Research projects
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Healthy and sustainable work environment for nurses in Swedish health and medical care
The purpose of this project is to investigate what constitutes a healthy and sustainable work environment for nurses in Swedish healthcare. The project's foc...
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Hearing loss in the working life - a salutogenic perspective
The aim of the current project is to identify health factors, or salutogenic factors, that contribute to a sustainable working life (i.e. to be established a...
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Hearing-related risk-taking among children and adolescents
The aim of the research is to investigate children's and adolescents' attitudes toward noise and loud music and their listening habits during concerts...
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How crooked do I really see? Subjective and objective improvement after epiretinal membrane surgery.
Epiretinal membrane (ERM), is a visual disorder that mainly affects the elderly population. Symptoms of an epiretinal membrane include decreased visual acuit...
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How different types of hypoxia affect neuromuscular markers, metabolic stress and associated mechanisms during a 8 weeks hypertrophy strength training
The main objective of this study is to compare the functional (maximum strength and muscular power), physiological (neuromuscular adaptations and variables...
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Human papillomavirus, biological and prognostic markers in primary vaginal and vulvar cancer
Vaginal and vulvar cancer are rare gynaecological malignancies. In Sweden, about 200 women are affected each year. Due to the low number of cases, few resear...
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Human papillomavirus, gene variation and protein expression as prognostic markers for metastasizing penile cancer
Cancer affects men and women in all ages and mortality is strongly connected to spread of tumor cells to more organs. Infections, such as human papillomaviru...
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Implementing core values
Core values for elderly care were created in a joint action research project between Örebro Municipality and Örebro University. This intervention project is...
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Improved Strategies and Tools in Hearing Assessment and Rehabilitation (I HeAR)
Swedish audiological care is facing significant challenges in the coming years. Firstly, the aging portion of the population is growing. Secondly, new resear...
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In the light of COVID-19 pandemic - efforts of community staff to prevent and minimize the spread of COVID-19 virus among older people who visit community day centres.
The goal of community day centers is to maintain good health, break loneliness and to promote an active, meaningful and satisfying life in older people. In...