Background: Research on presenteeism has been performed mainly during the last 15 years, where several consequences on health such as cardiovascular disease and mortality have been identified. Studies have shown a relation between sickness absenteeism and presenteeism, where presenteeism could lead to long-term sickness absence. Aim: The aim of the present study was to investigate work-related and personal causes of sickness presenteeism. The study also aimed to identify the overall prevalence of sickness presence in Scandinavia, including potential occupational sectors with higher prevalence. Method: The study was literature based and consisted of 15 peer-reviewed scientific articles that were found by a systematic search in PubMed and Scopus.

The aim of this literature review was to elucidate how suicidal and self-harming patients should be treated and cared for, mainly in the acute phase in somatic care. Searches were conducted in databases with relevant keywords. Qualitative and quantitative articles were included, would not be more than 20 years, be written in Swedish or English, and match the aim of the study. Results showed that nurses and patients felt that the treatment would be respectful, non-judgmental and characterized by active listening and clear communication. Poor care was described as disrespect and lack of understanding.

Background: Diabetes is a common disease where the degree of self-management is of paramount importance. Individual factors influences both cooping and general wellbeing among diabetic patients. Glycemic control is known to be important but other factors ought to be considered. Aim: The aim of this study was to describe how individual self-management influences the general wellbeing among adult diabetic patients. Method: This literature study is based on scientific articles.

Syftet med denna litteraturöversikt var att kartlägga forskningsfronten och sammanställa arbetsterapeutiska interventioner och kvinnors erfarenheter av stress-relaterad ohälsa i arbetsför ålder. Datainsamlingen genomfördes genom en systematisk litteratursökning i databaser via Luleå universitetsbibliotek samt sekundära sökningar. Artiklarna kvalitetsgranskades och bevisvärde bedömdes. Resultatet grundades på tio kvalitativa och kvantitativa artiklar. Artiklarna analyserades och redovisades utifrån en arbetsterapeutisk teoretisk modell för att tydliggöra hur interventioner och erfarenheter påverkar människans aktivitet och aktivitetsutförande utifrån viljekraft, vanebildning, utförandekapacitet samt miljön.

Objectivity is often emphasized as one of the fundamental principles for the auditing profession and is also a requirement for preserving satisfactory professional practice. The multiple company scandals in the first decade of the 21st century have created distrust for auditors? capability to maintain objectivity. The purpose of this study is to contribute with a new way of thinking when it comes to the factors that affect objectivity. Earlier studies have indicated that personality factors may affect work performance in many different fields and this study is exploring the connection between separate personality factors, and the capability of less experienced auditors to maintain objectivity in the relationship with dominating and demanding clients.Data was collected through a survey that was divided into two separate parts where the first part measured the participant?s score on different personality factors, and the other part measured the participant?s score on perceived objectivity.

This thesis treats how accountancy companies works to maintain customer relations. This is getting more important in the accounting business because there are several inner and outer factors available that may affect customer relations in this business area. The main question with the thesis is: How works accountancy companies with keeping customers?The purpose with the research was to investigate and identify which inner and outer factors that may be important from a company perspective to keep customers. Another purpose was to investigate if there existed any differences between the companies in how they are handling different factors like for example a law change and how it could affect customer relations.

Syftet var att undersöka vad som framkallade upplevelser av stress hos sjuksköterskor inom kommunal äldrevård samt att belysa hur sjuksköterskorna gjorde för att hantera dessa situationer. Studien hade en kvalitativ deskriptiv design och data samlades in med hjälp av enskilda intervjuer med sex sjuksköterskor. Materialet analyserades enligt Graneheim och Lundmans kvalitativa innehållsanalys. Resultatet visade att sjuksköterskorna hade egna krav som inte kunde motsvaras och att verksamheten stundtals inte gav förutsättningar för sjuksköterskorna att utföra ett bra omvårdnadsarbete. Vårdpersonal och anhöriga ställde ibland högre krav än vad sjuksköterskorna kunde motsvara vilket kunde leda till en känsla av frustration.

Syftet med studien var att undersöka om det fanns ett samband mellan den upplevda stressen hos tjejer 18-19 år, och relationen till föräldrarna. Följande forskningsfrågor ställdes för att besvara studiens syfte; Hur ser relationen till föräldrarna ut, hur upplevs prestationskraven, vilka faktorer är det som stressar, samt hur omfattande är den upplevda stressen? Undersökningen var en kvantitativ studie där datainsamling gjordes med hjälp av en webbenkät. Webbenkäten gick ut till 232 tjejer varav 50 stycken svarade på enkäten vilket innebär ett bortfall på 78 %. Databearbetning av resultaten gjordes i statistikprogrammet Graphpad Prism 6 där testerna utgjordes av Mann-Whitney test samt Kruskal-Wallis test.

