scholarly journals Physiological and neuropsychological features of adaptation to training in conditions of Western Ural among foreign students from India

2019 ◽  
Vol 36 (2) ◽  
pp. 60-67
Author(s):  
I. P. Koryukina ◽  
T. A. Kulesh ◽  
T. P. Arbuzova ◽  
T. V. Zueva ◽  
A. V. Petrischeva ◽  
...  

Aim. To study the physiological and neuropsychological features of adaptation to training in conditions of Western Ural among foreign students from India. Materials and methods. The object of study – first-year foreign students from India and Russian students of E.A. Vagner Perm State Medical University (52 and 47 persons, respectively). There were studied the parameters of physical development and cardiovascular system, including those with loading, as well as hypoxia tolerance tests. The following indices were calculated: body mass index (BMI), Robinson and Kerdo index, cardiac performance index (CPI), strength index (SI). The health level was calculated by G.L. Apanasenko. Peculiar features of students’ neuropsychical status were studied using the following surveys: Spilberger-Hanin Anxiety Scale to determine personal and situational anxiety, Beck Depression Inventory (BDI), scale for assessment of depression symptoms CES-D, scale for assessment of quality of life SF-36 with subscales, Epworth Sleepiness Scale, asthenia scale MFI-20, CAM (cenesthesia, activity, mood). Results. Among Indian students, dispersion of BMI values and lower dynamometry indices were established. Hypoxia tolerance in the groups was similar. Kerdo index values in the group of Indian students showed a tendency to vagotonia, in the control group – to normotonia. No significant differences in other indices were registered. Health level in the studied groups was in “dangerous” zone regarding the risk for development of chronic noninfectious diseases, especially in the group of Indian students. The situational anxiety level by Spilberg 1 scale, and depression level by CES-D scale were reliably higher in the group of foreign students (p < 0.0001). SF-36 PF and SF-36 GH scores in Indian students were reliably lower versus Russian. Psychical component of health by SF-36 MH subscale was significantly higher in Russian students. Conclusions. Among first-year students from India, who study at Perm State Medical University, there is observed a complex adaptive syndrome, which needs to be taken into account and corrected to prevent deadaptation disorders and raise progress in studies as well as quality of life and health status.

2021 ◽  
Vol 2021 (3) ◽  
pp. 36-42
Author(s):  
K. D. Dmytriiev

IMPACT OF THE TREATMENT WITH COMBINATION OF TIOTROPIUM/OLODATEROL ON THE QUALITY OF LIFE IN PATIENTS WITH COPD K. D. Dmytriiev Vinnytsia National Pirogov Memorial Medical University Vinnytsia, Ukraine Abstract. Materials and methods. 100 patients with the diagnosis of COPD were included into the study, their average age was (64.09 ± 1.94) years, there were 66 men (66 %) and 34 women (34 %). The average duration of COPD was (9.35 ± 2.42) years. Clinical course of COPD was assessed based on the clinical documentation of the patients. All patients filled out questionnaires for the assessment of the COPD severity — mMRC and CAT; and quality of life — SF-36, SGRQ at visit 1, visit 2 (4-6 weeks) and visit 3 (1 year). Results. Treatment with combination of tiotropium/olodaterol reliably improve COPD course, by decrease in the amount of exacerbations from (2.63 ± 0.29) to (1.63 ± 0.21) and hospital admissions from (1.2 ± 0.2) to (0.37 ± 0.11); dyspnea severity according to mMRC questionnaire from (2.3 ± 0.14) to (1.87 ± 0.15); САТfrom (23.28 ± 1.71) to (15.77 ± 1.58). Treatment with combination of tiotropium/olodaterol reliably improve quality of life according to SF-36 questionnaire, specifically physical and emotional role functioning from (16 ± 5.57) % to (35.10 ± 7.15) % and from (27.35 ± 7.83) % to (50.29 ± 7.99) %, exerted vitality from (38.26 ± 3.86) % to (49.49 ± 3.7) %, mental health from (51.56 ± 3.76) % to (61.49 ± 3.59) %, social functioning from (57.61 ± 5.93) % to (69.22 ± 5.08) % and pain intensity from (66.92 ± 5.99) % tо (81.00 ± 4.17) %. Treatment with combination of tiotropium/olodaterol reliably improve quality of life according to SGRQ questionnaire, specifically «Symptoms» scale from (76.72 ± 3.85) tо (61.37 ± 4.59), «Activity» from (65.26 ± 4.18) to (51.97 ± 3.86), «Impact» from (52.36 ± 4.65) to (35.19 ± 4.25) and Total score from(60.31 ± 3.95) tо (44.62 ± 3.89). Conclusions. Combination of tiotropium/olodaterol showed its efficacy in real clinical practice. This combination is effective in the improvement of the clinical course of COPD and decrease of symptoms intensity, which is also accompanied by the improvement of the quality of life. Key words: COPD, quality of life, tiotropium/olodaterol. K. D. Dmytriiev Vinnytsia National Pirogov Memorial University Department of the Propedeutics of Internal Medicine PhD student str. Khmelnytske highway 96, 20129, Vinnytsia, Ukraine e-mail: [email protected] Аsthma and Allergy, 2021, 3, P. 36–42.


