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Health Sciences, Apr 1, 2023
Santrauka Operacinės slaugytojo vaidmuo svarbus chirurginės operacijos procese. Operacinė slauga ... more Santrauka Operacinės slaugytojo vaidmuo svarbus chirurginės operacijos procese. Operacinė slauga chirurginiu aspektu aprėpia operacinės slaugytojų (OS) darbą sterilioje aplinkoje (slaugant pacientą) ir operacinės slaugytojų tarpininkavimą tarp sterilios ir nesterilios aplinkos. Tarpininkaujantis operacinės slaugytojas (angl. circulating nurse, COS) užtikrina pacientų saugą operacijos metu. Tyrimo tikslas − išanalizuoti tarpininkaujančio tarp sterilios ir nesterilios aplinkos operacinės slaugytojo (COS) veiklos svarbą. Metodai. Buvo atlikta mokslinės literatūros apžvalga ir analizė PubMed, Scopus, ScienceDirect internetinėse duomenų bazėse, naudojant raktažodžius: operacinės slaugytojas, operacinės slaugytojo vaidmuo (angl. scrub nurse, circulating nurse). Iš 2216 mokslinės literatūros šaltinių, paskelbtų 2018-2022 metais, buvo atrinktos 24 santraukos anglų kalba, kuriose buvo abu raktažodžiai. Keturios santraukos sutapo, liko 20. Patikrinus, ar yra prieinami tų santraukų viso teksto straipsniai ir juos perskaičius, liko 3 straipsniai, kuriuose buvo analizuojama sterilioje aplinkoje dirbančio operacinės slaugytojo, ar tarpininkaujančio tarp sterilios ir nesterilios aplinkos operacinės slaugytojo (COS) veikla. Tyrimų rezultatai. Operacinės slaugytojo funkcinę veiklą galima suskirstyti į penkias kategorijas: lyderystė, situacijos suvokimas, užduočių valdymas, bendravimas, komandinis darbas. Išvados. Tikslinga vienoje operacinėje dirbti dviem operacinės slaugytojams (vienam sterilioje, kitam − nesterilioje aplinkoje). Tarpininkaujantis tarp sterilios ir nesterilios aplinkos operacinės slaugytojas sumažina darbo krūvį, padeda taupyti operacinės laiką. Esant didelės apimties ir ilgai trunkančioms operacijoms, tikslinga dirbti
BMC Nursing
Background Job satisfaction is a key factor for the successful transition of newly graduated nurs... more Background Job satisfaction is a key factor for the successful transition of newly graduated nurses (NGNs) and for retaining NGNs in their workplaces. However, there is limited evidence of the relationship between satisfaction regarding the nursing education program and NGNs’ job satisfaction in the first year after graduation. Therefore, this study aims to examine the association of the nursing education related factors and NGNs’ job satisfaction. Methods A cross-sectional study design with the utilization of data collected from the same respondents one year earlier as educational factors was applied. The data were collected from NGNs (n = 557) in 10 European countries using an electronic survey between February 2019 and September 2020, and analyzed in detail for four countries (n = 417). Job satisfaction was measured with three questions: satisfaction with current job, quality of care in the workplace, and nursing profession. Nursing education related factors were satisfaction wit...
Health Education Journal
Background: The mental health od school-age children is of growing concern in many countries. Sch... more Background: The mental health od school-age children is of growing concern in many countries. School professionals require the competences and methods to intervene effectively to promote mental health in schools. Objective: The objective of this study was to describe school professionals’ perceptions of the competences needed and effective methods to promote mental health in primary schools. Design and setting: Qualitative study conducted in five European countries. Method: Multidisciplinary focus group interviews were conducted with teachers, school nurses, psychologists and social workers in Greece ( n = 2), Lithuania ( n = 3), Slovenia ( n = 2), Bulgaria ( n = 2) and Finland ( n = 2). Data were analysed using qualitative content analysis. Results: Competences perceived as required for mental health promotion in primary schools were related to (1) knowledge of child development and mental health among primary school age children, (2) skills such as communication and empathy and (3...
