Search for dissertations about: "kroniskt trötthetssyndrom"

Found 3 swedish dissertations containing the words kroniskt trötthetssyndrom.

  2. 1. Making sense of contested illness : Talk and narratives about chronic fatigue

    Author : Pia Bülow; Lars-Christer Hydén; Linköpings universitet; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; chronic illness; CFS; illness narratives; illness experience; narrative analysis; sense-making; interaction; identity; morality; temporalization; co-narration; storytelling; discursive management; kroniskt trötthetssyndrom; patienter; INTERDISCIPLINARY RESEARCH AREAS; TVÄRVETENSKAPLIGA FORSKNINGSOMRÅDEN; Human communication;

    Abstract : The primary aim of this thesis is to study how people suffering from chronic fatigue (usually Chronic Fatigue Syndrome, CFS) make sense of their medically unexplained and invisible illness. Due to the vagueness and indefinable character of this illness, it becomes disputed and doubted in many contexts. Thus, I call it a contested illness. READ MORE

  4. 2. Osäkra 'sjukdomar' – dilemman och möjligheter : kvinnliga 'patienters' och läkares erfarenheter av kroniskt trötthetssyndrom och fibromyalgi

    Author : Pia Åsbring; Karolinska Institutet; Karolinska Institutet; []
    Keywords : Chronic fatigue syndrome; fibromyalgia; women; qualitative interviews; illness experience; identity; biographical disruption work; stigma; patient power; control; physicians experiences; uncertainty;

    Abstract : This thesis focuses on women with chronic fatigue syndrome (M) and fibromyalgia and how they depict their illness experience. Physicians' experiences of these patient groups have also been examined. This thesis is appropriated for the fields of medical sociology and illness experience research. READ MORE

  5. 3. An Epidemiological Study of Exhaustion in the Context of Chronic stress. Concept, Cortisol, Causes and Consequences

    Author : Sara Lindeberg; Socialmedicin och global hälsa; []
    Keywords : MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES; MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES; chronic stress; cortisol; depression; exhaustion; gender; HPA activity; psychosocial;

    Abstract : The interest in exhaustion has increased rapidly during the last few decades in many developed countries. In Sweden, prevalence of exhaustion increased by 50 percent on average between 1989 and 2005, and recent data reveals that exhaustion still remains at this higher level. Scientifically, exhaustion is not clearly defined. READ MORE