Sökning: "Physiotherapy in primary care"
Visar resultat 1 - 5 av 54 avhandlingar innehållade orden Physiotherapy in primary care.
1. COPD in primary care : exploring conditions for implementation of evidence-based interventions and eHealth
Sammanfattning : Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) is a major public health problem. Symptoms and comorbidities associated with COPD affect the whole body. Clinical guidelines for COPD recommend pulmonary rehabilitation (PR) including exercise training and education promoting self-management strategies. LÄS MER
2. Self-management of Persistent Neck Pain : A Multi-component Group Intervention in Primary Health Care
Sammanfattning : The overall aim of this thesis was to evaluate effects of a multi-component pain and stress self-management group intervention (PASS) and to explore plausible predictors associated with short-term and long-term treatment effects among patients with persistent tension-type neck pain in primary health care (PHC). Study I was a pilot study in order to explore feasibility of the study design and methods. LÄS MER
3. Genusperspektiv på rehabilitering för patienter med rygg- och nackbesvär i primärvård
Sammanfattning : Introduction Gender as a social and cultural construction has an impact on physiotherapist and patient beliefs, understanding, and behaviour and could affect physiotherapy encounters. Gender studies in early rehabilitation are scarce. LÄS MER
4. A 3-year lifestyle intervention in primary health care : effects on physical activity, cardiovascular risk factors, quality of life and cost-effectiveness
Sammanfattning : Background: A sedentary lifestyle diminishes quality of life (QOL) and contributes to increasing prevalence of obesity, diabetes and cardiovascular diseases (CVD), and thus increases the economic burden on health care and society. Expensive and tightly controlled lifestyle interventions reduce cardiovascular risk and onset of diabetes. LÄS MER
5. Direct triaging to physiotherapist in primary care - development and evaluation of a triage model
Sammanfattning : Background: There is evidence that early contact with physiotherapists leads to advantages for patients with musculoskeletal disorders. Many patients, however, initially seek contact with general practitioners (GPs) within primary care for musculoskeletal disorders. This often delays or replaces physiotherapist contact. LÄS MER