Health Sciences, Apr 1, 2023
Health Sciences
Vykstantys neramumai, didėjanti migracija bei globalizacija padidino daugelio tautų kultūrinę įv... more Vykstantys neramumai, didėjanti migracija bei globalizacija padidino daugelio tautų kultūrinę įvairovę. Įvairių tautybių žmonės susiformavę skirtingą požiūrį į sveikatą, ligą, skirtingus sveikatos poreikius ar lūkesčius. Slaugytojai turi prisitaikyti prie kultūrinės įvairovės augimo, tobulinti tarpkultūrinės kompetencijos įgūdžius, gilinti kultūrines žinias ir įgūdžius, ugdyti kultūrinį jautrumą, kad galėtų parengti ir taikyti į pacientą orientuotą ir kultūriškai pritaikytą slaugos planą pacientams, nepaisant jų kultūrinių, etninių, religinių ar kitokių skirtumų. Tyrimo tikslas – išanalizuoti kultūrinę kompetenciją teikiant slaugos paslaugas pacientams. Metodai. Mokslinės literatūros paieška atlikta PubMed, Google Scholar duomenų bazėse. Pagal atrankos kriterijus buvo atrinktos 25 viso teksto publikacijos, atitinkančios tyrimo temą. Atlikta tiriamoji mokslinės literatūros apžvalga ir analizė. Rezultatai. Kultūrinės kompetencijos žinių srityje dažniausiai naudojamos tokios sąv...
Pedagogy of Physical Culture and Sports
Background and Study Aim. Dance and movement therapy defined as culturally creative, unique, but ... more Background and Study Aim. Dance and movement therapy defined as culturally creative, unique, but at the same time and a universal phenomenon encompassing bodily movements, bodily self – expression, feelings, stories, body interactions with self and others. Aim of the Study was to evaluate the impact of dance and movement therapy on the physical capacity, flexibility and psycho – emotional state of individuals under constant stress. Material and Methods. The study included 18 – 45 years old females (N=20) who has psycho – emotional disorders and came to this facility for rehabilitation treatment procedures. To assess functional physical capacity was used 6 – minute walk test. For flexibility assessment, to determine the mobility of the lumbar cross section of the spine was used Schober's sample. For psycho – emotional state assessment and for setting the symptoms of depression and anxiety in subjects was used Hospital Anxiety and Depression Symptom (HADS) Scale. The fatigue was ...
Frontiers in Public Health
IntroductionHealth care providers are increasingly required to provide care to patients from dive... more IntroductionHealth care providers are increasingly required to provide care to patients from diverse cultural backgrounds. A culturally competent approach could be used to address gaps in the health care of migrants, whether they are refugees, asylum seekers, or undocumented migrants. From June 2021 onward, there are estimated to be 4,300 asylum seekers in Lithuania who crossed the Belarusian border. Furthermore, ~65 thousand Ukrainians registered within 6 months of the beginning of the war on 24 February 2022.AimTo determine the cultural competence of Lithuanian nurses using the Nurse Cultural Competence Scale (NCCS) questionnaire.MethodsA quantitative study evaluating the cultural competency of nursing professionals will be conducted using the Lithuanian version of the Nurse Cultural Competence Scale (NCCS). The study will be conducted in Lithuanian municipalities and will involve primary, secondary, and tertiary health care providers.DiscussionThis study will provide data that ca...
International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health
The aim of this study was to explore how the first wave of the COVID-19 pandemic, during which co... more The aim of this study was to explore how the first wave of the COVID-19 pandemic, during which contact communication was severely restricted, changed psychological health indicators, such as subjective assessment of health and depression, impulsivity, stress and emotional intelligence (EI) and how that depended on age, gender, physical activity (PA), sports specificity and body mass index (BMI).We surveyed 6369 before and 2392 people during the first wave of the COVID-19 pandemic. The participants were aged 18–74 years. Participants completed the Danish Physical Activity Questionnaire (DPAQ), the 10-item Perceived Stress Scale (PSS-10), the Schutte Self-Report Emotional Intelligence Test (SSREIT), Barratt Impulsiveness Scale Version 11 (BIS-11), subjective depression and health self-assessments. One-way and two-way analyses of variance (ANOVA) were performed to assess the effect of independent variables on the dependent variables of MVPA (METs). Statistical analysis showed that rest...
Sustainability
The objective was to determine the contributions to changes in moderate-to-vigorous physical acti... more The objective was to determine the contributions to changes in moderate-to-vigorous physical activity (MVPA) during the COVID-19 restrictions by age, gender, education, place of residence, type of work, type of sport, Body Mass Index (BMI), subjective health status, smoking, alcohol consumption, overeating, impulsivity, depression symptoms, stress level, sleep duration and emotional intelligence (EI). We interviewed 6369 people in Lithuania before the COVID-19 pandemic and 2392 during the COVID-19 restrictions, and they were 18–4 years old. The initial COVID-19 restrictions reduced MVPA. This decrease was greater in individuals with lower education levels, higher BMI, higher stress levels and higher self-rated health status. MVPA decreased among those whose self-rated health status was the poorest but increased among those whose self-rated health status was the best. MVPA decreased among young women, women whose work was mostly sedentary and smoking women, and it decreased among ove...