2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Lyudmila Sizova

BACKGROUND The research interest is the study of the quality of life of patients with rheumatoid arthritis of different duration. OBJECTIVE The aim of study was to compare the quality of life in patients with early rheumatoid arthritis (RA) against patients with long-term RA. METHODS The study included 164 participants: 114 outpatients with early RA, and 50 outpatients with long-term RA. Assessment of life quality in patients with RA detected impaired parameters of the HAQ, SF-36, QOL-RA Scale already during the first year of the disease. RESULTS The HAQ test found a comparable frequency of severe functional disorders in patients with early and long-term RA. According to the SF-36 questionnaire, patients with early RA suffered from physical pain than patients with long-term RA. The QOL-RA Scale demonstrated that patients in the early stages of the disease, the lowest scores for the "arthritis" and "joint pain", and participants with long-term RA for "health" also. CONCLUSIONS Results indicated that these questionnaires may be used for scientific purposes to identify the most susceptible parameters of the quality of life and to provide benefits for monitoring health status and correct choice of drugs. CLINICALTRIAL The Scientific Council of the Orenburg State Medical Academy (currently the University) approved research in 2005 year (Protocol No. 5). All patients gave their written consent to participate in the scientific study.


2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Lyudmila Sizova

Abstract Aim: To compare the quality of life (QOL) in patients with early rheumatoid arthritis (RA) against patients with established RA.Methods: The clinical study included 164 participants from Russia: 114 outpatients with early RA, and 50 outpatients with established RA. Assessment of QOL in RA patients detected impaired indicators of the HAQ, SF-36 questionnaires, QOL-RA Scale already during the first year of the disease.Results: The HAQ test found a comparable frequency of severe functional disorders in patients with early and established RA. According to the SF-36 questionnaire, patients with early RA suffered from physical pain than patients with established RA. The QOL-RA Scale demonstrated that patients with initial stages of the disease process had the lowest scores for the "arthritis" and "joint pain", and participants with established RA additionally and on the "health".Conclusions: A comparative study of the QOL in respondents with early and established RA has shown that patients have a decrease it already during the first year of the disease on many indicators, as patients with a long anamnesis, and even experience more pronounced physical pain. So, tested questionnaires can provide benefits for monitoring health status and comparison of the effectiveness of drugs and treatment methods.


