Search Results - "Ringsberg, K"

Association between 25-hydroxy vitamin D levels, physical activity, muscle strength and fractures in the prospective population-based OPRA Study of Elderly Women by GERDHEM, P, RINGSBERG, K. A. M, OBRANT, K. J, AKESSON, K

“…Vitamin D supplements have been used to prevent fractures. The effect may be mediated through increased bone mass, but also through reduced falling propensity…”
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Concerns and future challenges of health literacy in the Nordic countries – From the point of view of health promotion practitioners and researchers by Ringsberg, K.C., Olander, E., Tillgren, P., Thualagant, N., Trollvik, A.

“…Background: Health literacy is an essential social determinant for promoting and maintaining the health of a population. Aim: From a health promotion…”
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Self-reported recreational exercise combining regularity and impact is necessary to maximize bone mineral density in young adult women: A population-based study of 1,061 women 25 years of age by Callréus, M., McGuigan, F., Ringsberg, K., Åkesson, K.

“…Summary Recreational physical activity in 25-year-old women in Sweden increases bone mineral density (BMD) in the trochanter by 5.5% when combining regularity…”
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Influence of muscle strength, physical activity and weight on bone mass in a population-based sample of 1004 elderly women by GERDHEM, P, RINGSBERG, K. A. M, AKESSON, K, OBRANT, K. J

“…High physical activity level has been associated with high bone mass and low fracture risk and is therefore recommended to reduce fractures in old age. The aim…”
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Parents' experiences of having a child with cleft lip and palate by Johansson, Barbro, Ringsberg, Karin C.

“…Background.  Giving birth to a child with cleft lip and palate (CLP) can be emotionally traumatic for parents. The facial appearance awakens feelings and…”
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302 HEALTH BELIEFS AND SELF-REPORTED OUTCOME AFTER MENISCECTOMY IN THE MIDDLE-AGED by Ericsson, Y.B, Ringsberg, K, Dahlberg, L.E

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Self-efficacy, physical activity and health-related quality of life in middle-aged meniscectomy patients and controls by Ericsson, Y. B., Ringsberg, K., Dahlberg, L. E.

“…Our purpose was to examine self‐efficacy of knee function, physical activity (PA) and health‐related quality of life (HRQoL) in post‐meniscectomy patients and…”
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290 SELF-EFFICACY, PHYSICAL ACTIVITY AND HEALTH-RELATED QUALITY OF LIFE IN MIDDLE-AGED POST MENISCECTOMY PATIENTS: A COMPARISON TO AN AGE-MATCHED CONTROL-GROUP by Ericsson, Y.B, Ringsberg, K, Dahlberg, L.E

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'Disgust, disgust beyond description'- shame cues to detect shame in disguise, in interviews with women who were sexually abused during childhood by RAHM, G. B., RENCK, B., RINGSBERG, K. C.

“…Shame is a recurrent theme in the context of sexually abused women. Sexual abuse is taboo and shameful, and so is shame. Shame affects the development of a…”
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Learning to live with a child with diabetes - problems related to immigration and cross-cultural diabetes care by Povlsen, Lene, Ringsberg, Karin C.

“…Diabetes in childhood is a serious chronic disease. Having a different ethnic background is described as a risk factor for poor metabolic control and quality…”
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Stroke Specific Quality of Life Scale: Danish adaptation and a pilot study for testing psychometric properties by Muus, Ingrid, Ringsberg, Karin C.

“…BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE: Stroke has an effect on many aspects of quality of life (QoL) and therefore it is important to measure the magnitude of the impact…”
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Presence of hyperventilation in patients with asthma-like symptoms but negative asthma test responses: Provocation with voluntary hyperventilation and mental stress by Ringsberg, Karin C., Åkerlind, Ingemar

“…Background: A group of patients reporting asthma-like symptoms but with negative asthma tests has been identified. Objective: The objective of this study was…”
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Clinical health education for patients with asthma‐like symptoms but negative asthma tests by Ringsberg, K. C., Timpka, T.

“…Background: Patients with asthma‐like symptoms but negative asthma tests often state that they lack strategies to cope with their symptoms. The aim of the…”
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Experiences by patients with asthma-like symptoms of a problem-based learning health education programme by Ringsberg, KC, Lepp, M, Finnström, B

“…Background. Eighteen patients with asthma-like symptoms but negative asthma tests, randomly selected, participated in a problem-based learning health education…”
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Intimate partner violence: forms, consequences and preparedness to act as perceived by healthcare staff and district and community leaders in a rural district in northern Vietnam by Krantz, G., Phuong, T.Van, Larsson, V., Thuan, N.Thi Bich, Ringsberg, K.C.

“…A qualitative study was conducted among healthcare staff and district and community leaders in May and June 2002 to describe their perceptions of violence…”
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The physiotherapy clinical outcome variables scale predicts length of hospital stay, discharge destination and future home facility in the acute comprehensive stroke unit by Ekstrand, Elisabeth, Ringsberg, Karin A, Pessah-Rasmussen, Hélène

“…The aims of this study were: to follow the course of recovery of motor function following acute stroke, as assessed by the Physiotherapy Clinical Outcome…”
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Correlation between perceived symptoms, self-rated health and coping strategies in patients with asthma-like symptoms but negative asthma tests by Berntsson, L, Ringsberg, K. C.

“…The aim of the study was to describe how patients with asthma-like symptoms rate the frequency of perceived symptoms, their quality of life related to health…”
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Balance and Gait Performance in an Urban and a Rural Population by Ringsberg, Karin A. M., Gärdsell, Per, Johnell, Olof, Jónsson, Brynjolfur, Obrant, Karl J., Sernbo, Ingemar

“…OBJECTIVE: To compare the differences in standing balance and gait performance between two populations, correlated with age and physical activities of daily…”
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Conflicting accountabilities: Doctor's dilemma in TB control in rural India by Fochsen, Grethe, Deshpande, Kirti, Ringsberg, Karin C, Thorson, Anna

“…Abstract Objective The aim of this study was to analyse how the implementation strategy of direct observed treatment short course (DOTS) has shaped and…”
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Differences in trigger factors and symptoms between patients with asthma-like symptoms and patients with asthma: development of a basis for a questionnaire by RINGSBERG, K.C., BJÄRNEMAN, P., LÖWHAGEN, O., ODÉN, A., TORÉN, K.

“…Patients with asthma-like symptoms but with negative asthma tests are often misdiagnosed as having asthma and treated as asthmatics. They describe their…”
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