Browsing Doctoral Theses / Doktorsavhandlingar Institutionen för medicin by Subject "Quality of life"
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A prevention and health promotion programme for persons with overweight in Primary Health Care Patient outcomes and nurses’ experiences in terms of weight, lifestyle, health and risk factors
(2020-11-20)Background: Primary Healthcare (PHC) is often the first point of contact for patients and thus considered the ideal place to address obesity and lifestyle issues. A weight reduction programme was developed to gain a better ... -
Cystic fibrosis in adults. Diagnostic, epidemiologic and quality-of-life aspects
(2007-03-30)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. ... -
Elevated calcium concentration, is it dangerous? Long-term follow-up in primary care
(2014-02-12)Background and aims: Patients with hypercalcaemia are relatively common in primary care; the most frequent causes are primary hyperparathyroidism (pHPT) and cancer. Many patients with pHPT have such discrete symptoms that ... -
Long-term impact of exposure to sulfur mustard on mental health, quality of life, and lung function
(2023-09-04)Sulfur mustard is a highly harmful blistering chemical warfare agent with an alkylation ability that can affect multiple organs (skin, eyes and lungs) in the short and long term. Sulfur mustard’s long-term biopsychosocial ... -
Outcome of Graves disease
(2020-02-05)Graves' disease (GD) is an autoimmune condition with elevated thyroid hormone levels and symptoms suggesting an affected brain. These symptoms often resolve with treatment but, for some patients, GD results in a long period ... -
Physical activity and exercise in patients with intermittent claudication
(2022-09-26)Introduction. Supervised exercise is a guideline recommendation in patients with intermittent claudication (IC). As the availability of supervised exercise varies, interest has turned to the more accessible home-based ... -
Prognostic prediction and treatment of cardiac diseases in elderly
(2015-12-01)Aim: The overall aim of this thesis was to study the prognostic prediction and its association with treatment strategies in the elderly patients presenting with acute coronary syndrome (ACS) and left ventricular systolic ...