scholarly journals Influence of the degree of adaptability and lifestyle on the quality of life of medical university students

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
AA Koroleva ◽  
OI Yanushanets ◽  
NA Petrova ◽  
EF Bezzubenkova
Keyword(s):  
Quality Of Life ◽  
Higher Education ◽  
Physical Culture ◽  
Adaptive Capabilities ◽  
Sf 36 ◽  
Educational Establishment ◽  
Psychological Assistance ◽  
Medical University ◽  
New Student

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.

scholarly journals IMPACT OF THE TREATMENT WITH COMBINATION OF TIOTROPIUM/OLODATEROL ON THE QUALITY OF LIFE IN PATIENTS WITH COPD

2021 ◽  
Vol 2021 (3) ◽  
pp. 36-42
Author(s):  
K. D. Dmytriiev
Keyword(s):  
Quality Of Life ◽  
Hospital Admissions ◽  
Clinical Course ◽  
Improve Quality ◽  
Sf 36 ◽  
Emotional Role ◽  
University Department ◽  
Medical University ◽  
E Mail

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.

scholarly journals Gender peculiarities of nutrition in students and their relationship with quality of life

2018 ◽  
Vol 10 (2) ◽  
pp. 73-78
Author(s):  
N V Gonchar ◽  
E O Kalinicheva ◽  
E H Mustafaev ◽  
V A Dobrenko ◽  
M I Sokolova
Keyword(s):  
Quality Of Life ◽  
Eating Habits ◽  
Point Scale ◽  
Plant Fibers ◽  
Sf 36 ◽  
Medical University ◽  
Reliable Correlation ◽  
Positive Effect ◽  
North Western

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).

scholarly journals Medical students` health-related quality of life - a comparative study

2014 ◽  
Vol 71 (8) ◽  
pp. 751-756 ◽  
Author(s):  
Milan Latas ◽  
Tihomir Stojkovic ◽  
Tijana Ralic ◽  
Svetlana Jovanovic ◽  
Zeljko Spiric ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Quality Of Life ◽  
Medical Students ◽  
University Students ◽  
Health Related Quality ◽  
Sf 36 ◽  
Related Quality ◽  
Health Related ◽  
Male Sex ◽  
Medical University

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.

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 ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Quality Of Life ◽  
Foreign Students ◽  
Hypoxia Tolerance ◽  
First Year ◽  
Sf 36 ◽  
Situational Anxiety ◽  
Medical University ◽  
Indian Students ◽  
Adaptation To Training

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.

58: Assessment of Quality of Life Using SF-36 Questionnaires in Patients Following Orthotopic Neobladder Reconstruction Compared with Standard Levels in Japanese People

2004 ◽  
Vol 171 (4S) ◽  
pp. 15-16
Author(s):  
Tatsuaki Yoneda ◽  
Shin Imai ◽  
Shinji Urakami ◽  
Hirofumi Kishi ◽  
Kazushi Shigeno ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Quality Of Life ◽  
Japanese People ◽  
Orthotopic Neobladder ◽  
Sf 36

Assessment of quality of life in patients with the effects of transient ischemic stroke

2016 ◽  
pp. 37-39
Author(s):  
A. Babirad
Keyword(s):  
Quality Of Life ◽  
Ischemic Stroke ◽  
Large Scale ◽  
Cerebrovascular Diseases ◽  
Control Measures ◽  
Sociological Research ◽  
Cerebrovascular Events ◽  
Sf 36 ◽  
Angioplasty And Stenting

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.

Quality of life of patients with Sjogren’s disease with ongoing therapy with diseasemodifying antirheumatic drugs

2020 ◽  
pp. 33-38
Author(s):  
E. Yu. Gan ◽  
L. P. Evstigneeva
Keyword(s):  
Quality Of Life ◽  
Short Form ◽  
Life Quality ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Disease Modifying Antirheumatic Drugs ◽  
Antirheumatic Drugs ◽  
Sf 36 ◽  
Disease Modifying ◽  
Sjögren’S Disease

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.

The role of clinical pharmacist in enhancing the health-related quality of life in patients with pulmonary tuberculosis

2020 ◽  
Vol 10 (4) ◽  
Author(s):  
Eldhose Varghese ◽  
Irrin Poulose ◽  
Chaitanya Sagar G ◽  
Jennifer Ann Jose ◽  
Mintu Mathew Ms
Keyword(s):  
Quality Of Life ◽  
Pulmonary Tuberculosis ◽  
Patient Information ◽  
Patient Information Leaflet ◽  
Information Leaflet ◽  
Patient Counselling ◽  
Sf 36 ◽  
Related Quality ◽  
Health Related

Tuberculosis (TB) is potentially airborne severe infectious disease which requires long term treatment. It considerably affects the physical and mental health quality of the patient’s life. Appropriate patient counselling with the help of Patient Information Leaflet will help to improve the patient’s quality of life and overall treatment outcome. To enhance the health related quality of life in pulmonary tuberculosis patients by providing patient counselling with the aid of patient information leaflet. An interventional study was carried out for six months in 80 patients diagnosed with pulmonary tuberculosis from the OP & IP of Tuberculosis and Chest Department of a medical college hospital. The HRQoL was assessed using the SF-36 questionnaire. Appropriate patient counselling was provided with the help of Patient Information Leaflet. In our study, a total of 80 patients were enrolled, out of which 49[61%] were Out-patients, and 31[39%] were In-patients. All the 8 sub domains of the SF-36 survey show statistical significance with improvement in 2nd Visit (after counselling) when compared with the baseline visit. The demographic variables like smoking, low socioeconomic status, allergies, family history show statistically significant association with overall HRQoL. The HRQOL of the pulmonary tuberculosis patients were initially low before the start of Anti-TB therapy, after providing proper patient counselling using patient information leaflet the HRQoL scores were found to be increased on the subsequent re-visits, which implies the need of proper patient counselling and follow-up in PTB for the better quality of life.

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