Sökning: "environmental illness"

Visar resultat 21 - 25 av 49 avhandlingar innehållade orden environmental illness.

1. 21. housing environment of people with severe mental illness : a study of supported housing facilities in Sweden

   Författare :Elizabeth Marcheschi; Chalmers tekniska högskola; []
   Nyckelord :SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES;

   Sammanfattning : Supported housing facilities (SHF) are among the most common housing solutions for people with severe mental illness (SMI). A poor level of physical-environment qualities and the re-creation of institutional atmospheres in these settings have been found in recent studies. LÄS MER

3. 22. Asthma, rhinitis, and asthma-related symptoms in relation to vehicle exhaust using different exposure metrics

   Författare :Lars Modig; Bertil Forsberg; Lars Barregård; Umeå universitet; []
   Nyckelord :Asthma; rhinitis; asthmatic symptoms; annoyance; vehicle exhaust; Occupational and Environmental Medicine; arbets- och miljömedicin;

   Sammanfattning : Air pollution is a well known public health problem that involves both long-term and acute effects. An outcome associated with traffic-related air pollution is respiratory illness. LÄS MER

4. 23. 'We are deaf, though we hear; we are dumb, though we talk; we are blind, though we see' : understanding Iranian late-in-life immigrants' perceptions and experiences of health, illness and culturally appropriate care

   Författare :Azita Emami; Karolinska Institutet; Karolinska Institutet; []
   Nyckelord :elderly immigrants; ethnogerontology; cross-cultural elderly care; health perception; illness perception; culturally appropriate elderly care;

   Sammanfattning : Despite the fact that elderly immigrants constitute nearly nine percent of the total population over 65-years of age, they have remained conspicuous by their absence in reports that underlie national welfare- and health care decision making in Sweden. The aim of this thesis was to deepen the understanding of Iranian late-in-life immigrants' experiences and perceptions of health, illness and culturally appropriate care. LÄS MER

5. 24. The embodied experience of living with Parkinson’s disease

   Författare :Helena Sunvisson; Karolinska Institutet; Karolinska Institutet; []
   Nyckelord :Parkinsons disease; illness experience; embodied experience; mobility; care; environment; intervention; longitudinal study; phenomenology;

   Sammanfattning : People with Parkinson’s disease (PD) face many continuous limitations in daily life because of their illness. To illuminate the lived experience of PD and to evaluate ways to give individuals who suffer from PD comprehensive opportunities to come to terms with the impact that the illness has on daily living, two intervention programs and one longitudinal study were carried out. LÄS MER

7. 25. Genetic epidemiological studies of the functional somatic syndromes : chronic widespread pain and chronic fatigue

   Författare :Kenji Kato; Karolinska Institutet; Karolinska Institutet; []
   Nyckelord :functional somatic syndrome; chronic widespread pain; fibromyalgia; chronic fatigue; comorbidity; twins; genetic factors; environmental factors; sex differences; personality; stress;

   Sammanfattning : Fibromyalgia and chronic fatigue syndrome are two symptom-defined conditions with many physical symptoms in common, such as muscle pain, fatigue, unrefreshing sleep, and impairment in memory or concentration. These two conditions often co-occur and frequently co-exist with other symptom-defined conditions (e.g. LÄS MER