Search for dissertations about: "Sweden Stockholm Karolinska Institutet Care Sciences and Society Department of Neurobiology"

Found 4 swedish dissertations containing the words Sweden Stockholm Karolinska Institutet Care Sciences and Society Department of Neurobiology.

  2. 1. Do psychosocial working conditions contribute to healthy and active aging? studies of mortality, late-life health, and leisure

    Author : Charlotta Nilsen; Karolinska Institutet; Karolinska Institutet; Sweden Stockholm Karolinska Institutet Care Sciences and Society Department of Neurobiology; []
    Keywords : MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES; psychosocial working conditions; work stressors; active jobs; passive jobs; sense of coherence; middle age; socioeconomic position; mortality; physical functioning; lung function; leisure activity; old age; Sweden; longitudinal;

    Abstract : The growing demographic challenge posed by an aging population makes finding predictors of health in old age increasingly important. This thesis investigated long-term associations between midlife psychosocial working conditions and late-life health and leisure and examined whether sense of coherence in midlife modified the association between psychosocial working conditions and all-cause mortality. READ MORE

  4. 2. Navigating through technological landscapes : views of people with dementia or MCI and their significant others

    Author : Lena Rosenberg; Karolinska Institutet; Karolinska Institutet; Sweden Stockholm Karolinska Institutet Division of Occupational Therapy Care Sciences And Society Department of Neurobiology; []
    Keywords : MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES; MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES; Alzheimer s disease; assistive technology; cognitive impairment; community living; design; environment; everyday technology; IADL; occupational therapy; older adults; Rasch analysis;

    Abstract : The general aim of this thesis was to increase knowledge about people with MCI or dementia and their significant others, particularly as users of everyday technology and assistive technology (AT). The overall aim included increasing knowledge about the interactions between people with MCI or dementia and their significant others, and technology. READ MORE

  5. 3. Elderly Iranians in Sweden : The impact of migration on risk factors for cardiovascular disease

    Author : Afsaneh Koochek; Jan Sundquist; Sweden Stockholm Care Sciences and Society Karolinska Institutet Department of Neurobiology Center for Family and Community Medicine; []
    Keywords : MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES; Family Medicine; Allmänmedicin;

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  6. 4. Leisure activities at old age and their influence on dementia development

    Author : Stéphanie Paillard-Borg; Karolinska Institutet; Karolinska Institutet; Karolinska Institutet Care Sciences and Society Department of Neurobiology Aging Research Center (ARC); []
    Keywords : Leisure activities; dementia; components; dimensions; protective factor; onset; Demens;

    Abstract : This thesis aims to describe the participation in leisure activities of elderly subjects and to detect their possible effect, if any, on the development of dementia. The data were derived from the Kungsholmen Project, which is a community-based prospective study on aging and dementia in people aged over 74 years, living in Stockholm, Sweden. READ MORE