Search for dissertations about: "health-related behaviour"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 56 swedish dissertations containing the words health-related behaviour.

2. 1. Social participation, social capital and socioeconomic differences in health-related behaviours. An epidemiological study

   Author : Martin Lindström; Socialmedicin och hälsopolitik; []
   Keywords : MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES; Fat intake; health-related behaviour; intermittent smoking; multilevel analysis; neighbourhood; physical activity; psychosocial; smoking cessation; social capital; social participation; vegetable consumption; socioeconomic differences;

   Abstract : Abstract OBJECTIVES: The aim of this study was to investigate whether psychosocial resources explain socioeconomic differences in smoking cessation and its maintenance. METHODS: A subpopulation of 11,837 individuals from the Malmö Diet and Cancer Study interviewed in 1992-94, age range 45-64 years, was investigated in this cross-sectional study. READ MORE

4. 2. Women's opportunities for well-being : studies of women's work, leisure and health-related behaviour patterns

   Author : Heléne Thomsson; Stockholms universitet; []
   Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Livsföring; Kvinnor; Livsstil;

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5. 3. Exercise in patients with cancer : Effects on health-related quality of life, costs, and cost-effectiveness during oncological treatment

   Author : Anna-Karin Ax; Sussanne Börjeson; Birgitta Johansson; Karin Nordin; Yvonne Wengström; Linköpings universitet; []
   Keywords : MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES; Cancer; Exercise; Health-Related Quality of Life; Cost-Analysis;

   Abstract : Background: Short and long-term side effects of oncological treatment negatively affect daily living and health-related quality of life (HRQoL) in patient with cancer. Exercise during treatment is beneficial for HRQoL, however evidence as to what exercise intensity is most optimal for improving HRQoL and cost-effectiveness is lacking. READ MORE

6. 4. Health related lifestyle habits of Swedish schoolchildren : studies on knowledge, conception and behaviour

   Author : Li Lindberg; Karolinska Institutet; Karolinska Institutet; []
   Keywords : Adolescents; children; food habits; health behaviour; health intervention; physical activity; predictors; secular trends; tobacco use.;

   Abstract : Aim: The overall aim of this thesis was to evaluate the effects of the health education programme "An adventure with Pelle Pump". Further the aim was to provide knowledge of importance for the development of future programmes aiming to promote a healthy lifestyle in children by studying predictors for health behaviours, and the impact of time and age on health behaviours in Swedish schoolchildren. READ MORE

7. 5. Coping strategies and health-related quality of life in persons with traumatic spinal cord lesion

   Author : Magnus Lundgren Elfström; Göteborgs universitet; []
   Keywords : spinal cord injuries; scale development; coping behaviour; distress; mental health; quality of life; psychometrics; validation; cross-sectional;

   Abstract : Aims: The overall aims of the thesis were to investigate coping strategies employed by persons with traumatic spinal cord lesion (SCL) to cope with the lesion and its consequences, and to study the relations between coping strategies and health-related quality of life (HRQL). Further, specific contributions to SCL-related scale development were given. READ MORE