Sökning: "Kitty"

Hittade 5 avhandlingar innehållade ordet Kitty.

  1. 1. Rehabilitation in a changing context : responses, difficulties and competence from the view of occupational therapists and clients : consequences of the ideological and organisational changes in psychiatry

    Författare :Kitty Gahnström-Strandqvist; Karolinska Institutet; Karolinska Institutet; []
    Nyckelord :Psychosocial rehabilitation; occupational therapy; severe mental disorders.;

    Sammanfattning : The general aim of this thesis was to explore, understand and describe how occupational therapists have responded to the consequences of the ideological and organizational changes in psychiatry that have taken place in recent years. One aim was to describe the characteristics of the occupational therapists' experiences of their intervention and professional behavior, in the "new" rehabilitation contexts that have emerged as a part of the changing process. LÄS MER

  2. 2. Diagnosens dilemman : Identitet, anpassning och motstånd hos kvinnor med ADHD

    Författare :Kitty Lassinantti; Rafael Lindqvist; Elisabet Näsman; Per Solvang; Mälardalens högskola; []
    Nyckelord :SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; medical sociology; critical sociology; women; neuropsychiatric diagnosis; ADHD; biomedicalization; pharmaceuticalization; identity; gender; femininity; narrative analysis; Sociologi;

    Sammanfattning : This thesis explores the increasing medicalization of society, the process whereby social phenomenon are transformed into medical problems. Alike the general tendency of neu- ropsychiatric diagnoses, the number of people with ADHD (Attention Deficit Hyperactiv- ity Disorder) has increased and expanded from a boys’ diagnosis to include both adult men and women. LÄS MER

  3. 3. Asthma and respiratory symptoms related to the housing environment

    Författare :Margot L. A. Frisk; Kitty Kamwendo; Ann-Britt Ivarsson; Göran Stridh; Christer Janson; Örebro universitet; []
    Nyckelord :MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES; Accessibility; adaptation; asthma; housing environment; risk indicators; index; occupational therapy; prevention; respiratory symptoms.; Caring sciences; Vårdvetenskap; Vårdvetenskap; Nursing Science; Vårdvetenskap med inriktning arbetsterapi; Nursing Science w. Occupational Therapy Focus;

    Sammanfattning : The overall aim of this dissertation was to study the housing environment with a focus on indoor climate factors which may maintain or worsen respiratory symptoms among persons with asthma.Quasi-experimental and cross-sectional designs and a case-control approach were used. LÄS MER

  4. 4. Occupational therapy practice for clients with cognitive impairments following aquired brain injury : occupational therapists' perspective

    Författare :Kajsa Lidström Holmqvist; Ann-Britt Ivarsson; Kitty Kamwendo; Marie Holmefur; Margareta Lilja; Örebro universitet; []
    Nyckelord :MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES; MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES; occupational therapy; cognition; rehabilitation; practice; acquired brain injury; stroke; TBI; assessment; intervention; Occupational therapy; Arbetsterapi;

    Sammanfattning : The overall aim of this thesis was to describe occupational therapy practice for clients with cognitive impairment following acquired brain injury (CIABI) from the perspective of practicing occupational therapists (OTs).To fulfill this aim, qualitative and quantitative approaches were used including interviews (Study I) and questionnaires (Studies II -IV). LÄS MER

  5. 5. Äldre personers dagliga liv och betydelsen av dagrehabilitering

    Författare :Anita Tollén; Kitty Kamwendo; Ann-Britt Ivarsson; Ewa Wressle; Örebro universitet; []
    Nyckelord :MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES; aged; everyday life; day care; rehabilitation; community-based; outcomes; goal attainment; Vårdvetenskap; Nursing Science;

    Sammanfattning : The overall aim of this thesis was to study elderly persons’ everyday life and the benefits of community-based day care rehabilitation (DCR). Further aims were to describe everyday life as experienced by elderly persons eligible for DCR and what they expected to gain from attending DCR. LÄS MER