Sökning: "population-based family data"

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  1. 1. Disability Pension with Special Reference to Sick Leave Track Record, Health Effects, Health Care Utilisation and Survival : A Population-based Study

    Författare :Thorne Wallman; Kurt Svärdsudd; Gunilla Burell; Urban Janlert; Uppsala universitet; []
    Nyckelord :MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES; Sickness absence; sick leave; disability pension; activity compensation; sickness compensation; early retirement; track record; health care utilisation; complaint score; quality of life; wellbeing; mortality; Family medicine; Allmänmedicin;

    Sammanfattning : Background. In Sweden 10 percent (550,000) of the labour force, aged 18 to 65 years are disability pensioners and about four percent are on sick leave. The knowledge of the course from healthy individual to disability pensioner is not well known and was the theme of this thesis. Objectives, Material and Methods. LÄS MER

  3. 2. Drug treatment practice in diabetes mellitus during 1975-1994 : Population-based pharmacoepidemiological studies

    Författare :Jan Stålhammar; Uppsala universitet; []
    Nyckelord :Medical sciences; Diabetes mellitus; primary care; pharmacoepidemiology; guidelines; MEDICIN OCH VÅRD; MEDICINE; MEDICIN; Family Medicine; Allmänmedicin;

    Sammanfattning : The aims of these studies were to investigate pharmacological practice in diabetes mellitus in defined populations in Sweden and in France, the effects on glycaemic control and the change of hypoglycaemic drug treatment practice in Sweden during 1975-1994. Data from diabetic subjects were obtained from the Tierp Study Database during 1975 - 1994 by record-linkage of subjects with diabetes diagnosis at the primary health care centre and diabetes drugs purchased at the local pharmacies in Tierp. LÄS MER

  4. 3. Studies on Vitamin B12 and Folate Deficiency Markers in the Elderly : A Population-based Study

    Författare :Karin Björkegren; Kurt Svärdsudd; Åke Schwan; Herman Nilsson-Ehle; Uppsala universitet; []
    Nyckelord :MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES; Medicine; Cobalamin; folate; MMA; tHcy; multivitamin; symptoms; survey; treatment trial; Medicin; Dermatology and venerology; clinical genetics; internal medicine; Dermatologi och venerologi; klinisk genetik; invärtesmedicin; Family Medicine; Allmänmedicin;

    Sammanfattning : The aims of this study were to document the levels of cobalamin, folate, methylmalonic acid (MMA) and total homocysteine (tHcy) in serum and their relations to symptoms, clinical findings, and other factors in order to improve the possibilities of detecting early deficiency of vitamin B12 or folate, and to study the effects of cobalamin and folic acid treatment over a three-year period. The study population consisted of a 20% random sample of persons 70 years or older living in Älvkarleby in mid-Sweden. LÄS MER

  5. 4. Population-based empowerment practice in immigrant communities : a socio-medical study of Iranian families in Sweden

    Författare :Alireza Moula; Robert Dingwall; Linköpings universitet; []
    Nyckelord :Immigrants; Iranians in Sweden; intervention research; family change; parentadolescent relationships; power; communication; intimacy; the United Nations Child Convention; family pedagogy; social work; empowerment practice; educative radio lectures; telephone help-line; pragmatism; symbolic interactionism; social constructionism; SOCIAL SCIENCES; SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP;

    Sammanfattning : The significant social problems that confront Iranian families that have immigrated to Western countries have been described in the literature, in particular regarding the difficulties between parents and their adolescent children. However, the investigations that have been performed have not focused on how the situations of these families can be improved. LÄS MER

  7. 5. Predicting Health Behaviour – Population-Based Studies of Knowledge and Behaviour Related to Cardiovascular Diseases

    Författare :Per Andersson; Jerzy Leppert; Rickard L Sjöberg; Mai-Lis Hellénius; Uppsala universitet; []
    Nyckelord :Public health; Population-based study; knowledge about risk factors; CVD; predicting behaviour; family history; experience of illness; obesity; comparison Sweden - Poland; stage of change; health belief model; Folkhälsomedicin;

    Sammanfattning : The overall aim was to study factors that affect behaviour related to CVD (cardiovascular diseases). Study I tested whether gender, education and so-cioeconomic status correlated to knowledge about risk factors, and Study II studied knowledge and risk behaviour from a national perspective (Sweden versus Poland). LÄS MER