Journal of Nursing, Social Studies, Public Health and Rehabilitati, 2021 (vol. 12), issue 1-2

Quality of life of methamphetamine users in the South Bohemian Region

Nikola Brandová, Alena Kajanová

JNSS 2021, 12(1-2):7-14 | DOI: 10.32725/jnss.2021.001

Background: Long-term methamphetamine use has consequences for different areas of users' lives. It is not only useful to study the quality of life of drug users from the fundamental research perspective, but also because lowered quality of life can cause a relapse.Aim: The objective of the study is to analyze the factors influencing the quality of life of these methamphetamine users. In our study, we explore how age, sex, education, and length of drug use impact the quality of life of this target group.Methods: Quantitative research design was used, the design used a standardized questionnaire WHOQoL. The research sample...

Positives and negatives of social housing

David Urban, Alena Kajanová

JNSS 2021, 12(1-2):15-23 | DOI: 10.32725/jnss.2021.002

The objective of this paper is to analyze the positive and negative experiences of persons living in social housing who have also experienced living in excluded locations.One of the main goals of social housing in the Czech Republic is to increase the access to stable living conditions for families living in unstable or unsuitable conditions (primarily in socially excluded locations).Data is interpreted via interviews with people who - before they gained access to social housing - lived in socially excluded locations. The interviews were processed via open coding.The informants pointed out some positive aspects of social housing, such as...

Assessment of the quality of life in patients with atrial fibrillation - critical view on the current methods and insights for the future

Iva Šafaříková, Alan Bulava

JNSS 2021, 12(1-2):24-36 | DOI: 10.32725/jnss.2021.003

Atrial fibrillation (AF) represents the most common supraventricular arrhythmia of clinical significance associated with increased mortality and morbidity, especially stroke and heart failure. While AF is rarely life-threatening arrhythmia, the symptoms may vary from totally asymptomatic in up to a one third of affected population to severe symptoms deteriorating significantly patients' quality of life (QoL). There is currently no globally adopted guidelines on how to assess QoL in patients with AF and AF-associated QoL may be viewed from many perspectives, representing an extensive multidimensional construct. Numerous QoL instruments have been used...

Relation of premenstrual syndrome (PMS) and fitness activities

Alena Kajanová, Stanislav Ondrášek

JNSS 2021, 12(1-2):37-41 | DOI: 10.32725/jnss.2021.004

The survey study focuses on the relation between the premenstrual syndrome (PMS) and fitness activities. The results of the analyzed studies (since the year 1971) point out the protective factor of fitness activities in relation to PMS - individual problems are mitigated or eliminated by regular exercise. The article describes the mechanisms of this effect and the intervening variables like ideal BMI or healthy diet, which also have impact on PMS, and which can be found more frequently in fitness women. PMS can also have positive effect on fitness performance in power training. On the contrary, there are studies pointing out the negative impact of...