Magister / Master (1 year): Recent submissions
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Use of analgesic drugs, occupational exposure to noise and solvents as risk factors for tinnitus and hearing impairment in a retrospective cohort study of male twins
(Inst för neurobiologi, vårdvetenskap och samhälle / Dept of Neurobiology, Care Sciences and Society, 2016-03-10)Background: Sweden has a unique twin registry administrated by Karolinska Institutet. A cohort of this register is the basis for this study. There are many causes of hearing loss and tinnitus, where genetics, diseases, ... -
Upplevelse av kroppsbild hos personer med ätstörning samt personer med ett missbruk av anabola androgena steroider
(Inst för neurobiologi, vårdvetenskap och samhälle / Dept of Neurobiology, Care Sciences and Society, 2016-02-12)Background: In our society there is a tremedous focus on body ideal and appearence among Young adults. Patient´s with eating disorders and patients with an abuse of anabolic androgenic steroids (AAS) both have the displeasure ... -
Ambulanssjuksköterskans upplevelser av att prehospitalt vårda spädbarn och förskolebarn med akuta andningsbesvär
(Inst för klinisk forskning och utbildning, Södersjukhuset / Dept of Clinical Science and Education, Södersjukhuset, 2016-02-01)Background: Young children with respiratory problems are one of the most common alarms involving children as ambulances are called on. Meeting the children in the prehospital care is challenging and can give a feeling of ... -
Den försäkrades upplevelser av utvidgad aktivitetsförmågeutredning
(Institutet för miljömedicin / Institute of Environmental Medicine, 2016-01-19)Abstract Introduction: Work is generally good for the health and well-being of people of all societies. Being stricken with illness causes changes in life and sick-leave compensation is an important benefit. New health ... -
Multimodal rehabilitering för personer med smärtproblematik : primärvårdens erfarenheter av samverkan med arbetsplatsen
(Institutet för miljömedicin / Institute of Environmental Medicine, 2016-01-07)Introduction: The labour market is diverse and places different demands on people's mental and physical abilities. When a person is affected by pain problems work may be difficult to cope with. In order to identify the ... -
Validering av texten ”Trapetskonstnären” : analys av högläsning av personer med neuromotorisk talstörning och friska kontrollpersoner
(Inst för klinisk vetenskap, intervention och teknik / Dept of Clinical Science, Intervention and Technology, 2015-12-09)Abstract. Today there is no Swedish text for reading aloud that is specifically designed for the assessment and documentation of voice and speech. The present study validates a new reading passage, “The Trapeze ... -
Visuell detektion av prostatacancer med diffusionsviktad MR
(Inst för klinisk vetenskap, intervention och teknik / Dept of Clinical Science, Intervention and Technology, 2015-11-23)The study is an evaluation of qualitative visual assessment of diffusion-weighted MR images for the identification of cancer tumors of the prostate with different b-values. The material is based on a screening study of men ... -
Hur används specialisterna i etableringsuppdraget? : en intervjustudie med fokus på identifiering av funktionsnedsättning hos nyanlända
(Institutet för miljömedicin / Institute of Environmental Medicine, 2015-11-17)Introduction: Since late 2010, the Swedish Public Employment Service is responsible for the integration of newly arrived immigrants and their establishment into the labour market. For newly arrived immigrants and particularly ... -
Do learning portfolios facilitate lifelong learning in students?
