Ošetřovatelství a porodní asistence, 2012 (vol. 3), issue 3

The Importance of Nursing Philosophy

Mark Risjord

Cent Eur J Nurs Midw 2012, 3(3):415  

Quality of life of caregivers in providing care of the dying: psychometric analysis of instruments

Radka Šerfelová

Cent Eur J Nurs Midw 2012, 3(3):416-423  

Aim: The paper has the design of the cross-sectional study. The aim of the study was to test the psychometric properties of the quality of life (Caregiver Quality of Life Index of Cancer) the caregivers who provide care of the dying patients in terms of forms of care. Methods: The sample of our research consisted of 263 non-professional caregivers, providing home care of the dying, combined care and palliative care in three districts of the Slovak Republic (Prešovský, Žilinský, Banskobystrický). Psychometric properties of the instrument used in our study were tested on the basis of the analysis of the reliability, of the correlation analysis...

The quality of life of parents and children with asthma bronchial

Anna Ovšonková, Iveta Plavnická, Miloš Jeseňák

Cent Eur J Nurs Midw 2012, 3(3):424-432  

Aim: The aim of the research was to find out the impact of the disease and the degree of asthma control on quality of life in children with bronchial asthma and quality of life in their parents. Methods: To collect empirical data we have used standardized questionnaires concerning quality of life - Paediatric Asthma Quality of Life Questionnaire (PAQLQ) and Paediatric Asthma Caregiver's Quality of Life Questionnaire (PACQLQ) and for the assessment of asthma control we have used questionnaire Asthma Control Questionnaire (ACQ). The results were analysed using the methods of descriptive and inductive statistics. Results: In the sample...

Spirituality of patients with selected psychiatric disorders

Ivan Farský, Andrej Smetánka, Slávka Dubinská

Cent Eur J Nurs Midw 2012, 3(3):433-441  

Aim: In our work we focus on the assessment of selected attributes of spirituality, such as the meaningfulness of life, hope, spiritual expressions and spiritual well-being in patients with alcohol addiction, depressive disorder and schizophrenia. Methods: The sample consisted of 309 patients with diagnosed and treated psychiatric disorder. The average age in the sample was 40.4 ± 12.5 years. There were 107 patients with alcohol dependence, 109 patients with depressive disorder and 93 patients with schizophrenia. For the data collection was used Snyder Hope Scale; Nowotny Hope Scale; Life Meaningfulness Scale; Prague Spirituality...

Monitoring of complications in acute cardiac pacing

Ľubomíra Ježová, Ľubica Vengrínová, Katarína Žiaková

Cent Eur J Nurs Midw 2012, 3(3):442-446  

Aim: The aim of our study was to determinate the incidence of complications depending on the age and gender of patients, duration of implantation of stimulation electrode, of selected access point of implementation stimulation in patients hospitalized at the Arrhythmia unit and Coronary care unit in University hospital in Martin. Methods: For the collection of required data we have used content analysis of medical records, hospital information system, surveillance based on own designed sheet. The data were analysed using descriptive and inductive statistic. The sample consisted of 38 patients in the range from 58 to 93 years of age. Patients...

The assessment of pain impact in selected domains of life of patients in home care

Mária Kožuchová

Cent Eur J Nurs Midw 2012, 3(3):447-453  

Aim: The aim of our work was to determine the impact on pain in selected domains of life of patients in home care in terms of their mood, relationship to other people, joy of life and sleep. Methods: 144 respondents (91 women and 53 men aged from 29 to 97) in home care were randomly selected to make up the sample in 7 Slovak municipalities. The data collection was gathered from November 2008 to January 2009 using brief Pain Inventory. The results were evaluated by one-dimensional descriptive statistics. Results: The presence of pain among the respondents negatively influences the spirits, sleep and joy of life; more among men than...

Monitoring of blood pressure in children

Alena Petzuchová, Darja Jarošová

Cent Eur J Nurs Midw 2012, 3(3):454-458  

Aim: The aim of the thesis is to examine potential risk of hypertension in children aged 14 - 15 years by two standard measurements of blood pressure and to find out possible relation between values of blood pressure in children and their selected socio-demographic factors and physical parameters. Methods: The research was carried out on 143 pupils from elementary schools in Ostrava, which participate in the project "Zdravá škola"(Healthy School). The data were obtained from measuring of physiological functions, survey of anthropometric data and further questions focused on particular risk factors for cardiovascular diseases. Results:...