Kontakt, 2015 (vol. 17), issue 2
Human trafficking matters: Next stepsEditorial
Mark A. Small
Kontakt 2015, 17(2):e65-e66 | DOI: 10.1016/j.kontakt.2015.04.003 
Gender, age and proactive coping as predictors of coping in patients with limb amputationNursing - Original article
Andrea Solgajová, Tomáš Sollár, Gabriela Vörösová
Kontakt 2015, 17(2):e67-e72 | DOI: 10.1016/j.kontakt.2015.01.005
Patients with indications of amputation experience stressful situations of high intensity as several stressors combine, including particularly the surgical procedure, pain, immobilisation, hospitalisation, and concerns about future. The intensity of the stressful situation can be so high that patients do not have the ability to cope with it. In such situations, the nursing diagnosis "Ineffective Coping" (00069) is given to patients, which requires an intervention. In clinical decision making, nurses should take various predisposing factors into consideration regarding patient care to predict the development of coping. The research objective was to...
Nurses' opinions regarding patient safety in connection with the use of restraints in patients in Czech hospitalsNursing - Original article
Sylva Bártlová, Hana Hajduchová, Jitka Prajsová
Kontakt 2015, 17(2):e73-e79 | DOI: 10.1016/j.kontakt.2015.04.001
This research survey was aimed at identifying the opinions of nurses regarding the issue of patient safety in the use of restraints on patients in hospitals in the Czech Republic. The research was designed as a sociological study and was accomplished through the technique of a questionnaire survey using an interviewer. The sample group of nurses included nurses working in shifts on the hospital wards and was based on the needs of the project and the methodology of the Institute of Health Information and Statistics of the Czech Republic. The entire sample consisted of 772 nurses. Most nurses considered the likelihood of an injury to the patient in the...
Patients' anxiety during the perioperative care from the point of view of the nursing staff and patientsNursing - Original article
Cinderella Komolafe, Mariann Csernus, Emőke Fülöp
Kontakt 2015, 17(2):e80-e88 | DOI: 10.1016/j.kontakt.2015.01.006
Aims: The aim of this research is to examine what kind of socio-demographic factors may have an influence on the degree of a patients' anxiety. It also deals with how successfully nurses are able to judge the possible reasons and extent of the patients' anxiety, as well as what kind of similarities or differences are shown in the opinions of the nursing staff compared to the subjective judgement and opinions of the patients. Furthermore, it was also examined how often similar focus points might appear in case of nurses' and patients opinions in relationship to the treatment of stress and anxiety.Methods: The method of this research is in the form...
Quality of life in patients with chronic pancreatitis - Possibilities of measurement of the phenomenon in researchNursing - Review article
Jan Chrastina, Denisa Bednářová, Libuše Ludíková
Kontakt 2015, 17(2):e89-e95 | DOI: 10.1016/j.kontakt.2015.04.005
Objective: To discover which of the measurement tools were used for the assessment of quality of life (QoL) in patients with chronic pancreatitis (CP); to search for a specific tool that was validated and standardized directly for CP; to summarize the main areas of symptomatology that dominated the decrease overall in QoL in patients with CP.Methods: The method of the overall conceptualization approach was the analysis, comparison, critical discussion and summarization of the available results of studies researched between 2000 and 2014 in relevant databases. The analyzed studies were included in the selective sample according to predefined criteria....
Analysis of clinical practice guidelines for cardiovascular disease preventionNursing - Review article
Jakub Doležel, Darja Jarošová
Kontakt 2015, 17(2):e96-e102 | DOI: 10.1016/j.kontakt.2015.05.001
Cardiovascular diseases remain the leading cause of deaths and one of the most common causes of hospitalization in the Czech Republic. Due to the high increase in cardiovascular diseases, preventive measures to eliminate them were defined. One of the methods of prevention is the systematic clinical practice guideline focused on identifying and influencing cardiovascular risks. The aim of the survey study is to analyze the existing clinical practice guidelines aimed at preventing cardiovascular diseases. On the basis of keywords and specific criteria for the research strategy and classification, the researchers searched in electronic databases and websites...
Medico-social aspects of patients with bronchial asthmaSocial Sciences - Review article
Dana Lauková
Kontakt 2015, 17(2):e103-e115 | DOI: 10.1016/j.kontakt.2015.05.002
In the past three decades, there was a visible increase regarding asthma prevalence and allergic diseases all around the world, especially in countries with a Western lifestyle, so called westernization. Bronchial asthma affects the quality of life of asthmatic and his family. The health determinants have an impact on the onset and development of bronchial asthma. The cause of an allergy is a combination of 50% of genetic factors and an additional 50% involving environmental factors. The onset and development of atopy and asthma is dependent on many factors, such as environmental factors (indoor and outdoor air pollution, domestic animals, allergens,...
The effect of physical therapy following arthroscopic removal of calcium deposit in the glenohumeral jointBiomedicine, Bioethics and Allied Professionals - Original article
Dušan Valiček, Jana Havlová, Veronika Buldová
Kontakt 2015, 17(2):e116-e122 | DOI: 10.1016/j.kontakt.2015.04.004
The rising number of patients with the arthroscopic removal of calcium deposits in the shoulder joint has increased the need for high-quality post-surgical rehabilitation care. The aim of the survey was to identify the effectiveness of physical therapy following the arthroscopic removal of calcification from the shoulder joint and to compare the impact of the physical therapy on painfulness.The survey was conducted on 24 patients that had been intentionally selected. They were divided into two groups according to their physical therapy. One group was treated by means of ultrasound, and the other by 4-week magnetotherapy. The patients had an average...
Disabled children and their family surroundingsBiomedicine, Bioethics and Allied Professionals - Review article
Jan Vitoň
Kontakt 2015, 17(2):e123-e129 | DOI: 10.1016/j.kontakt.2015.04.002
The relationship between the society and disabled people has experienced various stages from mockery and condemnation to the present endeavour to create conditions for integration of persons with different handicaps into the normal life of the society. With disabled children a significant role in this process is represented by the family which experiences various periods of dealing with the disabilities of its member from the moment when it has met the unfavourable prognosis of being handicapped and they must cope with this situation in a different way and for an extended period of time. The family will often face internal problems, as well as adversity...
Editorial BoardVaria
Editorial board
Kontakt 2015, 17(2):i | DOI: 10.1016/S1212-4117(15)00023-9
Recenze na knihyReviews
Jan Vitoň, Martina Hrozenská
Kontakt 2015, 17(2):147-149