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Influence of chronic backache on everyday-life activities
TŮMOVÁ, Hana
Despite developing medical technology and pharmacology, the number of people suferring from back pains has been rising. Almost 80% of adult population experience the pains in their life time. Chronic back pain implies both physical and mental problems which strongly affect common activities of patients. Subsequently the back pain is reflected into the patient´s behaviour as a whole. The aim of this Bachelor´s work was to map common activities which are affected by chronic back pains and to find out any differences which can be noticed between men and women patients. There were two research questions developed: 1. Which common patients´ activities are affected by chronic back pains? 2. Do men and women patients with chronic back pains differ while dealing with common daily activities? The research was carried out through qualitative research technique of semi-structured interview. The research data required were collected from patients of the Hospital of Rudolf and Stefanie in Benešov from December 2009 to February 2010. Eight patients with chronic back pains were polled (4 men and 4 women), all of them after the spinal operation. The data obtained were presented casuistically and summarised into tables. The research goal was completed. Based on the research survey the following hypotheses were developed: H1: Chronic back pains affect common daily activities of patients after the spinal operation. H2: Chronic back pains after the spinal operation limit the patients when applying for jobs. H3: Chronic back pains affect leisure time activities of the patients. H4: Chronic back pains affect more women than men when they do their housework. H5: Women are trying to prevent back pains more often than men.

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