Kontakt, 2017 (vol. 19), issue 1
People-centred health care: A good idea but difficult to implementEditorial
Jiří Mareš
Kontakt 2017, 19(1):e1-e3 | DOI: 10.1016/j.kontakt.2017.02.001 
Feasibility of using the Omaha System to represent Nurse Coaching practiceNursing - Original article
Mary Elaine Southard, Linda Bark, Margaret Erickson, Karen A. Monsen
Kontakt 2017, 19(1):e4-e11 | DOI: 10.1016/j.kontakt.2017.01.005
Objectives: Nurse coaching is an important strategy for improving the health of populations. Effective interventions for nurse coaching (NC) practice, fair value outcome measurements, and standardization of terms have yet to be determined. As healthcare systems adopt electronic medical records and as nurse coaching practice evolves, it is important to capture and identify NC interventions. The long-term goal is to improve patient-centered practice by using standardized interface terminology and to examine the feasibility of using the Omaha System to represent NC practice. The three aims were to evaluate content validity of NC case studies, test accuracy...
Utilizing the Menopause Rating Scale questionnaire in electronic form for evaluating the quality of life in postmenopausal womenNursing - Original article
Markéta Moravcová, Jana Holá
Kontakt 2017, 19(1):e12-e16 | DOI: 10.1016/j.kontakt.2017.01.008
The objective of the research study was to assess the possible use of a Czech standardized version of the Menopause Rating Scale questionnaire in electronic form, concerning the quality of women's life in the period affected by menopause.The quantitative survey was conducted in 2015 on a sample of 364 respondents within the age range from 45 to 60 years with present oestrogen deficiency symptoms. The respondents filled in the Menopause Rating Scale questionnaire in their own social environment using an online form based on previous education. The data was then subjected to statistical evaluation; results were compared with the results of data collected...
The care burden and social support levels of caregivers of patients with multiple sclerosisNursing - Original article
Nuray Dayapoğlu, Mehtap Tan
Kontakt 2017, 19(1):e17-e23 | DOI: 10.1016/j.kontakt.2016.12.001
Aim: This study aims to identify the relationship between social support, level of disability of patients and burden of care perceived by caregivers of individuals with multiple sclerosis.Methods: This descriptive and cross-sectional study was conducted with family caregivers of patients with multiple sclerosis admitted to the neurology clinic of a university hospital in eastern Turkey. Of the family caregivers of patients with MS, 98 family members participated in the study. The study data were collected using the "Zarit Caregiver Burden Inventory (ZCBI)", "Expanded Disability Status Scale (EDSS)" and "Multidimensional Scale of Perceived Social...
Factors affecting seniors' attitudes to vaccination against influenzaNursing - Original article
Jana Martinková, Oľga Kabátová, Silvia Puteková
Kontakt 2017, 19(1):e24-e28 | DOI: 10.1016/j.kontakt.2017.01.002
Introduction: Influenza is one of the seasonal acute infectious diseases. Vaccination of the elderly and the sick appears to be a key measure in prevention of the infection or significantly reduces the clinical picture of the disease.Design: The work is a cross-sectional quantitative study carried out based on a questionnaire investigation.Objective: The objective of the quantitative research was to determine the attitude of seniors to influenza vaccination and the impact of selected factors on the decision of seniors to get vaccinated.Methods: The total sample consisted of 623 respondents (aged 60-89 years) who were enrolled in the survey...
Influence of physiotherapy on knee joint pain after arthroscopyNursing - Original article
Marek Zeman, Pavlína Princová
Kontakt 2017, 19(1):e29-e35 | DOI: 10.1016/j.kontakt.2017.01.006
The article deals with the topic of the influence of physiotherapy on arthroscopic treatment of the knee joint. The goal is to verify whether the selected methods of kinesiotherapy using physical therapy will lead to a decrease in pain and stability of the knee joint in patients who have undergone arthroscopy. The sample group consisted of 50 patients who underwent an arthroscopic surgical operation of the knee joint. They were divided into two groups. The control group consisted of patients who were not recommended a post-operative physiotherapeutic treatment. They were discharged for home treatment. The intervention group consisted of patients who...
