Gintarė Ulianskaitė, Agnė Timinskaitė, Giedrė Šaltmerė, Matilda Bylaitė-Bučinskienė Abstract 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…
Edvard Stanko, Sergey Igumnov Abstract 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,…
Evelina Rimkutė, Brigita Kreivinienė, Daiva Mockevičienė, Eglė Radzevičienė, Žilvinas Kleiva, Sonata Mačiulskytė Abstract 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…
Viljaras Reigas, Danguolė Drungilienė, Geriuldas Žiliukas Abstract The aim of the research is to evaluate the impactof psychosocial factors on nurses‘ self-satisfaction.The research was completed in 2016 in stationarypersonal healthcare institutions. The research methodwas survey. The questionnaire includes two otherquestionnaires PSO-100 and WHS. 1182 peopleparticipated in this research. The highest level ofself-dissatisfaction among nurses was…
Laimutė Samsonienė, Michail Bencion Malkin, Jonas Kairys, Algirdas Juozulynas Abstract The aim of this study is to reveal problematic factors of family quality of life between parents raising preschool and school-age children with autism spectrum disorder. The study involved 100 parents of preschool and school age children with autism spectrum disorder. Coherent research strategy was…
Audra Janovskienė, Erika Navickaitė, Vilija Andruškevičienė, Jūratė Zūbienė, Kristina Saldūnaitė, Ingrida Vasiliauskienė Abstract Objectives. The aim of this study was to investigate how much knowledge about children’s oral health have mothers with different socioeconomic status and then to compare knowledge levels of mothers of two different Lithuanian cities (Kaunas and Alytus). Methods. We’ve surveyed mothers…
Janis Zinkus, Dalia Urbanaitė, Arūnas Gelmanas, Ramūnas Tamošiūnas, Arūnas Vertelis, Andrius Macas Abstract Total knee arthroplasty (TKA) is one of the most frequently performed major orthopaedic operations causing postoperative pain, which may influence quality of life. Therefore controlling the pain after these operations is a real challenge to medical staff in the whole world. Generally,…
Raimondas Kubilius, Ieva Česnavičiūtė, Laura Pereckaitė, Algirdas Rudys Abstract Objective. To determine the problems of medication adherence, and their impact on the quality and fullness of life in patients with chronic systolic heart failure. Materials and methods. Our research was executed in the Clinic of Cardiology at Kaunas Clinics of Lithuanian University of Health Sciences.…
Nora Šiupšinskienė, Ligita Švagždytė, Laimis Dubosas, Saulius Vaitkus, Artūras Razbadauskas Abstract The aim of the study was to evaluate physical problems in patients previously treated for head and neck cancer and to compare them according to the post-treatment period. A total of 62 patients (mean age 61.6±10.2 years) diagnosed with primary head and neck cancer,…
Jonas Sąlyga, Vitalija Paškevičienė,, Geriuldas Žiliukas Abstract Breast cancer is the most common malignant disease which accounts for about 32 per cent of all cancer types in women. Breast cancer worsens not only woman‘s general health, but also the quality of her life. Therefore, this issue does not lose its relevance, because a strong focus…
Lolita Rapolienė Abstract Geothermal resources in the world, such as hot springs or geothermal water take an important role in the health and wellness sectors. The therapeutic effect of mineral water and peloids depends on chemical, thermal, mechanical, immunological component, as well as the psychological impact on the human body. Study objective: to evaluate the…
Valentinas Mačiulis, Alma Buginytė, Fausta Mickienė Abstract Aim of the work: to reveal the association between the objectivequality of life and its subjective estimation by patients with mentaldisorders according to some indicators of quality of life specificto mental disorder.The first part of the work reviews the main disorders and theirpsychological and social consequences, the definition…
