Search for dissertations about: "facial pain"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 32 swedish dissertations containing the words facial pain.

2. 1. Everyday living with persistent pain in old age. Pain and its alleviation as perceived by functionally dependent older persons and by staff

   Author : Kerstin Blomqvist; Institutionen för hälsovetenskaper; []
   Keywords : MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES; Medicine human and vertebrates ; Medicin människa och djur ; content analysis.; typology; staff attitude; cognitive impairment; pain relief; pain assessment; pain; Elderly; nursing care;

   Abstract : This thesis explores everyday living with persistent pain from the perspectives of functionally dependent older persons in pain and of staff. A combination of qualitative and quantitative methods was chosen. Data were collected using interviews and tools for assessing pain. READ MORE

4. 2. Postoperative Intrathecal Pain Treatment in Children

   Author : Karin Hesselgard; Neurokirurgi; []
   Keywords : MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES; MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES; Pediatri; intensivvård; Pediatrics; Anaesthesiology; intensive care; Anestesiologi; Pain measurement; Intrathecal pain treatment; Children;

   Abstract : Selective dorsal rhizotomy (SDR) is an effective operations method that successfully decreased the degree of spasticity with long lasting beneficial effects for children with spastic diplegia. Children undergoing SDR are postoperatively in severe pain, a pain related to both the extensive surgical exposure with multilevel laminotomy and the nerve root manipulation. READ MORE

5. 3. Children in the Radiology Department : a study of anxiety, pain, distress and verbal interaction

   Author : Berit Björkman; Karin Enskär; Kerstin Öhrling; Jönköping University; []
   Keywords : Children; radiography; experiences; anxiety; pain; distress; verbal interaction; examination;

   Abstract : This dissertation focuses on children’s experiences of going through an acute radiographic examination due to a suspected fracture. The findings from interviews with children aged 3-15 years showed anxiety, pain and distress to be a concern in conjunction with an examination (Paper I). READ MORE

6. 4. Pain in intensive care : assessments and patients’ experience

   Author : Mia Hylén; Åsa Muntlin; Malmö universitet; []
   Keywords : MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES;

   Abstract : The aim of the thesis was to translate, psychometrically test, and further develop the Behavioral Pain Scale for pain assessment in intensive care and to analyze if any other variables (besides the behavioral domains) could affect the pain assessments. Furthermore, the aim was to explore the patients’ experience of pain within the intensive care. READ MORE

7. 5. Temporomandibular disorders in adolescents. Epidemiological and methodological studies and a randomized controlled trial

   Author : Kerstin Wahlund; Malmö högskola; []
   Keywords : MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES; Temporomandibular Joint Disorders; Facial Pain;

   Abstract : The aim of the present thesis was to investigate different aspects of temporomandibular disorders (TMD) and pain such as prevalence, diagnostics, and treatment among adolescents. The reliability of a questionnaire and the clinical examination and diagnoses according to the Research Diagnostic Criteria for Temporomandibular Disorders (RDC/TMD) were assessed. READ MORE