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80 Pages·2010·0.8 MB·English

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XEROSTOMIA
© Solgun Folke, 2010
ISBN 91-7104-104-0
ISSN 1650-6065
Holmbergs, Malmö 2010
SOLGUN FOLKE
XEROSTOMIA
Views among health care professionals and
the main concern among afflicted adults
Malmö University, 2010
Department of Oral Public Health
Faculty of Odontology
This publication is also available online,
see www.mah.se/muep
CONTENTS
PREFACE ....................................................................... 7
ABSTRACT .................................................................... 9
SAMMANFATTNING ..................................................... 11
INTRODUCTION .......................................................... 13
Xerostomia .........................................................................13
Saliva .................................................................................14
Xerostomia - causes ..............................................................15
Health and quality of life .......................................................16
Oral health ..........................................................................17
Oral health related quality of life and xerostomia .....................18
AIMS ......................................................................... 20
MATERIAL AND METHODS ............................................ 21
Design and methodological approach.....................................21
Paper I ..........................................................................21
Paper II ...........................................................................21
Participants .........................................................................22
Paper I ..........................................................................22
Paper II ...........................................................................23
Data collection .....................................................................23
Paper I ..........................................................................23
Paper II ...........................................................................24
Ethical considerations ..........................................................25
Data analysis .......................................................................25
Paper I ..........................................................................25
Paper II ...........................................................................25
FINDINGS .................................................................. 27
Paper I ................................................................................27
Paper II ...............................................................................28
DISCUSSION ............................................................... 29
Methodological considerations ...............................................29
Paper I ..........................................................................29
Paper II ...........................................................................30
Discussion of the findings ......................................................30
Paper I ..........................................................................30
Paper II ...........................................................................32
CONCLUSIONS AND IMPLICATIONS .............................. 36
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS ................................................. 37
REFERENCES ............................................................... 39
PAPER I ...................................................................... 53
PAPER II ...................................................................... 63
PREFACE
This thesis is based on two original papers, which will be referred
to in the text by their Roman numerals:
Paper I Folke, S., Fridlund, B., & Paulsson, G. (2009). Views
of xerostomia among health care professionals: a
qualitative study. Journal of Clinical Nursing, 18(6),
791-798.
Paper II Folke, S., Paulsson, G., Fridlund, B., & Söderfeldt,
B. (2009). The subjective meaning of xerostomia
– an aggravating misery. International Journal of
Qualitative Studies on Health and Well-being, 4,
245-255.
Reprints were made with permission from the publishers.
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