Sökning: "caregiver burden"

Visar resultat 16 - 20 av 31 avhandlingar innehållade orden caregiver burden.

1. 16. Family caregivers caring for relatives with dementia : pre- and post-death experiences

   Författare :Britt Almberg; Karolinska Institutet; Karolinska Institutet; []
   Nyckelord :Dementia; caregiver; non-caregiver; strain; burnout; coping; social support; bereavement; grief; gender differences; elderly living place; population-based project;

   Sammanfattning : The purpose of this thesis was to describe caregiving relatives' experiences pre- and post-death of a relative with dementia disease. This thesis involved 52 caregivers for demented elderly persons and 66 non-caregivers for non-demented elderly persons who were included in the Kungsholmen Project, a population-based study of people aged 75 years and over. LÄS MER

3. 17. Exploring the influence of Parkinson's disease on relationship quality

   Författare :Michaela Karlstedt; Karolinska Institutet; Karolinska Institutet; []
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   Sammanfattning : The aim of this project was to explore how clinical variables affect patients with Parkinson’s disease and their partners’ relationship quality, health-related quality of life (HRQoL), and caregiver burden. Fifty-one dyads who had been living together for more than 3 years and aged >55 years were included. LÄS MER

4. 18. Omega-3 fatty acid treatment in mild to moderate Alzheimer's disease : results from the OmegAD study

   Författare :Yvonne Freund-Levi; Karolinska Institutet; Karolinska Institutet; []
   Nyckelord :Alzheimer s disease; progressive neurodegenerative disease; omega-3 fatty acid n-3 FA docosahexaenoic acid; DHA; eicosapentatenoic acid; EPA; linoleic acid; LA; acetylcholinesterase inhibitors; AChEI; Minimental State Examination; MMSE; ADAS-cog; Clinical Dementia Rating scale; CDR; Neuropsychiatric Inventory; NPI; Montgomery Åsberg Depression Rating scale; MADRS; Disability Assessment for Dementia; DAD; Care givers burden CGB; APOEε4; hs-CRP; IL-6; TNF-α and sIL-RII; Aβ42; T-tau and P-tau; weight; Body Mass Index; BMI.;

   Sammanfattning : Alzheimer's disease (AD) is a major public health concern in all countries with an increasing prevalence. It is expected to quadruple by the year 2047. LÄS MER

5. 19. Prediction of psychological and physical morbidity after critical illness and intensive care unit stay

   Författare :Anna Milton; Karolinska Institutet; Karolinska Institutet; []
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   Sammanfattning : A large proportion of survivors of critical illness and intensive care unit stay suffer from post- intensive care syndrome (PICS), consisting of psychological, physical and cognitive problems. These problems can persist for months to years and impede the return to life as it was prior to falling ill. LÄS MER

7. 20. Evaluation of a client-centred ADL intervention after stroke : perspectives of occupational therapists, clients with stroke and significant others

   Författare :Ann-Sofie Bertilsson; Karolinska Institutet; Karolinska Institutet; []
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   Sammanfattning : The overall aim of this thesis is to build knowledge of a new client-centred activities of daily living (ADL) intervention (CADL), which takes the unique experiences of persons with stroke as the point of departure, and aims to enable agency in daily activities and participation in everyday life among persons with stroke. The focus of this thesis is an evaluation of CADL after stroke, from the perspectives of occupational therapists (OT), clients with stroke and their significant others. LÄS MER