Search for dissertations about: "psychological problems in workers"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 12 swedish dissertations containing the words psychological problems in workers.

2. 1. Health changes in a market changing labour market

   Author : Hugo Westerlund; Karolinska Institutet; Karolinska Institutet; []
   Keywords : Personnel Downsizing; Personnel Expansion; Labour market exit; Labour market programme; Unemployment; Occupational Health; Personnel Staffing and Scheduling; Sick Leave statistics numerical data; Hospitalization statistics numerical data; Triglycerides; Cholesterol; Fibrinogen; Prolactin; Dehydroepiandrosterone Sulfate; Blood pressure; Stress; Psychological metabolism; Sweden.;

   Abstract : The late 20th century saw major changes in working life across the world. In Sweden, the changes on the labour market had a very strong impact in the early years of the 1990s. READ MORE

4. 2. Do psychosocial working conditions contribute to healthy and active aging? studies of mortality, late-life health, and leisure

   Author : Charlotta Nilsen; Karolinska Institutet; Karolinska Institutet; Sweden Stockholm Karolinska Institutet Care Sciences and Society Department of Neurobiology; []
   Keywords : MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES; psychosocial working conditions; work stressors; active jobs; passive jobs; sense of coherence; middle age; socioeconomic position; mortality; physical functioning; lung function; leisure activity; old age; Sweden; longitudinal;

   Abstract : The growing demographic challenge posed by an aging population makes finding predictors of health in old age increasingly important. This thesis investigated long-term associations between midlife psychosocial working conditions and late-life health and leisure and examined whether sense of coherence in midlife modified the association between psychosocial working conditions and all-cause mortality. READ MORE

5. 3. Hearing impairment and deafness : genetic and environmental factors - interactions - consequences : a clinical audiological approach

   Author : Per-Inge Carlsson; Erik Borg; Berth Danermark; Claes Möller; Örebro universitet; []
   Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Disability studies; hereditary hearing impairment; deafness; noise induced hearing loss; Deaf community; connexin mutations; oxidative stress genes; family history of hearing impairment; audiological rehabilitation; audiological medicine; Handikappforskning; Disability research; Handikappsforskning; SOCIAL SCIENCES; SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; Social sciences; Socialvetenskap; Medicinsk handikappvetenskap; Medical Disability Research;

   Abstract : OBJECTIVES - Hearing impairment (HI) can be due to genetic or environmental factors, e.g. noise. More than 50% of HI cases are thougt to be hereditary. READ MORE

6. 4. Cultural explanatory model of depression among Iranian women in three ethnic groups (Fars, Kurds and Turks)

   Author : Masoumeh Dejman; Karolinska Institutet; Karolinska Institutet; []
   Keywords : Women; depression; explanatory model; ethnic group; qualitative method;

   Abstract : Background: As one of the most prevalent diseases globally and as an important cause of disability, depressive disorders are responsible for as many as one in every five visits to primary care. However, the true figures are unknown, as many do not seek help or know how to access help. READ MORE

7. 5. A comparison of self-rated health among Iranians in Teheran, Iranian immigrants and Swedes in Stockholm : a cross-sectional study on self-rated health, mental health and sleep quality among three urban populations, aged 60–75 years

   Author : Pardis Momeni; Karolinska Institutet; Karolinska Institutet; []
   Keywords : Self-rated health;

   Abstract : Background: Self-rated health (SRH) is one of the most widely used single measures of perceived current health status. It is used across disciplines to explore and explain people’s perceived health. READ MORE