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Shinrin-yoku as a possible method of stress reduction
Kučerová, Petra ; Štětovská, Iva (advisor) ; Javůrková, Alena (referee)
Pressure on performance is characteristic for current society. Constatly increasing demands cause many people increasing level of perceived stress. Chronic stress has become a serious problem nowadays, causing a significant number of physical and psychological problems. It is therefore important to focus primarily on stress prevention rather than on the elimination of adverse effects of stress. This bachelor thesis is focused on Shinrin-yoku as a possible method of stress reduction. The main principles of Shinrin-yoku are described, possible physiological and psychological mechanisms involved in the effect of practicing Shinrin-yoku, proven physiological and psychological effects of practicing Shinrin-yoku and practical applications of this method are mentioned as well. The research proposal is devised as a quantitative research with an experimental design. The aim of this research project is to find out how Shinrin-yoku influences selected physiological and psychological parameters.
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Biological mechanisms playing a role in origin in stress
Sákrová, Anna ; Červinková, Monika (advisor) ; Javůrková, Alena (referee)
The main topic of the bachelor's thesis are the biological mechanisms taking place in the body of an individual under the influence of stress or during an ongoing stressful situation. The research project proposal is preceded by a literature review, focusing on stress as a separate concept and the individual biological mechanisms involved in its origin, as well as nervous and humoral mechanisms, including stress hormones. This part is also focused on a brief introduction to post-traumatic stress disorder. Within the design of the research project, the work is focused on the possibility of increased depressive symptoms in people diagnosed with post-traumatic stress disorder. The aim of the research is to revel whether increased symptomatology is related with diagnosed post - traumatic stress disorder and if so, what relationship it is. The data will then be analyzed and compared with control group, with the possibility of expanding knowledge in this area through further research.
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Time perspective and anxiety
Chvojková, Iveta ; Loneková, Katarína (advisor) ; Javůrková, Alena (referee)
This thesis deals with the concept of time perspective with relation to anxiety. In the theoretical part, the terms of state anxiety, trait anxiety and anxiety disorders are defined. Furthermore, a space is dedicated to self-regulatory mechanisms. To give a holistic view, possible positives and benefits of anxiety in general are outlined as well. Moreover, the concept of time perspective, approaches to its measurement and linkage to experience and behaviour of individuals are presented. Subsequently, relationships between anxiety and time perspective are discussed. Last chapter of the theoretical part focuses on possible time perspective interventions for anxious individuals. The empirical part aims at discovering relationships between the concept of time perspective and state anxiety. For this purpose, the data obtained were analysed using a questionnaire survey conducted on a sample of respondents aged in early and middle adulthood. The questionnaire battery consisted of a section gathering demographic information, STAI questionnaire measuring both state and trait anxiety and a shortened version of the ZTPI - short extended by negative future perspective. The results of our research showed a significant positive relationship between anxiety and following time perspectives: negative past and...
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Pain and burn trauma in nursing
Navrátilová, Markéta ; Javůrková, Alena (advisor) ; Nikodemová, Hana (referee)
Background: The thesis follows up the comparison of fear of pain, pain intensity, emotional attachment, anxiety and depression in patients with after burn trauma and healthy individuals. Aim of thesis: The aim of the work was to compare the fear of pain in patients with after burn trauma with healthy individuals and to find predictors of pain; to find significant predictors od pain intensity and fear of pain in patients with after burn trauma. It also focuses on the evaluation of the relationships between pain intensity, fear of pain and sociodemographic variables (age, employment, premorbid intellect) and clinical parametrs of burn trauma (extent of burns, lenght of hospital stay, location of burns, psychiatric comorbidities); evaluation of the relationships between pain intensity, fear of pain end emotional attachment in multi regressin in patients and in health controls; evaluation of the relationships between pain intensity, pain fear and anxiety / depression in patients and healthy individuals, as well as evaluation of the relationships between pain intensity, pain fear and health perception in patients and healthy individuals. Methods: The collection of data for this bachelor's thesis took place at the Department of Burn Medicine, 3rd Faculty of Medicine and Hospital Královské Vinohrady in Prague. The...
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Activation of a child patient in hospital care
Olejárová, Denisa ; Tomová, Šárka (advisor) ; Javůrková, Alena (referee)
The bachelor's thesis on the topic "Activation of a child patient in hospital care" is focused on finding out the activities performed in the Motol University Hospital, we focused on employees who perform the activities and what tools they use, as well as staff satisfaction with the possibilities of activities. The work is divided into theoretical and empirical part. The theoretical part is focused on the characteristics of childhood, discusses the role of the nurse in the pediatric ward, the pediatric patient and communication with the pediatric patient. At the end of the theoretical part, various possibilities of activities and the role of volunteers in the departments are described. The empirical part consists of a survey questionnaire survey, which was focused on nurses working in the Motol University Hospital in the wards in the children's section.
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The quality of life in patients with epilepsy
Duchoň, Jan ; Javůrková, Alena (advisor) ; Jirkovský, Daniel (referee)
Background: The bachelor's thesis deals with the subjective assessment of the quality of life in people with epilepsy by the screening questionnaire Patient Weighted Quality Of Life In Epilepsy Inventory (QOLIE-10-P) in the Czech Republic. Objectives: The aim of this quantitative study was to assess the psychometric properties of the Czech version of the QOLIE-10-P questionnaire, to validate it on a sample of patients in the Czech Republic, to assess the influence of individual sociodemo- graphic and clinical variables on the quality of life of these patients, to determine, which of these variables predict quality of life and perform McCall's area transformation of Mean score and Final score QOLIE-10-P for clinical screening use in nursing practice. Methods: The study population comprised 608 patients from the Center for Epilepsy of the Neurological Department 2nd Medical Faculty Charles University and the Motol University Hospital, who met inclusive and exclusive criteria. All patients underwent neurological and neuropsychological examination and a QOLIE-10-P questionnaire was administered to them. For statistical data processing were used parametric and non- parametric tests, determination of internal consistency, test-retest reliability, factor analysis, linear regression and multiregression...
