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Showing result 1 - 5 of 14 swedish dissertations containing the word Swed.

  1. 1. Key Features for Successful Swedish Primary Diabetes Care – Reality or Fiction? : Nationwide studies of longitudinal follow-up, HbA1c levels and all-cause mortality in an organizational context

    Author : Rebecka Husdal; Andreas Rosenblad; Janeth Leksell; Eva Thors Adolfsson; Olov Rolandsson; Uppsala universitet; []
    Keywords : Epidemiology; Organization; Personnel resources; Primary health-care; Type 2 diabetes mellitus;

    Abstract : Aims To extend knowledge about the changes in Swedish primary diabetes care from 2006 to 2013 and investigate associations of personnel resources, organizational features and quality-of-work conditions of primary health-care centres (PHCCs) with individual HbA1c levels and all-cause mortality in people with type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM).Methods Information about organizational features, personnel resources and quality-of-work conditions were collected from responses of PHCC managers to the Swedish National Survey of the Quality and Organisation of Diabetes Care in Primary HealthCare (Swed-QOP) questionnaire. READ MORE

  2. 2. Diabetes in primary care : quality of life, metabolic control, drugs and socioeconomic factors

    Author : Per Wändell; Karolinska Institutet; Karolinska Institutet; []
    Keywords : diabetes mellitus; quality of life; socioeconomic factors; cross-sectional survey; Sweden; primary health care; disability pension; psychic symptoms; drug utilisation antidiabetic drugs; cardiovascular agents; lipid-lowering drugs;

    Abstract : Diabetes is one of the most common chronic diseases affecting the Swedish population, with a prevalence of 3-4%. Most diabetic patients receive their care in the primary health care service. READ MORE

  3. 3. The organisation of diabetes care for persons with type 2 diabetes mellitus : A nationwide cross-sectional study in Swedish primary health care

    Author : Rebecka Husdal; Andreas Rosenblad; Eva Thors Adolfsson; Janeth Leksell; Stig Attvall; Nouha Saleh Stattin; Brita Karlström; Uppsala universitet; []
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    Abstract : Aim To extend the current knowledge about changes in Swedish diabetes care from 2006 to 2013 (Paper I), and to investigate the association between personnel resources and organisational features of primary health care centres (PHCCs) and the individual level of glycated haemoglobin (HbA1c) among persons with type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM) (Paper II).Methods The longitudinal cross-sectional study described in Paper I included a total of 684 (74. READ MORE

  4. 4. HIV therapies : from health-related quality of life to DNA levels

    Author : Lars E Eriksson; Karolinska Institutet; Karolinska Institutet; []
    Keywords : AIDS; antiretroviral therapy; CD4; DNA load; HIV; immunotherapy; viral kinetics; nursing; medical care; quality of life; real-time PCR; rgpl60; RNA load; therapy interruption.;

    Abstract : The treatment of people infected with HIV was revolutionised with the introduction of protease inhibitor based antiretroviral combination therapy. The therapy has greatly reduced the incidence of AIDS and AIDS-related mortality in the industrialised world. READ MORE

  5. 5. Diabetes-related blindness : studies of self-management, power, empowerment and health

    Author : Janeth Leksell; Högskolan Dalarna; []
    Keywords : MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES; Diabetes Mellitus Power Empowerment;

    Abstract : Individuals with diabetes and blindness meet problems in daily life that are related to both conditions. The aim was to study diabetes self-management, burden of diabetes, power, sense of coherence (SOC) and health among individuals with diabetes-related blindness. READ MORE