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Dental fear and oral health behavior. Studies on psychological and psychosocial factors
(2003)
The general aim of this thesis was to study psychological and psychosocial factors in relation to the development, maintenance and expression of dental fear, how individuals cope with their fear, and how dental fear may ...
Cystic fibrosis in adults. Diagnostic, epidemiologic and quality-of-life aspects
(2007)
Background: Cystic fibrosis (CF) is a severe hereditary disease. The type of mutation in the Cystic Fibrosis Transmembrane conductance Regulator (CFTR) gene will determine the degree of CFTR chloride channel malfunction. ...
Teenagers and young adults with myelomeningocele and clean intermittent catheterisation urological and psychosocial aspects
(2007)
Background: Clean intermittent catheterisation (CIC) was introduced early in 1970 and was a urological revolution for patients with different diagnoses and bladder emptying difficulties. In late 1970, the technique with ...
Urinary diversion by the Kock ileal reservoir. Studies on clinical outcome, quality of life, bile acid and vitamin B12 metabolism
(2002)
Introduction: Urinary diversion with the Kock ileal reservoir has been performed at Sahlgrenska University Hospital since 1975. One key question is the long-term consequences regarding glomerular filtration rate (GFR) and ...
Patients with unexplained chest pain − Pain experience, stress, coping and health-related quality of life
(2007-09-28)
Chest pain is a common symptom that causes individuals to seek acute care at emergency departments; however, more than half of these patients are judged to have no organic cause to their pain. In Sweden, the number of ...
Body composition and quality of life in patients with IBD, ileostomy and short bowel syndrome
(2003)
Patients with IBD are at risk for intestinal disability (e.g. having a stoma, malnutrition). The general aim of the thesis was to investigate physiological, psychological and social consequences of having IBD and an ileostomy ...
Quality of life, school performance, treatment adherence and gender differences in asthma.
(2009-10-19)
The aims of this thesis were to estimate the effectiveness of a computerized asthma education
program designed to suit young people (I), to analyze whether quality of life changed over a
five year period and whether young ...
Kvinnor med substansmissbruk och psykisk ohälsa
(2008-11-06)
Olausson, S (2008). Woman suffering from substance abuse and mental illness. Department of Psychology, University of Gothenburg, Gothenburg, Sweden. This thesis deals with women suffering from substance abuse and mental ...
Quality of life, sexual function and fertility in patients with ulcerative colitis before and after continence preserving surgery
(2003)
Surgery is required when the medical management of ulcerative proctocolitis fails to control the disease. The curative surgical options - the continent ileostomy (CI) and the ileal pouch-anal anastomosis (IPAA) - omitting ...
Longer life - better life? Studies on mortality, morbidity and quality of life among elderly people
(2003)
Background: Life expectancy has been increasing, but whether or not the added years are years with good health and quality of life have been vividly debated. Knowledge of the health conditions among elderly is of increasing ...