Sökning: "frailty morbidity"

Visar resultat 1 - 5 av 6 avhandlingar innehållade orden frailty morbidity.

1. 1. Capturing health in the elderly population : Complex health problems, mortality, and allocation of home-help services

   Författare :Bettina Meinow; Mats Thorslund; Marti G Parker; Ingemar Kåreholt; Björn Halleröd; Stockholms universitet; []
   Nyckelord :SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; oldest old; health trends; complex health problems; frailty morbidity; mortality; mortality trends; follow-up time; home-help services; predictors; Sweden; Social work; Socialt arbete; socialt arbete; Social Work;

   Sammanfattning : This thesis investigates health trends among very old people and the allocation of public home-help services. A further aim is to examine methodological issues in mortality analysis. LÄS MER

3. 2. Coronary heart disease in Swedish twins : quantitative genetic studies

   Författare :Slobodan Zdravkovic; Karolinska Institutet; Karolinska Institutet; []
   Nyckelord :Coronary heart disease; angina pectoris; acute myocardial infarction; twins; heritability; liability; frailty;

   Sammanfattning : To this point in time, coronary heart disease (CHD) has been a major cause of morbidity and mortality in the industrialized part of the world. During the last decades a decrease in morbidity and mortality has been observed in the developed countries. LÄS MER

4. 3. It´s never too late : health-promotion and disease-prevention for very old person

   Författare :Lina Behm; University of Gothenburg/ Sahlgrenska Academy; []
   Nyckelord :MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES; MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP;

   Sammanfattning : The overall aim of this thesis was to evaluate the effects of health-promoting and disease-preventive interventions on health and frailty in very old community-dwelling persons, and to explore the participants’ experiences in relation to these interventions. Studies I and II were evaluations of the three-armed randomised, single-blind and controlled trial Elderly Persons in the Risk Zone, which consisted  of the two health-promoting and disease-preventive interventions preventive home visits (PHV) and multi-professional senior group meetings (senior meetings). LÄS MER

5. 4. Subsyndromal Depression in Very Old Persons

   Författare :Mikael Ludvigsson; Anna Milberg; Jan Marcusson; Lisa Ekselius; Linköpings universitet; []
   Nyckelord :MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES;

   Sammanfattning : Background: Subsyndromal depression (SSD) or subthreshold depression is a common affective condition that can be described as depressiveness below the threshold of what is called a syndromal or a major depressive episode. The point prevalence for SSD has been reported to be about 10% in the community, or about two or three times higher than the prevalence for syndromal depression. LÄS MER

7. 5. On Falls in the Elderly –Epidemiological Studies from the Longitudinal General Population Study ‘Good Aging in Skåne’ (GÅS), Sweden

   Författare :Magnus Stenhagen; Geriatrik; []
   Nyckelord :MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES; Accidental falls; elderly; general population; risk factors; prospective; health-related quality of life; life satisfaction; activities of daily living.;

   Sammanfattning : In a ‘greying world’ with aging populations, falls in the elderly are a challenge to the health care system as they are associated with substantial mortality and morbidity. Apart from physical injuries, the consequences of falls are broad, with additional psychological and social consequences. LÄS MER