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In the past three decades, there was a visible increase regarding asthma prevalence and allergic diseases all around the world, especially in countries with a Western lifestyle, so called westernization. Bronchial asthma affects the quality of life of asthmatic and his family. The health determinants have an impact on the onset and development of bronchial asthma. The cause of an allergy is a combination...
The rising number of patients with the arthroscopic removal of calcium deposits in the shoulder joint has increased the need for high-quality post-surgical rehabilitation care. The aim of the survey was to identify the effectiveness of physical therapy following the arthroscopic removal of calcification from the shoulder joint and to compare the impact of the physical therapy on painfulness.The survey...
Cardiovascular diseases remain the leading cause of deaths and one of the most common causes of hospitalization in the Czech Republic. Due to the high increase in cardiovascular diseases, preventive measures to eliminate them were defined. One of the methods of prevention is the systematic clinical practice guideline focused on identifying and influencing cardiovascular risks. The aim of the survey...
Patients with indications of amputation experience stressful situations of high intensity as several stressors combine, including particularly the surgical procedure, pain, immobilisation, hospitalisation, and concerns about future. The intensity of the stressful situation can be so high that patients do not have the ability to cope with it. In such situations, the nursing diagnosis “Ineffective Coping”...
The aim of this research is to examine what kind of socio-demographic factors may have an influence on the degree of a patients’ anxiety. It also deals with how successfully nurses are able to judge the possible reasons and extent of the patients’ anxiety, as well as what kind of similarities or differences are shown in the opinions of the nursing staff compared to the subjective judgement and opinions...
To discover which of the measurement tools were used for the assessment of quality of life (QoL) in patients with chronic pancreatitis (CP); to search for a specific tool that was validated and standardized directly for CP; to summarize the main areas of symptomatology that dominated the decrease overall in QoL in patients with CP.The method of the overall conceptualization approach was the analysis,...
This research survey was aimed at identifying the opinions of nurses regarding the issue of patient safety in the use of restraints on patients in hospitals in the Czech Republic. The research was designed as a sociological study and was accomplished through the technique of a questionnaire survey using an interviewer. The sample group of nurses included nurses working in shifts on the hospital wards...
The relationship between the society and disabled people has experienced various stages from mockery and condemnation to the present endeavour to create conditions for integration of persons with different handicaps into the normal life of the society. With disabled children, a significant role in this process is represented by the family which experiences various periods of dealing with the disabilities...
Ageism in nursing is a common phenomenon, which manifests in many ways and negatively affects a patient and her care.The goal of quantitative analysis is to find the difference between ageist attitudes among nurses and nursing students.The nonprobability sample contained two groups. One group consisted of 126 nurses and the other group consisted of 94 nursing students. The Fraboni Scale of Ageism...
Although the probability of a nuclear power plant accident in the Czech Republic is considered to be extremely low, authorities and citizens have to be prepared. An important part of emergency preparedness is the provision of clear guidelines for the possible evacuation of people from areas of radioactive contamination. In this context, different types of questions need to be addressed: What are the...
The objective of this contribution is to present the selected factors of lifestyle (physical activity and leisure activities) in relationship to overweight in the population of school-aged youth in the region of Middle Slovakia. The data were collected in 25 elementary schools and two eight-year high schools in the Žilina and Banská Bystrica regions from May to June 2010. The group of respondents...
Nutrition in old age seems to have a constantly higher meaning due to the changes in the age structure of the population. Considering nutrition, seniors form a relatively large risk group of the population. In old age, many factors affect both the supply of nutrients and their absorption and usage. The aim of nutrition in old age seems to be the maintenance of the optimal health condition and prevention...
Legislation in the Czech Republic allows a patient to decide, based on their own free will, to agree to the provision of health services, to designate a person which may be given information about their health condition, who can regulate situations in which the health service can be provided without the consent of a patient. Legislation also regulates situations in which the patient can waive the...
The investigation concerning the development of impact journals in the field of nursing for the period 2011–2013 was carried out. This investigation follows a similar survey carried out between 2005 and 2010. In recent years, we can see the growth in the number of journals in the field of nursing, as it was during the previous time period. For the period 2002–2013, the number of newly listed titles...
This scientific paper compares the definitions of an audit of domestic and foreign authors. The authors determine the elemental substance of the definition, namely that it is a systematic evaluation of the audited object based on pre-defined rules, norms and standards for the area.The fundamental aim of the scientific paper is to propose and then optimize the model of process of internal audit on...
Humans previously had a significantly greater connection with nature and bred animals primarily for their own benefit. Currently in today's fast-paced society, nature is being replaced by pet ownership. In some situations, people cannot have their own pets or do not have enough resources to take care of a living animal. The goal of this paper is to provide information relating to the use of small...
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