Syftet med denna studie är att utifrån ett livskvalitetsperspektiv, indelat i resurs, nätverk och autonomi, undersöka den bostadsrehabilitering som bedrivs i form av en boendekedja i Västerås. Som metod valdes en kvalitativ och deskriptiv ansats för att söka svar på studiens frågeställningar. Empirin består av semistrukturerade intervjuer med sju före detta hemlösa missbrukare som har genomgått bostadsrehabilitering i Västerås. För att få en ytterligare förståelse för boendekedjan i Västerås har även två nyckelinformanter intervjuats. Som teorier valdes livskvalitet, stämplingsteori, missbrukskarriärer och KASAM för att ge en djupare förståelse för hur livskvalitet kan variera utifrån olika levnadsförhållanden. Resultatet visar på att missbruk och hemlöshet i hög grad inverkar negativt på individens känsla av livskvalitet. Bostadsrehabiliteringen i Västerås inverkar till största del positivt på respondenternas känsla av livskvalitet gällande resurser, nätverk och autonomi och tar även hänsyn till personers individuella behov som påverkar livskvalitet. Delar som respondenter uttalat missnöje över är vissa motivationsboenden samt att de saknat insatser för att främja sociala relationer. / This study’s purpose is to investigate the tenancy rehabilitation program in Västerås from a perspective of quality of life. We divided the quality of life perspective into subcategories; resources, network and autonomy, to get a deeper understanding of the issue. A qualitative and descriptive approach was chosen to seek answer of the questions. Our empirical result consists of semi-structured interviews with seven former homeless substance users who participated in the tenancy rehabilitation program in Västerås and two key informants. The theories that were chosen are quality of life, abuse careers, stigma/labelling and sense of coherence to seek a deeper understanding of how quality of life may vary during different life circumstances. The results of this study show that substance use and homelessness to a high extent influence an individual’s quality of life negative. Tenancy rehabilitation in Västerås mostly has a positive affect on the client’s sense of quality of life in terms of resources, network and autonomy and does also take consideration to the individual’s needs that affects their sense of quality of life. The clients stated some discontent to certain forms of housing in the beginning of the housing provision chain and some felt lack of social rehabilitation and re-integration.

Today older people’s health and life quality are current topics of conversation in society. The number of old people is increasing and their health is deteriorating, that is why there is a need of new ways of meeting their necessities. In this study we have tried to illustrate heads of districts reasoning concerning pets’ significance for old people in special housing. The purpose of the study is to investigate the management’s awareness and preparedness around and also management of pets in special housing in a county. We have also had a look at the practical work with pets in special housing. The material in the study comes from qualitative interviews. One geriatric care manager and six heads of districts with the responsibility of special housing for old people under municipal management have been interviewed. In our interpretation we have used Brülde’s theory (2003) of life quality called “a mixed theory of happy character”. Brülde combines elements from hedonism, the theory of fulfillment of wishes and from the objective pluralism to make his own theory. The result from the study shows that all heads of districts are positive to have pets in special housing and that all special housing has or has had pets in some form. The contact with pets gives many old people a better life quality with happiness, an increased well-being and decreases the sense of loneliness.

Studier har visat att frivilligt barnlösa individer stereotypt har betraktats vara olyckliga och otillfredsställda, något som inte har fått vetenskapligt stöd. Syftet med den här tvärsnittsstudien var att undersöka om det föreligger några skillnader i livskvalitet och livstillfredsställelse mellan frivilligt barnlösa personer och föräldrar i den svenska populationen. Forskningsfrågan undersöktes med en enkät som bestod av självskattningsskalorna QOLI (Quality Of Life Inventory) och SWLS (Satisfaction With Life Scale). 130 deltagare genomförde studien varav 54 är frivilligt barnlösa individer och 76 är föräldrar. Studien visade att det inte finns några signifikanta skillnader mellan grupperna med avseende på livskvalitet och livstillfredsställelse. Dock visade variansanalyserna att ålder och civilstånd signifikant påverkade livskvaliteten och livstillfredsställelsen. / Earlier studies have demonstrated that voluntarily childless individuals are negatively stereotyped as unhappy and unsatisfied, despite contradictory findings. The purpose of this cross-sectional study was to explore whether there are any differences in life quality and life satisfaction between voluntarily childless adults and parents on a Swedish population. The research question was addressed with a survey utilizing two scales; QOLI (Quality Of Life Inventory) and SWLS (Satisfaction With life Scale). 130 subjects participated; 54 voluntarily childless adults and 76 parents. The study concludes that there are no significant differences between the groups on either dimension. However, the variance analysis showed that age and marital status significantly influenced life quality and life satisfaction.

