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Patients experience of acupuncture treatment
Kameníková, Lucie ; Pokladníková, Jitka (advisor) ; Mencáková, Andrea (referee)
Charles University, Czech Republic, Faculty of Pharmacy in Hradec Králové Student: Lucie Kameníková Tutor: PharmDr. Jitka Pokladníková, Ph.D. Title of Diploma Thesis: Patients' experience with acupuncture treatment Background: Acupuncture, as well as other methods used in complementary and alternative medicine (CAM), are on the rise. So far, there has not been a study conducted in the Czech Republic which describes patients' awareness and experience with acupuncture and other CAM methods and their attitudes to future use of these methods after having been treated with them. Aim: The aim of the thesis was to evaluate the experience of patients suffering from migraines with acupuncture. The areas covered were the patients' awareness of acupuncture, their motivation to try acupuncture as an alternative treatment method, their experience with other CAM methods as well as the likelihood of them undergoing another acupuncture treatment in the future. Methods: Semi-structured interviews with selected patients were conducted between September 19th 2015 and May 18th 2016. The interviews were coded in MAXQDA 12 programme and then evaluated using the content analysis method. Results: The thesis identifies topics connected to patients' awareness of CAM including acupuncture. It also defines the reasons for...
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Factors affecting sleep of patients in selected surgical intensive care units
Dvorská, Jana ; Jirkovský, Daniel (advisor) ; Dorková, Zlatica (referee)
The Bachelor thesis "Factors influencing sleep in patients attended at selected surgical units of intensive care" is focused on finding the most frequent factors that negatively affect sleep of patients treated at selected surgical units of intensive care in University Hospital of Motol. The thesis is divided into theoretical and empirical part. The theoretical part provides a brief overview of sleep and its disorders, investigation of sleep quality and its treatment. Furthermore, attention is paid to the most common factors affecting sleep. In the empirical part of the thesis, the methodology of data collection, organization of the survey itself and the method of data processing are described. An anonymous questionnaire survey was used to collect the necessary data. The target group of respondents were patients hospitalized at selected surgical units of intensive care at University Hospital of Motol. Keywords Sleep, Sleep Wake Disorders, Patients, Hospitalization, Hypnotics and Sedatives, Noise, Pittsburgh Sleep Quality Index (PSQI)
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Analysis of the risks associated with using dietary supplements by patients in pre-operative period
Faltysová, Anna ; Pokladníková, Jitka (advisor) ; Marešová, Helena (referee)
Charles University, Faculty of Pharmacy in Hradec Kralové Department of Social and Clinical Pharmacy Author Anna Faltysová Supervisor PharmDr. Jitka Pokladníková, Ph.D. Consultant PharmDr. Julie Zubrová Title of Diploma Thesis Analysis of the risks associated with using dietary supplements by patients in pre-operative period Objectives: The thesis deals with the problem of the dietary supplement use by patients in the time before surgery. The aim of the thesis is to evaluate the prevalence of dietary suplement use by patients before surgery. Another aim is to point to potential danger which could endanger the patient while irrational using of the dietary supplement before the medical interventions (interactions of dietary supplement, side effects of dietary supplement). Methodology: The questionnaire research was conducted in order to obtain the data. It was counducted between 9th May 2017 till 30th June 2018 at 9 departments of the University Hospital in Hradec Králové. In total 332 patients in the time before surgery were asked and 257 completed questionnaires were analysed. Results: From the results of the study we can see the prevalence of the dietary supplement use by the patients in the time before surgery, which amounts to 42 %. It was stated that most of the patients does not inform their...
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Patients experience of acupuncture treatment III.
Maršálková, Zuzana ; Pokladníková, Jitka (advisor) ; Marešová, Helena (referee)
Faculty of Pharmacy in Hradec Králové, Department of Social and Clinical Pharmacy, Charles University, Czech Republic Student: Zuzana Maršálková Tutor: PharmDr. Jitka Pokladníková, Ph.D. Title of Diploma Thesis: PATIENTS' EXPERIENCES WITH ACUPUNCTURE TREATMENT III Background: Acupuncture becomes more popular in Czech Republic where study concerning patients' experiences and opinions with this treating method hasn't been carried out yet. Aim: To assess patients' experiences with acupuncture focusing on the patients' expected effect before, during and after treatment, on the potential change in expectations during treatment and on its potential effect on treatment outcomes, and on the evaluation of the truly perceived therapeutic effect. Methods: Using semistructured questionnaires, we led interviews with selected patients in the period from 19. 9. 2015 to 18. 5. 2016. Rewritten dialogues were afterwards coded in MAXQDA 12 and evaluated using the content analysis method. Results: Content analysis identified topics related to the expected and actual effect of acupuncture. It involved symptoms of migraine before and after treatment, treatment beliefs and expectations before, after and during treatment, recognition of therapeutic effect, adverse effects and benefit in patients' life. Patients had...
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The impact of acupuncture on heart rate variability in patients with migraine
Jehličková, Kateřina ; Pokladníková, Jitka (advisor) ; Marešová, Helena (referee)
DIPLOMA THESIS: The impact of acupuncture on heart rate variability in patients with migraine SOCIAL AND CLINICAL PHARMACY DEPARTMENT, FACULTY OF PHARMACY IN HRADEC KRÁLOVÉ, CHARLES UNIVERSITY IN PRAGUE AUTHOR: Kateřina Jehličková SUPERVISOR: PharmDr. Jitka Pokladníková, Ph.D. INTRODUCTION: Migraine is one of the most common diseases that affects up to 25% of human adult worldwide. The popularity of alternative therapeutic method is increasing, in this case namely acupuncture, currently between 11-46% globally, 4-9,9% respectively. OBJECTIVE: The primary goal of this work is to evaluate if acupuncture has any effect on HRV in patients with migraine. Secondary goal is to find out which psychosocial factors may influance HRV parameter changes. METHODOLOGY: HRV measurment was performed before acupuncture and after 12 weeks of acupuncture therapy. At first, results were processed in KUBIOS software which is specially designed for the study of heart rate variability and the needed parameters. Then the statistical analysis of a paired t-test (p=0,05) and linear regression (p=0,1) were done in SPSS software. MIDAS questionnaire (quality of life in patients with migraine), life satisfaction questionnaire (Satisfaction with Life Scale, SWLS) and The Symptom Checklist (SCL-90) were used to determine factors...
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