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A Barath

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PubMed2000

Psychosocial characteristics of patients with bronchial asthma and coronary disease: similarities and differences.

The authors compare two groups of subjects: patients with bronchial asthma and those with coronary disease, with regard to some social characteristics, abilities and perception of factors which they conceive are important in the etiology of their disease. Data were obtained by means of a questionnaire based on a known calibrated scale. A group of 100 patients with bronchial asthma and a group of 102 patients with coronary disease were examined. The significance of the difference was tested by chi 2, t-test, Wilcoxon's test and multivariate discriminative analysis. The results showed statistically significant differences between the patients with bronchial asthma and those with coronary disease in some social and psychological characteristics and also with regard to perception of potential etiological factors of their disease. However, no difference was found in life style and habits between the coronary and asthmatic patients.

Adult↗
PubMed1996

Factor analysis of the impact of event scale with children in war.

To evaluate the psychometric properties of the Impact of Event Scale (IES scale) in children a study was conducted on 1787 children exposed to the warfare in Croatia, Bosnia and Herzegovina. The study group comprised 877 girls and 910 boys ranging in age from 6 to 15 years attending 28 arbitrary selected schools in Zagreb. High levels of posttraumatic reactions were found in the group of children. The pattern of endorsement and the factor structure of the IES scale were similar to that found in other samples. This supports the use of the IES in the assessment of posttraumatic stress reactions in children. Two factors emerged from a Principal Component Analysis, labeled intrusion (9 items), and avoidance (4 items). As in other studies, this study documented problems with several items (items 2, 12 and 15), items that should be considered omitted from the IES. Girls reported significantly more distress on 13 out of the 15 items. Both the overall IES score as well as the intrusion and avoidance score were significantly higher in girls than boys. The factor structure for boys and girls were very similar, and the reliability of the scale was adequate across different age groups and for subgroups of displaced and refugee children.

Adolescent↗
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[Preoperative preparation and the quality of postoperative recovery in surgery patients: an experimental study].

The authors describe the methods, content and main effects of an experimental program in education of surgical patients. The material used was obtained in a study of 32 patients who had been admitted for cholecystectomy at the Surgical Ward of Veterans Hospital, Split. The program has been organized according to basic principles of a communication approach in controlling surgical stress via informing and teaching patients in pain control and other active coping skills. Informed patients (n = 16), in contrast to the control group (n = 16), showed better psychophysiological condition and less situational anxiety while facing the episode, and later, in the course of 5-day follow-up, they showed shorter, and overall better quality of post-operational recovery. In discussion, the authors call attention to the need of further systematic investigations concerning the quality and effects of patient education programs at surgical wards in Yugoslavia as necessary basis for implementation and standardization of such programs in everyday clinical practice.

Adolescent↗