The study included two groups of participants: research (case) and control groups. The data on the QOL and the most frequently symptoms as well as sense of coherence was evaluated comparing the differences between research and control groups. Patients by age were homogenic in both groups (Table 2).
Table 2. Socio-demographic characteristics of research and control groups.
Socio-demographic characteristics Research group (n=84) Control group(n=82) p value
Age (years)Mean (SD) 70.46 (5.93) 69.50 (5.29) 0.27
Education n (%)Primary school8 years education12 years educationCollage educationUniversity education 20 (23.7 %)14 (16.7 %)14 (16.7 %)13 (15.5 %)23 (27.4 %) 19 (23.2 %) 7 (8.5 %)11 (13.4 %)23 (28.1 %)22 (26.8 %) 0.13
Marital status n (%)Married/Live with partnerSingle/widower 72 (85.7 %)12 (14.3 %) 74 (90.2 %) 8 (9.8 %) 0.86
Religion n (%)BelieverLibertine 58 (69 %)26 (31 %) 63 (76.8 %)19 (23.2 %) 0.12
The place of residence n (%)CityRural areas 67 (79.8%)17 (20.2%) 59 (72.0 %)23 (28.0 %) 0.89
Overall, 29.8 % of patients were indicated with the mild pain and 30.0 % of patients – with moderate and severe pain (Figure 3). The urine incontinency symptom was determined only for three patients in the last stage of research and it is not demonstrated in the picture thoroughly. Fatigue was the most frequently indicated and most intensive symptom (82.1 % - 89.3 %) of patients in the research group throughout all three stages of research. It tended to be increasing the entire... [to full text]
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:LABT_ETD/oai:elaba.lt:LT-eLABa-0001:E.02~2005~D_20060104_151035-30379 |
| Date | 04 January 2006 |
| Creators | Toliušienė, Jolanta |
| Contributors | Juozaitytė, Elona, Brožaitienė, Julija, Macijauskienė, Jūratė, Powel, Lorrie, Kriščiūnas, Aleksandras, Kurtinaitis, Juozas, Juocevičius, Alvydas, Kaunas University of Medicine |
| Publisher | Lithuanian Academic Libraries Network (LABT), Kaunas University of Medicine |
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| Language | Lithuanian |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | Doctoral thesis |
| Format | application/pdf |
| Source | http://vddb.library.lt/obj/LT-eLABa-0001:E.02~2005~D_20060104_151035-30379 |
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