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On dental caries and socioeconomy in Swedish children and adolescents - Clinical and register-based studies
(2018-02-15)
The overall aim was to analyze the dental caries experience among Swedish children and adolescents and explore it with respect to demographic and socioeconomic factors. Study I is a longitudinal clinical study of 271 ...
Treatment of hypertension in women and men
(2014-08-29)
Aims: The overall aim of the thesis was to investigate antihypertensive treatment in women
and men. First, the aim was to analyze the scientifi c support for treatment recommendations
in women and men. Second, the aims ...
Traumatic dental injuries and general unintentional injuries in children and adolescents in the Swedish BITA study
(2017-01-18)
The aims for this thesis were to investigate which children and adolescents, in the Swedish BITA study, encountered traumatic dental injuries (TDI) and general unintentional injuries
(GUI), their injury etiology, and the ...
Contemporary aspects of health and performance among young adult women and men in Sweden
(2010-05-17)
The overall aim of this thesis was to improve our understanding of contemporary aspects of health and performance among young adult women and men in Sweden. Cultural and structural changes in society have resulted in new ...
Unexplained chest pain in men and women - symptom perception and outcome
(2009-01-30)
Patients with chest pain account for a large number of all patients seeking health care. The majority of these patients are referred to emergency departments (ED) and many of them are given a discharge diagnosis of unexplained ...
Diabetes and obesity in primary health care - a condition beyond physiological factors
(2011-11-18)
Aims: The objectives of this thesis are to illustrate how obese and normal-weight individuals with type 2 diabetes (T2DM) experience their health status and health care interactions and to highlight the diabetes team ...
The role of estrogen and superoxide dismutase in cataractogenesis
(2014-11-03)
Cataract is an opacification of the eye lens, constituting the major cause of blindness globally. Oxidative stress is a key factor in the formation of cataract and female gender is a known risk factor for age-related ...
Physiotherapy after surgery in patients with subacromial pain – an evaluation of functional outcome and health-related quality of life in the mid- and long-term perspective
(2010-05-11)
Background: No consensus exists regarding physiotherapy treatment after surgery in patients with subacromial pain. There are only a few randomised, controlled studies that evaluate outcome after different physiotherapy ...
Epidemiological Studies of Childhood Wheeze - Risk factors and Long-term Outcome
(2011-11-18)
Wheezing with viral infections is common in childhood and both genetic and environmental factors have been reported to influence the risk of subsequent asthma development. The overall aim of this thesis was to study the ...
Experiences of living with cleft lip and palate - a gender perspective
(2021-11-10)
The primary aim of this thesis was to investigate the influence of gender on the CL/P population with regard to treatment, self-reported appearance, psychosocial adjustment, and subjective experiences.
Study I, a retrospective ...