International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health
The aim of our study was to determine whether EI and LT vs. intuitive thinking (CRT score) are re... more The aim of our study was to determine whether EI and LT vs. intuitive thinking (CRT score) are related to participation in professional sports, independent exercise, and exercise at a gym/health center compared with no exercise. We selected 20 of the most popular types of exercise in Lithuania among respondents who exercise independently or at a gym/health center, and we ranked these types of exercise according to the participants’ emotional intelligence and logical thinking. We studied 4545 women and 1824 men aged 18–74 years with a focus on whether emotional intelligence and logical thinking are related to type of exercise. Participation in any exercise was significantly related to emotional intelligence in men and women. Women in professional sports solved the lowest number of logic tasks. Women who exercise independently or at a gym/health center had better logical thinking than those who do not exercise. Among men, logical thinking was not associated with the type of exercise. ...
Medicina, 2011
Various health care measures have been identified over the years as indicators of health care qua... more Various health care measures have been identified over the years as indicators of health care quality. However, studies evaluating the quality of nursing care among different patient groups are scarce. Patients undergoing abdominal surgery may be a group that has different views, needs, expectations, and evaluation of the quality of nursing care. Literature search was conducted using the following key words in various combinations in the MEDLINE, PsycInfo, CINAHL, and Cochrane databases: quality of nursing, surgical or perioperative, abdominal or abdomen. The studies that focused on the evaluation of surgical nursing care with a study sample of patients undergoing abdominal surgery and nurses taking care of these patients were included in this scoping review. In total, 17 research articles were analyzed. The analysis revealed that the quality of nursing care was usually rated as high according to the perceptions of patients and/or nurses. The following factors associated with the qu...
Medicina, 2011
Objective. Nurse competence became a relevant topic for discussion among nurse practitioners and ... more Objective. Nurse competence became a relevant topic for discussion among nurse practitioners and nurse researchers. However, the factors connected with nurse competence need deeper exploring. The aim of this study was to explore nurse competence and factors associated with it from the perspective of nurses for predicting the possible ways for upgrading the nursing practice. Materials and Methods. A multicenter, descriptive study was performed in 11 surgical wards of 7 Lithuanian hospitals. Data were collected from November 2007 to January 2008. Lithuanian nurses (n=218) who were working with patients after abdominal surgery participated in this study. The response rate was 91%. Two instruments, both originally developed in Finland, were used: the Nurse Competence Scale and the Good Nursing Care Scale for Nurses. Results. The overall level of nurse competence and the frequency of using the competencies in practice as perceived by nurses were high. Nurses assessed the competencies in ...
Clinical nursing research, 2017
Patients' and their significant others' education during the perioperative phase is an im... more Patients' and their significant others' education during the perioperative phase is an important and challenging aspect of care. This study explored the content of education provided by nurses to arthroplasty patients and their significant others. Data were collected with the Education of Patients-NURSE content (EPNURSE-Content), Received Knowledge of Hospital Patient (RKhp), and Received Knowledge of Significant Other (RKso) scales. The results showed that the content of education emphasized biophysiological and functional needs, differed between countries, and was related to how physically demanding nurses found their job to be and the amount of education provided. There is congruence between the received knowledge of patients and their significant others in relation to the content of education provided by nurses. The findings can support nurses in developing aid material for patients and significant others explaining the nature of education and advising them what to expec...
Journal of clinical nursing, Jan 6, 2016
To describe and compare the quality of recovery on discharge from hospital among patients undergo... more To describe and compare the quality of recovery on discharge from hospital among patients undergoing elective hip or knee replacement. The study will also attempt to identify any predicting factors. Arthroplasty is commonly used for an increasing population of patients with osteoarthritis, and the recovery process starts directly after surgery. Today's shorter hospital stay may be a challenge for the patients during the early period of recovery. It is therefore important to identify factors associated with quality of recovery at discharge from hospital. A descriptive, comparative study including 12 hospitals in 5 European countries; Cyprus, Finland, Greece, Iceland and Sweden. Consecutively included patients responded on: health-related quality of life, and emotions before surgery and at hospital discharge; quality of recovery, patient satisfaction and fulfilment of knowledge expectations. Related factors and associations were analysed separately for each kind of arthroplasty. I...
