Sökning: "Birgitta Nordström"
Visar resultat 1 - 5 av 7 avhandlingar innehållade orden Birgitta Nordström.
1. Experiences of standing in standing devices : voices from adults, children and their parents
Sammanfattning : Studies concerning standing in standing devices have mainly focused on the biological effects of standing on the body, such as preventing bone loss, increasing or maintaining ankle dorsiflexion, improving bone density and reducing spasticity. Little is known about the psychosocial dimensions of standing. LÄS MER
2. A spectral survey of the southern Milky way
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3. I ritens rum - om mötet mellan tyg och människa : In a Room of Rites – Cloth Meeting Human
Sammanfattning : The project In a Room of Rites – Cloth Meeting Human is an artistic research project on textiles, rites and death, where I create textile art in the form of a funeral pall (in the artwork: Kortedalakrönika (Kortedala Chronicle) and infant wrapping cloths (in the artwork: I sin linda/Wrapped in Cloth). The initial aim of the project is to explore what textiles can mean at farewells and in funeral rituals, as well as to reflect on the experiences I gain in my art making. LÄS MER
4. Malnutrition and obesity among older adults, assessed by Mini Nutritional Assessment and the body mass index, respectively : prevalence and associations with mortality and urinary tract infection
Sammanfattning : INTRODUCTION: Malnutrition and obesity are health concerns among older (aged ≥ 65 years) adults, but the combination of them have not been studied thoroughly nor have they been thoroughly investigated in very old (aged ≥ 85 years) adults. The aims of this thesis were to investigate the prevalence, trends in prevalence and associations with mortality of malnutrition and obesity, assessed by Mini Nutritional Assessment (MNA) and the body mass index (BMI), respectively, and to examine the combined effects of these conditions on mortality. LÄS MER
5. Att styra mot uthållig organisatorisk samverkan i hälso- och sjukvårdsprocesser : Främjande och motverkande faktorer
Sammanfattning : Svensk hälso- och sjukvård står inför utmaningar att möta ändrade behov, nya behandlingsmetoder och ny teknik. Genom samordning och samverkan antas kvaliteten för patienten kunna förbättras samtidigt som kostnader reduceras. LÄS MER