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Impact of Pain in Patients with Hemophilia on their Emotional Experience and Quality of Life
Půčková, Romana ; Raudenská, Jaroslava (advisor) ; Křivková, Jana (referee)
The Bachelor's thesis deals with the issue of the impact of pain on emotional experience and quality of life in haemophiliac patients and the significance of pain management for nursing practice. The aim of the thesis was to tackle problems concerning the disease in adult haemophiliacs in connection with pain, emotional experience and quality of life, describe relations between these variables and determine the main factors influencing pain and quality of life in haemophiliacs. For that purpose, nine basic hypotheses were set and verified by the means of statistical processing of data obtained from a questionnaire survey of 105 adult haemophiliacs of age among 18 to 79 addressed across the whole Czech Republic. The respondents represented patients of both, A and B haemophilia and of all kinds of haemophilia severity. Four instruments were used to carry out the survey - a standardized questionnaire A36 Hemofilia-QoL for determining quality of life, a standardized questionnaire BDI - II for determining depressive symptoms, a standardized questionnaire GAD 7 for determining the level of anxiety and a visual-analogical scale, so-called Thermometer Scale of Emotions. The survey included a semi- structured questionnaire for demographic-anamnesis data. By the means of the instruments mentioned above,...
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