Search for dissertations about: "Sence of Coherence"

Found 4 swedish dissertations containing the words Sence of Coherence.

  2. 1. Quality of life in patients with cronical lower limb ischaemia: Before and after revascularisation

    Author : Rosemarie Klefsgård; Institutionen för hälsovetenskaper; []
    Keywords : MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES; Percutaneous Transluminal Angioplasti; By-Pass; critical ischaemia; Intermittent claudication; Sence of Coherence; Short Form 36; Quality of life; Nottingham Health Profile; traumatologi; ortopedi; Kirurgi; traumatology; orthopaedics; Surgery; Validity; Responsiveness; Effect Size; Outcome;

    Abstract : The aim of this thesis was to assess quality of life in patients with varying degrees of lower limb ischaemia before and after revascularisation, to assess quality of life in relation to the degree of ischaemia and the respondents’ sense of coherence (SOC) and in comparison with a healthy control group, and to compare two different quality of life instruments regarding their usefulness as outcome measures. Patients were assessed using the Nottingham Health Profile (NHP) and the SOC scale before and six months after successful revascularisation and compared with 102 healthy controls. READ MORE

  4. 2. Epilepsy in young adulthood : medical, psychosocial and functional aspects

    Author : Helena Gauffin; Anne-Marie Landtblom; Birgitta Söderfeldt; Maria Engström; Thomas Karlsson; Lena Räty; Elinor Ben-Menachem; Linköpings universitet; []
    Keywords : Epilepsy; young adult; Quality of Life; self-esteem; daily life; antiepileptic drugs; cognition; language; fMRI; Sence of Coherence;

    Abstract : The aim of this thesis was to describe the medical, cognitive and psychosocial consequences of epilepsy in young adulthood. Four studies were carried out with this patient group. READ MORE

  5. 3. Creative arts therapies in psychiatry : a clinical application of the Bonny method of guided imagery and music and creative arts groups

    Author : Dag Körlin; Karolinska Institutet; Karolinska Institutet; []
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    Abstract : The Creative Arts Therapies (CATs) are characterized by imagery in altered states of consciousness, artistic expression (art, music, dance, drama) and metaphoric expression (as in poetry). The CATs implemented in this thesis consist of The Bonny Method of Guided Imagery and Music (BMGIM), and the Spektrum Creative arts group program. READ MORE

  6. 4. Quality of life and health following allogeneic stem cell transplantation in childhood

    Author : Catharina M Löf; Karolinska Institutet; Karolinska Institutet; []
    Keywords : Children; SCT; HRQoL; health; long-term; late effect; psychosocial; socioeconomic;

    Abstract : Hematopoietic stem cell transplantation (SCT) is curative in refractory leukaemia and in several other haematological and immunological disorders. However, SCT is associated with morbidity and mortality and entails major strains on children and their families. READ MORE