Despite the fact that patients‘ participation has become an integral part of health care system in health problem solving, it is little known, however, about the preparation of society for these changes. Aim of the study – to evaluate patients‘ role in health care decision-making in primary health care system. Methods. Research instrumentation was developed by using descriptive-analytical method of literature analysis. 464 questionnaires returned out of 550 questionnaires provided. The frequency of response is 84.4 %. Independence of two features was examined by (2 chi-square test of independence. Spearman correlation coefficient was used to evaluate the level of dependence. The data were analyzed by SPSS 9.0 programme. Results. More than a half (56 %) of respondents, especially women (87.8 %) and respondents with university education (88.1 %) know the rights of patients. Respondents with university education (90.8 %) and medical workers (95 %) mostly know about The Act of Patients‘ Rights and Harm Recompense. According to patients, independently from sex, age etc., the most secured rights to health care are the following: to know diagnosis, methods of treatment, risk factors, the right to patients‘ inviolability of private life and confidentiality of health state. From the point of view of medical workers, the most secured rights to health are the following : the right to choose a doctor, a nurse, an institution of health care; the rigth to information about... [to full text]

Darbo tikslas – įvertinti pacientų nuomones apie teisės į informaciją užtikrinimą stacionarinėse asmens sveikatos priežiūros įstaigose. Tyrimo metodika. Atliekant tyrimą naudotas duomenų rinkimo metodas buvo anoniminė anketinė pacientų apklausa. Naudojant anoniminę anketą apklausti atsitiktinės atrankos metodu atrinkti keturių Kauno apskrities ligoninių pacientai. Buvo apklausiami tyrimo dieną Vidaus ligų ir Chirurgijos profilių skyriuose hospitalizuoti pacientai. Iš viso apklausti 264 pacientai (atsako dažnis 69,1 proc.). Statistinei duomenų analizei panaudoti 261 tinkamai užpildytos anketos duomenys. Statistinė duomenų analizė atlikta naudojant „IBM SPSS Statistics 21“ programą. Rezultatai. Dauguma pacientų (70,5 proc.) teigė, kad jiems buvo suteikta informacija apie jų ligą. 64 proc. apklaustųjų atsakė, jog jiems buvo suteikta informacija apie medicininių tyrimų rezultatus. Apie savo ligos gydymo metodus buvo informuoti kiek daugiau nei pusė pacientų (52,5 proc.). Su galimomis teigiamomis ir neigiamomis gydymo pasekmėmis buvo supažindinta taip pat tik pusė (50,6 proc.) pacientų. Net penktadaliui (20,3 proc.) apklaustų pacientų nebuvo suteikta informacija apie gydymo pasekmes. Didelė dalis (65,5 proc.) respondentų supranta visą pateiktą informaciją apie gydymą, tyrimus ir pan. Iš 34,5 proc. apklaustųjų, kurie iš dalies suprato arba visai nesuprato jiems pateiktos informacijos, tik 62,2 proc. pasakė gydytojui ko nesuprato. Savo nuomonę gydytojui, kai priimami gydymo... [toliau žr. visą tekstą] / Aim of the study – to analyze patients’ opinions about their right to information assurance while receiving hospital treatment. Methods. Data for the study was collected by getting patients to fill out anonymous questionnaires. Four randomly selected Kaunas region hospitals were picked by probabilistic selection. Hospitalized patients from Internal medicine and Surgical departments were questioned. Total of 264 patients were questioned (response rate – 69.1%). 261 questionnaires were filled out correctly and were used in statistical analysis. Data analysis was performed with „IBM SPSS Statistics 21“ package. Results. Most of the patients (70.5%) claimed that they had received all information about their disease. 64% stated that they were informed about medical test results. 52.5% were informed about the methods of treatment. Only half of the patients (50.6%) were informed about health risks and benefits of their treatment. 20.3% were not informed about possible outcomes of the treatment. 65.5% of the patients reported that they understand all provided information about the treatment. Out of 34.5% of patients, who partially understood or did not understand the information given to them, only 62.2% informed the doctors about the lack of understanding. Only 28% of patients expressed their opinion about the treatment to the doctor when decisions are made. 54.4% did not participate in the decision making at all. Out of those, who participated in the decision making, 59.7%... [to full text]