Search for dissertations about: "qol"

Showing result 11 - 15 of 202 swedish dissertations containing the word qol.

  2. 11. Exercise-based cardiac rehabilitation, physical fitness, and physical activity in cardiac disease

    Author : Maria Borland; Göteborgs universitet; []
    Keywords : MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES; exercise-based cardiac rehabilitation; exercise; physical fitness; physical activity; health-related quality of life; atrial fibrillation; heart failure;

    Abstract : Background: Evidence suggests that individualised exercise-based cardiac rehabilitation should be offered to patients with ischemic heart disease and chronic heart failure (HF) because it improves physical fitness and health-related quality of life (HR-QoL), and reduces cardiac mortality and hospital admissions. If physiotherapist-led exercise-based cardiac rehabilitation (PT-X) can similarly improve physical fitness in patients with atrial fibrillation (AF), and improve physical activity levels in patients with chronic HF or permanent AF, has been sparsely studied. READ MORE

  4. 12. Youth - the future manpower. Studies on unemployment, quality of life and work attitudes

    Author : Lars Axelsson; Allmänmedicin och samhällsmedicin; []
    Keywords : MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES; Self-esteem; Social medicine; Socialmedicin; samhällsmedicin; Social support; Work attitudes; Sense of coherence; Work ethics; Unemployment; Quality of life; Health; Young adults; Adolescents;

    Abstract : The aim was to gain knowledge of experiences of unemployment in young adults with special regard to quality of life (QOL) and to highlight work attitudes and related factors among adolescents. Three studies were performed in Kristianstad municipality, Sweden. READ MORE

  5. 13. Schizophrenia, social functions and quality of life

    Author : Lise-Lotte Nilsson; Malmö Institutionen för kliniska vetenskaper; []
    Keywords : MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES; klinisk psykologi; Psykiatri; psykosomatik; Psychiatry; clinical psychology; psychosomatics;

    Abstract : A good quality of life (QoL) can be regarded as the ultimate goal of psychiatric treatment and rehabilitation. The objective of the present thesis was to study the how the QoL of patients with schizophrenia was related to their social functions and varying social environments. READ MORE

  6. 14. Studies on Quality of Life : A Methodological Perspective on the Definition and Measurement of the Good Life in Patients with Psychiatric Illness

    Author : Madis Kajandi; Frits-Axel Wiesel; Ulf Malm; Uppsala universitet; []
    Keywords : MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES; Psychiatry; quality of life; measurement; definition; psychiatry; validity; reliability; Psykiatri; Psychiatry; Psykiatri; psykiatri; Psychiatry;

    Abstract : Background: In social sciences the quality of life (QOL) concept is often connected with efforts to evaluate welfare and well being. In medicine QOL is frequently used as a complement to evaluations of cure. In psychiatry QOL is of special importance because many patients have to endure long periods of illness. READ MORE

  7. 15. Transition-aged autistic youth : functioning, quality of life, and internet-delivered psychoeducation

    Author : Anna Backman; Karolinska Institutet; Karolinska Institutet; []
    Keywords : ;

    Abstract : Background: Transition-aged autistic youth, ranging from 16 to 25 years of age, often experience challenges in functioning and have a diminished quality of life (QoL). Several factors have been reported to be associated with these outcomes. READ MORE