Chronic respiratory diseases are determined by genetic predisposition, and environmental and socioeconomic variables. One genetic factor underlying susceptibility to such diseases can be the ABO blood group system. The purpose of this study was to investigate the hypothesis that there would be a relationship between the blood group and risk of developing asthma and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD). We reviewed medical history files of patients with the diagnosis of COPD or asthma, including those suffering from a cancerous disease accompanied by asthma or COPD, hospitalized from January 2016 to July 2017. The study involved 248 adult patients (85 women and 163 men; median age 65, range 20-95 years) with COPD (177; 71.4%) and asthma (71; 28.6%) with a known blood type. We found that the most frequent was blood type A (97; 39.1%) and the least blood type AB (26; 8.0%). The distribution of individual blood types in asthma was not different from that in COPD patients. Significant differences were found between the distribution of O and pooled non-O blood types (A, B, and AB); the pooled category was more frequent in both asthma and COPD patients. We conclude that the blood type is not a prognostic differentiating between the occurrence of asthma or COPD, although both are less common in people with blood type O. Further investigation is required to set the predisposing role of the ABO antigens for chronic respiratory diseases.
Background. efficient functioning at work and in the environment depends on social and emotional competence, understood as complex skills that determine the effectiveness of behaviors in various professional and social situations. Objectives. The aim of this study was to determine the social competence of physicians and medical students with regard to the sociodemographic contributors which shape social competence. Material and methods. The study was conducted in 2015 and 2016 and it involved 90 physicians, including 25 GPs (27.8%) and 53 medical students of PMu in szczecin. The median age of the physicians and the students was 32 and 25, respectively. The social competencies Questionnaire (scQ) by anna Matczak and a self-developed survey questionnaire were employed. Results. The ability of physicians to achieve medium and high levels of social competence increases by 8.5% with every year of seniority. Membership in scientific societies increases the odds of a high level of social competence fivefold in the es scale and fourfold in the a scale. Physicians involved in the education of medical students were less likely to obtain medium and high scores (5 stens) in the a scale. an increase in seniority in the last workplace is accompanied by a 0.93 times lower probability of obtaining a high competence score in the a scale. similarly, third cycle degree studies increase the odds of achieving high competence level by 7.48 times in the a scale. Conclusions. low levels of competence can be expected from physicians with less seniority, not belonging to scientific societies, not involved in students' education, working in only one place, and not participating in third cycle degree studies. This group should be provided with social competence training. Key words: physician, general practitioner, medical student, social competence, social competencies Questionnaire (scQ). Summary ISSN 1734-3402, eISSN 2449-8580This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the creative commons attribution-noncommercial-sharealike 4.0 international (cc By-nc-sa 4.0). license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0/).Fam Med Prim care rev 2016; 18(3): 308-312
Background. The coexistence of several chronic physical illness worsens and the body burden older people, causing both poor health and lower quality of life. Multidisease has a significant impact on the incidence of sleep disorders, including insomnia. Objectives. The aim of this study was to determine how selected chronic diseases are related to insomnia and its severity in over 60 year old members of the University of the Third age in stargard. Material and methods. The research was conducted among 131 persons aged 60 years and above, including 72.52% (n = 95) women and 27.48% (n = 36) men. The mean age was 68.12 ± 6.63. The survey was used with elements of athens insomnia scale (ais), insomnia severity index (isi) and author's own questionnaire with questions about taking sleeping pills. Results. The most respondents was a arterial hypertension 53.43% (n = 70) including 68.57% in women (n = 48), and 31.43% (n = 22) in men. The indicator of multidisease was a 1,25 per respondent. insomnia was reported in persons with arterial hypertension (chi 2 = 6.256; p = 0.043), asthma and chronic obstructive (chi 2 = 22.79; p = 0.0001), atherosclerosis (chi 2 = 8.368; p = 0.015) and depression (chi 2 = 20.94; p = 0.0002). Conclusions. insomnia in the group of members of the University of the Third age in stargard coexists with chronic diseases, such as hypertension, asthma/coPD, atherosclerosis and depression. Key words: insomnia, chronic disease, multimorbidity, people after 60 year of age.
Background. Quality of life consists of many elements that affect the creation of the level of Qol. Women with postmenopausal may experience a phenomenon of loneliness. This phenomenon can be caused by the effects they had on menopausal symptoms and depression from private and professional life. Objectives. The aim of the study was to determine the effect of menopausal symptoms and depression on quality of life in postmenopausal women. Material and methods. The survey was performed among 128 women after menopause. The mean age was 64.20 ± 8.61, median 65 years. The study used a questionnaire consisting of the sF-36, kupperman index, Beck Depression scale and the author's questionnaire.Results. The sense of mental health -MH women found at most, which was equal to 69.47. Meanwhile, the general level of health -HP was rated the lowest of only 46.68. of the 128 respondents revealed menopausal symptoms at 32.81% (n = 42) of surveyed women. it has been shown statistically significant relationship between the index of climacteric, and the assessment of Qol in the sF-
Background. Burnout syndrome is closely related to career-related issues. Objectives. the purpose of this study was to determine work-related behaviors presented by physicians, nurses and paramedics with regard to their sociodemographic data and social competence. Material and methods. the study was conducted in 2015-2016 and involved 432 medical workers, including 144 (33.5%) physicians, 165 (37.7%) nurses and 123 (28.8%) paramedics. the median age was 28 years (range: 20-66). the research instruments were: the Work-related Behavior and experience pattern (aVeM) questionnaire, the social competence Questionnaire (scQ) by anna Matczak and a self-developed questionnaire. Results. symptoms of burnout syndrome (type B) were observed in one-fourth of medical workers. 31.8% (135) of all participants presented type G. the behavior types prevailing in particular groups were as follows: paramedics -type G and type s; physicians -risk type a and type B, nurses -type B and type G. 62.4% (189) of the participants had an average level of general competence (4-7 sten), and 15.8% (48) had a low level of general competence (1-3 sten). the general competence level correlated with type G (r = 0.17; p = 0.05). Conclusions. Burnout syndrome (type B) occurs in physicians, nurses and paramedics regardless of their place of work and is related to a low level of social competence. a high level of social competence protects physicians, nurses and paramedics against job burnout.
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