Search for dissertations about: "those most at risk of falling"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 7 swedish dissertations containing the words those most at risk of falling.

2. 1. Being on the trail of ageing : Functional visual ability and risk of falling in an increasingly ageing population

   Author : Jeanette Källstrand Eriksson; Cathrine Hildingh; Boel Bengtsson; Hans Thulesius; Nina Buer; Heather Waterman; Högskolan i Halmstad; []
   Keywords : MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES; elderly; experience; falls; independently living; perceived vision; performance-based vision; visual impairment; Vårdvetenskap;

   Abstract : The elderly population is estimated to increase worldwide. One of the major health determinants identified in this population are injuries where one of the most prevalent causes are falls. READ MORE

4. 2. On Falls in the Elderly –Epidemiological Studies from the Longitudinal General Population Study ‘Good Aging in Skåne’ (GÅS), Sweden

   Author : Magnus Stenhagen; Geriatrik; []
   Keywords : MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES; Accidental falls; elderly; general population; risk factors; prospective; health-related quality of life; life satisfaction; activities of daily living.;

   Abstract : In a ‘greying world’ with aging populations, falls in the elderly are a challenge to the health care system as they are associated with substantial mortality and morbidity. Apart from physical injuries, the consequences of falls are broad, with additional psychological and social consequences. READ MORE

5. 3. The loss of a child to cancer : focusing on siblings

   Author : Alexandra Eilegård Wallin; Karolinska Institutet; Karolinska Institutet; Sweden Stockholm Sweden; Sophiahemmet University College Stockholm Karolinska Institutet Childhood Cancer Research Unit Clinical Cancer Epidemiology The Departments of Oncology and Pathology and Women’s and Children’s Health; []
   Keywords : MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES;

   Abstract : Aims: The overall aim of this thesis was to investigate the long-term psychological health consequences in bereaved families of children who have died from cancer, with a focus on the siblings. Further, we investigated if health-care and family related stressors might affect the long-term psychological health in bereaved siblings. READ MORE

6. 4. Force, falls and fear of falls in myotonic dystrophy type 1. Cross-sectional and longitudinal studies

   Author : Elisabet Hammarén; Göteborgs universitet; []
   Keywords : MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES; MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES; myotonic dystrophy; physiotherapy; muscle force; postural balance; gait; reliability; cross-sectional; prospective;

   Abstract : ABSTRACT Background: Myotonic dystrophy type 1 (DM1) is a neuromuscular multisystemic disorder with slowly progressive muscle weakness. The overall purpose of this thesis was, in adult patients with DM1, to investigate factors of importance for functional balance skills and falls, and to investigate the natural course of muscle force and functional balance impairments, with reliable measurement methods. READ MORE

7. 5. Hip fractures : a European perspective

   Author : Lars Elffors; Karolinska Institutet; Karolinska Institutet; []
   Keywords : Compression of morbidity; Dementia; Epidemiology; Europe; Falls; Frailness; Gompertz; Hip fractures; Osteoporosis; Prevention; Resource allocation; Risk factors; Secular trends;

   Abstract : In 1986 the first prospectively designed multinational survey on incidence of and risk factors for hip fracture utilising a standardised design was initialised. The MEDOS study (Mediterranean osteoporosis) covered 14 centres in six Mediterranean countries, with a population of 3 million individuals aged fifty years or older. READ MORE