Sökning: "disease illness burden"

Visar resultat 1 - 5 av 42 avhandlingar innehållade orden disease illness burden.

1. 1. Perceived burden, lived experiences and experiences of learning processes and illness management in parents of children with severe or moderate haemophilia

   Författare :Linda Myrin-Westesson; Göteborgs universitet; []
   Nyckelord :MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES; Haemophilia; child; parent; family; learning; experiences; disease illness burden;

   Sammanfattning : Haemophilia is a complex condition to manage, especially for parents of newly diagnosed children, and the illness affects the whole family. The parents are deeply involved in the child’s treatment, as they frequently have to administer intravenous injections at home. LÄS MER

3. 2. LIVING WITH PERIPHERAL ARTERIAL DISEASE Quality of life and the patients' view of meaning

   Författare :Christine Wann-Hansson; Institutionen för hälsovetenskaper; []
   Nyckelord :MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES; Short Form 36 Health Survey; Long-term follow-up; Quality of life; Peripheral arterial disease; Chronic illness; Nottingham Health Profile; Medicin människa och djur ; Medicine human and vertebrates ; Content analysis;

   Sammanfattning : The overall aim of this thesis was to investigate quality of life and the meaning of living with peripheral arterial disease (PAD) before and after revascularization in a long-term and methodological perspective. The sample in the first study consisted of 142 patients with PAD who were planned for a revascularization. LÄS MER

4. 3. Long-term follow-up after intensive care: Development of an ICU-specific questionnaire

   Författare :Johan Malmgren; Göteborgs universitet; []
   Nyckelord :MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES; intensive care; critical illness; intensive care unit; quality of life; long-term follow-up; survivorship; health-related quality of life; burden of disease;

   Sammanfattning : Background: With improved results in intensive care comes a shift in focus – from survival to survivorship. Studies show that ICU survivorship includes effects on, for example, mental and physical health, cognition, ADL, ability to return to work, and sensory organ functions. LÄS MER

5. 4. Living with chronic kidney disease : perceptions of illness and health-related quality of life

   Författare :Agneta Pagels; Karolinska Institutet; Karolinska Institutet; []
   Nyckelord :Chronic kidney disease;

   Sammanfattning : This thesis comprises two studies concerning illness perceptions and perceived health-related quality of life (HRQoL) in patients with chronic kidney disease (CKD). The overall aim was to evaluate psychometric properties of a Swedish translation of the Revised Illness Perception Questionnaire (IPQ-R) (study I), and furthermore to explore illness perceptions (study I) and HRQoL (study II) in adult patients in different stages of renal insufficiency (CKD stages 2-5). LÄS MER

7. 5. A population-based study on early arthritis in southern Sweden : Incidence, preceding infections, diagnostic markers and economic burden

   Författare :Maria Söderlin; Marjatta Leirisalo-Repo; Thomas Skogh; Tore Kvien; Linköpings universitet; []
   Nyckelord :Arthritis diagnosis; arthritis economics; Biological markers blood; Extracellular matrix proteins blood; Cost of illness; MEDICINE; MEDICIN;

   Sammanfattning : The total annual incidence of arthritis in this prospective cross-sectional study on adults was 115/100 000. The annual incidence of rheumatoid arthritis (RA) was 24/100 000, 29/100 000 for women, and 18/100 000 for men. For reactive arthritis (ReA) the annual incidence was slightly higher, 28/100 000, and for undifferentiated arthritis 41/100 000. LÄS MER