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  2. 1. “It is better to have tried, no matter what” : Psychological perspectives on pre-implantation genetic diagnosis (PGD)

    Author : Stina Järvholm; Göteborgs universitet; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Pre-implantation Genetic Diagnosis PGD ; Decision-making; Men and Women; Risk Factors; Depression; Anxiety; Marital Relationship; Counselling;

    Abstract : Couples with the risk of transmitting a genetic disease face different diagnostic options when they wish to become parents. Pre-implantation genetic diagnosis (PGD) combines in vitro fertilization (IVF) with biopsy of the embryo. With PGD the couple can start a pregnancy knowing that the child will not be affected by the particular disease. READ MORE

  4. 2. Hip fracture : risk factors and mortality

    Author : Bahman Y Farahmand; Karolinska Institutet; Karolinska Institutet; []
    Keywords : Epidemiology; case-control study; hip fracture; body size; physical activity; socioeconomic status; marital status; smoking; alcohol; survival;

    Abstract : The objective of this thesis was to identify factors related to risk of hip fracture and mortality after the hip fracture. We used data from a large population-based case-control study in postmenopausal women aged 50-81 years during 1993-1995 who resided in six counties in Sweden. READ MORE

  5. 3. Social and emotional influences on cardiovascular vulnerability in women : exploration of biological mechanisms

    Author : Myriam Horsten; Karolinska Institutet; Karolinska Institutet; []
    Keywords : Psychosocial factors; Social support; Depression; Marital stress; Work stress; Heart rate variability; Metabolic syndrome; Coronary heart disease; Prognosis; Women;

    Abstract : Background: During the last decades evidence has been accumulating that psychosocial factors including social isolation, depressive symptoms and work stress increase risk for CHD incidence and prognosis. Although depression has been shown to be around twice as common in women as in men and women with CHD have a poorer prognosis than men in terms of both physical health and psychosocial recovery, most studies of psychosocial risk factors and CHD, have been performed in predominantly male populations. READ MORE

  6. 4. The Components of Well-Being Among Older Persons : A Longitudinal Perspective

    Author : Cheryl McCamish-Svensson; Institutionen för psykologi; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Social psychology; Psychology; Qualitative; Loneliness; Social Support; Life Satisfaction; Well-Being; Longitudinal; Gerontology; Socialpsykologi; Psykologi; Gerontologi;

    Abstract : Two Swedish longitudinal cohort studies form the basis for this thesis that examines the components of well-being from young old to oldest old. The Lund 80+ cross-sequential design began in 1988 when participants were 80-years old (N=212) and follows them annually until all are deceased. READ MORE

  7. 5. Aspects of mental and physical health in immigrants in Sweden : an epidemiological study

    Author : Jeanette Westman; Karolinska Institutet; Karolinska Institutet; []
    Keywords : epidemiology; ethnicity; gender; mental disorders; migration; self-rated health; socioeconomic status; suicide; suicide attempts;

    Abstract : Background: Foreign-born people constitute 12.5% of the Swedish population in Sweden, which calls for further research concerning health outcomes in this population group. Objectives: To examine the association between country of birth and attempted suicide after accounting for age, marital status, and socioeconomic status (SES) (study 1). READ MORE