Ewa Smoleń

Background: The quality of medical services for a child and their parents are tantamount to a sense of satisfaction with care. Purpose: The assessment of determinants of parental satisfaction with nursing care in paediatric wards. Methods: The study covered 336 parents of children hospitalised in paediatric departments and was based on the “EMPHATIC” questionnaire, standardized and adapted to Polish conditions. Results: The mean score of the overall parental satisfaction was high, amounting to 4.19 points. The lower level of satisfaction with nursing care was reported in parents of children under the age of 6 years, admitted in an emergency mode with a diagnosed post-trauma condition and those with higher education. The duration of hospitalisation, sex and age of parents did not have an influence on the satisfaction with care. Conclusions: The age of the child, admission mode and education of respondents are determinants of parental satisfaction with nursing care.

Materials and method: The study involved 229 patients of the Specialist Hospital of Priest B. Markiewicz Podkarpackie Cancer Centre in Brzozów. The patients were selected at random. The method of a diagnostic survey and the questionnaire technique were used. The standardized research tool used...

Introduction: Transplantation is one of the youngest but fastest-growing branches of medicine, a commonly used treatment technique providing a chance for recovery. Objective: Identification of knowledge about selected transplant issues in the opinions of students, taking into account...

Background: Working time is a non-renewable and important element in the management of an organization. The implementation of changes in the structure of working time may be facilitated by the insight into activities undertaken by employees during work. Such an approach plays an important role...

Background: Professionalism in nursing means the provision of medical and nursing services based on the best knowledge and skills, as well as on great responsibility for the undertaken actions. The opinions of patients and their families concerning professionalism, reflected in the level of...

Introduction. The questionnaire Parent satisfaction in paediatric intensive care by Latour et al. is a standardized instrument used in the measurement of parents’ satisfaction with care in an intensive care unit in Rotterdam, Holland. The objective of the study was to present the process of validation of a research instrument and adaptation of the questionnaire Parents/caregivers satisfaction with nursing care for measuring satisfaction with nursing care in paediatric wards in Poland. Material and methods. Studies on validation of the instrument were conducted during the period of 2012–2013, inPolish general paediatric wards and paediatric intensive care units in hospitals with the 3^rd reference level in the regions of Rzeszów and Olsztyn. After analyzing the instruments applied for measuring satisfaction with care published in international literature, the questionnaire for evaluation of satisfaction by Latour et al. was selected. The text of the questionnaire was translated and questions posed commensurate with the Polish conditions. Subsequently, the understanding of the questions was assessed in a group of 15 parents of children hospitalized in the paediatric ward in the Specialist Health Care Unit in Sanok. Then, the validity and reliability of the Polish version of the instrument was evaluated in the group of 115 parents of children hospitalized in a paediatric ward and 100 nurses employed in paediatric care wards in the regions of Rzeszów and Olsztyn. Psychometric properties of the instrument were analyzed using factor analysis and Cronbach’s alpha coefficient. Results. The validation process allowed an observation of a high level of understanding in both groups examined of the contents of questions in the instrument for the measurement of satisfaction. This is confirmed by the value of Cronbach’s alpha coefficient in individual blocks of items of over 0.8, which showed a high reliability of the test.Conclusions. The results obtained in the process of validation of the instrument confirmed that the questionnaire Parents/caregivers satisfaction with nursing care satisfies a high level of reliability and validity. Therefore, this questionnaire may be used in the studies concerning the assessment of the level of parents’/caregivers’ satisfaction of with care in general paediatric wards and paediatric intensive care units in Poland.

Introduction. Satisfaction is a sense of subjective contentment with life. High level of subjective life satisfaction is a factor motivating an old person to live life full of invention as well as stimulating for numerous initiatives and activities. Several elements encourage better quality of life of the elderly e.g. self-dependence in everyday life, financial security, good life situation, and activity. The greater activity the better self-esteem, well-being and the sense of life value are. People, who feel happy, are more active socially, more easily achieve what they want, are more open, solve problems more effectively, handle difficult situations much better.The objective of this study was to evaluate subjective life satisfaction among the University of Third Age students and its correlation with socio-demographic conditions and health status.Materials and methods. Eighty eight students of the University of the Third Age at Jan Grodek Higher Vocational School in Sanok were interviewed. Satisfaction with life was measured with the standardized SWLS scale (The Satisfaction with Life Scale) and a tool developed by the authors examining social, material, and health status in the studied group.Results. Most of the respondents described their satisfaction with life as average. When asked which factors influenced one’s satisfaction with life, respondents gave the following answers: health complaints, chronic illnesses e.g. heart diseases, rheumatoid disorders, hepatic diseases, and loneliness. Higher level of subjective life satisfaction was observed among healthy participants, who perceived their health status as good or very good in comparison with respondents reporting headaches, the sense of loneliness, and those with rheumatoid diseases. No significant influence on satisfaction with life was found for the following parameters: gender, marital status, age, education, social and material status, monthly income, and social activity.Conclusions. The character and quality of the old age is determined by individual attitude towards health and life, and whether the need of self-development is fulfilled. Satisfaction with life does not only mean being content, but it also means the experience of independency, feeling free to make choices, and having access to the goods in the surrounding environment. The knowledge of the level of subjective life satisfaction is very helpful when creating responsible attitudes for individual’s life and development of the elderly, which is of special significance when promoting a creative attitude towards the surroundings in the present reality. The recognition of the level of life satisfaction may also have a significant influence on planning and realization of educational process for the elderly.