Author(s):  
N V Gonchar ◽  
E O Kalinicheva ◽  
E H Mustafaev ◽  
V A Dobrenko ◽  
M I Sokolova

Objective. Nutritional peculiarities and their relationship with the quality of life’s (QoL) values were estimated in 38 students. Materials and methods. We evaluated the dietary peculiarities according to the results of our special questionnaire. The students used ten-point scale for answer questions. We have formed the two subgroups of the respondents according to the results of their answers: subgroup A (students whose answers were 5 points or less) and subgroup B (students whose answers were more than 5). We estimated QoL according to the SF-36 questionnaire. Results. Most of the respondents eat regularly the food containing plant fibers (76.3%) and the food with animal proteins (81.6%). Above mentioned dietary peculiarities correlates reliably with such QoL values as SF and BP in men and VT in women. 36,8% of respondents have breakfast irregularly, this nutritional peculiarity reduces reliably such QoL values as PF, GH and VT. The regularity of breakfasts correlates reliably with VT in men, and PF and GH in women. Dietary restriction of spicy, fatty, fried, smoked foods is observed in 36.8% of respondents; a negative reliable correlation of this nutritional peculiarity with RP has been revealed in women; possible positive effect of such kind of food on the QoL can be suggested. Conclusion. It is shown that there is a correlation between students’ eating habits and the quality of life. (For citation: Gonchar NV, Kalinicheva EO, Mustafaev EH, et al. Gender peculiarities of nutrition in students and their relationship with quality of life. Herald of North-Western State Medical University named after I.I. Mechnikov. 2018;10(2):73-78. doi: 10.17816/mechnikov201810273-78).


2017 ◽  
Vol 4 (3) ◽  
Author(s):  
Anshuman Pandey ◽  
Sudhi Kulshrestha ◽  
Shakeel Masood ◽  
Smita Chauhan

Bariatric surgery results in significant weight loss, improvement or cure of accompanying illnesses, and may lead to important changes in psychological conditions. The aim of this paper is to study the changes in the psychological and emotional lives of patients as well as quality of life during the first year after bariatric surgery. The study population comprised 30 patients, 17 women (56.67%) and 13 men, between 28 and 60 years old. laparoscopic gastric sleeve procedure was adopted for bariatric surgery. Patients were asked to complete SF-36 questionnaire before surgery. One year after surgery, patients were again asked to complete an SF-36. Comparisons were made between loss of weight, alteration in the psychological condition and quality of life postoperatively, within the parameters of sex, age, marital status, clinical condition, duration of obesity and family history of obesity. Outcomes obtained from Wilcoxon signed rank test of SF-36 parameters revealed that there is significant difference between pre surgery and post surgery SF-36 parameters except emotional role limitation. The bariatric surgery most satisfactorily improved the patients’ psychosomatic condition, as well as their quality of life, during the first year after surgery.


2014 ◽  
Vol 71 (8) ◽  
pp. 751-756 ◽  
Author(s):  
Milan Latas ◽  
Tihomir Stojkovic ◽  
Tijana Ralic ◽  
Svetlana Jovanovic ◽  
Zeljko Spiric ◽  
...  

Background/Aim. Previous studies on medical students? subjective perception of health and health-related quality of life (HRQoL) showed inconclusive results. Moreover, there are no published studies to compare HRQoL of medical students to non-medical university students. The aim of the study was to assess subjective perception of health-related quality of life (HRQoL) in medical students? sample, to compare it with non-medical university stu-dents and to ascertain predictors of better perception of HRQoL in medical students. Methods. Scores of all domains on the Mental and Physical Component Summary subscales and total score of the Short Form Health Survey (SF-36), used for assessment of HRQoL in samples of 561 medical and 332 non-medical university students were assessed and compared. In addition, linear regression to identify predictors of better perception of mental and physical components of HRQoL and overall HRQoL in the sample of medical students was used. The dependant variables were subscores and total score with the SF- 36, and independent variables were certain sociodemographic and academic characteristics of the students. Results. Medical students had statistically significantly higher scores on the Mental Component Summary and total SF-36 score compared to non-medical students. Linear regression analysis demonstrated that higher scores of Physical Component Summary were associated with age, male sex and the year of studies. The Mental Component Summary were associated with age, male sex, the year of studies and marital status. The total SF-36 score was associated with age, male sex and the year of studies. Conclusion. Medical students perceive their health much better than other university students do, but female, older and second grade medical students have worse perception of their HRQoL. Those points should be potential target areas for specific prevention and treatment in order to achieve better HRQoL.