Orthopaedic Nursing, 2016
Internationally 10% of males and 18% of females older than 60 years are suffering from symptomati... more Internationally 10% of males and 18% of females older than 60 years are suffering from symptomatic osteoarthritis (Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development , 2013). A high number of older patients (Eurostat, 2010a, 2010b, 2010c) treated in continuously increasing short-stay surgery (Eurostat, 2010a, 2010b, 2010c) pose a challenge for healthcare and patient education on both a national and an international level (Euractiv.com, 2008). Short-stay surgery calls for increased self-care on the part of patients after hospitalization as well as education tailored on the basis of their individual information and control preferences and cur-BACKGROUND: The prevalence of joint arthroplasties is increasing internationally, putting increased emphasis on patient education. PURPOSE: This study describes information and control preferences of patients with joint arthroplasty in seven European countries, and explores their relationships with patients' received knowledge. METHODS: The data (n = 1,446) were collected during 2009-2012 with the Krantz Health Opinion Survey and the Received Knowledge of Hospital Patient scale. RESULTS: European patients with joint arthroplasty had low preferences. Older patients had less information preferences than younger patients (p = .0001). In control preferences there were signifi cant relationships with age (p = .021), employment in healthcare/social services (p = .033), chronic illness (p = .002), and country (p = .0001). Received knowledge of the patients did not have any relationships with information preferences. Instead, higher control preferences were associated with less received knowledge. CONCLUSION: The relationship between European joint arthroplasty patients' preferences and the knowledge they have received requires further research.
Nordic Journal of Nursing Research, 2010
ABSTRACT Aim This paper reports an exploration of Finnish, Estonian and Lithuanian nursing studen... more ABSTRACT Aim This paper reports an exploration of Finnish, Estonian and Lithuanian nursing students' knowledge of HIV/AIDS.
Sveikatos mokslai, 2015
Tyrimo problema. Sveikatos priežiūros organizacijoms būtina formuoti kompetentingas, efektyviai v... more Tyrimo problema. Sveikatos priežiūros organizacijoms būtina formuoti kompetentingas, efektyviai veikiančias komandas, užtikrinančias tinkamą sveikatos priežiūros kokybės valdymą. Siekiant padidinti darbo efektyvumą bei užtikrinti slaugytojų komandos sutelktumą, tampa aktualu sukaupti pakankamai mokslinių duomenų, kurie padėtų išsiaiškinti svarbiausias kliūtis siekyje būti vieninga ir darnia komanda. Tyrimo objektas – komandos sutelktumo įvertinimas slaugytojų nuomone. Tyrimo tikslas – įvertinti komandos darbą teoriniu ir praktiniu lygmeniu bei atlikus duomenų analizę, palyginti slaugytojų, dirbančių chirurgijos ir terapijos profilio skyriuose, nuomonę apie komandos sutelktumą. Tyrimo uždaviniai: a) atskleisti komandinio darbo sampratą; b) nustatyti komandinio darbo formavimosi prielaidas ir principus; c) identifikuoti slaugytojų komandinio darbo sutelktumo ypatumus; d) palyginti gautus duomenis, įvertinant komandos sutelktumą tarp slaugytojų, dirbančių chirurgijos ir terapijos profi...
Nurse Education Today, 2016
The purpose of this study was to describe the nurse teacher candidates' learning outcomes and exp... more The purpose of this study was to describe the nurse teacher candidates' learning outcomes and experiences in social media during the international nurse teacher training course, Empowering learning environments in nursing education, Intensive Program (EleneIP). The pre-post research design was used. The data was collected before and after the course, with the questionnaire consisting of structured and open questions. Altogether, 24 nurse teacher candidates from four different European countries participated in the course and this study. The results showed that the knowledge of using social media applications increased during the course from 5.2 (range 1-9) to 8.1 (range 4-10), and their skills increased from 4.5 (range 1-8) to 7.6 (range 4-10).The main topics learnt during the course were divided in two categories: subjects of the course and teaching and learning methods. The students' experiences concerning the EleneIP course were positive in both categories. The international group created during EleneIP course also allowed the students to achieve another important aim, learning from a collaborative group the importance and possibilities of different learning environments, considering the cultural and social characteristics of each country participating in it.
Sveikatos mokslai, 2013
The aim of the paper is to analyse the tendencies of substance use by teenagers of Klaipėda and o... more The aim of the paper is to analyse the tendencies of substance use by teenagers of Klaipėda and other European cities and the scale of risk factors influencing these tendencies. In 2006 Iceland, together with the international organization „European Cities Against Drugs“ (ECAD), initiated a decade-long international project „Youth in Europe – a Drug PreventionProgramme“, the aim of which in Europe is to facilitate the development of preventive strategies, which are based on scientific-social factors (those of risk and prevention) influencing the teenagers' life. 12 European cities have entered the project,including Klaipėda. An anonymous written survey has been carried out in all partner cities (Helsinki, Kaunas, Klaipėda, Oslo, Reykjavik,Riga, St. Petersburg, Sofia, Vilnius, Stockholm, Gälve, Orebro),using the questionnaire, which was worked out by the Icelandic Centre for Social Research and Analysis and its methodology of survey implementation. Students of the 10th grade (15-...
