PSB_525 Quality of life of chronic disease patients

Faculty of Arts
Spring 2011
Extent and Intensity
1/1/0. 4 credit(s). Type of Completion: k (colloquium).
Teacher(s)
MUDr. PhDr. Zdeňka Nováková, Ph.D. (lecturer), PhDr. Pavel Humpolíček, Ph.D. (deputy)
Guaranteed by
PhDr. Zdenka Stránská, Ph.D.
Department of Psychology – Faculty of Arts
Timetable
Thu 7:30–9:05 K22
Prerequisites
Basic information and clinical directivity of applicants.
Course Enrolment Limitations
The course is only offered to the students of the study fields the course is directly associated with.

The capacity limit for the course is 35 student(s).
Current registration and enrolment status: enrolled: 0/35, only registered: 0/35
fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with
Course objectives
General goal is familiarize students with quality of life problem of different sorts of chronic diseases, which is main indicator effectivity and quality of medical healthcare and psychological care.To inspirate them to feel need to understand this kind of entire client with his biopsychosocial and spiritual characteristics. In larger sence make students acquainted with many factors which can make big difference in quality of life of chronic disease patients. To call attention to specifics compilation and adherence of chronic disease patients. To make clear and analyze many related terms, to point many methodical problems measuring quality of life, give a speech on statistical assessment methods and their correct interpretation.
Syllabus
  • 1) Philosophic reflexion of quality of life and its history to relation to modern medicine and psychology
  • 2) Theoretical and methodological problems of quality of life and related terms.
  • 3) Related terms and their ambiguous definitions and interpretation.
  • 4) The analysis of main and in practice used terms, personal and socialdemografical factors reference to quality of life and manage chronic disease – resilience, hardiness, coping, body image, sense of coherence, self-efficacy, self-esteem, well-being, flow, social support, socioeconomical status, interpretation
  • 5) Predisposition personal factors related to chronic disease
  • 6) Measuring quality of life specialized to chronic diseases, methodological problems, statistical methods, interpretations
  • 7) Specificity of quality of life of seniors related to chronic diseases.
  • 8) Selected frequent and/or medicine and socialeconomically relevant chronic diseases with symptoms, e.g. Low back pain, osteoporosis, rheumatoid arthritis, carcinoma, chronic hepatic failure, patients after transplantation of solid organs, chronic pain etc. Its specific and common characteristics from psychologist’s and physician’s point of view.
  • 9) Compliance, adherence and concordance to chronic treatment as a psychological’s - physician’s problem
  • 10) Areas compliance after transplantation organs, occurrence, range and causes noncompliance of transplantation particular organ.
  • 11) Possibilities of detection lower compliance by clinical and psychological ways.
Literature
  • Valderrabano, F., Jofre, R. (2001). Quality of life in end-stage renal disease patients. Am. J. Kidney Dis.38, 443- 464.
  • WHOQOL-GROUP (1997). WHOQOL measuring quality of life. Geneve: WHO.
  • Hnilicová, H. (2005). Kvalita života a její význam pro medicínu a zdravotnictví. In J. Payne (Ed.), Kvalita života a zdraví. Praha: Triton.
  • Keown P. (2001). Improving quality of life –the new target for transplantation. Transplantation , 12, 67-74.
  • Danzer, G. (2001). Psychosomatika. Praha: Portál.
  • Csikszentmihalyi, M. (1996). O štěstí a smyslu života. Praha: Lidové noviny.
  • Bakal, D. A. (1992). Psychology and health. New York: Springer Publ. Corp.
  • Křivohlavý, J. (1992). Bolest, její diagnostika a psychoterapie. Brno: IDVPZ.
  • Aaronson, N. K. (1988). Quality of life: What is it? How should it be measured? Oncology, 2, 69-74.
  • Nagyova I. (2005). Self-rated health and quality of life in Slowak rheumatoid arthritis patients ( dissertation). Groningen: University of Groningen.
  • White, M.J., Ketefian, S. (1990). Stress, coping, and quality of life in adult kidney transplant recipients. ANNA J. 17,421-424.
  • Dragomirecká, E. (2007). Prediktory kvality života ve vyšším věku. Praha: UK, filosofická fakulta.
  • Bayer, M. J., Blahoš, P., & Broulík et al. (2003). Doporučené postupy pro diagnostiku a terapii postmenopauzální osteoporózy. Osteologický bulletin, 1, 8, 8-12.
  • Kuyken,W. (1995). The World health Organization Quality of Life Assessment . Position paper from the WHO.
  • Baštecká, B. (2003). Klinická psychologie v praxi.Praha: Portál .
  • WHO. (2002). Towards a common language for functioning, disability and health.ICF.Geneva: WHO.
  • Phillips, A.L., Walker.E.L. (2001). Quality of life as a predictor of morbidity, mortality, and resorce utilization after solid organ transplantation. Transplant, 2001, 33, 1-2.
Teaching methods
One 2 hour seminar per week, plus individual tutorials prior to the end of course assessment.
Assessment methods
Portfolio of writing consisting of one clinical essay.
Language of instruction
Czech
Further Comments
Study Materials
The course is taught each semester.
The course is also listed under the following terms Spring 2010, Spring 2012, Autumn 2012, Spring 2013, Autumn 2013, Spring 2014, Autumn 2014, Spring 2015, Autumn 2015, Spring 2016, Autumn 2016, Autumn 2017.
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