Sökning: "Visual impairment"

Visar resultat 21 - 25 av 136 avhandlingar innehållade orden Visual impairment.

  1. 21. Förskjutna horisonter. Livsförändring och lärande i samband med synnedsättning eller blindhet

    Författare :Inger Berndtsson; Göteborgs universitet; []
    Nyckelord :SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; life-changing processes; learning; biography; adults; visual impairment; blindness; life-world; phenomenology; hermeneutics; narratives; life stories; special education; the lived body; horizon;

    Sammanfattning : This study is an investigation of life-worlds of severely visually impaired and blind adults. The aim is to understand changes which people undergo when struck by severe visual impairment or blindness, focusing on how people learn to handle their changed life situation. LÄS MER

  3. 22. On functions, abilities and quality of life after subarachnoid haemorrhage : occupational therapy aspects

    Författare :Margareta Lindberg; Axel Fugl-Meyer; Umeå universitet; []
    Nyckelord :MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES; Subarachnoid heamorrhage; impairment; disability; activities of daily living; work; leisure; depression; quality of life; rehabilitation; occupational therapy;

    Sammanfattning : This investigation addresses functions/impairments, abilities/disabilities and quality of life (QoL) in a consecutive series of non-hospitalised long-term survivors (2,5-12 years) of subarachnoid heamorrhage (SAH). The investigated parameters of functions/impairments were: motor, language, perceptual and memory functions. LÄS MER

  4. 23. Development and evaluation of a health education programme for elderly persons with age-related macular degeneration

    Författare :Synneve Dahlin-Ivanoff; Göteborgs universitet; []
    Nyckelord :SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES; MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES; MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES; Age-related macular degeneration; visual impairment; elderly; randomised study; daily occupation; occupational dysfunction; focus groups; health education; population study; ordered categorical data; reliability; responsiveness;

    Sammanfattning : The overall aim of this thesis was to develop and evaluate a health education programme for elderly persons with age-related macular degeneration (AMD). I. LÄS MER

  5. 24. From Cradle to Grave : Empirical Essays on Health and Economic Outcomes

    Författare :Elvira Andersson; Centrum för ekonomisk demografi; []
    Nyckelord :SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; health; mental health; human capital; children; visual impairment; earnings; employment; discrimination; cognitive ability; disability; work pressure; sickness absence; day care; mortality; consumption; liquidity constraints; permanent income hypothesis; health; mental health; children; visual impairment; employment; earnings; discrimination; cognitive ability; disability; work pressure; day care; sickness absence; mortality; liquidity constraints; consumption; permanent income hypothesis;

    Sammanfattning : This thesis contains four independent research papers, which investigate the causal relations between several aspects of health and economic outcomes at different stages of the life course. The first paper investigates the causal effects of maternal deprivation and maltreatment during various periods of childhood on adolescent health and human capital. LÄS MER

  7. 25. Förändringar i transportrelaterad välfärd och myndighetsförtroende : en studie om personer som fått sitt körkort återkallat på grund av synfältsbortfall

    Författare :Jonna Nyberg; Thomas Strandberg; Hans-Yngve Berg; Åsa Aretun; Lena Levin; Kerstin Westin; Örebro universitet; []
    Nyckelord :MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES; Subjective well-being; quality of life; transport disadvantage; social exclusion; transport equity; impairment; mobility; participation;

    Sammanfattning : Access to transport, and thus accessibility to desired and needed activities, is of importance for the individual's welfare and subjective well-being. In many western contexts, land use and infrastructure are configured for the benefit of cars. A withdrawn driving license (WDL) might thereby affect welfare and subjective well-being. LÄS MER