Health Sciences, Apr 1, 2023
Santrauka Operacinės slaugytojo vaidmuo svarbus chirurginės operacijos procese. Operacinė slauga ... more Santrauka Operacinės slaugytojo vaidmuo svarbus chirurginės operacijos procese. Operacinė slauga chirurginiu aspektu aprėpia operacinės slaugytojų (OS) darbą sterilioje aplinkoje (slaugant pacientą) ir operacinės slaugytojų tarpininkavimą tarp sterilios ir nesterilios aplinkos. Tarpininkaujantis operacinės slaugytojas (angl. circulating nurse, COS) užtikrina pacientų saugą operacijos metu. Tyrimo tikslas − išanalizuoti tarpininkaujančio tarp sterilios ir nesterilios aplinkos operacinės slaugytojo (COS) veiklos svarbą. Metodai. Buvo atlikta mokslinės literatūros apžvalga ir analizė PubMed, Scopus, ScienceDirect internetinėse duomenų bazėse, naudojant raktažodžius: operacinės slaugytojas, operacinės slaugytojo vaidmuo (angl. scrub nurse, circulating nurse). Iš 2216 mokslinės literatūros šaltinių, paskelbtų 2018-2022 metais, buvo atrinktos 24 santraukos anglų kalba, kuriose buvo abu raktažodžiai. Keturios santraukos sutapo, liko 20. Patikrinus, ar yra prieinami tų santraukų viso teksto straipsniai ir juos perskaičius, liko 3 straipsniai, kuriuose buvo analizuojama sterilioje aplinkoje dirbančio operacinės slaugytojo, ar tarpininkaujančio tarp sterilios ir nesterilios aplinkos operacinės slaugytojo (COS) veikla. Tyrimų rezultatai. Operacinės slaugytojo funkcinę veiklą galima suskirstyti į penkias kategorijas: lyderystė, situacijos suvokimas, užduočių valdymas, bendravimas, komandinis darbas. Išvados. Tikslinga vienoje operacinėje dirbti dviem operacinės slaugytojams (vienam sterilioje, kitam − nesterilioje aplinkoje). Tarpininkaujantis tarp sterilios ir nesterilios aplinkos operacinės slaugytojas sumažina darbo krūvį, padeda taupyti operacinės laiką. Esant didelės apimties ir ilgai trunkančioms operacijoms, tikslinga dirbti
BMC Nursing
Background Job satisfaction is a key factor for the successful transition of newly graduated nurs... more Background Job satisfaction is a key factor for the successful transition of newly graduated nurses (NGNs) and for retaining NGNs in their workplaces. However, there is limited evidence of the relationship between satisfaction regarding the nursing education program and NGNs’ job satisfaction in the first year after graduation. Therefore, this study aims to examine the association of the nursing education related factors and NGNs’ job satisfaction. Methods A cross-sectional study design with the utilization of data collected from the same respondents one year earlier as educational factors was applied. The data were collected from NGNs (n = 557) in 10 European countries using an electronic survey between February 2019 and September 2020, and analyzed in detail for four countries (n = 417). Job satisfaction was measured with three questions: satisfaction with current job, quality of care in the workplace, and nursing profession. Nursing education related factors were satisfaction wit...
Health Education Journal
Background: The mental health od school-age children is of growing concern in many countries. Sch... more Background: The mental health od school-age children is of growing concern in many countries. School professionals require the competences and methods to intervene effectively to promote mental health in schools. Objective: The objective of this study was to describe school professionals’ perceptions of the competences needed and effective methods to promote mental health in primary schools. Design and setting: Qualitative study conducted in five European countries. Method: Multidisciplinary focus group interviews were conducted with teachers, school nurses, psychologists and social workers in Greece ( n = 2), Lithuania ( n = 3), Slovenia ( n = 2), Bulgaria ( n = 2) and Finland ( n = 2). Data were analysed using qualitative content analysis. Results: Competences perceived as required for mental health promotion in primary schools were related to (1) knowledge of child development and mental health among primary school age children, (2) skills such as communication and empathy and (3...
