Sökning: "medelåldern"

Visar resultat 1 - 5 av 47 avhandlingar innehållade ordet medelåldern.

  1. 1. Tobaksvanor i medelåldern : riskfaktormönster, rökstoppsattityder och erfarenheter av att sluta röka

    Författare :Gunnar Lundqvist; Lars Weinehall; Kurt Svärdsudd; Umeå universitet; []
    Nyckelord :MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES; Public health science; Folkhälsovetenskap; folkhälsa; Public health;

    Sammanfattning : Tobacco use, mostly smoking, has been a deeply rooted habit for many people for centuries. However, it was not until the second half of last century that the risks with smoking became obvious. Today when the bad consequences of smoking are recognized by almost all people, it is important to discuss why smokers choose to continue smoking. LÄS MER

  3. 2. När kroppen sätter gränser : En studie om att leva med hjärtsvikt i medelåldern

    Författare :Lena Nordgren; Ingegerd Fagerberg; Margareta Asp; Anna Strömberg; Växjö universitet; []
    Nyckelord :MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES; heart failure; middle age; phenomenology; caring sciences; hjärtsvikt; medelåldern; fenomenologi; vårdvetenskap; Caring sciences; Vårdvetenskap; Omvårdnad; Nursing; vårdvetenskap;

    Sammanfattning : The overall aim of the present thesis was to describe the meaning of living with heart failure as a middle-aged person. In particular, the relation between the persons’ life-situations and formal care was explored. An additional aim was to uncover the meaning of support as experienced by people living with heart failure in middle age. LÄS MER

  4. 3. En tillvaro av utanförskap : En longitudinell studie om att vara i medelåldern och närstående till en person som insjuknat i stroke

    Författare :Britt Bäckström; Karin Sundin; Kenneth Asplund; Mittuniversitetet; []
    Nyckelord :MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES; familj; fenomenologisk hermeneutik; kvalitativ innehållsanalys; lidande; makar; medelålder; närstående; relation; sorg; stroke.; Caring sciences; Vårdvetenskap;

    Sammanfattning : Ett övergripande syfte med avhandling var att belysa den levda erfarenheten av att vara i medelåldern och närstående till en person som insjuknat i stroke för första gången och studera de närståendes erfarenheter av förändringen över tid under det första året efter utskrivning till hemmet, samt att belysa innebörden av medelålders makars levda erfarenhet av relationen till en partner som insjuknat i stroke; under det första året. Avhandlingen omfattar 4 delstudier (I-IV) som sammantaget utgör en longitudinell studie. LÄS MER

  5. 4. Body mass index, cognitive ability, and dementia : prospective associations and methodological issues in late life

    Författare :Anna Dahl; Stig Berg; Bo Malmberg; Linda Hassing; Eleonor Fransson; Sven Nilsson; Åke Wahlin; Jönköping University; []
    Nyckelord :MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES; MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES; MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES; SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; aging; body mass index; cognition; dementia; epidemiology; longitudinal; population-based; prospective; Older people and ageing; Äldre och åldrande;

    Sammanfattning : The aims of the present study were to investigate the association between overweight and cognitive ability and dementia, and to evaluate the usefulness of self-reported body mass index (BMI) in late life and various data sources commonly used in epidemiological studies to identify persons with dementia. Data were drawn from three population-based studies: the Swedish Adoption/Twin Study of Aging (SATSA), Aging in Women and Men: A Longitudinal Study of Gender Differences in Health Behaviour and Health among Elderly (the Gender Study), and the Finnish Lieto Study. LÄS MER

  7. 5. The presence of the past : a life course approach to the social determinants of health and health inequalities in northern Sweden

    Författare :Frida Jonsson; Per E. Gustafsson; Miguel San Sebastian; Anne Hammarström; Ilona Koupil; Umeå universitet; []
    Nyckelord :MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES; social determinants; life course; health inequalities; long-term health consequences; functional somatic symptoms; northern Sweden; Public health; folkhälsa;

    Sammanfattning : Background: Positioned at the intersection between the social and life course epidemiological sub-fields, this thesis builds on the idea that the health implications of life and living conditions can extend over years and decades before becoming expressed in the population patterns of ill-health. The overall purpose was to assess how multiple types of social determinants of health across the life course may contribute to ill-health and health inequalities in midlife. LÄS MER