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11. Juvenile chronic physical illness in Northern Russia : Studies on mental health, health-related quality of life, and family functioning
Sammanfattning : Background Chronic physical illness (CPI) is a prolonged, rarely cured condition, which often causes impairment of activities of a child’s or adolescent’s daily living. This thesis encompasses three cohorts of patients with CPI – diagnosed with diabetes, asthma or epilepsy. LÄS MER
12. Föräldrar med funktionshinder : om barn, föräldraskap och familjeliv
Sammanfattning : An increasing number of people with disabilities are choosing to become parents. However, several official goverment reports and other evidence points to the fact that parents with disabilities sometimes experience negative bias and distrust of their capacities as parents. LÄS MER
13. Att åldras med funktionshinder : Betydelser av socialt och kronologiskt åldrande för människor som under lång tid levt med fysiska funktionsnedsättningar
Sammanfattning : Ålderns och åldrandets betydelser för människor som under lång tid har levt med fysiska funktionsnedsättningar har hittills fått begränsad uppmärksamhet såväl i forskning som i andra sammanhang. Samtidigt pekar såväl åldersgränser i det offentliga stödsystemet som tidigare forskning mot att ålder och åldrande kan få speciella innebörder för människor som lever med funktionshinder. LÄS MER
14. Living with serious chronic illness from the perspective of people with serious chronic illness, close relatives and district nurses
Sammanfattning : The overall aim of this licentiate thesis is to elucidate the meaning of experiences of serious chronic illness as narrated by people with such illness (n=10), close relatives (n=14) and district nurses (DN) (n=10), that is from an insider viewpoint. Data was collected through narrative interviews that were analysed using a phenomenological hermeneutic interpretation. LÄS MER
15. Living with chronic kidney disease : perceptions of illness and health-related quality of life
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