Health Sciences, Apr 1, 2023
Health Sciences
Vykstantys neramumai, didėjanti migracija bei globalizacija padidino daugelio tautų kultūrinę įv... more Vykstantys neramumai, didėjanti migracija bei globalizacija padidino daugelio tautų kultūrinę įvairovę. Įvairių tautybių žmonės susiformavę skirtingą požiūrį į sveikatą, ligą, skirtingus sveikatos poreikius ar lūkesčius. Slaugytojai turi prisitaikyti prie kultūrinės įvairovės augimo, tobulinti tarpkultūrinės kompetencijos įgūdžius, gilinti kultūrines žinias ir įgūdžius, ugdyti kultūrinį jautrumą, kad galėtų parengti ir taikyti į pacientą orientuotą ir kultūriškai pritaikytą slaugos planą pacientams, nepaisant jų kultūrinių, etninių, religinių ar kitokių skirtumų. Tyrimo tikslas – išanalizuoti kultūrinę kompetenciją teikiant slaugos paslaugas pacientams. Metodai. Mokslinės literatūros paieška atlikta PubMed, Google Scholar duomenų bazėse. Pagal atrankos kriterijus buvo atrinktos 25 viso teksto publikacijos, atitinkančios tyrimo temą. Atlikta tiriamoji mokslinės literatūros apžvalga ir analizė. Rezultatai. Kultūrinės kompetencijos žinių srityje dažniausiai naudojamos tokios sąv...
Pedagogy of Physical Culture and Sports
Background and Study Aim. Dance and movement therapy defined as culturally creative, unique, but ... more Background and Study Aim. Dance and movement therapy defined as culturally creative, unique, but at the same time and a universal phenomenon encompassing bodily movements, bodily self – expression, feelings, stories, body interactions with self and others. Aim of the Study was to evaluate the impact of dance and movement therapy on the physical capacity, flexibility and psycho – emotional state of individuals under constant stress. Material and Methods. The study included 18 – 45 years old females (N=20) who has psycho – emotional disorders and came to this facility for rehabilitation treatment procedures. To assess functional physical capacity was used 6 – minute walk test. For flexibility assessment, to determine the mobility of the lumbar cross section of the spine was used Schober's sample. For psycho – emotional state assessment and for setting the symptoms of depression and anxiety in subjects was used Hospital Anxiety and Depression Symptom (HADS) Scale. The fatigue was ...
Frontiers in Public Health
IntroductionHealth care providers are increasingly required to provide care to patients from dive... more IntroductionHealth care providers are increasingly required to provide care to patients from diverse cultural backgrounds. A culturally competent approach could be used to address gaps in the health care of migrants, whether they are refugees, asylum seekers, or undocumented migrants. From June 2021 onward, there are estimated to be 4,300 asylum seekers in Lithuania who crossed the Belarusian border. Furthermore, ~65 thousand Ukrainians registered within 6 months of the beginning of the war on 24 February 2022.AimTo determine the cultural competence of Lithuanian nurses using the Nurse Cultural Competence Scale (NCCS) questionnaire.MethodsA quantitative study evaluating the cultural competency of nursing professionals will be conducted using the Lithuanian version of the Nurse Cultural Competence Scale (NCCS). The study will be conducted in Lithuanian municipalities and will involve primary, secondary, and tertiary health care providers.DiscussionThis study will provide data that ca...
International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health
The aim of this study was to explore how the first wave of the COVID-19 pandemic, during which co... more The aim of this study was to explore how the first wave of the COVID-19 pandemic, during which contact communication was severely restricted, changed psychological health indicators, such as subjective assessment of health and depression, impulsivity, stress and emotional intelligence (EI) and how that depended on age, gender, physical activity (PA), sports specificity and body mass index (BMI).We surveyed 6369 before and 2392 people during the first wave of the COVID-19 pandemic. The participants were aged 18–74 years. Participants completed the Danish Physical Activity Questionnaire (DPAQ), the 10-item Perceived Stress Scale (PSS-10), the Schutte Self-Report Emotional Intelligence Test (SSREIT), Barratt Impulsiveness Scale Version 11 (BIS-11), subjective depression and health self-assessments. One-way and two-way analyses of variance (ANOVA) were performed to assess the effect of independent variables on the dependent variables of MVPA (METs). Statistical analysis showed that rest...
Sustainability
The objective was to determine the contributions to changes in moderate-to-vigorous physical acti... more The objective was to determine the contributions to changes in moderate-to-vigorous physical activity (MVPA) during the COVID-19 restrictions by age, gender, education, place of residence, type of work, type of sport, Body Mass Index (BMI), subjective health status, smoking, alcohol consumption, overeating, impulsivity, depression symptoms, stress level, sleep duration and emotional intelligence (EI). We interviewed 6369 people in Lithuania before the COVID-19 pandemic and 2392 during the COVID-19 restrictions, and they were 18–4 years old. The initial COVID-19 restrictions reduced MVPA. This decrease was greater in individuals with lower education levels, higher BMI, higher stress levels and higher self-rated health status. MVPA decreased among those whose self-rated health status was the poorest but increased among those whose self-rated health status was the best. MVPA decreased among young women, women whose work was mostly sedentary and smoking women, and it decreased among ove...
