Search for dissertations about: "rehabilitation 2011"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 36 swedish dissertations containing the words rehabilitation 2011.

2. 1. Pain rehabilitation in Sweden : a quality registry study

   Author : Vanja Nyberg; Mehmed Novo; Jan Ekholm; Umeå universitet; []
   Keywords : chronic pain; pain-related disability; pain rehabilitation; registry study; sick leave benefits; audit;

   Abstract : Background: Chronic pain, defined as non-malignant pain emanating from the musculoskeletal system, may limit everyday activities, social functioning and the quality of social and working life for individuals, creating disability as well as incurring high economic and public costs for society. Controlled studies show that cognitive-behavioural interdisciplinary rehabilitation has a positive effect on functioning in patients who have been disabled by chronic non-malignant pain conditions. READ MORE

4. 2. Dizziness, balance and rehabilitation in vestibular disorders

   Author : Lena Kollén; Claes Möller; Margareta Möller; Monika Fagevik Olsén; Mikael Karlberg; Örebro universitet; []
   Keywords : MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES; benign paroxysmal positional vertigo; static balance; dynamic balance; unilateral vestibular loss; dizziness; walking; vestibular rehabilitation; INTERDISCIPLINARY RESEARCH AREAS; TVÄRVETENSKAPLIGA FORSKNINGSOMRÅDEN; Caring sciences; Vårdvetenskap; Vårdvetenskap; Nursing Science;

   Abstract : Dizziness and balance problems are common symptoms at all ages. The aims were; to evaluate rehabilitation, static, dynamic balance and recovery in acute unilateral vestibular loss (AUVL), to evaluate the treatment of benign paroxysmal positional vertigo (BPPV) with assessment of static and dynamic balance and to evaluate the prevalence of dizziness and BPPV in a population of 75-year-olds. READ MORE

5. 3. Promoting agency among people with severe psychiatric disability : occupation-oriented interventions in home and community settings

   Author : Maria Lindström; Margareta Lindberg; Birgitta Bernspång; Stefan Sjöström; Staffan Josephsson; Umeå universitet; []
   Keywords : Mental health; Psychotic disorders; Activities of daily living; Social participation; Recovery; Occupational therapy; Rehabilitation; Client centered; Residential facilities; Supported housing; Sheltered housing; Outcome assessment; Qualitative research; Occupational therapy; arbetsterapi;

   Abstract : In general, people with severe psychiatric disability living in sheltered or supported housing lead passive, solitary lives. Current rehabilitative approaches often neglect considering an agentic perspective of the residents in sheltered or supported housing. Furthermore, the outreach and societal contexts are often not considered. READ MORE

6. 4. Women´s Experience of a myocardial infarction

   Author : Annica Sjöström-Strand; Barns och familjers hälsa; []
   Keywords : MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES; MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES; myocardial infarction; women; content analysis; phenomenographicmethod; stress; coping; rehabilitation; primary health care;

   Abstract : Background: Coronary heart disease (CHD) is the sleading cause of mortality in men and women in Western society. Few studies of CHD have been performed on women or with a focus on cardiac risk factors in women’s lives. Results from studies of men have been generalized to women, which may be inappropriate or even dangerous. READ MORE

7. 5. Work rehabilitation. Instrument development and women's perceptions of an intervention

   Author : Birgitta Wästberg; Hållbar vardag och hälsa i ett livsperspektiv; []
   Keywords : MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES; Work; assessment; daily activities; client’s perception; evaluation;

   Abstract : The overall aim of this thesis was to contribute to the development of new instruments for use in work rehabilitation contexts and to investigate whether clients’ perceptions of their work environment changed while participating in a work rehabilitation programme, as well as how they perceived the programme. The work rehabilitation in focus was the Redesigning Daily Occupations (ReDO) programme. READ MORE