Search for dissertations about: "healthy life expectancy"

Showing result 6 - 10 of 26 swedish dissertations containing the words healthy life expectancy.

  2. 6. On Aging, Behavior and the Role of PA28αβ in Protein Homeostasis

    Author : Julia Adelöf; Göteborgs universitet; []
    Keywords : MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES; Aggregation prevention; Aging; Animal ethics; Cataract; Exploratory behavior; F2 hybrid mice; Healthy aging; Learning and memory; PA28αβ; Proteasome capacity; Sex comparisons; Water-based behavioral tests;

    Abstract : As life expectancy increases, understanding challenges related to the processes of aging are more relevant than ever. Common age-related diseases progress as consequences of accumulative protein damage and protein aggregates. READ MORE

  4. 7. The role of socio-emotional factors for cognitive health in later life

    Author : Krister Håkansson; Miia Kivipelto; Abdul Mohammed; Bengt Winblad; Francois Hermann; Karolinska Institutet; Karolinska Institutet; Karolinska Institutet; []
    Keywords : MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES; Health and Caring Sciences; Hälsovetenskap;

    Abstract : With increasing life expectancies in most parts of the world, the prevalence of dementia and other age-related chronic diseases is growing. Several factors affect future projections and are discussed in this thesis, including possible limits to a continued growth of life expectancy. READ MORE

  5. 8. Preventive home visits among older people : risk assessment, self-rated health and experiences of healthy ageing

    Author : Astrid Fjell; Karolinska Institutet; Karolinska Institutet; []
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    Abstract : Background: The worldwide population is ageing and life expectancy is increasing. This increase in age is associated with physiological and psychosocial challenges and changes that lead to decreased intrinsic capacity and functional ability. READ MORE

  6. 9. Trends in population health in an era of increasing longevity

    Author : Anna C Meyer; Karolinska Institutet; Karolinska Institutet; []
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    Abstract : In Sweden, the number of older adults over the age of 85 increased by 75% since 1990 while the number of centenarians has almost quadrupled. Rapid population ageing is a global phenomenon and projected to continue in almost all countries worldwide, Sweden among them, throughout the 21st century. READ MORE

  7. 10. The role of education and cognitive skills in understanding mortality inequalities

    Author : Anton Lager; Karolinska Institutet; Karolinska Institutet; []
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    Abstract : The overall aim of this thesis is to improve our understanding of the association between cognitive skills and mortality by epidemiological analyses of their relationship. Related factors, especially own and father’s education, are also analysed. This field or research is approached in three observational studies and one quasiexperimental study. READ MORE