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Visar resultat 21 - 25 av 28 avhandlingar innehållade orden and Randomised Control Trial RCT.
21. Sexual life after childbirth and aspects of midwives’ counselling at the postnatal check-up
Sammanfattning : The overall aim of this thesis was to explore and describe how sexual life after childbirth is communicated, addressed and reflected upon among new mothers, fathers and midwives and the impact of leaving first and minor second degree tears after childbirth unsutured. Specific aims were to compare two groups of women with minor lacerations (first and second degree) after a vaginal delivery, with respect to the healing process and experience when the lacerations were sutured or left to heal spontaneously (I); to elucidate women s experience of their sexual life after childbirth (II); to describe fathers' reflections about sexual life 3-6 months after the birth of their child (III); to describe midwives reflections on counselling women at their postnatal checkups, with a special focus on sexuality (IV). LÄS MER
22. Traction force and long-term outcome in children born after vacuum-assisted delivery
Sammanfattning : Introduction: Vacuum-assisted delivery (VAD) is used in cases of dystocia or foetal distress in the second stage of labour. The frequency of VADs differs around the world, and in Sweden they account for six to nine percent of all deliveries. LÄS MER
23. Towards cost-effective tuberculosis control in the Western Cape of South Africa : intervention study involving lay health workers on agricultural farms
Sammanfattning : BACKGROUND: At the request of the fanning community, the local public health authority in a tuberculosis (TB) high-burdened area implemented a farm-based lay health worker (LHW) project focusing on TB control. This project achieved a significantly better (15%) treatment adherence rate among adult TB patients. LÄS MER
24. The effects of hand training in patients with Welander distal myopathy and myotonic dystrophy type 1
Sammanfattning : The overall aim was to study and gain knowledge about the effects of hand training on both functional capacity such as hand function and Activities of Daily Living (ADL) in patients with Welander distal myopathy (WDM) and Myotonic dystrophy type 1 (DM1). The thesis comprises three interventional studies regarding the effects of hand training in patients with WDM (Study I) and DM1 (Studies II & IV), and one reliability study (Study III) including test-retest and inter-rater reliability of four hand function testing instruments used in Study IV. LÄS MER
25. Very low energy diets in the treatment of obesity : studies of obstructive sleep apnoea, side-effects, and treatment discontinuation
Sammanfattning : Background: The prevalence of obesity has increased dramatically during the last decades worldwide. Obesity is associated with increased risk of morbidity and mortality, leading to an increased suffering for the individual patient and an increased burden on the health care system. Currently, the most effective treatment is bariatric surgery. LÄS MER
