Search for dissertations about: "life quality in hospital"

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  2. 1. Patients' quality of life - Living with incurable cancer in palliative homecare

    Author : Christina Melin-Johansson; Göteborgs universitet; []
    Keywords : MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES; Advanced cancer; Assessment of quality of life a the end of life; AQEL; existential; hospital based palliative care; mixed methods; neoplasm; nursing; palliative care; quality of life; social life; support.; Advanced cancer;

    Abstract : My clinical experience is that living in incurable cancer at the end of life is complex to patients and their families. Patients seem to have a rather good quality of life (QoL) but problems related to the progression of the illness constantly challenges and changes QoL. READ MORE

  4. 2. Impact on life after intracranial aneurysm rupture : health-related quality of life and epidemiologic outcomes

    Author : Ann-Christin von Vogelsang; Christina Forsberg; Jan Mårtensson; Stockholm Karolinska Institutet Division of Nursing Care Sciences and Society Department of Neurobiology; Karolinska Institutet; Karolinska Institutet; []
    Keywords : MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES; intracranial aneurysm rupture; quality of life;

    Abstract : The overall aim of this thesis was to describe impact on life up to ten years after intracranial aneurysm rupture in terms of health-related quality of life, changes in everyday life and descriptive epidemiology with the intention to contribute to an increased understanding of the long-term perceived consequences of that impact.Study I aimed to describe changes and transitions in everyday life during the first two years following an intracranial aneurysm rupture. READ MORE

  5. 3. Disease impact and quality of life in rheumatic diseases

    Author : Birgitha Archenholtz; Göteborgs universitet; []
    Keywords : MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES; MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES; Rheumatic diseases; health status; quality of life; patients perspective; reliability; validity; sensitivity to change; young adults; educational level;

    Abstract : Patients with rheumatic diseases are restrained in their activities of daily living by pain, fatigue and decreased mobility and range of motion. Even with equal severity and activity of disease the perceived health status and quality of life may differ. READ MORE

  6. 4. End-of-life care in a Swedish county : patterns of demographic and social conditions, clinical problems and health care use

    Author : Eva Jakobsson; Högskolan i Skövde; []
    Keywords : MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES; End-of-life; end-of-life care; demographics; social conditions; health care utilization; places of death; clinical problems; turning point; Nursing; Omvårdnad; Humanities and Social sciences; Humaniora-samhällsvetenskap; end-of-life; end-of-life care; demographics; social conditions; health care utlization; places of death; clinical problems; turning point;

    Abstract : There is broad consensus in both international and national policy statements that care provided at end-of-life should be different from care provided during other periods of life. There is a need for comprehensive knowledge about the broad population of individuals who access the public health care system during the last period of life. READ MORE

  7. 5. Traumatic spinal cord injuries in rural Tanzania : occurrences, clinical outcomes and life situations of persons living in the Kilimanjaro region

    Author : Haleluya Moshi; Ann Sörlin; Klas-Göran Sahlen; Gunnevi Sundelin; Lena Nilsson-Wikmar; Umeå universitet; []
    Keywords : MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES; traumatic spinal cord injuries; rural; low income country; clinical outcomes; quality of life; rehabiliteringsmedicin; Rehabilitation Medicine;

    Abstract : Background: Traumatic spinal cord injury (TSCI) is one of the most troubling health condition as it leaves the inflicted individual with irreversible sensorimotor impairment. Rural areas of Tanzania and other low income countries are characterized by inadequate emergency, medical and rehabilitation services and are mostly inaccessible by wheelchair. READ MORE