What troubles our senior citizens? Crime against the elderly in the Czech Republic in 2016Social Sciences in Health - Original article
Josef Smolík, Jiří Čeněk
Kontakt 2017, 19(1):e36-e42 | DOI: 10.1016/j.kontakt.2017.01.004
The article examines a topical issue: the prevention of crime committed in the Czech Republic against senior citizens. It aims to describe: (1) how aware senior citizens are of the options available to prevent crime; (2) from what sources they obtained this information; and (3) how sufficient they judge this information to be. A semi-structured questionnaire was distributed in October 2016 among those attending the University of the Third Age at Masaryk University in Brno. A total of 92 forms were returned, the analysis of which showed that most respondents had encountered information about crime against senior citizens, and that the bulk of this information...
Health and social consequences of road traffic accidentsSocial Sciences in Health - Review article
Monika Másilková
Kontakt 2017, 19(1):e43-e47 | DOI: 10.1016/j.kontakt.2017.01.007
Road traffic accidents are a serious problem worldwide. Although the Czech Republic, and also the European Union and the World Health Organization outlay resources to reduce the number of road traffic accidents, in 2015 an average of 1.8 people died daily and 59 people had their life or health affected. The consequences of road traffic accidents primarily affect the direct participants of road traffic accidents and their families. The direct participants of road traffic accidents particularly suffer health consequences. Due to the fact that road traffic accidents lead to a large number of fatal incapacitating injuries, the consequences of these accidents...
Problems of different territorial jurisdiction of the authorities of social and legal protection of children (OSPOD) and courts regarding the provision of the protection of the rights of minor childrenSocial Sciences in Health - Original article
Jana Borská
Kontakt 2017, 19(1):e48-e56 | DOI: 10.1016/j.kontakt.2017.01.003
The Czech Republic, as a signatory of the Convention on the Rights of the Child, has vested the practice of state administration in the field of care for minor children to the authorities of social and legal protection of children (OSPOD). The purpose of such legal establishment is to provide complex care for minor children on the lowest administrative instance (according to the Act on Social and Legal Protection of Children). Territorial jurisdiction of OSPODs is determined by Act No. 359/1999 Coll., on the Social and Legal Protection of Children, and is therefore established according to the official permanent residence of each child. The real decision-making...
Approach of social institutions to preparedness for emergencySocial Sciences in Health - Original article
Lenka Brehovská, Marie Charvátová, Friedo Zölzer, Štěpán Kavan
Kontakt 2017, 19(1):e57-e66 | DOI: 10.1016/j.kontakt.2017.01.001
The third call of the Ministry of Interior of the Czech Republic concerning the support of research, experimental development and innovation, was announced for the period 2013-2015. The Institute of Radiology, Toxicology and Civil Protection of the Faculty of Health and Social Sciences of the University of South Bohemia in Ceske Budejovice submitted an application for research focused on population protection according to population differentiation. The aim of the project was to analyze the current status of evacuation planning from the emergency planning zone according to population differentiation. This article discusses the issue of social institutions...
"It is such a very free job." Selected aspects of the lifestyle of women in the private sex businessSocial Sciences in Health - Original article
Stanislav Ondrášek, Alena Kajanová
Kontakt 2017, 19(1):e67-e72 | DOI: 10.1016/j.kontakt.2017.01.009
The lifestyle of people working in the sex business differs, especially due to the financial situation, specific working hours, choice of how leisure time is spent and the nature of the work. Recently, the sex business in the Czech Republic has moved from nightclubs to apartments and private flats. The secretiveness of the private sex business is connected with a very small mapping of this form and the persons working in it, therefore the aim of this paper is to describe the lifestyle of women working in the private sex business considering their everyday life at work as well as out of it. A qualitative research strategy with the technology of a biographical-narrative...
Editorial BoardVaria
Editorial board
Kontakt 2017, 19(1):i | DOI: 10.1016/S1212-4117(17)30017-X
Ptáček, R., Bartůněk, P. (eds). Kontroverze současné medicínyReviews
Martina Dingová Šliková
Kontakt 2017, 19(1):79-80