Studier har visat att frivilligt barnlösa individer stereotypt har betraktats vara olyckliga och otillfredsställda, något som inte har fått vetenskapligt stöd. Syftet med den här tvärsnittsstudien var att undersöka om det föreligger några skillnader i livskvalitet och livstillfredsställelse mellan frivilligt barnlösa personer och föräldrar i den svenska populationen. Forskningsfrågan undersöktes med en enkät som bestod av självskattningsskalorna QOLI (Quality Of Life Inventory) och SWLS (Satisfaction With Life Scale). 130 deltagare genomförde studien varav 54 är frivilligt barnlösa individer och 76 är föräldrar. Studien visade att det inte finns några signifikanta skillnader mellan grupperna med avseende på livskvalitet och livstillfredsställelse. Dock visade variansanalyserna att ålder och civilstånd signifikant påverkade livskvaliteten och livstillfredsställelsen. / Earlier studies have demonstrated that voluntarily childless individuals are negatively stereotyped as unhappy and unsatisfied, despite contradictory findings. The purpose of this cross-sectional study was to explore whether there are any differences in life quality and life satisfaction between voluntarily childless adults and parents on a Swedish population. The research question was addressed with a survey utilizing two scales; QOLI (Quality Of Life Inventory) and SWLS (Satisfaction With life Scale). 130 subjects participated; 54 voluntarily childless adults and 76 parents. The study concludes that there are no significant differences between the groups on either dimension. However, the variance analysis showed that age and marital status significantly influenced life quality and life satisfaction.

Darbo tikslas - ištirti sergančių 1 tipo cukriniu diabetu sveikatos priežiūros poreikius, nustačius ir įvertinus diabetinių komplikacijų dažnį, respondentų vaistų vartojimo ypatumus, bei socio - ekonominių veiksnių įtaką, galimai sąlygojančią sergančiųjų požiūrį į gyvenimo kokybę. Uždaviniai: 1. Įvertinti diabetinių komplikacijų (retinopatijos, neuropatijos, nefropatijos) dažnį, bei pasiskirstymą ligos trukmės grupėse tarp sergančių cukriniu diabetu iki 15 m. ir >15 m. 2. Išsiaiškinti, sergančių 1 tipo cukriniu diabetu, galimas kardiovaskulinės sistemos ligas, bei pacientų požiūrį į šių ligų gydymą. 3. Išsiaiskinti pacientų vaist����� vartojimo ypatumus, žinias apie 1 tipo cukrinį diabetą, bei palyginti ligos trukmės grupėse tarp sergančių cukriniu diabetu iki 15 m. ir >15 m. 4. Įvertinti, kaip susirgimas 1 tipo cukriniu diabetu įtakoja socio - ekonominius veiksnius, respondentų kasdieninę veiklą, bei jų gyvenimo kokybę. Tyrimo metodika. Tyrimo objektas. Sergantys 1 tipo cukriniu diabetu, bei besigydantys VšĮ Kauno apskrities ligoninėje. Tyrimo metodai. Atsitiktiniu atrankos metodu buvo pasirinkta 20 respondentų besigydžiųsių VšĮ Kauno apskrities ligoninėje. Tyrimas buvo atliekamas naudojantis ligos istorijomis ir endokrinologų dokumentacija, bei apklausiant pacientus. Statistinės analizės metodai. Anketinės apklausos duomenų analizei naudota SPSS 13.0 versijos programa. Hipotezės apie požymių nepriklausomumą buvo tikrinamos naudojant chi kvadrato (χ2) kriterijų... [toliau žr. visą tekstą] / Objective is to research health needs of people with 1 type sugar diabetes, assess and value frequency of diabetes complication, respondents‘ peculiarity of medicine consumption and socio – economical factors influence for patients with 1 type sugar diabetes life quality. Goals: 1. Value diabetes complications (retinopathy, neuropathy, nephropathy) frequency and contrast between groups with illness duration till 15 year and duration over 15 year. 2. Research patients with 1 type sugar diabetes possible cardio-vascular system illnesses and patients’ view to cure of these illnesses. 