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1. 16. ELDERLY PERSONS LIVING WITH CANCER. Quality of life and lived experience

   Författare :Bente Appel Esbensen; Institutionen för hälsovetenskaper; []
   Nyckelord :MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES; cancerology; oncology; Cytology; Hope; Social network and support; Activities of daily living; Lived experience; Quality of life; Elderly; Cancer; Cytologi; onkologi; cancer; Gerontology; Gerontologi;

   Sammanfattning : Over the coming decades, the numbers of elderly will increase, and through improved lifestyles and better treatment longevity has increased, and with it, the risk of contracting cancer. How elderly people live with cancer has until now attracted limited research. LÄS MER

3. 17. The Public Transport Preferences of Elderly People; A study related to individual capacity and environmental stress in service route traffic and other systems

   Författare :Helena Svensson; Trafik och väg; []
   Nyckelord :TEKNIK OCH TEKNOLOGIER; ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY; walking distance; valuation; standard factors; conjoint analysis; stated preference method; trunk routes; special transport; service routes; restrictions; physical capacity; preferences; travellers; public transport; elderly people; traffic planning; Road transport technology; Vägtransportteknik;

   Sammanfattning : Providing accessible, acceptable and appreciated public transport for elderly people is essential. This work studies the relation between elderly people’s preferences of standard factors in different public transport systems, and their physical capacity. LÄS MER

4. 18. On HIV in the elderly and vitamin B metabolism in HIV infection

   Författare :Erika Tyrberg; Göteborgs universitet; []
   Nyckelord :MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES; HIV-1; elderly; drug levels; potential drug-drug interactions; inflammation; immune activation; antiretroviral therapy; homocysteine; neurofilament light protein;

   Sammanfattning : The evolution of the human deficiency virus (HIV) field is unparalleled in the history of infectious diseases. From the first cases in the beginning of the 1980s, when an HIV diagnosis was a death sentence, through the discovery of the first effective medicines, up till today when people living with HIV (PLHIV) with access to antiretroviral therapy (ART) can lead a near normal life. LÄS MER

5. 19. Health‐related quality of life, depression, sleep and breathing disorders in the elderly : With focus on those with impaired systolic function/heart failure

   Författare :Peter Johansson; Ulf Dahlström; Anders Broström; Urban Alehagen; Peter Währborg; Linköpings universitet; []
   Nyckelord :Elderly; cardiac function; chronic heart failure; health-related quality of life; depressive symptoms; prognosis; sleep disturbances; sleep disordered breathing; MEDICINE; MEDICIN;

   Sammanfattning : The overall aim of this thesis was to describe the prevalence of depressive symptoms, sleep disordered breathing (SDB) and sleep complaints, as well as to investigate the prognostic value of health-related quality of life (Hr-QoL) and depressive symptoms on mortality in an elderly community living population with a focus on those with impaired systolic function/heart failure (HF). Descriptive, prognostic and explorative study designs were used to examine if a single question about global perceived health (GPH) is associated with the domains of Hr-QoL as assessed by the SF-36 (I), as well as to evaluate whether GPH provided prognostic information concerning cardiovascular mortality (II). LÄS MER

7. 20. Drug-related problems in the elderly - Interventions to improve the quality of pharmacotherapy

   Författare :Patrik Midlöv; Allmänmedicin och samhällsmedicin; []
   Nyckelord :MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES; medicinsk utbildning; medical training; Allmän medicinsk utövning; elderly; General practice; transfer of information; educational outreach visits; medication errors; drug-related problems;

   Sammanfattning : Introduction: Elderly people, in particular those residing in nursing homes, often use many drugs. In general elderly patients are at greater risk of experiencing drug-related problems (DRP), as they have multiple diseases, are using many drugs and have changed physiological status. LÄS MER