Browsing Doctoral Theses / Doktorsavhandlingar Institutionen för kliniska vetenskaper by Subject "Quality of life"
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The acute osteoporotic vertebral compression fracture. Its natural course and characteristics.
(2009-02-21)Aim: The overall aim of this thesis was to investigate the natural course and the characteristics of the acute osteoporotic vertebral compression fracture in order to better understand and improve treatment for this type ... -
Laparoscopic surgery as treatment for rectal cancer
(2015-05-11)Introduction Colorectal cancer is the third most common cancer worldwide, with nearly 1.4 million new cases annually, of which about one third suffer from rectal cancer. Laparoscopic surgery has in several surgical fields ... -
Patient-reported outcomes in children and adolescents born with esophageal atresia - condition-specific aspects of health-related quality of life and coping
(2017-03-17)Background: Survival rates in children with esophageal atresia (EA) have reached 90-95%, but they are at risk of chronic morbidity, mainly related to esophageal and respiratory dysfunction. Knowledge of condition-specific ... -
Psychosocial Aspects of Dravet Syndrome
(2024-01-15)Dravet syndrome (DS) is a developmental and epileptic encephalopathy, associated with significant neurodevelopmental comorbidity. The aims of this population-based study were to describe the epidemiology, genetics, mortality, ... -
Quality of life and long-term side effects after anal cancer treatment
(2024-02-28)Anal cancer is a rare type of cancer with approximately two hundred new cases in Sweden per year. Treatment usually consists of a combination of radiotherapy and chemotherapy. Overall prognosis is good but about 10% of ... -
Quality of life and morbidity in patients with rectal cancer
(2016-10-24)Aim: The aim of this thesis was to investigate patient-reported and clinical outcome in patients with rectal cancer with specific focus on treatment-associated morbidity and quality of life. Method: Three clinical studies ... -
Radiotherapy and voice rehabilitation in laryngeal cancer: Effects on quality of life and voice function
(2015-02-27)The overall aim of the thesis was to describe the effects of radiotherapy following laryngeal cancer on health-related quality of life (HRQL) and voice function as well as to assess the efficiency of voice rehabilitation. ... -
Thalidomide Embryopathy - Orthopaedic aspects. Degenerative changes and quality of life at age 45
(2016-11-18)In the late 1950s and early 1960s, a sudden peak was seen among children with different, severe malformations, caused by the intake of the drug thalidomide during pregnancy. Among other featured malformations, so-called ...