Introduction. Satisfaction is a sense of subjective contentment with life. High level of subjective life satisfaction is a factor motivating an old person to live life full of invention as well as stimulating for numerous initiatives and activities. Several elements encourage better quality of life of the elderly e.g. self-dependence in everyday life, financial security, good life situation, and activity. The greater activity the better self-esteem, well-being and the sense of life value are. People, who feel happy, are more active socially, more easily achieve what they want, are more open, solve problems more effectively, handle difficult situations much better. The objective of this study was to evaluate subjective life satisfaction among the University of Third Age students and its correlation with socio-demographic conditions and health status.Materials and methods. Eighty eight students of the University of the Third Age at Jan Grodek Higher Vocational School in Sanok were interviewed. Satisfaction with life was measured with the standardized SWLS scale (The Satisfaction with Life Scale) and a tool developed by the authors examining social, material, and health status in the studied group.Results. Most of the respondents described their satisfaction with life as average. When asked which factors influenced one’s satisfaction with life, respondents gave the following answers: health complaints, chronic illnesses e.g. heart diseases, rheumatoid disorders, hepatic diseases, and loneliness. Higher level of subjective life satisfaction was observed among healthy participants, who perceived their health status as good or very good in comparison with respondents reporting headaches, the sense of loneliness, and those with rheumatoid diseases. No significant influence on satisfaction with life was found for the following parameters: gender, marital status, age, education, social and material status, monthly income, and social activity.Conclusions. The character and quality of the old age is determined by individual attitude towards health and life, and whether the need of self-development is fulfilled. Satisfaction with life does not only mean being content, but it also means the experience of independency, feeling free to make choices, and having access to the goods in the surrounding environment. The knowledge of the level of subjective life satisfaction is very helpful when creating responsible attitudes for individual’s life and development of the elderly, which is of special significance when promoting a creative attitude towards the surroundings in the present reality. The recognition of the level of life satisfaction may also have a significant influence on planning and realization of educational process for the elderly. Streszczenie Wstęp. Satysfakcja to poczucie subiektywnego zadowolenia z życia. Wysoki poziom satysfakcji z życia to czynnik motywujący osobę starszą do pełnego inwencji stylu życia oraz stymulator podejmowania wielu inicjatyw i działań. Czynniki sprzyjające utrzymaniu dobrej jakości życia osób starszych to: niezależność życiowa, zabezpieczenie finansowe, dobra sytuacja życiowa oraz aktywność. Im większa aktywność, tym lepsza samoocena, poczucie wartości i sensu życia. Ludzie, którzy czują się szczęśliwi, są bardziej aktywni społecznie, łatwiej osiągają to, czego pragną, są bardziej otwarci, skuteczniej rozwiązują problemy, lepiej radzą sobie w trudnych sytuacjach.Celem badań była ocena satysfakcji z życia słuchaczy Uniwersytetu Trzeciego Wieku i jej zależności od warunków socjodemograficznych oraz sytuacji zdrowotnej.Materiał i metody. Badania przeprowadzono w grupie 88 słuchaczy Uniwersytetu Trzeciego Wieku (UTW) przy PWSZ im. J. Grodka w Sanoku. Do oceny satysfakcji z życia wykorzystano standaryzowany kwestionariusz SWLS - Skala Satysfakcji z Życia oraz narzędzie własnej konstrukcji celem określenia warunków socjalnych, bytowych i zdrowotnych badanej grupy.Wyniki. Osoby starsze wykazywały w większości średni poziom satysfakcji z życia. Na poziom satysfakcji z życia u badanych istotny wpływ miał stan zdrowia, występujące dolegliwości chorobowe, choroby przewlekłe takie jak choroby układu krążenia, reumatoidalne, wątroby oraz poczucie samotności. Wyższy poziom satysfakcji z życia reprezentowały osoby zdrowe i oceniające swój stan zdrowia jako dobry i bardzo dobry w porównaniu z osobami zgłaszającymi bóle głowy, odczuwające samotność oraz z chorobami reumatoidalnymi. Płeć, stan cywilny, wiek, wykształcenie, warunki socjalno-bytowe, dochody miesięczne, utrzymywanie kontaktów towarzyskich nie różnicowały poziomu satysfakcji z życia osób badanych.Wnioski. Charakter i jakość starości warunkuje indywidualna postawa wobec zdrowia i życia oraz realizacja potrzeby samorozwoju. Satysfakcja z życia to nie tylko uczucie samozadowolenia, ale również doświadczenie niezależności, swobody dokonywania wyboru oraz dostęp do dóbr znajdujących się w otoczeniu. Znajomość poziomu satysfakcji z życia jest pomocna w kształtowaniu postaw odpowiedzialności za własne życie i rozwój osób starszych, co jest szczególnie ważne w promowaniu kreatywnej postawy wobec otoczenia w obecnej rzeczywistości. Określenie poziomu satysfakcji może mieć również istotny wpływ na planowanie i realizację procesu wychowawczego wobec starszych osób.