To compare the health-related quality of life of unemployed and employed women with disabilities and establish factors affecting their life satisfaction.
The study included 318 women with ...disabilities, 160 of whom were employed and 158 unemployed, paired according to age and region of residence. The health-related quality of life was assessed by The World Health Organization Quality of Life questionnaire, and social demographics and factors affecting life satisfaction were collected by a general questionnaire. The factors affecting life satisfaction were defined according to respondents' statements.
Unemployed women with disabilities had a lower mean score (±standard deviation) on all health-related QoL domains: psychological health (14.52±2.80 vs 15.94±2.55), social relationships (15.12±3.08 vs 16.06±2.69), environment (12.80±2.78 vs 13.87±2.49), as well as on a separate item of self-assessed health (3.33±1.16 vs 3.56±0.92) than their employed counterparts (P<0.01). This disparity was not found only in the domain of physical health. The largest positive impact on life satisfaction in both groups was family.
As disabled women are a particularly vulnerable population group, stressing the importance of employment and family as factors affecting their quality of life may help equalizing opportunities and upgrading the quality of life of all - particularly unemployed women with disabilities.
U Hrvatskoj je evidentiran podjednak broj oboljelih od gripe u sezoni 2010/2011. (56.000, 28 preminulih), kao i u “pandemijskoj” 2009/2010. (58.000, 32 laboratorijski dokazano preminulih), dok je ...broj laboratorijski potvrđenih slučajeva nešto veći, tj. 1.756 u odnosu prema 1.561. Dok je vrhunac aktivnosti influence u Europi zamijećen tijekom 52. tjedna 2010, tj. krajem godine, u Hrvatskoj je bio kasnije u 5. tjednu 2011, tj. na početku mjeseca veljače. Laboratorijski je potvrđen 1.561
A/H1N1//California/7/2009. virus, 88 B/Brisbane/60/2008. virusa i jedan virus A/H3N2/Perth/16/2009.
Sharp object injuries are some of the most common injuries sustained by medical staff in health care institutions with risk of possible infections that may cause chronic disease and temporary or ...permanent work disability. The most common of all are needle stick injuries and cuts from objects used to take blood samples and those used in surgical procedures, but injuries also occur while cleaning and disposing of medical waste. An estimated million of such injuries is sustained in Europe every year. The monitoring of incidents and the implementation of preventive measures is the responsibility of hospital infections control committee whose work is guided by the recommendations provided by the Reference Centre for Hospital Infections at the Croatian Ministry of Health. The risk of blood-borne hepatitis B, hepatitis C, and HIV infection is not to be ignored among auxiliary personnel. Active measures are to be implemented to prevent blood-borne infections at high risk workplaces.
Jedna od tri velike pandemije 20. stoljeća, zapravo najveća epidemija svih vremena tzv. "španjolska gripa" bila je uzrokovana virusom tipa A/H1N1/, a 1918. godine usmrtila je oko 50 milijuna ljudi. ...Zbog tog i sličnih događaja te pojava pandemija u prošlosti, Svjetska zdravstvena organizacija (SZO) ustrojila je niz od oko 110 Nacionalnih centara za influencu u različitim zemljama svijeta. U tim okvirima djeluje i Nacionalni centar za influencu Hrvatske. U ovom pregledu prikazane su osnovne karakteristike i obrasci pojavljivanja epidemija te karakteristike izolata virusa izdvojenih u Hrvatskoj u razdoblju od 1999. do 2005. godine.
Background and Purpose: Norovirus has the role of one of the main
causative agents of gastroenterocolitis both in sporadic cases and epidemics. Reports of Norovirus outbreaks, individual cases and ...hospitalizations of the Croatian National Institute of Public Health were observed as well as school data base of the Ministry of Science, Education and Sports.
Results: The characteristics of NoV outbreaks registered in Croatia in
2006 were presented in the aim of approximation of transmission routes and impact on health. NoV transmission by water in the particularly vulnerable school population causes serious repercussions on the health. The significance of Norovirus (NoV) in the Croatian population is indirectly proved by an 8.2% share of patients in all alimentary and hydric outbreaks.
Conclusion: Taking into account this outcome, NoV should be reported
as a separate entity, as the causative agent of communicable gastroentercolotis of nonbacterial etiology in our country.
Aim To compare the health-related quality of life of unemployed
and employed women with disabilities and establish
factors affecting their life satisfaction.
Methods The study included 318 women with ...disabilities,
160 of whom were employed and 158 unemployed, paired
according to age and region of residence. The health-related
quality of life was assessed by The World Health Organization
Quality of Life questionnaire, and social demographics
and factors affecting life satisfaction were collected by a
general questionnaire. The factors affecting life satisfaction
were defined according to respondents’ statements.
Results Unemployed women with disabilities had a lower
mean score (±standard deviation) on all health-related QoL
domains: psychological health (14.52 ± 2.80 vs 15.94 ± 2.55),
social relationships (15.12 ± 3.08 vs 16.06 ± 2.69), environment
(12.80 ± 2.78 vs 13.87 ± 2.49), as well as on a separate
item of self-assessed health (3.33 ± 1.16 vs 3.56 ± 0.92) than
their employed counterparts (P < 0.01). This disparity was
not found only in the domain of physical health. The largest
positive impact on life satisfaction in both groups was
family.
Conclusion As disabled women are a particularly vulnerable
population group, stressing the importance of employment
and family as factors affecting their quality of
life may help equalizing opportunities and upgrading the
quality of life of all – particularly unemployed women with
disabilities.
Ubodni incidenti predstavljaju jedan od najčešćih načina ozljeđivanja djelatnika u zdravstvenim ustanovama uz koje povezujemo rizik od infekcija koje mogu uzrokovati kroničnu bolest, privremenu ili ...trajnu radnu nesposobnost. Najčešći tip ozljeda su ubodni incidenti nastali ubodom na iglu i posjekotine oštrim predmetima kod vađenja krvi, kirurških zahvata, ali i čišćenja i zbrinjavanja medicinskog otpada. Procjenjuje se da u Europi postoji milijun takvih ozljeda godišnje. Nisu samo zdravstveni djelatnici koji rade u specifičnim medicinskim situacijama prepoznati kao djelatnici pod najvećim rizikom izloženosti ubodnim incidentima. Pomoćno osoblje, kao što su čistačice i spremačice u zdravstvenim ustanovama također su izložene značajnim rizicima. Praćenje incidenata kao i provedba mjera prevencije u nadležnosti je bolničkog povjerenstva za sprečavanje i suzbijanje bolničkih infekcija koje radi sukladno preporuci Referentnog centra za bolničke infekcije Ministarstva zdravlja Republike Hrvatske. Osim vođenja dokumentacije, posebno je važno procjepljivanje protiv HBV-a i pomoćnog osoblja u zdravstvenim ustanovama koje dolazi u dodir s potencijalno infektivnim materijalom, praćenje imunosti nakon cijepljenja i provođenje kontinuirane edukacije o prevenciji ekspozicijskih incidenata i postekspozicijskoj profilaksi. Rizik stjecanja krvlju prenosivih infekcija kao što su hepatitis B, hepatitis C i HIV u radu pomoćnog osoblja nije zanemariv, stoga je potrebno aktivno poduzimati mjere za sprečavanje krvlju prenosivih infekcija na radnim mjestima najveće ugroženosti.
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