Sökning: "Symptom experience"

Visar resultat 16 - 20 av 183 avhandlingar innehållade orden Symptom experience.

  1. 16. Patients with unexplained chest pain ? Pain experience, stress, coping and health-related quality of life

    Författare :Margaretha Jerlock; Göteborgs universitet; []
    Nyckelord :chest pain; coping; illness; life events; nursing; quality of life; sleep; stress symptom;

    Sammanfattning : Chest pain is a common symptom that causes individuals to seek acute care at emergency departments; however, more than half of these patients are judged to have no organic cause to their pain. In Sweden, the number of patients discharged from hospital with a diagnosis of unexplained chest pain (UCP) has increased from 8,432 in 1987 to 17,555 in 2005. LÄS MER

  3. 17. Fatigue in patients with chronic heart failure. Patient experience and consequences of fatigue in daily life

    Författare :Kristin Falk; Göteborgs universitet; []
    Nyckelord :fatigue; chronic heart failure; uncertainty; sense of coherence; anxiety; depression; symptom distress; hemoglobin; functional status;

    Sammanfattning : Although fatigue is a prevalent and distressing symptom in patients with chronic heart failure (CHF), it is an underestimated problem in the care of patients, and consequently, insufficiently investigated. The primary aim of this thesis was, therefore, to advance the knowledge from the patients? perspective by describing characteristics of the fatigue experience and its consequences in daily life in patients with CHF. LÄS MER

  4. 18. Assessing Symptom Burden and Health-Related Quality of Life in patients living with arrhythmia and ASTA : Arrhythmia-Specific questionnaire in Tachycardia and Arrhythmia

    Författare :Ulla Walfridsson; Anna Strömberg; Kristofer Årestedt; Nils Edvardsson; Linköpings universitet; []
    Nyckelord :Arrhythmias; Symptom burden; Health-Related Quality of Life; Patient-reported outcomes; Validation; Disease-specific questionnaire;

    Sammanfattning : Background: Health-Related Quality of Life (HRQOL) can be negatively affected in patients living with arrhythmias and many patients experience a pronounced symptom burden. The arrhythmia can cause both uncertainty and limitations, including interference with work, reluctance to perform and plan for leisure activities and leading to self-imposed restrictions in daily life situations. LÄS MER

  5. 19. Mental illness : relation to childbirth and experience of motherhood

    Författare :Karin Börjesson; Karolinska Institutet; Karolinska Institutet; []
    Nyckelord :Population-based study; depression; personality disorder; psychiatric symptoms; mode of delivery; childbirth experience; maternal adjustment;

    Sammanfattning : This thesis comprises two population-based studies of mental illness in childbearing women in Stockholm. The principal aims in study I were to find out to what extent postnatal depression (PND) in mothers was identified at Well-Baby Clinics (WBCs) and to study its prevalence using the Edinburgh Postnatal Depression Scale (EPDS). LÄS MER

  7. 20. Lower Urinary Tract Symptoms in Swedish Male Population : Prevalence, Distress and Quality of Life

    Författare :Gabriella Engström; Jerzy Leppert; Marie-Louise Walker-Engström; Lars Henningsohn; Ralph Peeker; Uppsala universitet; []
    Nyckelord :Public health; men; population-based study; prevalence; urinary symptom; health care consultation; DAN-PSS; distress; LUTS; postal questionnaire; health; sadness; happiness; SF-36; Quality of Life; Folkhälsomedicin;

    Sammanfattning : The aim the thesis was to investigate, the prevalence of Lower Urinary Tract Symptoms (LUTS). Moreover, we examine symptom severity and different levels of distress and describe how different symptoms from the lower urinary tract affect the self-assessed health, sadness, happiness and the quality of life in men. LÄS MER