3. To analyze peculiarities how patients takes medicines, their knowledge about 1 type sugar diabetes and compare it between groups with illness duration till 15 year and duration over 15 year. 4. Value how 1 type sugar diabetes influence socio – economical factors, respondents daily activity and their life quality. Methodology. Research object. People with 1 type sugar diabetes and people with this illness hospitalized in VSI Kaunas circle hospital. Methods. Accidentally were taken 20 respondents hospitalized in VSI Kaunas circle hospital. Research instrumentations are based on ill-histories, endocrinologic documentation and circulated questionaires between patients. Methods of statistical analysis. For data analysis was used statistical data analysis program SPSS 13.0 version. Hypothesis about independence of features was checked by using chi quadrat (χ2) canon. To check hypothesis was taken... [to full text]

Šiame baigiamajame darbe siekiama ištirti medicinos darbuotojų darbui ir sveikatai darančius ergonominius veiksnius bei įvertinti medicinos darbuotojų sveikatą, darbo kokybę ir ergonomiką. Siekiama rasti ryšį tarp ergonomikos, sveikatos, aplinkos ir medicinos darbuotojų gyvenimo kokybės bei skatinti imtis priemonių rizikos veiksniams šalinti. Darbas sudarytas iš dviejų analitinių (aprašomųjų) ir empirinės (eksperimentinės) dalių. Pirmoje analitinėje dalyje nagrinėjami veiksniai, darantys įtaką darbo ergonomikai, tai mikroklimato parametrai ir jų įtaka žmogui, dulkių poveikis, apšvietimas, taip pat triukšmo bei virpesių poveikis žmogaus organizmui. Antroje dalyje nagrinėjama sveikata bei darbą ir sveikatą lemiantys veiksniai: socialinė aplinka, gyvenimo kokybė, aplinkos tarša. Empirinėje dalyje, atlikus anketinę apklausą, įvertintas darbo įrankių ir prietaisų atitikimas ergonomikos reikavimams, nustatyta, kaip ergonominės naujovės atitinka darbuotojų lūkesčius, kaip jos mažina darbo įtampą. Taip pat buvo įvertintas medicinos darbuotoj�� darbo ergonomiškumas ir sveikata. / The objective of this study is to investigate the factors of ergonomics having the influence upon the medical employee‘s health, work quality and ergonomics. The aim was to find the link among ergononomics, health, environmental and life quality of the medical employees and to include to take measures for the elimination of the risk factors. The paper consist of two analytical (descriptive) and one empirical (experimental) parts. The first analytical part analyses the factors which affect the ergonomics of work, mainly the parameteres of microclimate and their influenc on people, as well as the influence of dust, ligthing, noise and vibration being mad o the human organism. The second part examines the health and such factors as health, social enviroment, life quality,pollution affecting the quality of work and life. The empirical part, according to previous surveys, evaluates the correspondence between hand tools, devices and the requirements of ergonomics, defines the way the innovations of ergonomics conform the expectations of the workers. It also analysed the role of innovations in reducing stress at workplace. Work ergonomics and health of medical employee‘s was analyses, as well.