(Inst för lärande, informatik, management och etik / Dept of Learning, Informatics, Management and Ethics, 2015-11-12)Background: The context of academic learning is changing, providing challenges to support student learning and to strengthen regulatory skills. Previous research on portfolios indicates promising findings for student ... -
Att bedriva systematiskt kvalitetsarbete i akutsjukvården : framgångsfaktorer och svårigheter
(Inst för lärande, informatik, management och etik / Dept of Learning, Informatics, Management and Ethics, 2015-11-02)The aim of this study was to examine success factors and barriers for continuous quality improvement in acute hospital care. Background In spite the improvements and developments in healthcare the last fifty years, adverse ... -
Läkares behov av en chef : en kvalitativ intervjustudie med specialistläkare på ett svenskt akutsjukhus
(Inst för lärande, informatik, management och etik / Dept of Learning, Informatics, Management and Ethics, 2015-10-02)Objective: To investigate physicians’ need for a manager. Design: Qualitative content analysis of data from semi-structured interviews with six physicians at a Swedish emergency hospital. Results: Four main ... -
Incorporating culture into measurements of well-being : conceptual and methodological challenges and its importance for policy
(Inst för folkhälsovetenskap / Dept of Public Health Sciences, 2015-09-29)In 1948, the World Health Organisation adopted the definition of health as a “state of complete physical, mental and social well-being and not merely the absence of disease or infirmity”. Despite this, health has mainly ... -
Konflikthantering inom sjukvården : erfarenheter från ett chefsperspektiv på två akutsjukhus i Mellansverige
(Inst för lärande, informatik, management och etik / Dept of Learning, Informatics, Management and Ethics, 2015-09-29)Destructive conflicts in a workplace can be harmful. It is important that an organization through guidelines, training, distributed accountability and established external contacts quickly discovers and manages such ... -
Anhörigas behov av stöd vid vård av en närstående med demensjukdom
(Inst för lärande, informatik, management och etik / Dept of Learning, Informatics, Management and Ethics, 2015-08-25)Aim: The purpose of this study is to examine the need for support relatives caring for a loved one with dementia at home, experience, and based on the findings discuss if the guidance of the National Board of Health and ... -
Chefers handlingsberedskap för att agera vid alkoholproblem
(Institutet för miljömedicin / Institute of Environmental Medicine, 2015-08-11)Introduction: Experience indicates that alcohol problems are detected at a late stage. Effective treatment of moderate alcohol problems can be performed by non-specialists such as occupational health services (OHS). Purpose: ... -
Olika lyssnargruppers skattningar av röst- och talkaraktäristika hos personer med Parkinsons sjukdom
(Inst för neurovetenskap / Dept of Neuroscience, 2015-07-03)There are reports in the literature that individuals with Parkinson’s disease have impaired perception of voice and speech. The aim of this study is to investigate whether there are differences in how different listener ... -
Analys av hot- och våldsincidenter inom psykiatrisk slutenvård
(Institutet för miljömedicin / Institute of Environmental Medicine, 2015-07-03)Introduction: Threats and violence are a significant problem in the work environment and staff members in psychiatric inpatient care are at greater risk for exposure. Purpose: This study aims to gain insight into staff ... -
Diabetes mellitus type two in Stockholm County, Sweden : examining ethnicity as an independent risk factor—a cross-sectional study
(Inst för folkhälsovetenskap / Dept of Public Health Sciences, 2015-06-24)Background: Diabetes mellitus type two (T2DM) is a major global health issue. It is caused by an interaction between genetic and environmental factors. It is a metabolic disorder characterised by elevated blood glucose ... -
Sömn och patientsäkerhet hos sjuksköterskor som arbetar inom avancerad hemsjukvård
(Institutet för miljömedicin / Institute of Environmental Medicine, 2015-06-22)Introduction: Irregular working hours has become part of many nurses everyday life and is one of the most common factors regarding sleep disorders due to the fact that the normal time for sleep is interrupted. Sleepiness ... -
Yogaträning för barn med cerebral pares : ledrörlighet och muskelelasticitet i nedre extremiteterna
(Inst för neurobiologi, vårdvetenskap och samhälle / Dept of Neurobiology, Care Sciences and Society, 2015-06-16)Background: Movement and posture are always affected in children with cerebral palsy (CP). Motor symptoms vary in degree and severity, however a decreased joint mobility in the lower extremities is common. With increasing ...