Sökning: "age 75 and older"
Visar resultat 1 - 5 av 131 avhandlingar innehållade orden age 75 and older.
1. How to create and analyze a Heart Failure Registry with emphasis on Anemia and Quality of Life
Sammanfattning : Background and aimsHeart failure (HF) is a major cause of serious morbidity and death in the population and one of the leading medical causes of hospitalization among people older than 60 years. The aim of this thesis was to describe how to create and how to analyze a Heart Failure Registry with emphasis on Anemia and Quality of Life. LÄS MER
2. Kvinna i ålderskodad värld : Om äldre kvinnors förkroppsligade identitetsförhandlingar
Sammanfattning : By exploring identity processes during women’s life course, this study aims at broadening the theoretical framework concerning the intersection of age and gender. Two fundamental questions are posed: (1) how do identity processes appear when an age perspective is added, and (2) how can women’s narratives about old age be understood from the social psychological identity perspective? The study is based on individual qualitative interviews with women aged 75+, which were preceded by focus group interviews. LÄS MER
3. Surveys and services : The feasibility of conducting research in Swedish community pharmacies
Sammanfattning : For the past decades, there has been a shift in community pharmacy practice from dispensing and compounding towards provision of pharmacy services. Research is important to generate evidence for new services within pharmacy practice. LÄS MER
4. Clinical and Biological Factors Related to Survival in Patients with Rectal Cancer
Sammanfattning : Rectal cancer is a common malignancy within the gastrointestinal tract. Despite the advances in diagnosis and treatment of rectal cancer patients during the last decades, there are still many patients who die from their disease. LÄS MER
5. Healthy Ageing and Well-Being in Old Age
Sammanfattning : In the decades to come, Sweden will be facing an unprecedented increase in the proportion of inhabitants aged 80 years or older. This age group is characterised by large heterogeneity; however ageing also poses challenges for health and well-being. These challenges apply not only to the individual, but also to the health care systems. LÄS MER