Search for dissertations about: "hrqol"

Showing result 21 - 25 of 292 swedish dissertations containing the word hrqol.

2. 21. Quality of life in patients with thyroid cancer

   Author : Christel Hedman; Karolinska Institutet; Karolinska Institutet; []
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   Abstract : Background: The prevalence of differentiated thyroid cancer (DTC) is increasing as a consequence of rising incidence, young age at diagnosis and excellent survival. The established treatment is surgery, followed by radioiodine as well as levothyroxine substitution. READ MORE

4. 22. Health-Related Quality of Life and Growth Hormone Treatment : Long-term follow-up studies of women with Turner Syndrome and women with osteoporosis

   Author : Emily Krantz; Göteborgs universitet; []
   Keywords : MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES; Health-related Quality of Life; Growth hormone; Turner syndrome; Postmenopausal osteoporosis;

   Abstract : Introduction Growth Hormone (GH) is used to increase height in Turner Syndrome (TS), the most common sex-chromosome aberration in women. GH is also beneficial for bone mass. However, little is known about how GH treatment affects Health-Related Quality of Life (HRQoL). READ MORE

5. 23. Catheter ablation compared to antiarrhythmic drugs in patients with atrial fibrillation : A study focusing on arrhythmic burden and quality of life

   Author : Victoria Svedung Wettervik; Carina Blomström-Lundqvist; Elena Sciaraffia; Mattias Duytschaever; Uppsala universitet; []
   Keywords : MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES;

   Abstract : Patients with atrial fibrillation (AF) experience symptoms and have impaired health-related quality of life (HRQoL). Rhythm control therapy, including antiarrhythmic drugs (AAD) and catheter ablation for pulmonary vein isolation, aims to relieve symptoms and improve HRQoL. READ MORE

6. 24. Quality of Life in Patients with Endocrine Gastrointestinal Tumours

   Author : Gunnel Larsson; Uppsala universitet; []
   Keywords : Medical sciences; Endocrine gastrointestinal tumours; health-related quality of life; psychosocial; function; importance-satisfaction discrepancies; MEDICIN OCH VÅRD; MEDICINE; MEDICIN; omvårdnadsforskning med medicinsk inriktning; Caring Sciences;

   Abstract : The overall aim of this thesis is to investigate health-related quality of life (HRQoL), anxiety and depression in patients with endocrine gastrointestinal (GI) tumours. Patient as well as staff perceptions were assessed. HRQoL was studied with the EORTC QLQ-C30, and anxiety and depression with the Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale. READ MORE

7. 25. Long term health-related quality of life among women with high-risk breast cancer receiving adjuvant high-dose chemotherapy : a comparison with the normal population

   Author : Helena Michelson; Karolinska Institutet; Karolinska Institutet; []
   Keywords : Adjuvant high-dose chemotherapy; health related quality of life; EORTC QLQC30; reference values; chronic health problems.;

   Abstract : The aims of the thesis were 1) to provide reference values for the EORTC QLQ-C30 in the general Swedish population, 2) to investigate effects of adjuvant high-dose treatment on health-related quality of life (HRQoL) among high-risk breast cancer patients during and after treatment and 3) to investigate differences in HRQoL between the patients and women of corresponding age in the general population. The EORTC QLQ-C30 questionnaire was mailed to a sample of 4008 randomly selected individuals in the Swedish population. READ MORE