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2. 6. Fatigue in patients with chronic heart failure. Patient experience and consequences of fatigue in daily life

   Author : Kristin Falk; Göteborgs universitet; []
   Keywords : fatigue; chronic heart failure; uncertainty; sense of coherence; anxiety; depression; symptom distress; hemoglobin; functional status;

   Abstract : Although fatigue is a prevalent and distressing symptom in patients with chronic heart failure (CHF), it is an underestimated problem in the care of patients, and consequently, insufficiently investigated. The primary aim of this thesis was, therefore, to advance the knowledge from the patients? perspective by describing characteristics of the fatigue experience and its consequences in daily life in patients with CHF. READ MORE

4. 7. Movement performance in elderly women. Relation to neuroimaging findings, medical conditions and activities of daily living

   Author : Xinxin Guo; Göteborgs universitet; []
   Keywords : movement performance; elderly women; PLM test; age; cerebral white matter lesions; brain atrophy; obesity indices; serum lipids; medical conditions and IADL.;

   Abstract : Aims: To study age-related changes of movement performance and their relation to cerebral white matter lesions, brain atrophy, obesity indices, serum lipids, medical conditions and instrumental activities of daily living (IADL).Methods: Study samples were part of the Prospective Population Study of Women and the Gerontological and Geriatric Population Studies (H 70) in Göteborg, Sweden. READ MORE

5. 8. Perceived health in Swedish school students : a longitudinal prevalence study

   Author : Gunilla Brun Sundblad; Karolinska Institutet; Karolinska Institutet; []
   Keywords : Abdominal pain; child-parent agreement; headache; leisure activities; musculoskeletal pain; organized sports; perceived health; physical education class; school children; sports injury; stress;

   Abstract : This thesis, with a national sample of Swedish school students, is part of a collaborate project between Karolinska Institutet, The Swedish School of Sport and Health Sciences and Stockholm Institute of Education carried out in 2001 and with a follow-up study in 2004. The overall aim of the collaboration was to investigate the conditions and circumstances surrounding school children's physical activities, their physical capacity, and general health status, with special attention paid to changes over time and with increase in age. READ MORE

6. 9. Health Complaints, Bullying and Predictors of Attention-deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) in 10-year-olds in a Swedish Community

   Author : Kirsten Holmberg; Anders Hjern; Hans K:son Blomquist; Uppsala universitet; []
   Keywords : ADHD; health complaints; psychosomatic; bullying; developmental screening; preschool children; school children; behavioural screening; Conners 10-item scale; Wilson and Jungner criteria; MEDICINE; MEDICIN; Medicine; medicin;

   Abstract : Attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) is one of the most common behavioural disturbances in school children. The aims of this thesis were to explore the association of ADHD with recurrent health complaints and bullying behaviour in children in grade four, and to evaluate whether it is possible to predict ADHD in grade four by screening before or at school entry. READ MORE

7. 10. Depression in the Lundby Study 1947-1997 Incidence, course and risk-factors

   Author : Cecilia Mattisson; Lund Psykiatri; []
   Keywords : MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES; depressive disorder; the Lundby Study; first incidence; course; risk-factors; Epdemiology; Methodology;

   Abstract : Abstract The aims of this thesis were to describe methodological problems, incidence and course of depressive disorders as well as possible risk factors for depression within the framework of the Lundby Study. The Lundby population was investigated in 1947, 1957, 1972 and 1997. READ MORE