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The effects of acupuncture on mental wellbeing in chronically ill patients Department of Social and Clinical Pharmacy, Faculty of Pharmacy in Hradec Králové, Charles University in Prague Student: Anna Šteflová Tutor: PharmDr. Jitka Pokladníková, Ph.D. Introduction: Demand of patients for the Traditional Chinese medicine (TCM) in Czech Republic is raising and therefore it is necessary to critically evaluate its benefit for specific diagnoses, so that it would be possible to draw conclusions about its use in clinical practice. Objective: To evaluate influence of acupuncture with other methods of TCM on wellbeing and subjective level of pain in patients with musculoskeletal disorders. Methods: Wellbeing of patients before and after TCM therapy was assessed using validated questionnaire WEMWBS (Warwick-Edinburgh Mental Well-being Scale) and subjective level of pain before and after TCM therapy was determined using VAS (Visual Analogue Scale). The changes of wellbeing and subjective level of pain were evaluated first for the whole set of patients with musculoskeletal disorders and subsequently for the subsets of patients divided by the type of musculoskeletal disorder (according to International Classification of Diseases and Related Health Problems) and by the intensity of pain at the beginning of the...

The effects of acupuncture on mental wellbeing in chronically ill patients II Department of Social and Clinical Pharmacy, Faculty of Pharmacy in Hradec Králové, Charles University in Prague Student: Ivana Chuová Tutor: PharmDr. JitkaPokladníková, Ph.D Introduction: Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM), including acupuncture, is widely used in the treatment of chronically ill patients, whose numbers are increasing. This treatment is widely used either alone or as a supplementary method. Though, more attention should be given to the research of TCM effectiveness in studies. Objective: To assess the effect of selected sociodemographic and clinical variables such as age, gender, size of residence, type of musculoskeletal disorders and concomitant use of Chinese phytotherapy on the alteration in personal well-being and pain in patients with musculoskeletal disorders, who underwent the acupuncture therapy at the Czech-Chinese Centre of TCM University Hospital Hradec Králové (FNHK). Methods: The Evaluation of patients' personal well-being from the data obtained by using WEMWBS and Visual Analogue Scale (VAS) questionnaires. The patients were undergoing therapy at the Czech-Chinese TCM FNHK Centre. The process of the Data collection from questionnaires took place in the period from 7 April 2017 to 12...

This work deals with effectiveness of coeliac disease management. It is a model case of chronic disease management. The analytical framework of this work is the multilevel Innovative Care for Chronic Conditions Framework. Crucial is the interaction between health care team that represents health care system, community partners and patients with their families. In the case of coeliac disease it is necessary to include also the role of representatives of market with gluten free products. The interaction of these participants takes place in wider political context, whose state influences this interaction fundamentaly and reflects so in final results - state of patients and quality of their live. Using the evaluation of the quality of life tool SF-36, it has been ascertained, that the quality of life of coealiac patients is lower in comparison with European standard of healthy population and that the causes of the problem have to be searched and systematically removed at all levels of the system of chronic health care. The findings validate the theoretic presumption, that the chronic health care is still considerably underestimated and that it does not reply to the needs of chronic ill patients, which reflects just on general quality of life.

Thesis "The health and social worker in cooperation with a multidisciplinary team in the care of chronically ill children "deals with the verification of the need and importance of multidisciplinary cooperation of the health and social worker with other professionals in the care of chronically ill children. The theoretical part deals with chronic ill children, its impact on the child and the family, describes the function of a health and social worker and other members of a multidisciplinary team with the aim of cooperation within a multidisciplinary team in the care of a chronically ill child. In the practical part, mutual cooperation is verified using the method of qualitative research, interview and case studies. The work is supplemented by a created relationship map of multidisciplinary cooperation in relation to a chronically ill child. Keywords Social worker in healthcare, multidisciplinary team, chronic ill child, hospital, social work, support, family, doctor, psychologist, therapist.