Search for dissertations about: "daily living"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 488 swedish dissertations containing the words daily living.

2. 1. Living with muscular dystrophy : Illness experience, activities of daily living, coping, quality of life and rehabilitation

   Author : Birgitta Nätterlund; Uppsala universitet; []
   Keywords : Medical sciences; Muscular dystrophy; illness experiences; activities of daily living; coping; quality of life; rehabilitation; MEDICIN OCH VÅRD; MEDICINE; MEDICIN; omvårdnadsforskning med medicinsk inriktning; Caring Sciences;

   Abstract : The overall aim was to study and gain knowledge about what it means to live with muscular dystrophy and to study rehabilitation from the patient's perspective, among adults with muscular dystrophy in three Swedish counties: Örebro, Östergötland and Norrbotten. The thesis comprises two qualitative and three quantitative studies. READ MORE

4. 2. Living with fibromyalgia : A study of the consequences for daily activities

   Author : Chris Henriksson; Töres Theorell; Linköpings universitet; []
   Keywords : MEDICINE; MEDICIN;

   Abstract : Fibromyalgia (FM) is a chronic generalized muscle pain syndrome. This thesis is a study of 116 patients with FM, twenty living in the USA and the rest in Sweden, all meeting the classification criteria proposed by the American College of Rheumatology, and 39 patients with chronic regio!Jal muscle pain. READ MORE

5. 3. Daily living and coping strategies in insulin-dependent diabetics : diagnostic reasoning in nursing

   Author : Berit Lundman; Astrid Norberg; Umeå universitet; []
   Keywords : MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES; Insulin-dependent diabetes; metabolic control; daily living; coping strategies; attitudes; tedium; smoking habits; menstruation; nursing; diagnostic reasoning in nursing;

   Abstract : Within a defined geographical area, all patients, 192 in total, with insulin- dependent diabetes of at least 2 years' duration and free from long-term diabetic complications were identified. Their experiences of the influence of the disease on daily living, tedium, and smoking habits were evaluated using a questionnaire and related to metabolic control. READ MORE

6. 4. Living with physical disability : experiences of the rehabilitation process, occupations and participation in everyday life

   Author : Maria Larsson Lund; Ulla Sonn; Umeå universitet; []
   Keywords : disabled persons; activities of daily living; occupations; social environment; social support; disability evaluation; rehabilitation; occupational therapy; patient participation; patient-centred care; Occupational and Environmental Medicine; arbets- och miljömedicin;

   Abstract : A comprehensive understanding is lacking of the experiences persons with acquired physical disabilities have of changes in their engagement in occupations and of the conditions influencing these experiences Furthermore, little is known about the experiences these people have of the rehabilitation process and whether the rehabilitation services satisfy their needs. Access to such knowledge would significantly add to the ability to design rehabilitation services intended to enhance participation in everyday life. READ MORE

7. 5. Living with leukaemia : studies on quality of life, interaction and caring

   Author : Carina Berterö; Gertrud Grahn; Linköpings universitet; []
   Keywords : MEDICINE; MEDICIN;

   Abstract : Leukaemia is one form of cancer disease, comprising both an acute or chronic form, and has a wide range of altemative therapy aids, as well as a highly unpredictable prognosis. This thesis is a study of 27 patients with acute and chronic leukaemia. READ MORE