Stress-related diseases in Sweden have doubled since 1997. Even longterm sickness related tostress has increased over the last decade. In future there is a need of alternative methods todecrease the amount of people being affected to gain a better population health. Natureassisted therapy (NAT) was shown to be a successful method as part of the therapy of stressand burnout likewise was nature an important factor to prevent people from mentaldisorders. The aim of this study was to analyse the latest research concearning nature and itshealth effects with focus on stress and burnout patients in order to plan health promotingactivities outdoors for these patients.

Inom ambulanssjukvården utsätts personalen dagligen för olika stressmoment och detta kan leda till att ambulanssjuksköterskor drabbas av posttraumatiskt stress syndrom. Flera olika stressfaktorer påverkar arbetet och därmed den enskilde ambulanssjuksköterskans psykiska och fysiska hälsa. Syftet med denna litteraturstudie är att belysa yrkesrelaterade stressfaktorer inom ambulanssjukvården och vilka copingstrategier som ambulanssjuksköterskan använder sig av i sitt dagliga arbete. Studien har en deskriptiv design och genomfördes som en litteraturstudie. Vi har använt oss av tre olika databaser, PsycINFO, PubMed och CINAHL.

This study aims to find out what relationship high school students have to social networks at the Internet. This has been done by focusing on norms/standards that adolescents can feel under stress to achieve, through stressing themselves by social networks in a way that is consistent with the norms. The empirical data has been gathered by questionnaires which have been answered by adolescents in randomly selected schools and classes in a medium size Swedish town, Karlskrona. The result showed that all of the participating adolescents have user accounts on a social network. Furthermore it also emerged that a lot of the adolescents thought that norms existed that should be followed in a social network about how to stress oneself.

Bakgrund: Stress och hälsofrågor är idag ett hett ämne i samhällsdebatten. Konsekvenserna av stress för individen, företagen och samhället talar sitt tydliga språk i stigande sjukskrivningssiffror och medföljande ökade kostnader. Dagens arbetssituation ställer nya krav på människan som vi inte är anpassade till. Trycket på företagen vad gäller att ta mer ansvar för de anställdas hälsa verkar också ha väckts. Frågan är hur chefer ska ta sig an och prioritera stress- och hälsofrågor i sin redan fullspäckade agenda.Syfte: Syftet med den här uppsatsen är att undersöka vilken inverkan styrning har på chefers prioriteringar och hur chefer ser på sitt ansvar beträffande stress- och hälsofrågor.

The purpose of this study was to understand what the professionals experiences are of stressed youth. We did a qualitative study with interviewing three school nurses, one welfare officer and two recreation leaders. Research is saying that stress is increasing among the youth and that girls are more stressed than boys. It also says that medium is a big consequent for that (ex. Brun M.

SUMMARYLevel: This is a final thesis for a bachelor degree in Business Administration. The thesis is oriented in the field of marketing and written at the University of Gävle.Author: Niklas EnlundDate: January 2014Tutor: Lars -Johan Åge, Jonas Molin & Jens Eklinder - FrickTitle: Intermediaries pursuit to achieve customer satisfaction - A study in how the agent works with factors to achieve customer satisfaction against two opposite parties.Purpose: The purpose of this thesis is to analyze the intermediary perspective how different factors affect the intermediaries working method to achieve customer satisfaction against two opposite parties.Research question: How do real estate agents work with the four factors; informant, routines, intentions and competences? That is how real estate agents can work; like a good informant, after good practice, bringing together the parties intentions and with their skills. How does the real estate agent work with the factors related to the theories connected to the four factors? Are any of the factors more commonly used by real estate agents?Method: The thesis is based on a scientific theory in the field of marketing and focused on the topic how the agent is committed to achieve customer satisfaction against two opposite parties.

Stress inom arbetslivet är ett område som under senare år har ökat ibetydelse. Behovet av att förstå fenomenet har ökat. Företaget somundersökts i denna studie upplevde att de behövde förstå orsakerna tillden höga stressnivån inom organisation. Syftet var att fördjupakunskapen om stress. För att undersöka detta valdes två grupper (enlågstressgrupp och en högstressgrupp) ut med hjälp av en mätning avstressnivån.