Kontakt, 2014 (vol. 16), issue 1
Determinants of immigrant's mental healthNursing - Review article
Věra Olišarová, Valérie Tóthová, Iva Brabcová
Kontakt 2014, 16(1):e1-e8 | DOI: 10.1016/j.kontakt.2014.01.003 
Research studies have shown that the health condition of immigrants is not influenced only by gender differences; significant determinants also include ethnicity, consistency of cultural heritage and social class. In relation to their status, immigrants belong to a vulnerable group with a higher incidence of a number of illnesses [1, 2]. The submitted article is focused on mapping the influence of four basic factors - ethnicity, degree of acculturation, immigration status and the socioprofessional position on the immigrants' health. The influence was described with the help of a secondary analysis of relevant sources using electronic databases such...
Quality of life of patients after lung transplantationNursing - Original article
Lenka Špirudová, Jaroslav Nol
Kontakt 2014, 16(1):e9-e16 | DOI: 10.1016/j.kontakt.2013.12.002
The study is the first tentative nursing probe into the quality of life of Czech patients after lung transplantation. The main objective of the study is to determine the quality of life in adult patients after lung transplantation in the Czech Republic and point out ways in which nursing can contribute to improving the quality of life of these patients.The study used a combination of two standardized questionnaires: the SF-36, which examines eight dimensions of the quality of life, and the EQ-5D-5L, which examines six dimensions of the quality of life. In total, the sample of respondents was comprised of 61 patients, representing 67.80% of the...
The importance of nursing standards: elements to create a standard for sheath decannulation according to EBPNursing - Original article
Ludmila Klemsová, Katarína Žiaková
Kontakt 2014, 16(1):e17-e23 | DOI: 10.1016/j.kontakt.2013.11.001
Diagnostic coronarography and coronary interventions have become widely accepted procedures in patients with ischemic heart disease, in the acute, chronic, as well as diagnostic stages. The interventions on coronary arteries are closely connected with diagnostic catheterization and deal with stenoses of coronary arteries. The diagnostic and interventional catheters used for the procedure are inserted through the femoral or radial artery. Decannulation of the sheath following the femoral and radial access is an important part of the procedure. This review article analyses the available literary sources, with the aim of determining the possibilities...
Support of family members within the nursing intervention Dying CareNursing - Original article
Helena Kisvetrová
Kontakt 2014, 16(1):e24-e30 | DOI: 10.1016/j.kontakt.2013.12.001
The intervention Dying Care from the Nursing Intervention Classification (NIC) includes six activities to support family members. The aim of the study was to find out if nurses perform these activities, and whether they consider their introduction into contemporary nursing practice in the Czech Republic to be feasible. We used a quantitative approach in which we carried out a cross-sectional study, which incorporated a non-standardised structured questionnaire with two Likert scales. The 468 participants in the study were nurses from hospices, oncology departments, geriatric departments, long-term care facilities, homes for the elderly and home care...
Coping strategies of family with a chronically ill childNursing - Original article
Lucie Sikorová, Markéta Polochová
Kontakt 2014, 16(1):e31-e38 | DOI: 10.1016/j.kontakt.2014.01.002
Any childhood disease is stress for parents or other carers. The goal of this survey was to assess what coping strategies are used in families with a chronically ill child to cope with the resulting stress situations. The examined cohort consisted of parents of children suffering from a selected chronic disease (diabetes mellitus, bronchial asthma, juvenile rheumatoid arthritis, atopic eczema, celiac disease, epilepsy, and thyroid gland disease), and attending specialized paediatric out-patient's departments in Ostrava hospitals. The total number of respondents was 162 parents (122 mothers and 40 fathers). Chronically ill children in the parents' cohort...
Social determinants of health in the Romani populationSocial Sciences - Review article
Hana Hajduchová, David Urban
Kontakt 2014, 16(1):e39-e43 | DOI: 10.1016/j.kontakt.2014.01.001
The Czech Republic has an official policy of providing equal access to health facilities for all citizens. However, Romani communities, mainly where they are inhabitants of socially excluded localities, have worse access to medical and health care than other citizens. This has a number consequences in the form of a worsened health conditions, incidence of chronic diseases and also a lack of preventive activities in the area. The aim of our survey study is to describe the current findings in the sphere of social determinants of health among the Romani minority in the Czech Republic. The survey study mainly presents the results of three research projects...
Perceived health and motivation to physical activity in seniorsSocial Sciences - Original article
Jiří Mudrák, Pavel Slepička, Irena Slepičková
Kontakt 2014, 16(1):e44-e50 | DOI: 10.1016/j.kontakt.2013.10.001
In the present study, we examined physical activity, perceived health and related motivational constructs in Czech older adults. It is a correlational questionnaire study conducted in a sample of 315 Czech seniors, mostly participants of various educational and social programs for older adults. We administered a battery of questionnaires to measure self-rated physical activity (PASE, LTEQ), perceived health (SF-12) and motivation to physical activity (scales of perceived self-efficacy, social support and self-regulation strategies).We found a significant relationship between physical activity and perceived physical and mental health. Considering...
Farming therapy for therapeutic purposesSocial Sciences - Review article
Tereza Hlušičková, Ivana Gardiánová
Kontakt 2014, 16(1):e51-e56 | DOI: 10.1016/j.kontakt.2013.06.001
Animals have had an impact on humans since the beginning of domestication; initially only as an aid to survival or as a source of livelihood, but later - especially in the case of the dog - also as a partner and helper. The positive effects of human-animal interaction for treatment and rehabilitation purposes have been known empirically for centuries. In recent decades, there has been a relatively rapid development in the use of animals for the treatment and rehabilitation of people with varieties of handicap. These methods now have a scientific basis, are subjected to the scrutiny of scientific study, and are often coordinated by international institutions,...
Incapacitating chemicals - risk to the purpose and objectives of the Chemical Weapons Convention?Biomedicine, Bioethics and Allied Professionals - Review article
Ladislav Středa, Jiří Patočka
Kontakt 2014, 16(1):e57-e63 | DOI: 10.1016/j.kontakt.2014.02.001
Current trends in the use of military force are influenced by the tendency to minimalize casualties and material losses. As a result, from the beginning of the 1990s, a new category of weapons appeared; the so-called "non-lethal" weapons, which are able temporarily to disable personnel from combat action, (preferably without permanent consequences to their health, to the operation of other nondestructive combat material, or to their tactical and technical characteristics), and to protect the environment without limiting desired negative consequences to the enemy's national economy. However recent documents of the Organisation for the Prohibition of...
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Kontakt 2014, 16(1):i | DOI: 10.1016/S1212-4117(14)00011-7
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Jitka Vacková, Miloš Velemínský
Kontakt 2014, 16(1):1
Recenze na knihyReviews
Marie Trešlová, Jiří Patočka, Jan Vitoň
Kontakt 2014, 16(1):73-77