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Awareness of risk factors of malaria as an element of primary prophylaxis

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Sarosiek J., Van Damme - Ostapowicz K., Harasim-Piszczatowska E., Krajewska-Kułak E.
Progress in Health Sciences
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2015
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vol. 5
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issue 1
42-55
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Introduction: Malaria is the most common tropical infectious disease caused by parasitic protozoa, affecting every year about 220 million of people with about 1-3 million deaths. It is known that every 30 seconds one African child dies from malaria. Moreover, malaria as the most common imported tropical disease is the most frequent cause of deaths. Currently, in African countries, every year, about 300-500 million people have malaria, and more than a million die from malaria. A high percentage of deaths refers to children under 5 years old, pregnant women and susceptible individuals. Materials and methods: The examination was carried out from July to September, 2011 year in 60 peoplepatients of the Out-patients Clinic f St. Francis Hospital, in Kampala, the capital of Uganda, using the questionnaire created by author.Results: As many as 96.7% of respondents answered that the best method was avoiding mosquitoes via using bed mosquito nets and protective clothing. A total of 51.7% indicated chemical substances as an effective protective method against malaria. The surveyed named repellents such as liquids, aerosols, creams and sticks. Thirty two people (53.7%) wrote that an effective protective method against malaria was to avoid mosquitoes’ incubation sites, to remove garbage frequently and to clear regularly ponds round the houses.Conclusion: Ugandan patients identified the risk factors and groups, non-key symptoms and prophylaxis against malaria. The majority of Ugandan patients indicated there was vaccine against malaria. More than half of Ugandan patients (65%) declared that a mosquito bite is the route of malaria infection, however, more than 50% of those living in rural areas thought on other routes such as, e.g. unboiled water.
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The Health Related Quality of Life aspects in chronic rheumatic diseases

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Sierakowska M., Sierakowski S., Lewko J., Van Damme - Ostapowicz K., Łukaszuk C., Baranowska A., Krajewska-Kułak E.
Progress in Health Sciences
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2011
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vol. 1
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issue 1
73-80
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Purpose: The aim of the study is comparative analyze the Health Related Quality of Life (HRQOL); effect of social-demographic factors on quality of life also taking into account four domains and effect of the duration of disease on quality of life. Material and Methods: The evaluation of the quality of life in patients with rheumatoid arthritis (RA)(n=64), ankylosing spondylitis (AS) (n=60) and systemic sclerosis (SSc) (n=63) was conducted with the use of a standardized research tool - WHOQOL Bref. Results: The conducted general analysis of particular life quality domains showed that for RA patients the weakest domain was the one related the environment (11.3) and physical health (11.6), with the strongest social domain (14.7). The respondents with AS had the lowest score for physical health (12.2), also with the strongest social domain (14.2). The results obtained from SSc patients are slightly better than for RA and AS patients as regards physical health (12.6) and the environment (13.9). Conclusions: It seems that, taking into account the patient’s own opinion about the treatment and its consequences by means of QOL evaluation, makes the patient a partner in the process of treatment and nursing, which leads to a greater humanization of medicine.
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