Search for dissertations about: "Persistent pain"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 127 swedish dissertations containing the words Persistent pain.

2. 1. Persistent musculoskeletal pain : A web-based activity programme for behaviour change, does it work? Expectations and experiences of the physiotherapy treatment process

   Author : Tommy Calner; Peter Michaelson; Lars Nyberg; Gunvor Gard; Anneli Peolsson; Luleå tekniska universitet; []
   Keywords : MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES; behaviour change; expectations; experiences; feasibility; multimodal intervention; musculoskeletal pain; pain management; physiotherapy; qualitative content analysis; single subject experimental design; web-based intervention; work ability; Physiotherapy; Fysioterapi;

   Abstract : This thesis concerned persons with persistent musculoskeletal pain in primary health care and had three aims. The first aim was to evaluate the effects of a web-based programme for behaviour change. The second aim was to create and evaluate a multimodal intervention. READ MORE

4. 2. Pain relief following cesarean section : short and long term perspectives

   Author : Boel Niklasson; Agneta Blanck; Märta Segerdahl; Susanne Georgsson Öhman; Sophiahemmet Högskola; Karolinska Institutet; Karolinska Institutet; []
   Keywords : MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES; Pain management; Local anesthesia; Cesarean section; Morphine consumption; Postoperative pain; Persistent pain; Risk factors; Quality of daily life; Multimodal treatment; Oxycodone; Codeine; Newborn; Safety; pain management;

   Abstract : BackgroundPostoperative pain treatment in women undergoing cesarean section (CS) needs to be effective to enable fast and smooth recovery without adverse outcomes and to improve breastfeeding and bonding between mother and child. It is also important that pain treatment should have minimal impact on the newborn. READ MORE

5. 3. Pain among women : Prospective population studies from a biopsychosocial perspective on pain

   Author : Johanna Thomtén; Örjan Sundin; Joaquim J. F. Soares; Bo Melin; Mittuniversitetet; []
   Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; psychosocial factors; pain; socio-economic status; quality of life; burnout; women;

   Abstract : This thesis focuses on the role of different psychosocial factors in the course of pain over time in a general population sample of women in Sweden. The main aim was to identify and quantify such factors as predictors of pain, pain-related disability and quality of life within a biopsychosocial framework for the understanding of the pain experience over time. READ MORE

6. 4. Neuroinflammation and pain

   Author : Linda Block; Göteborgs universitet; []
   Keywords : MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES; Neuroinflammation; Pain; Persistant pain; Astrocytes; Morphine; Naloxone; Intrathecal administration;

   Abstract : ABSTRACT Background: Persistent pain that remains long after the physiological trigger has been resolved is a disabling condition. A possible mechanism for the transition from acute physiological pain to persistent pain involves low-grade inflammation in the central nervous system, in which inflammatory-activated astrocytes play a significant role. READ MORE

7. 5. Musculoskeletal Pain among Health Care Staff : Riskfactors for Pain, Disability and Sick leave

   Author : Annika Nilsson; Eva Denison; Per Lindberg; Kerstin Ekberg; Uppsala universitet; []
   Keywords : Caring sciences; pain; musculoskeletal pain; disability; sick leave; health care staff; registered nurses; nurses aides; work-related factors; personal factors; life values; Vårdvetenskap;

   Abstract : The present thesis is based on four empirical studies concerning risk factors related to musculoskeletal pain (MSP), disability, and sick leave among three non-clinical samples of health care staff. Initially, in Study I, cognitive, behavioural and environmental factors related to MSP of nurses' aides were explored. READ MORE