Search for dissertations about: "marina"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 204 swedish dissertations containing the word marina.

  2. 1. Evaluation of the Otago Exercise Programme with or without motivational interviewing : Feasibility, experiences, effects and adherence among older community-dwelling people

    Author : Marina Arkkukangas; Ann-Christin Johansson; Anne Söderlund; Staffan Eriksson; Astrid Bergland; Mälardalens högskola; []
    Keywords : MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES; Community-dwelling; older adults; feasibility; falls; exercise; behaviour; self-efficacy; physical activity; exercise; motivational interviewing; Ota-go Exercise Programme; randomized controlled trial; Care Sciences; vårdvetenskap;

    Abstract : Falls and injuries related to falls are one of the most common health problems among older people and are becoming increasingly more frequent. Regular exercise has been identified as one of the most effective fall-prevention activities for older people; however, awareness of the impact of exercise programmes and adherence to recommended exercise among the elderly population is generally low. READ MORE

  4. 2. Towards cost-effective tuberculosis control in the Western Cape of South Africa : intervention study involving lay health workers on agricultural farms

    Author : Marina Clarke; Karolinska Institutet; Karolinska Institutet; []
    Keywords : Agriculture; Community Health Worker CHW ; Cost-effectiveness; Directly Observed Treatment DOT ; Directly Observed Treatment Choice; Directly Observed Treatment Short course DOTS ; Farming; Farmers; Farm Dwellers; Farm workers; Farm Health; Lay Health Worker LHW ; Tuberculosis TB ; and Randomised Control Trial RCT ;

    Abstract : BACKGROUND: At the request of the fanning community, the local public health authority in a tuberculosis (TB) high-burdened area implemented a farm-based lay health worker (LHW) project focusing on TB control. This project achieved a significantly better (15%) treatment adherence rate among adult TB patients. READ MORE

  5. 3. The Invisible Seen in French Cinema before 1917

    Author : Marina Dahlquist; Frank Kessler; Stockholms universitet; []
    Keywords : HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; trickfilm; vetenskaplig film; fransk tidig film; Film; Filmvetenskap; filmvetenskap; Cinema Studies;

    Abstract : Since the inception of cinema, an important strand of the medium has focused on itself, on what it depicts, and its indexical relation to the profilmic. Such concerns were most conspicuously put forward by the trick-film genre which bypassed conventional realism in its toying with the photographic image as well as cinematic movement. READ MORE

  6. 4. Reproductive and lifestyle risk factors for sarcoidosis

    Author : Marina Dehara; Karolinska Institutet; Karolinska Institutet; []
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    Abstract : Sarcoidosis is a systemic inflammatory condition with an unknown origin, characterized by the formation of granulomatous lesions primarily in the lungs and lymphatic system. Despite over a century since it was first described, our understanding of its etiology remains limited. READ MORE

  7. 5. Electrocardiographic predictors of clinical outcome in ST-elevation myocardial infarction

    Author : Marina Demidova; Kardiologi; []
    Keywords : MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES;

    Abstract : Malignant ventricular arrhythmias, particularly ventricular fibrillation (VF), remain an important contributor to mortality in ST-elevation myocardial infarction (STEMI). The size of myocardial injury is one more important factor influencing the prognosis of STEMI patients. READ MORE