QUALITY OF LIFE ASSESSMENT IN VITILIGO PATIENTS IN LITHUANIA

Gintarė Ulianskaitė, Agnė Timinskaitė, Giedrė Šaltmerė, Matilda Bylaitė-Bučinskienė Santrauka Vitiligo is a chronic autoimmune skin disorder that re­sults as depigmented patches of the skin due to loss of melanocytes. Although the disease is often asymptomatic, it impairs patients` quality of life. The aim of this study was to assess factors associated with negative impact on…

HIV-POSITIVE AND HIV-NEGATIVE FEMALES WITH OPIOID DEPENDENCE: PSYCHOSOCIAL AND CLINICAL CHARACTERISTICS

Edvard Stanko, Sergey Igumnov Santrauka Abstract. The objective of the study was to explore clinical, psychological and social characteristics of female injectable opioid users (FIOUs) with different HIV status living in Republic of Belarus. Materials and methods. A cohort of 217 FIOUs were examined (104 HIV-positive and 113 HIV-negative patients. To assess patient social functioning,…

THE EFFECT OF THERAPEUTIC ACTIVITIES WITH DOLPHINS FOR BALANCE, GAIT AND QUALITY OF LIFE IN PATIENTS AFTER HEMORRHAGIC STROKE: CASE ANALYSIS

Evelina Rimkutė, Brigita Kreivinienė, Daiva Mockevičienė, Eglė Radzevičienė, Žilvinas Kleiva, Sonata Mačiulskytė Santrauka The aim of this research was to assess the effect of dolphin assisted specialized aquatic program applied in rehabilitation of psychomotor functions of persons after hemorrhagic stroke. The research was carried out in 2018 in Lithuania. Two persons with diagnosed hemorrhagic stroke have…