Ošetřovatelství a porodní asistence, 2013 (vol. 4), issue 1

Editorial

Linda Kmetz

Cent Eur J Nurs Midw 2013, 4(1):505  

Dietary habits of adolescents in the last year of secondary school

Miroslava Potočiarová, Michaela Miertová

Cent Eur J Nurs Midw 2013, 4(1):506-512  

Aim: The purpose of the presented study was to identify dietary habits of adolescents in the last year of secondary schools. Methods: A questionnaire was used to collect empirical data. The sample comprised 110 adolescent respondents from two secondary schools in the Čadca District (Žilina Region, Slovak Republic). Results: The results suggest that adolescents have irregular eating patterns. Over a period of 7 days, only a small percentage of students ate regular meals, with 22% having breakfast, 52% having lunch and 38% having dinner. Ninety-one percent of them had snacks. Most frequently, they had lunch in the afternoon and dinner...

Obesity in school children

Gabriela Gongolová, Vladislava Zavadilová

Cent Eur J Nurs Midw 2013, 4(1):513-519  

Aim: To determine the prevalence of obesity among school children and to map the factors contributing to the development of childhood obesity. Methods: The research sample consisted of 228 grade 4 and 9 pupils from primary schools in the city of Ostrava, Czech Republic. The survey was conducted using a questionnaire and anthropometric measurements. The questionnaire was concerned with children's eating habits and physical activity. The following parameters were measured: body weight, body height, waist and arm circumference. Skinfold thickness was also assessed. The study was carried out between November 2011 and April 2012. Results:...

The relationship between reminiscence activities and depression of seniors in institutional care

Kamila Marková, Martina Jedlinská, Kristýna Šoukalová

Cent Eur J Nurs Midw 2013, 4(1):520-527  

Aim: The aim of this research was to determine the relationship between reminiscence activities (RAs) and depression in seniors living in institutional care. The rate of depression was studied in seniors over 65 years of age. Differences between experimental and control groups, each comprising 50 individuals, were assessed. Methods: The Geriatric Depression Scale was used for data collection and identification of depression in the participants. Medical records were used to ascertain their age, Mini Mental State Examination results and psychopharmacological drug use, a significant factor affecting the rate of depression. Depression was...

Social inequality issues in midwifery

Veronika Sopuchová, Radka Bužgová

Cent Eur J Nurs Midw 2013, 4(1):528-536  

Aim: The aims of the qualitative research were to determine whether social inequality among women in labor affects the approach of health professionals to laboring women and those staying on a postnatal ward and to compare opinions on this approach between health professionals and these women. Methods: The group, selected by purposive sampling, comprised 11 midwives and 12 women staying on a postnatal ward while the research was conducted. Data for the qualitative research were collected using semi-structured individual interviews and content analysis. Results: The interview analysis showed that the age and level of education of...

The use of gum chewing in postoperative care of patients with abdominal surgery: developing an evidence-based clinical protocol - part I

Renáta Zeleníková, Anthony Chao, Gloria Enright, Mary Rogers Schubert, Kaitlin Shotsberger, Cecelia Wise, Elizabeth A. Schlenk

Cent Eur J Nurs Midw 2013, 4(1):537-545  

Aim: The aim of the paper was to search for evidence that the use of gum chewing in the postoperative care of patients who had undergone abdominal surgery decreases the risk of paralytic postoperative ileus by significantly reducing the time to first flatus and time to first bowel movement. Methods: A literature review of selected meta-analyses and randomized control trials (RCT) was conducted to find the evidence that the use of gum chewing in the postoperative care of patients who had undergone abdominal surgery decreases the risk of paralytic postoperative ileus expressed as the time to first flatus and time to first bowel movement....

General nurses' caring for their own health

Silvie Madziová, Eva Janíková

Cent Eur J Nurs Midw 2013, 4(1):546-552  

Aim: One of objectives of this work is to assess how the nurses take care of their own health and whether the nurses deal with their own prevention. Also, to do the mapping of prevalence of health problems, their solution and to detect the attitude of nurses to the risk factors that may be life threatening and have an impact to their own health. Methods: The survey method supporting this work was done by questionnaire in Bílovec Hospital a.s. and Municipal hospital in Odry in period November 2011 - January 2012. Unstandardized questionnaire included questions regarding the prevention of diseases, incidents of health problems and the attitude...