International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health
The aim of our study was to determine whether EI and LT vs. intuitive thinking (CRT score) are re... more The aim of our study was to determine whether EI and LT vs. intuitive thinking (CRT score) are related to participation in professional sports, independent exercise, and exercise at a gym/health center compared with no exercise. We selected 20 of the most popular types of exercise in Lithuania among respondents who exercise independently or at a gym/health center, and we ranked these types of exercise according to the participants’ emotional intelligence and logical thinking. We studied 4545 women and 1824 men aged 18–74 years with a focus on whether emotional intelligence and logical thinking are related to type of exercise. Participation in any exercise was significantly related to emotional intelligence in men and women. Women in professional sports solved the lowest number of logic tasks. Women who exercise independently or at a gym/health center had better logical thinking than those who do not exercise. Among men, logical thinking was not associated with the type of exercise. ...
Medicina, 2011
Various health care measures have been identified over the years as indicators of health care qua... more Various health care measures have been identified over the years as indicators of health care quality. However, studies evaluating the quality of nursing care among different patient groups are scarce. Patients undergoing abdominal surgery may be a group that has different views, needs, expectations, and evaluation of the quality of nursing care. Literature search was conducted using the following key words in various combinations in the MEDLINE, PsycInfo, CINAHL, and Cochrane databases: quality of nursing, surgical or perioperative, abdominal or abdomen. The studies that focused on the evaluation of surgical nursing care with a study sample of patients undergoing abdominal surgery and nurses taking care of these patients were included in this scoping review. In total, 17 research articles were analyzed. The analysis revealed that the quality of nursing care was usually rated as high according to the perceptions of patients and/or nurses. The following factors associated with the qu...
Medicina, 2011
Objective. Nurse competence became a relevant topic for discussion among nurse practitioners and ... more Objective. Nurse competence became a relevant topic for discussion among nurse practitioners and nurse researchers. However, the factors connected with nurse competence need deeper exploring. The aim of this study was to explore nurse competence and factors associated with it from the perspective of nurses for predicting the possible ways for upgrading the nursing practice. Materials and Methods. A multicenter, descriptive study was performed in 11 surgical wards of 7 Lithuanian hospitals. Data were collected from November 2007 to January 2008. Lithuanian nurses (n=218) who were working with patients after abdominal surgery participated in this study. The response rate was 91%. Two instruments, both originally developed in Finland, were used: the Nurse Competence Scale and the Good Nursing Care Scale for Nurses. Results. The overall level of nurse competence and the frequency of using the competencies in practice as perceived by nurses were high. Nurses assessed the competencies in ...
Clinical nursing research, 2017
Patients' and their significant others' education during the perioperative phase is an im... more Patients' and their significant others' education during the perioperative phase is an important and challenging aspect of care. This study explored the content of education provided by nurses to arthroplasty patients and their significant others. Data were collected with the Education of Patients-NURSE content (EPNURSE-Content), Received Knowledge of Hospital Patient (RKhp), and Received Knowledge of Significant Other (RKso) scales. The results showed that the content of education emphasized biophysiological and functional needs, differed between countries, and was related to how physically demanding nurses found their job to be and the amount of education provided. There is congruence between the received knowledge of patients and their significant others in relation to the content of education provided by nurses. The findings can support nurses in developing aid material for patients and significant others explaining the nature of education and advising them what to expec...
Journal of clinical nursing, Jan 6, 2016
To describe and compare the quality of recovery on discharge from hospital among patients undergo... more To describe and compare the quality of recovery on discharge from hospital among patients undergoing elective hip or knee replacement. The study will also attempt to identify any predicting factors. Arthroplasty is commonly used for an increasing population of patients with osteoarthritis, and the recovery process starts directly after surgery. Today's shorter hospital stay may be a challenge for the patients during the early period of recovery. It is therefore important to identify factors associated with quality of recovery at discharge from hospital. A descriptive, comparative study including 12 hospitals in 5 European countries; Cyprus, Finland, Greece, Iceland and Sweden. Consecutively included patients responded on: health-related quality of life, and emotions before surgery and at hospital discharge; quality of recovery, patient satisfaction and fulfilment of knowledge expectations. Related factors and associations were analysed separately for each kind of arthroplasty. I...