Tyrimo objektas – pagyvenusio ir senyvo amžiaus asmenų fizinio aktyvumo ir depresiškumo pasireiškimo sąsajos. Temos aktualumas - Nemažai mokslinių tyrimų įrodė, kad fizinė veikla daro teigiamą įtaką įvairiems psichinės sveikatos rodikliams, tačiau dauguma tyrimų atskleidžia fizinio aktyvumo naudą psichinei būklei esant tam tikroms ligoms. Jei yra atlikta tyrimų aiškinančių fizinio aktyvumo naudą psichinei sveikatai jie atliekami jaunesnių žmonių tarpe. Tyrimai šioje srityje yra labai aktualūs, kadangi trūksta mokslinių straipsnių nagrinėjančių fizinės veiklos naudą vyresnio amžiaus asmenų psichinei būklei. Tyrimo tikslas –išanalizuoti pagyvenusio ir senyvo amžiaus asmenų fizinio aktyvumo ir depresiškumo pasireiškimo sąsajas. Hipotezė: fizinis aktyvumas teigiamai įtakoja pagyvenusio ir senyvo amžiaus asmenų psichinę būklę ir gyvenimo kokybę. Tyrimo uždaviniai: 1. Ištirti pagyvenusio ir senyvo amžiaus asmenų depresiškumo pasireiškimo sąsajas su demografiniais rodikliais ir dalyvavimu formalioje ar neformalioje organizuotoje veikloje. 2. Ištirti pagyvenusio ir senyvo amžiaus asmenų depresiškumo pasireiškimo sąsajas su objetyviu ir subjektyviu fiziniu aktyvumu. 3. Nustatyti pagyvenusio ir senyvo amžiaus asmenų depresiškumo pasireiškimo, fizinio aktyvumo ir gyvenimo kokybės tarpusavio sąsajas. Tyrimo rezultatai: Vyrams dažniau nei moterims pasireiškė sunkesni depresiškumo simpromai. Vyresnio amžiaus asmenims dažniausiai pasireiškia sunkesnis depresiškumo laipsnis. Vedusiems... [toliau žr. visą tekstą] / Research object – links between elderly and aged people's physical activity and depression inclination. Topic relevance - Many scientific researches have proved that physical activities make positive impact onto various psychical health indicators. However, most of the researches have disclosed benefit of physical activities to psychical condition under certain illnesses. If some researches have been made regarding physical activity benefit to psychical state they are performed among younger people. These researches are very relevant, because there is a lack of scientific articles analyzing the physical activity benefit to older age people's psychical state. Research goal– analyze the links between elderly and aged people's physical activity and depression inclination. Hypothesis: physical activity influences elderly and aged people psychical state and life quality positively. Research tasks: 1. Investigate elderly and aged people's depression inclination links with demographic indicators and participation in formal and non-formal organized activities. 2. Investigate elderly and aged people's depression inclination links with objective and subjective physical activity. 3. Investigate the links for elderly and aged people's depression inclination, physical activity and life quality. Research results: Men more often than woman have had harder depression symptoms. Elderly people more frequently have had harder depression inclination degree. Married people with larger income... [to full text]

Darbo problema – ar ir kaip jungimasis į bendruomenes daro įtaką emigranto gyvenimo kokybės siekiui bei užsitikrinimui ir ar tai yra patogesnis būdas siekiant savo gyvenimo tikslų emigracijoje? Darbo objektas remiasi bendruomenizavimosi svarba emigrantams, kurie siekia gyvenimo kokybės svetur. Darbo uždaviniai: 1. Atlikti teorines įžvalgas apie emigraciją ir bendruomenes; 2. Išanalizuoti jungimosi į bendruomenes reikšmes emigracijoje; 3. Analizuoti gyvenimo kokybės siekius emigracijoje; 4. Išsiaiškinti lietuvių emigrantų ateities tikslus siejant gyvenimus su Lietuva; Tyrime naudoti kokybinės metodologijos principai. Pagrindiniai taikyti metodai: Dalyvaujantis stebėjimas. Stebėjimai atlikti nuo 2013 kovo 20 iki 2013 gegužės 3. Giluminiai nestruktūruoti/pusiau struktūruoti interviu: Iš viso lauko tyrime buvo atlikta 12 pusiau struktūruotų interviu, kurių bendra trukmė – 20 val. Neformalūs pokalbiai ir dienoraščio pildymas: suskaičiuota daugiau nei 6 val. neformalių pokalbių, kurie taip pat naudojami analizėje bei surinkti asmeniniai pastebėjimai, pildyti dienoraščio pavidalu