthritis, and the recovery process starts directly after surgery. Today’s shorter hospital stay may be a challenge for the patients and their spouses. READ MORE
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4. Self-Perceived Health and Nutritional Status among Home-Living Older People : A Prospective Study
Abstract : The overall aim was to follow the development of nutritional status and its significance for general health status using an epiemiologic method in a representative population‐based selection of older individuals in two cohorts. The main focus was to prospectively examine the significance of demographic, social and medical factors and to establish a basis to investigate the possibilities of preventive measures. READ MORE
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5. Nutritional Screening of Older Patients : Developing, Testing and Using the Nutritional Form For the Elderly (NUFFE)
Abstract : The overall aim of this thesis was to develop, test and use a simple, clinically useful instrument for the nutritional screening of older patients. Four studies were performed, with a quantitative approach, in a geriatric rehabilitation ward in western Sweden. READ MORE