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Sexual life after childbirth and aspects of midwives’ counselling at the postnatal check-up
(2009-02-27)
The overall aim of this thesis was to explore and describe how sexual
life after childbirth is communicated, addressed and reflected upon among
new mothers, fathers and midwives and the impact of leaving first and
minor ...
Leisure activities at old age and their influence on dementia development
(2009-04-20)
on dementia development. The relative risks (RRs) ranged from 0.60 to 0.70. When these factors were integrated into an Active Lifestyle Index, a significant dose-response association was observed, Compared with low level of engagement (low in at least two...
Exploring a national practice-based register for the management of rheumatoid arthritis
(2008-10-17)
Rheumatoid arthritis (RA) is a chronic, inflammatory, auto-immune disease with an unpredictable and debilitating course. From diagnosis and onward, RA patients who need treatment with anti-rheumatic drugs will require ...
Peripheral venous catheters : quality of care assessment
(2009-12-31)
About half of the patients admitted to hospitals receive intravenous
therapy through peripheral venous catheters (PVCs). Unfortunately, the
use of PVCs is associated with the risk of complications that may lead to
increased ...
Brain MRI and CT morphology in healthy aging and Alzheimer's disease
(2010-02-05)
) together with CSF biomarkers is suggested to be the most important diagnostic markers for AD, it may not be specific. The current method of choice to measure MTA has been volumetric measurement based on 3D magnetic resonance imaging (MRI...
Assessment of psychological and social factors in the workplace : psychometric aspects
(2008-10-24)
Psychosocial aspects of work have received increasing attention, partly
because of their postulated importance for the workers health. Among the
techniques developed for measurement of the psychosocial work
environment, ...
NotI genome scanning to identify unknown cancer associated genes in major human epithelial malignancies
(2010-05-11)
Epithelial cancers cause many deaths every year. Changes in the genes of human chromosome 3 are particularly common in epithelial cancers in several organs. Alterations in DNA methylation is one of the best known epigenetic changes in cancer...
Effects of an expanded rehabilitation programme in patients with ischemic heart disease
(2009-11-12)
ratio 0.69; 95% CI 0.48-0.99; p=0.049). This was mainly due to a reduction in MI in the ECR group (10.8% vs. 20.3%; hazard ratio 0.47; 95% CI 0.21-0.97; p=0.047). Readmission to hospital and days in hospital for CV reasons were significantly reduced...
Injury profile and injury risk factors in junior tennis players
(2010-05-28)
-nine players sustained totally 100 new and recurrent injuries, 73 injuries in boys and 27 injuries in girls. Injury incidence for both genders was 2.3 injuries/1000 hours of tennis playing time, for boys 1.7 injuries/1000 hours and for girls 0.6 injuries/1000...
Physiotherapeutic rehabilitation and lumbar fusion surgery
(2010-05-14)
-IV), 3, 6, 12 months (Study II) and 2-3 years after surgery (Studies II-III). In Studies II-IV, patients were randomised to psychomotor therapy (N=53) or exercise therapy (N=54) implemented during the first 3 post-operative months. Semi...