beveik kiekvieną dieną. Darbas susideda iš trijų dalių: pirmojoje dalyje yra teoriškai aprašomos pasirinkimo emigruoti aplinkybės, socialinio kapitalo perspektyva, gyvenimo kokybės niuansai bei aprašoma bendruomenės sąvoka. Antroji dalis – tyrimo lauko pristatymas, kur yra refleksyviai aptariamos stebėjimo vietos, tyrime kilę sunkumai bei Londono, kaip imigracijos vietos, keliami iššūkiai. Trečioji dalis... [toliau žr. visą tekstą] / The primary purpose of this study is to determine whether and how participating in communities influences ones aspiration of well-being; and is it a more convenient to fulfil these aspirations while in a community. This study is specifically concerned with the effect of communities on emigrants who form their well-being in emigration. Tasks set for this research are as follows: 1. Prove theoretical insights about emigration and communities; 2. Analyze the root causes of emigration; 3. Analyze the importance to participate and bond with community while in emigration; 4. Evaluate aspiration of life quality in emigration; 5. Investigate emigrants’ future plans and expectations about coming back to Lithuania. The following research was performed using principles of qualitative methodology. The main methods applied in course of the research are: • Participant observation. One month spent in London, United Kingdom, communicating with Lithuanian emigrants. The observation took place in City of London Lithuanian Club, Union of Lithuanian Youth in London, Lithuanian St. Casimir parish and families in Eastern London. • Non-structured/semi-structured biographical in-depth interviews. Ten interviews were conducted through internet via “Skype” program; twelve subjects were questioned tête-à-tête in London. • Field notes were made during the field work. The research paper consists of three parts. The first part provides brief preview of the main theoretical approaches to the notion of... [to full text]

Diss. (sammanfattning) Umeå : Umeå universitet, 2007. / Härtill 5 uppsatser.

The teaching of sciences has been a challenge for education, considering that the students do not demonstrate to realize the usefulness of the contents given in classes and the teachers refer themselves to difficulties to carry out assignments at school. The investigation may be a way of promoting a better performance of these professionals in the quotidian of schools and encouraging the teachers and students growth in educational and social level. Before this, the aim of this study was to investigate the science teachers life quality and the relationship of their subject-matters with the student s quotidian. Two distinct populations were studied: 1) science teachers working in a public school in the interior of the state of Rio Grande do Sul and; 2) the students enrolled in the final degrees of the Primary School and in Youth and Adult Education (EJA) at the same school. The teachers filled out a self-applied form with five sets of questions, with information about demographic, economic, occupation characteristics, domestic activities, physical exertion, physical health, mental health and medical diagnoses. The students answered to a semi-structured questionnaire subjected to Content Analysis and Descriptive Statistics. In this research it was observed that the dedication of the science teachers requires long concentration periods in the same task (87%), 71% feel nervous and 41% feel irritated. Regarding to the mental health of the teachers surveyed in this study, it was detected that the most frequent symptoms were feeling nervous, tense or worried (83%). Among the students of the final series of Ensino Fundamental surveyed, 59.9% considered that physical well-being is related to health of organism, 64.7% answered that they may modify their body through physical activity, 72.5% believe that the content learned in sciences can help them to live better, 47.1% would like to see subjects related to health and organism during sciences classes, 80.4% think that those classes could be more interesting if the teachers related the content to the everyday life. Even then, the