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Visar resultat 1 - 5 av 182 avhandlingar innehållade orden living with pain.
1. Living with Long-Term Pain after a Stroke
Sammanfattning : The general aim of this thesis was to classify and describe long-term pain two years after a stroke and to describe the experiences of pain, and the consequences it has on the persons’ lives. The studies were conducted from a multidimensional perspective on pain, combining quantitative and qualitative methods. LÄS MER
2. Chronic pain and quality of life among older people
Sammanfattning : The overall aim was to investigate chronic pain, quality of life and factors associated with pain as well as with quality of life among older people, aged 75 years and above. Further, the aim was to investigate the use of methods for pain management and their effects for those with pain and in need of help for daily living. LÄS MER
3. Living with fibromyalgia : A study of the consequences for daily activities
Sammanfattning : Fibromyalgia (FM) is a chronic generalized muscle pain syndrome. This thesis is a study of 116 patients with FM, twenty living in the USA and the rest in Sweden, all meeting the classification criteria proposed by the American College of Rheumatology, and 39 patients with chronic regio!Jal muscle pain. LÄS MER
4. Pain among women : Prospective population studies from a biopsychosocial perspective on pain
Sammanfattning : This thesis focuses on the role of different psychosocial factors in the course of pain over time in a general population sample of women in Sweden. The main aim was to identify and quantify such factors as predictors of pain, pain-related disability and quality of life within a biopsychosocial framework for the understanding of the pain experience over time. LÄS MER
5. Adults with Cerebral Palsy : living with a lifelong disability
Sammanfattning : Although Cerebral Palsy (CP) is a lifelong disability, the research has mainly focused in children with CP. However, in recent years new studies have examined the different aspects of being an adult with a congenital disability. LÄS MER