[Quality of life, acceptance of illness and a sense of health control in patients with chronic musculoskeletal disorders during the rehabilitation process]. / Jakosc zycia, akceptacja choroby i poczucie kontroli zdrowia u pacjentów z przewleklymi schorzeniami narzadu ruchu podczas procesu rehabilitacji.

UNLABELLED: In medical science it is accepted that in order to determine the state of physical, mental as well as the progress of treatment, the concept of quality of life is applicable. However, the most popular use of the term is in the case of chronic diseases and particularly in the lives of those who are sick. Examples of such diseases are diseases of the musculoskeletal system and especially osteoarthritis of the knee and hip. The level of quality of life in chronic disease are also affected by psychological factors that can significantly help people in the healing process as well as acceptance of existing disease. AIM: The aim of study was to evaluate the association between quality of life, acceptance of illness and sense of control over own health in patients with chronic motor disability during the rehabilitation course. MATERIALS AND METHODS: The study included 105 patients (76 women and 29 men) with osteoarthritis of the hip and knee, undergoing rehabilitation at the Municipal Clinic "Lecznica" in Lodz. The study used a questionnaire in the development of their own - specifying the basic socio-demographic data subjects, the SF-36 questionnaire - evaluating the quality of life of patients, Acceptance of Illness Scale (AIS BJ Felton, TA Revenson, Hinrichsen GA) in the adaptation of the Z. Juczynski and Multidimensional Scale Health Locus of Control MHLC (KA wallstone, BS wallstone, R. DeVellis) in adaptation of Z. Juczynski. RESULTS: The distribution of respondents by type of disease is as follows: diseases of the knee -63.81%, hip - 23.81% and knee and hip disorders - 12.38%. A similar breakdown occurs in women and men. The average level of quality of life in this population of patients was 88.63, which is not too high. Evaluation of the results of health locus of control scale laid the equal distribution of respondents, taking into account all the studied rocks. Thanks to the use of Pearson's correlation coefficient allowed the conclusion that the level of quality of life correlates positively with the acceptance of the disease and internal locus of control pain in patients. CONCLUSIONS: Quality of life of the patients in the general dimension is in significant correlation with the acceptance of the disease and with a sense of control over their own health internally. Patients who have a high sense of control health by others or by accident is characterized by a lower level of acceptance of his illness. Acceptance of the disease and a sense of control over their own health may be important factors for health behaviors.

The antimicrobial activity of thyme essential oil against multidrug resistant clinical bacterial strains.

AIM: The aim of this work was to investigate the antimicrobial activity of thyme essential oil against clinical multidrug resistant strains of Staphylococcus, Enterococcus, Escherichia, and Pseudomonas genus. MATERIALS: The antibacterial activity of oil was tested against standard strains of bacteria and 120 clinical strains isolated from patients with infections of the oral cavity, abdominal cavity, respiratory and genitourinary tracts, skin, and from the hospital environment. METHODS: Agar diffusion was used to determine the microbial growth inhibition of bacterial growth at various concentrations of oil from Thymus vulgaris. Susceptibility testing to antibiotics was carried out using disk diffusion. RESULTS: Thyme essential oil strongly inhibited the growth of the clinical strains of bacteria tested. CONCLUSIONS: The use of phytopharmaceuticals based on an investigated essential oil from thyme in the prevention and treatment of various human infections may be reasonable.

Antibacterial activity of thyme and lavender essential oils.

Strong antiseptic activity of essential oils has been known for a long time. The antibacterial activity of oils was tested against clinical bacterial strains of Staphylococcus, Enterococcus, Escherichia and Pseudomonas genera. The agar diffusion method was used for microbial growth inhibition at various concentrations of the oils from T. vulgaris and L. angustifolia. Susceptibility testing to antibiotics and chemotherapeutics was carried out using disc-diffusion method. 120 strains of bacteria isolated from patients with infections of oral cavity, respiratory, genitourinary tracts and from hospital environment were investigated. The results of experiments showed that the oil from T. vulgaris exhibited extremely strong activity against all of the clinical strains. Thyme oil demonstrated a good efficacy against antibiotics resistant strains of the tested bacteria. Lavender oil has been less activity against clinical strains of Staphylococcus, Enterococcus and Escherichia genus. The worst results have been observed against all strains of Pseudomonas aeruginosa.