students participants from EJA , 55.1% considered that the physical well-being is related to health, 53.9% maintain that they feel better with their body from physical activity, 66.3% responded that the content learned in sciences could help them to live better, 76.5% would like to see matters related to health and organisms during science classes and 72.0% think that these classes could be more interesting if the teachers related the content to the quotidian. From the data of this work it was possible to detect that at this school there is a lack in relation to the theme health, because the teachers reported several complaints related to health and the students requested that themes from quotidian are approached in science in science classes mainly the ones related to health and welfare. The knowledge of these evidences can contribute for the building of measures for the reorganization of systematics of working, thereby assisting the teachers and students school performance. / O ensino de ciências tem sido um desafio para a educação, pois os alunos não apresentam perceber a utilidade dos conteúdos ministrados nas aulas e os professores referem-se a dificuldades para desempenharem as suas atribuições na escola. A investigação pode ser uma forma de promover um melhor desempenho desses profissionais no cotidiano das escolas e favorecer o crescimento dos professores e alunos em nível educacional e social. Diante disso, o objetivo desse estudo foi investigar a qualidade de vida dos professores de ciências e a relação das suas disciplinas com o cotidiano do aluno. Foram estudadas duas populações distintas: 1) os professores de ciências em exercício em uma escola pública no interior do Rio Grande do Sul e; 2) os alunos matriculados nos anos finais do ensino fundamental e na Educação para Jovens e Adultos da mesma escola. Os professores responderam a um formulário autoaplicado com cinco blocos de questões, com informações acerca das características demográficas, econômicas, ocupacionais, atividades domésticas, esforços físicos, saúde física, saúde mental e os diagnósticos médicos e os alunos responderam a um questionário semi-estruturado, submetido à Análise de Conteúdo e Estatística Descritiva. Nesta pesquisa foi observado que a dedicação dos professores da área de ciências exige longos períodos de concentração em uma mesma tarefa (87%), 71% sentem-se nervosos e 41% sentem-se irritados. Em relação á saúde mental dos professores pesquisados neste trabalho detectou-se que os sintomas mais frequentes foram sentir-se nervoso, tenso ou preocupado (83%). Entre os alunos pesquisados dos últimos anos do ensino fundamental, 56,9%, consideraram que bem estar físico está relacionado à saúde do organismo, 64,7% responderam que poderiam modificar seu corpo através da atividade física, 72,5% acreditam que os conteúdos aprendidos em ciências podem ajudá-los a viver melhor, 47,1% gostariam de ver assuntos relacionados à saúde e ao organismo durante as aulas de ciências, 80,4% acham que essas aulas poderiam ficar mais interessantes se os professores relacionassem os conteúdos com o cotidiano. Já os alunos participantes da EJA, 55,1%, consideraram que bem-estar físico está relacionado à saúde, 53,9% afirmam se sentir melhor com o seu corpo a partir da atividade física, 66,3% responderam que os conteúdos aprendidos em ciências poderiam ajudá-los a viver melhor, 76,5% gostariam de ver assuntos relacionados à saúde e ao organismo durante as aulas de ciências e 72,0% acham que essas aulas poderiam ficar mais interessantes se os professores relacionassem os conteúdos com o cotidiano. A partir dos dados desse trabalho foi possível detectar que nessa escola existe uma carência em relação ao tema saúde, pois os professores relataram diversas queixas em relação à saúde e os alunos solicitaram que temas do cotidiano sejam abordados nas aulas de ciências principalmente os relacionados à saúde e ao bem-estar. O conhecimento dessas evidências pode contribuir para construção de medidas para a reorganização da sistemática de trabalho auxiliando assim o desempenho escolar dos professores e alunos.