Search for dissertations about: "postpartum period"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 67 swedish dissertations containing the words postpartum period.

2. 1. Postpartum Depression : Epidemiological and Biological Aspects

   Author : Ann Josefsson; Gunilla Sydsjö; Conny Nordin; Göran Berg; Gunilla Lindmark; Linköpings universitet; []
   Keywords : Postpartum depression; pregnancy; childbirth; case-control study; MEDICINE; MEDICIN;

   Abstract : Postpartum depression is by definition a major depression with an onset during the first weeks after delivery. In practice, however, the term, postpartum depression is used to characterize all kinds of depressive symptoms after childbirth. READ MORE

4. 2. Retained Placenta and Postpartum Haemorrhage

   Author : Johanna Belachew; Ove Axelsson; Karin Eurenius; Ajlana Mulic-Lutvica; Kjell Å Salvesen; Uppsala universitet; []
   Keywords : MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES; postpartum haemorrhage; retained placenta; secondary postpartum haemorrhage; retained placental tissue; threedimensional ultrasound; previous caesarean section; Obstetrik och gynekologi; Obstetrics and Gynaecology;

   Abstract : The aim was to explore the possibility to diagnose retained placental tissue and other placental complications with 3D ultrasound and to investigate the impact of previous caesarean section on placentation in forthcoming pregnancies.3D ultrasound was used to measure the volumes of the uterine body and cavity in 50 women with uncomplicated deliveries throughout the postpartum period. READ MORE

5. 3. Implications of psychiatric disorders during pregnancy and the postpartum period - A population-based study

   Author : Liselott Andersson; Marie Bixo; Inger Sundström-Poromaa; Marianne Wulff; Ulf Hansson; Umeå universitet; []
   Keywords : MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES; Obstetrics and gynaecology; Anxiety; Depression; Neonatal; Obstetric; Population-based; Postpartum; Pregnancy; Obstetrik och kvinnosjukdomar; Obstetrics and women s diseases; Obstetrik och kvinnosjukdomar; obstetrik och gynekologi; Obstetrics and Gynaecology;

   Abstract : Background: Depressive and anxiety disorders are common health problems, affecting women at least twice as often as men. Although some studies have been made on pregnant women or, especially, in the postpartum period, most of these studies have been performed on small samples, mainly specific risk groups such as teenage mothers, women of low socioeconomic status and certain ethnic groups. READ MORE

6. 4. Postpartum care in transition : parents' and midwives' expectations and experience of postpartum care including the use of videoconferencing

   Author : Inger Lindberg; Luleå tekniska universitet; []
   Keywords : MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES; Nursing; Omvårdnad;

   Abstract : The overall aims are to explore pregnant women's expectations of postpartum care, midwives experience of organizational and professional change and parents' and midwives' experiences of postpartum care using VC. During the 1980s early discharge was introduced to facilitate a more family-oriented postpartum care. READ MORE

7. 5. The AfterBabyBodyStudy: Muscular changes, exercising, and activity limitations and their associations with pelvic girdle pain and urinary incontinence in the postpartum period

   Author : Sabine Vesting; Göteborgs universitet; []
   Keywords : MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES; physiotherapy; postpartum; urinary incontinence; pelvic girdle pain; pelvic floor disorders; primary health care; exercising;

   Abstract : Aim: Pregnancy and childbirth can lead to several symptoms, changes in the pelvic floor muscles and a diastasis recti abdominis (DRA). This thesis aimed to assess and explore stress urinary incontinence, vaginal heaviness, pelvic girdle pain and muscular changes in the postpartum period, in relation to each other, and in relation to exercising, activity limitations and women’s experiences. READ MORE