Essays about: "self-rated physical health"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 9 essays containing the words self-rated physical health.

  1. 1. Investigating the determinants of self-rated mental health among physically disabled adults: a cross-sectional study using survey data from Bangladesh

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Socialmedicin och global hälsa

    Author : Sarah Yusuf Ibrahim; [2022]
    Keywords : Disabilty; Physical health; Mental health; Socioeconomics; Medicine and Health Sciences;

    Abstract : Abstract Background: Disability affects 15% of the world's population, and around 80% of people with disabilities are from low-middle-income countries (LMIC). According to the BangladeshFinal Report on Household Income and Expenditure Survey in 2016, Bangladesh hasapproximately 11.4 million people living with disabilities. READ MORE

  3. 2. Självtest benstyrka – ny metod utvärderas efter tolv veckors intervention på Livsstilsmottagning i Karlskoga

    University essay from Örebro universitet/Institutionen för medicinska vetenskaper

    Author : Hedvig Siljedahl; [2019]
    Keywords : self-measurement tests; leg strength; leg function; maximal step-up height; prevention; habits;

    Abstract : Introduction: Chronic diseases can be prevented and improved by regular physical activity and reduced sedentary time. An adequate leg strength and leg function in treatment and prevention of these disease is something to strive for. READ MORE

  4. 3. Children's involvement in Physical Education lessons : Differences between children with high grades and children with disabilities

    University essay from Högskolan i Jönköping/HLK, CHILD

    Author : Isabel Clemente; [2018]
    Keywords : Self-efficacy; aptitude to participate; teaching skills; prerequisites and climate; children with disabilities; children with high grades; physical education;

    Abstract : Children with disabilities need physical activity in order to promote development and health, and this can be fulfilled in their physical education lessons. However, adapting lessons for children with disabilities can be a very complicated task as there are many factors that affect, both positively and negatively, the child´s general self-efficacy, their self-efficacy in their physical education lesson and their aptitude to participate. READ MORE

  5. 4. Social capital, self-rated health and the importance of sleep : The case of Iceland in 2007 and 2009

    University essay from Centrum för forskning om ojämlikhet i hälsa (CHESS)

    Author : Harpa Sif Eyjolfsdottir; [2012]
    Keywords : Social capital; self-rated physical health; self-rated mental health; symptoms of insomnia; Iceland; cross-sectional study; longitudinal study; hälsa; sömnlöshet; socialt kapital;

    Abstract : The frequently studied concept of social capital has often been related to health, but theconceptualisationand measurement of the conceptisanon-goingdebate. The main aim of this thesis is to study the relationship of four different indicators of social capital; informal social capital, formal social capital, trust towards institutions and trust towards others, with self-rated physical health and self-rated mental health in Iceland in 2009, shortly after a harsh economic crash. READ MORE

  6. 5. Self-peerceived chronic stress and self-rated health as mediating markers for the association with cardiovascular disease risk: The Malmö Preventive Project

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Läkarutbildningen

    Author : Pär Milton; Margaretha Persson; Peter M Nilsson; [2012]
    Keywords : Cardiovascular disease; cohort; prospective; self-rated health; social class; stress; Medicine and Health Sciences;

    Abstract : Cardiovascular (CVD) is one of the most common causes of mortality. Apart from known causal risk factors such as smoking, obesity, dyslipidaemia and hypertension, chronic psychological stress has been suggested as a possible independent risk marker, also because the CVD burden follows a social gradient. READ MORE