Search for dissertations about: "leisure satisfaction"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 31 swedish dissertations containing the words leisure satisfaction.

2. 1. Leisure and muscular performance in health and disease : a study of 40-64-year-old northern Swedes

   Author : Björn Gerdle; Kerstin Sjögren; Umeå universitet; []
   Keywords : MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES; MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES; Leisure; health; skeletal muscle; isokinetics; electromyography; plantar flexion; muscular fatigue;

   Abstract : Categories and frequencies of leisureactivities employed by 156 randomly selected males and females aged 40-44, 50-54, 60-64 were investigated by structured interviews and were related to leisuresatisfaction, to experienced health and socio-economic status. In equal numbers (15) of males and females from each group and in 24 males (60 +_6 years) with intermittent claudication (Cl) isokinetic plantar flexion performance was investigated with registrations of peak torque (PT), contractional work (CW), active range-of-motion (RoM) and integrated electromyograms from all threee triceps surae heads. READ MORE

4. 2. Occupational Engagement among Older People : Evaluation, Repertoire and Relation to Life satisfaction

   Author : Ingeborg Nilsson; Birgitta Bernspång; Britta Löfgren; Anne G. Fisher; Ulla Sonn; Umeå universitet; []
   Keywords : MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES; Key words: Activities of daily living; Leisure activities; Hobbies; Aged: 80 and over; Aged; Occupational therapy; Rehabilitation; Health promotion; Rasch measurement; Occupational therapy; Arbetsterapi;

   Abstract : Occupational engagement among older people is important to investigate as older people are the fastest growing segment in our society, and because occupational engagement is viewed within occupational therapy as one of the basic premises for health. Three perspectives of engagement are highlighted in this thesis: evaluation of occupational engagement, the repertoire of occupational engagement, and finally, the relation between occupational engagement and life satisfaction. READ MORE

5. 3. Spouses of Stroke Patients: Psychological Well-Being and Life Satisfaction

   Author : Gunilla Forsberg-Wärleby; Göteborgs universitet; []
   Keywords : MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES; MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES; stroke; caregivers; rehabilitation; adaptation psychological; personal satisfaction; sense of coherence; longitudinal studies;

   Abstract : Aim: The aim of this study was to investigate longitudinal changes in spouses' psychological well-being and life satisfaction between the first weeks, four months and one year after their partners' stroke and to study the associations between spouses' psychological well-being and life satisfaction and characteristics of the spouses and stroke patients at these three points in time.Method: Eighty-three consecutively recruited spouses of first-ever stroke patients < 75 years participated. READ MORE

6. 4. Mild stroke - consequences in everyday life, coping and life satisfaction

   Author : Gunnel Carlsson; Göteborgs universitet; []
   Keywords : stroke; mild stroke; cognition; post-stroke fatigue; qualitative method; coping; life satisfaction;

   Abstract : Abstract Aim: The aim of this thesis was to explore the life situation one year after an apparently mild stroke, and to compare life satisfaction between patients and their spouses. Method: Seventy-five patients with mild stroke participated. Neurological and cognitive impairment was assessed. READ MORE

7. 5. On Retirement and Cognitive Aging from a Life-Span Perspective

   Author : Linn Elena Zulka; Göteborgs universitet; []
   Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; cognitive aging; retirement transition; leisure activity engagement; work demands; personality; life satisfaction; initial IQ; social contacts;

   Abstract : Retirement is a major life event potentially affecting domains such as cognitive functioning and well-being. The main aim of this thesis was to assess whether retirement influences cognitive functioning and how inter- and intra-individual differences in psychological and lifestyle factors moderate the association. READ MORE