Search for dissertations about: "multiple sclerosis life"

Showing result 11 - 15 of 46 swedish dissertations containing the words multiple sclerosis life.

  2. 11. Life situation of next of kin to persons in need of care-cronic sorrow, burden, quality of life

    Author : Elisabeth Liedström; Annica Kihlgren; Kirsti Skovdahl; Ann-Kristin Isaksson; Jenny Windahl; Anna Kristensson Ekwall; Örebro universitet; []
    Keywords : MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES; life situation; next of kin; informal caregiving; chronic sorrow; burden; quality of life; Partnership model; Vårdvetenskap; Nursing Science;

    Abstract : Nursing research has been performed during the last 20-30 years, about the next of kin’s vulnerability. Despite this, the health care system has had difficulties to integrate the next of kin in a way that gives support. READ MORE

  4. 12. Sexual function in women with neurological disorders

    Author : Birgitta Hulter; Uppsala universitet; []
    Keywords : MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES; Neurosciences; diabetes mellitus; hypothalamus; IDDM; libido; lubrication; menstruation; multiple sclerosis; orgasm; perception; perspiration; pituitary; prolactin; quality of life; satisfaction; sensation; sexual dysfunction; sexuality; testosterone; vibration; Neurovetenskap; Neurology; Neurologi; Neurology; neurologi;

    Abstract : The purpose of this investigation was to study sexual function in women with neurological disorders at fairly distinct and separate locations. The dissertation comprises descriptive, retrospective, quantitative studies on sexual functioning in women with hypothalamo-pituitary disorders (HPD) (n:48), multiple sclerosis (MS)(n:47), and insulin-dependent diabetes mellitus (IDDM) (n:42). READ MORE

  5. 13. Consequences of multiple sclerosis for patients in Sweden

    Author : Sarah Burkill; Karolinska Institutet; Karolinska Institutet; []
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    Abstract : This study aimed to consider consequences of multiple sclerosis for patients in Sweden throughout various stages of the life course. The thesis was separated into four constituent papers, which dealt with different aspects of the disease, its symptoms, and implications at different life stages. READ MORE

  6. 14. Experiences of pain and associations between pain, disease severity and individual quality of life in people with motor neuron diseases

    Author : Ylva Åkerblom; Pernilla Åsenlöf; Lena Zetterberg; Dag Nyholm; Lena von Koch; Uppsala universitet; []
    Keywords : Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis; motor neuron disease; pain; quality of life; individual quality of life; qualitative content analysis; pain severity; disease severity;

    Abstract : Many people with the incurable and often times fatal motor neuron diseases have pain, but there is lack of knowledge about people’s experiences of living with pain. Further, the correlation between pain and their quality of life is not well understood, and previous studies have not used individual quality of life, namely that people with their own words express what quality of life is. READ MORE

  7. 15. Disability in people with multiple sclerosis with focus on fatigue

    Author : Sverker Johansson; Karolinska Institutet; Karolinska Institutet; []
    Keywords : Disability; energy; fatigue; functioning; health services; multiple sclerosis; perceived impact on health;

    Abstract : Background: Knowledge of the concurrent presence of disabilities and of their association with the perceived physical and psychological impact of MS on health in people with MS is sparse. Fatigue is commonly reported and may cause limitations in daily life. READ MORE