Search for dissertations about: "Significant use"

Showing result 16 - 20 of 3422 swedish dissertations containing the words Significant use.

  2. 16. Aphasia and Communication in Everyday Life : Experiences of persons with aphasia, significant others, and speech-language pathologists

    Author : Monica Blom Johansson; Karin Sonnander; Marianne Carlsson; Per Östberg; Per Wester; Uppsala universitet; []
    Keywords : Aphasia; Significant others; Interpersonal communication; Communication strategies; Communication partner training; Speech-language pathology services; Medicinsk vetenskap; Medical Science;

    Abstract : The aims of this thesis were to describe the experiences of persons with aphasia and their significant others of their conversations and use of communication strategies, examine current practice of family-oriented speech-language pathology (SLP) services, and test a family-oriented intervention in the early phase of rehabilitation.The persons with aphasia valued having conversations despite perceiving their aphasia as a serious social disability. READ MORE

  4. 17. Internet-based psychological interventions for problematic alcohol use: Patient treatment and support for concerned significant others

    Author : Niels Eék; Göteborgs universitet; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; alcohol use disorder; internet-based treatment; cognitive be- havioral therapy; relapse prevention; community reinforcement approach and family training;

    Abstract : Alcohol has been a part of human history for thousands of years, for both good and bad. The average person in Sweden today is drinking 9 liters of pure alcohol per year, and it is estimated that 780,000 people in Sweden have such serious problems with alcohol that they would benefit from treatment for their problems. READ MORE

  5. 18. Assistive Devices in Everyday Life for Very Old People - Use, Non-use and Opportunities for Use

    Author : Marianne Kylberg; Aktivt och hälsosamt åldrande; []
    Keywords : MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES; service delivery system; mobility devices; activity and participation; leisure activities; very old men;

    Abstract : The overarching aim of this thesis was to contribute to the existing knowledge on the use of assistive devices in everyday life, by adding the perspective of very old single living people in a European context, namely Latvia and Sweden. The aim was to investigate the socio-demographics and environmental and health aspects that impact on device use in the two national contexts. READ MORE

  6. 19. Communication and teamwork : Studies of the impact on quality of drug use in swedish nursing homes

    Author : Ingrid Schmidt; Uppsala universitet; []
    Keywords : MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES; Pharmacy; nursing homes; elderly; drug use; psychotropics; quality; randomized controlled trial; multidisciplinary interventions; teams; communication; FARMACI; PHARMACY; FARMACI; Biopharmaceutics; biofarmaci;

    Abstract : This thesis examines factors that affect the quality of drug-use practices in Swedish nursing homes.The analysis comprises six consecutive studies. READ MORE

  7. 20. Recent changes in land use and productivity in agro-pastoral Inner Mongolia, China

    Author : Sara Brogaard; LUCSUS; []
    Keywords : NATURVETENSKAP; NATURAL SCIENCES; geomorphology; Physical geography; China; Inner Mongolia; remote sensing; LUE model; primary production; GPP; yield variability; land degradation; farmers’ perception; productivity; Land use; pedology; cartography; climatology; Fysisk geografi; geomorfologi; marklära; kartografi; klimatologi;

    Abstract : This study challenges the prevailing assumption that the expansion of cultivated land areas and increasing number of livestock in the agro-pastoral regions of northern China have aggravated the process of land degradation since the start of the rural reforms in 1978. Land-use and productivity trends in the Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region (IMAR), with special attention to the Keerqin steppe region, have been analysed. READ MORE