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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 ...
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 ...
Living with ALS – Perspectives of Patients and Next of kin
(2010-05-28)
ALS is a neurodegenerative disease without curative treatment. The knowledge of the relationship between patients and their next of kin with respect to quality of life (QoL) is deficient. The overall aim of this thesis is ...