Women’s health in the midlife – a person-centered approach in primary care

Major depression (MD) is a common and debilitating condition. To expand knowledge on adjunctive treatment perspectives, this thesis explores a physical therapy approach in

Keywords: Utilitarianism, prescribing medication, evidence-based medicine, general practitioner, pharmaceutical therapy, guide lines, drug information services, primary health

In the follow-up study, diagnosis was based on ‘‘self-reported’’ symptoms from the patient and we required the following criteria: (i) a large round erythema expanding over a

The focus of this thesis is to explore the professional role of diabetes specialist nurses (DSNs) in the diabetes field within primary healthcare, and their experiences of

In study III (n=89), a cross sectional study, we examined various scales for measuring dyspnea [i.e., Visual Analogue Scale (VAS), Verbal Rating Scale (VRS), modified Medical

The aim of this thesis was to study the care of patients with elevated calcium concentrations and to investigate factors contributing to the variation in calcium

Molecular epidemiology of Staphylococcus aureus in an elderly Swedish population: A cross-sectional study on the impact of housing and diabetes

Keywords: fatigue, rheumatoid arthritis, person-centered, physical therapy, physical activity, qualitative content analysis, focus groups, longitudinal study,