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Visar resultat 1 - 5 av 10 avhandlingar innehållade orden Lena Samuelsson.

1. 1. Quality of Care in Children and Adolescents with Type 1 Diabetes : Patients’ and Healthcare Professionals’ Perspectives

   Författare :Lena Hanberger; Johnny Ludvigsson; Ulf Samuelsson; Sam Nordfeldt; Reinhard Holl; Linköpings universitet; []
   Nyckelord :MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES; type 1 diabetes; pediatric; quality of care; HbA1c; quality of life; patient education; e-health; Paediatric medicine; Pediatrisk medicin;

   Sammanfattning : Background: Type 1 diabetes is a chronic disease for which there is currently no cure, and high quality care is essential if acute and long-term complications are to be avoided. Many children and adolescents have inadequate metabolic control with increased risk for complications later in life, and adolescent girls have reported low quality of life. LÄS MER

3. 2. Use or Misuse? : Addiction Care Practitioners’ Perceptions of Substance Use and Treatment

   Författare :Eva Samuelsson; Jan Blomqvist; Lena Hübner; Lisa Wallander; Ingrid Sahlin; Stockholms universitet; []
   Nyckelord :SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; substance use; treatment; practitioners’ perceptions; social services; regional healthcare; factorial survey; multi-level analysis; focus group interviews; discourse analysis; Sweden; Social Work; socialt arbete;

   Sammanfattning : The aim of this thesis has been to study boundary-making in addiction care practitioner’s perceptions of substance use and treatment. The four papers are based on three data collections in Swedish outpatient addiction care: a) a survey conducted in 2006 (n=655), b) a factorial survey using randomly constructed vignettes conducted in 2011 (n=474), and c) a focus group interview study from 2013 (n=30) with a sample of the respondents from the factorial survey. LÄS MER

4. 3. Cognitive Deficits Reflecting Diffuse and Focal Brain Lesions Caused by Slow Growing Brain Tumors - Low-grade Gliomas

   Författare :Lena Ek; Ove Almkvist; Anja Smits; Hans Samuelsson; Stockholms universitet; []
   Nyckelord :SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Cognition; low-grade glioma; brain tumor; diffuse brain injury; neuropsychological tests; Psychology; Psykologi; Psychology; psykologi;

   Sammanfattning : The overall purpose was to characterize the impact that low-grade glioma (LGG) – a type of slowly growing brain tumor – has on cognitive functions. Paper I was an in-depth analysis of cognitive dysfunction of patients with histological proven LGG. LÄS MER

5. 4. Metabolic Control, Morbidity and Mortality in Type 1 Diabetes with Onset in Childhood/Adolescence

   Författare :John Samuelsson; Karin Åkesson; Ragnar Hanås; Lena Hanberger; Ann-Marie Svensson; Jonas Ludvigsson; Linköpings universitet; []
   Nyckelord :MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES; Type 1 diabetes; HbA1c; Mortality; Autoimmune comorbidity;

   Sammanfattning : Aim: The overall aim of this thesis was to study mortality in individuals with onset of type 1 diabetes (T1D) in childhood and adolescence in Sweden, related to clinical characteristics such as metabolic control in childhood/adolescence and comorbidity.  Methods: All studies in this thesis were register-based observational studies using a nationwide and population-based quality register, the paediatric part of the Swe-dish National Diabetes Register (NDR), for identification and collection of clinical data of individuals with T1D diagnosed before 18 years of age. LÄS MER

7. 5. Parkinson’s Disease and Communication : Intelligibility, Interaction and Participation

   Författare :Inga-Lena Johansson; Nicole Müller; Christina Samuelsson; Christina Reuterskiöld; Margaret Walshe; Linköpings universitet; []
   Nyckelord :SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Parkinson’s disease; Intelligibility; Speech acoustics; Interaction; Communicative participation; Communication partner;

   Sammanfattning : Parkinson’s disease is a neurodegenerative disorder affecting dopamine production in the basal ganglia. It is a common cause of disability among elderly people. The main symptoms are tremor, rigidity, and bradykinesia, but there is a substantial individual variation of how the disease manifests itself. LÄS MER