Search for dissertations about: "Symptom"
Showing result 1 - 5 of 1040 swedish dissertations containing the word Symptom.
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1. Exploring symptom clusters in patients with lung cancer
Abstract : This thesis explored symptom clusters in patients with lung cancer before, during and after oncological treatment. A literature review and an interview study was used to explore the symptom cluster experience from the patients’ perspective. READ MORE
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2. Symptom burden among people with chronic disease
Abstract : Introduction: Chronic diseases tend to increase with old age. Older people with chronic disease are commonly suffering from conditions which produce a multiplicity of symptoms and a decreased health-related quality of life. READ MORE
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3. Cancer-related fatigue. Experience and outcomes
Abstract : Cancer-related fatigue (CRF) is one of the most common and distressing symptoms in cancer patients and it may interfere with everyday aspects of life. Despite the recent significant increase in the literature on CRF it is nevertheless understudied, and several important questions involving experience, aetiology, assessment and interventions remain unanswered. READ MORE
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4. The abdominal symptom study : an epidemiological survey of gastrointestinal and other abdominal symptoms in the adult population of Östhammar, Sweden
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5. Constipation in palliative care : Prevalence, definitions, symptom distress and risk-factors
Abstract : Background and aims: Constipation for patients in palliative care is common and described with variations in prevalence. Side -effects from opioid- treatment, is considered to be one of the main factors leading to constipation. READ MORE