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Neuropsychological profile in idiopatic generalized epilepsy (IGE)
Živnůstka, Miroslav ; Javůrková, Alena (advisor) ; Rolederová, Iva (referee)
Title: Neuropsychological profile in patients with idiopathic generalized epilepsy Author: Miroslav Živnůska Thesis supervisor: PhDr. Alena Javůrková, Ph.D. Consultant: PhDr. Jaroslava Raudenská, Ph.D. Pages: 60 Number of resources: 56 Idiopathic generalized epilepsy (IGE) is an epilepsy of genetic or unknown origin. It is divided into four syndromes: childhood absences (CAE), juvenile absences (JAE), juvenile myoclonic epilepsy (JME) and epilepsy with generalized tonic-clonic seizures (GTCS). Some studies have suggested that patients with IGE may exhibit deficits in cognitive domains such as intelligence, attention, memory, executive function, motor function, and speech function. The most affected area appeared to be the domain of execution, specifically the ability of verbal fluency. Medications, depression, impaired quality of life and other risk factors can also contribute significantly to cognitive impairment. Moreover, the siblings of these patients may also show a slight decrease in performance in neuropsychological tests. In addition, significant brain changes were found in patients with IGE, especially in the thalamus. This work sought to map the neuropsychological profile and affectivity in patients with IGE and their siblings, that was compared with a healthy control group. Furthermore,...
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Cognitive profile in patients with atrial fibrillation
Mičková, Daniela ; Javůrková, Alena (advisor) ; Míková, Gabriela (referee)
The bachelor thesis deals with the profile of patients' cognitive functions with atrial fibrillation. The first section of the theoretical part is concerned with the associations between atrial fibrillation (AF) and cognitive disorders, physiological causes standing in their backround and the development risk factors of cognitive deficits of patients suffering from AF. Next, there comes the description of problematic cognitive impairment diagnosis in population of these patients. It presents the research results showing the distribution of cognitive deficit in individual cognitive domains. In terms of monitored variables in the research, it also briefly informs about connection between the affective domains and cognition at patients diagnosed with AF. In the final part, there are submitted treatment possibilities of cognitive deficits at patients with AF, which mainly represent prevention and cardiovascular illnesses therapy. In the empirical part of the thesis, there are compared cognitive functions in the group of patients with AF to the comparative group based on the control of the number of depressive and anxiety symptoms. Keywords Cognitive function, atrial fibrillation, cognitive impairment, cognitive deficit, cognitive profil
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Detection of diabetes distress syndrome in Czech patients diagnosed with diabetes mellitus
Povrazníková, Monika ; Hrachovinová, Tamara (advisor) ; Javůrková, Alena (referee)
Literature review part of this thesis focuses on the diabetes mellitus diagnosis and its negative effects on mental health and social relationships of diagnosed patients in form of diabetes distress. The research part investigates change of diabetes distress measured by Diabetes distress scale (DDS) and glycated haemoglobin HbA1c in the beginning, at the end and 6 months after the end of the group educational course. The group consisted of 66 Czech people diagnosed with type 2 diabetes (mean age 62 years, SD = 9,77; median = 63,5). Increased diabetes distress (DDS value ≥ 2) in the 1st measurement of DDS was reported by 15 people out of 52 (29%). There was a significant decrease in HbA1c from the beginning to the end of the course (χ2 (2) = 22.5; p <0,001) and this low level was maintained even after 6 months after the course. A non-significant reduction in diabetes distress between 1st and 2nd measurement was observed in 45 subjects (W = 509; p = 0,098). A statistically significant reduction in diabetes distress was observed between the 1st and 2nd DDS measurement only in those 23 subjects (χ2 (2) = 9,50; p = 0,002) who also participated in 3rd DDS measurement - further research in this area would be appropriate. In our sample, no significant difference was found between the sexes, DDS and HbA1c,...
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Attachment, Pain and Opioids in Nursing
Lukášová, Běla ; Javůrková, Alena (advisor) ; Bratová, Andrea (referee)
Resources The research, carried out around the world, suggests there is an obvious relationship between the opioid addiction and attachment by patients with chronic non-tumorous pain with opioid treatment. Thesis aims The goal of this bachelor thesis is to compare attachment and pain distress of patients with chronic non-tumorous pain treated with strong opioids and of patients with chronic non-tumorous pain without opioid treatment with healthy checks and to find significant attachment predictors in patients treated for chronic non-tumorous pain with strong opioids. It also focuses on evaluation of relations between pain intensity, pain distress and socio-demographic variables (age, employment, education, social status) and clinical parameters (opioid equianalgesic dose, opioid type, oral/transdermal); attachment within multiple regression in both patient groups and healthy checks; depressions in both patient groups and healthy checks; and health perception in both patient groups and healthy checks. Sample definition and methods The data collection for this bachelor thesis was carried out at the Department of Pain Research and Treatment, 2nd Faculty of Medicine, Charles University in Prague and Motol University Hospital and at the Department of Rehabilitation and Sports Medicine, 2nd Faculty of...
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