Search for dissertations about: "chronic pain education"

Showing result 16 - 20 of 29 swedish dissertations containing the words chronic pain education.

2. 16. On vocational rehabilitation in northern Sweden : with focus on life satisfaction and outcome prediction

   Author : Michael Eklund; Umeå universitet; []
   Keywords : MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES; Work; Vocational rehabilitation; Impairment; Disability; Outcome; Return to work; Earnings; Psycho-social aspects; Life Satisfaction; Happiness; Chronic pain;

   Abstract : A consecutive series of 149 subjects with complete or partial vocational disability due to somatic ill-health were investigated at admission for vocational rehabilitation and two years later. Subjects filled in checklists which encompassed 5 socio-demographic, 5 psycho-social and 9 life satisfaction items. READ MORE

4. 17. Coping, pain and disability in patients with chronic inflammatory and musculoskeletal diseases

   Author : Nina Santavirta; Karolinska Institutet; Karolinska Institutet; []
   Keywords : Chronic inflammatory and musculoskeletal diseases; coping; coping strategies; pain; disability; emotional well-being; sense of coherence.;

   Abstract : The main interest of this study is in the behavioural and psychological aspects of adjusting to a chronic, periodically painful disease. This study focuses on the concept of coping, the modes of coping, the context of coping, and the factors related to these. READ MORE

5. 18. Pain and health in adolescents and young adults – pieces of a puzzle

   Author : Julia Söderström Malmborg; Ann Bremander; Stefan Bergman; M. Charlotte Olsson; Elin Ekblom Bak; Högskolan i Halmstad; []
   Keywords : MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES; musculoskeletal pain; health status; physical activity; orthorexia nervosa; sports; sleep; stress; anxiety; depression; physical maturity; students; school; biopsychosocial;

   Abstract : Background: Musculoskeletal pain is a burden for the individual and for society, and it has a negative impact on overall health. The biological, psychological, and social factors that govern pain and health form a complex puzzle to put together. READ MORE

6. 19. Cross-cultural differences in patients with temporomandibular disorders-pain : a multi-center study

   Author : Mohammad H. Al-Harthy; Malmö högskola; []
   Keywords : MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES; TMD-smärta; Sverige; Saudiarabien; Italien; Kvinnliga patienter; Behandling;

   Abstract : The overall objective of this thesis was to investigate patients with TMD-pain and TMD-free controls in three cultures (Saudi Arabia, Sweden, and Italy) to determine the influence of culture on and crosscultural differences in pain prevalence and intensity, sensitivity to mechanical and electrical stimulation, pain-related disability for four comorbid pain conditions (back, head, chest, and stomach pain) in the last 6 months, and the type of treatment that patients with TMD pain received. The specific aims were: (i) To determine the frequency of TMD pain in Saudi Arabians (I). READ MORE

7. 20. A quarter century perspective on low back pain : a longitudinal study

   Author : Carina Bildt Thorbjörnsson; Karolinska Institutet; Karolinska Institutet; []
   Keywords : Interactions; occupational; non-occupational; interview method; retrospective; reliability; gender; chronic and incident; panel study; non-response;

   Abstract : The focus of this thesis is analyses of associations between occupational and non-occupational conditions on the one hand, and low back pain on the other. Methodological aspects of assessment of information about psychosocial working conditions, as well as of consequences of attrition in longitudinal studies, have also been examined. READ MORE