2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
AA Koroleva ◽  
OI Yanushanets ◽  
NA Petrova ◽  
EF Bezzubenkova

Adaptive capabilities of young people enrolling at higher education establishments differ from person to person. Depending on the level of these capabilities, a new student may see his/her quality of life deteriorating and a variety of diseases developing. Against this background, investigation of the dynamics of students' adaptation to studying at a higher educational establishment acquires special urgency: the results of such an investigation would enable designing an effective psychological support program for such students. This study aimed to investigate how the quality of life of students changes as studying at a higher education establishment alters their degree of adaptation and lifestyle. The report compares the studied degree of adaptability and quality of life of the same group of students in their first and third years. By design, the study was prospective continuous; it involved 120 students. M. Gavlinova's two-factor questionnaire (SA, social-ANS) enabled study of the degree of adaptability. As for the quality of life of the participating students, it was registered with the help of the SF-36 questionnaire. Lifestyle of the students was assessed relying on the questionnaire designed to uncover the person's attitude to smoking, alcohol, drugs, physical culture and sports. The results obtained enabled development of recommendations aimed at identifying students running risks of maladjustment and illnesses with the aim to render such students targeted medical and psychological assistance and adjust the sanitary and epidemiological conditions of studying.


2004 ◽  
Vol 171 (4S) ◽  
pp. 15-16
Author(s):  
Tatsuaki Yoneda ◽  
Shin Imai ◽  
Shinji Urakami ◽  
Hirofumi Kishi ◽  
Kazushi Shigeno ◽  
...  

Author(s):  
A. Babirad

Cerebrovascular diseases are a problem of the world today, and according to the forecast, the problem of the near future arises. The main risk factors for the development of ischemic disorders of the cerebral circulation include oblique and aging, arterial hypertension, smoking, diabetes mellitus and heart disease. An effective strategy for the prevention of cerebrovascular events is based on the implementation of large-scale risk control measures, including the use of antiagregant and anticoagulant therapy, invasive interventions such as atheromectomy, angioplasty and stenting. In this connection, the efforts of neurologists, cardiologists, angiosurgery, endocrinologists and other specialists are the basis for achieving an acceptable clinical outcome. A review of the SF-36 method for assessing the quality of life in patients with the effects of transient ischemic stroke is presented. The assessment of quality of life is recognized in world medical practice and research, an indicator that is also used to assess the quality of the health system and in general sociological research.


2020 ◽  
pp. 33-38
Author(s):  
E. Yu. Gan ◽  
L. P. Evstigneeva

Purpose of the study. Assessing the association between the life quality of patients with Sjogren’s Disease and ongoing therapy with various disease-modifying antirheumatic drugs.Material and methods. The study was conducted on the basis of the regional rheumatology center of the consultative diagnostic clinic of the Sverdlovsk Regional Clinical Hospital No. 1. This work is based on the results of a simultaneous study of 74 patients with primary Sjogren’s Disease (SD), distributed in three comparison groups receiving various disease-modifying antirheumatic drugs chlorambucil, methotrexate and hydroxychloroquine. The diagnosis of SD was carried out according to European-American criteria AECGC (2002) [18]. In order to analyze the quality of life of patients with SD, the 36-Item Short Form Health Survey (SF‑36) was used. Statistical data processing was carried out using Statistica 7.0 program.Results. Assessment of the quality of life of patients with SD, which is an integrative criterion of human health and well-being, revealed the absence of statistically significant differences (p > 0.05) on eight scales and two health components of the SF‑36 questionnaire in the analyzed groups that differ in the treatment of disease-modifying antirheumatic drugs chlorambucil, methotrexate and hydroxychloroquine.Conclusions. The obtained data indicate an equivalent quality of life in SD patients treated with different disease-modifying antirheumatic drugs methotrexate, chlorambucil and hydroxychloroquine, and therefore hydroxychloroquine can be considered as an alternative basic therapy in patients with SD with certain limitations and contraindications methotrexate and chlorambucil.


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