Orthopaedic Nursing, 2016
Internationally 10% of males and 18% of females older than 60 years are suffering from symptomati... more Internationally 10% of males and 18% of females older than 60 years are suffering from symptomatic osteoarthritis (Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development , 2013). A high number of older patients (Eurostat, 2010a, 2010b, 2010c) treated in continuously increasing short-stay surgery (Eurostat, 2010a, 2010b, 2010c) pose a challenge for healthcare and patient education on both a national and an international level (Euractiv.com, 2008). Short-stay surgery calls for increased self-care on the part of patients after hospitalization as well as education tailored on the basis of their individual information and control preferences and cur-BACKGROUND: The prevalence of joint arthroplasties is increasing internationally, putting increased emphasis on patient education. PURPOSE: This study describes information and control preferences of patients with joint arthroplasty in seven European countries, and explores their relationships with patients' received knowledge. METHODS: The data (n = 1,446) were collected during 2009-2012 with the Krantz Health Opinion Survey and the Received Knowledge of Hospital Patient scale. RESULTS: European patients with joint arthroplasty had low preferences. Older patients had less information preferences than younger patients (p = .0001). In control preferences there were signifi cant relationships with age (p = .021), employment in healthcare/social services (p = .033), chronic illness (p = .002), and country (p = .0001). Received knowledge of the patients did not have any relationships with information preferences. Instead, higher control preferences were associated with less received knowledge. CONCLUSION: The relationship between European joint arthroplasty patients' preferences and the knowledge they have received requires further research.
Nordic Journal of Nursing Research, 2010
ABSTRACT Aim This paper reports an exploration of Finnish, Estonian and Lithuanian nursing studen... more ABSTRACT Aim This paper reports an exploration of Finnish, Estonian and Lithuanian nursing students' knowledge of HIV/AIDS.
Sveikatos mokslai, 2015
Tyrimo problema. Sveikatos priežiūros organizacijoms būtina formuoti kompetentingas, efektyviai v... more Tyrimo problema. Sveikatos priežiūros organizacijoms būtina formuoti kompetentingas, efektyviai veikiančias komandas, užtikrinančias tinkamą sveikatos priežiūros kokybės valdymą. Siekiant padidinti darbo efektyvumą bei užtikrinti slaugytojų komandos sutelktumą, tampa aktualu sukaupti pakankamai mokslinių duomenų, kurie padėtų išsiaiškinti svarbiausias kliūtis siekyje būti vieninga ir darnia komanda. Tyrimo objektas – komandos sutelktumo įvertinimas slaugytojų nuomone. Tyrimo tikslas – įvertinti komandos darbą teoriniu ir praktiniu lygmeniu bei atlikus duomenų analizę, palyginti slaugytojų, dirbančių chirurgijos ir terapijos profilio skyriuose, nuomonę apie komandos sutelktumą. Tyrimo uždaviniai: a) atskleisti komandinio darbo sampratą; b) nustatyti komandinio darbo formavimosi prielaidas ir principus; c) identifikuoti slaugytojų komandinio darbo sutelktumo ypatumus; d) palyginti gautus duomenis, įvertinant komandos sutelktumą tarp slaugytojų, dirbančių chirurgijos ir terapijos profi...
Nurse Education Today, 2016
The purpose of this study was to describe the nurse teacher candidates' learning outcomes and exp... more The purpose of this study was to describe the nurse teacher candidates' learning outcomes and experiences in social media during the international nurse teacher training course, Empowering learning environments in nursing education, Intensive Program (EleneIP). The pre-post research design was used. The data was collected before and after the course, with the questionnaire consisting of structured and open questions. Altogether, 24 nurse teacher candidates from four different European countries participated in the course and this study. The results showed that the knowledge of using social media applications increased during the course from 5.2 (range 1-9) to 8.1 (range 4-10), and their skills increased from 4.5 (range 1-8) to 7.6 (range 4-10).The main topics learnt during the course were divided in two categories: subjects of the course and teaching and learning methods. The students' experiences concerning the EleneIP course were positive in both categories. The international group created during EleneIP course also allowed the students to achieve another important aim, learning from a collaborative group the importance and possibilities of different learning environments, considering the cultural and social characteristics of each country participating in it.
Sveikatos mokslai, 2013
The aim of the paper is to analyse the tendencies of substance use by teenagers of Klaipėda and o... more The aim of the paper is to analyse the tendencies of substance use by teenagers of Klaipėda and other European cities and the scale of risk factors influencing these tendencies. In 2006 Iceland, together with the international organization „European Cities Against Drugs“ (ECAD), initiated a decade-long international project „Youth in Europe – a Drug PreventionProgramme“, the aim of which in Europe is to facilitate the development of preventive strategies, which are based on scientific-social factors (those of risk and prevention) influencing the teenagers' life. 12 European cities have entered the project,including Klaipėda. An anonymous written survey has been carried out in all partner cities (Helsinki, Kaunas, Klaipėda, Oslo, Reykjavik,Riga, St. Petersburg, Sofia, Vilnius, Stockholm, Gälve, Orebro),using the questionnaire, which was worked out by the Icelandic Centre for Social Research and Analysis and its methodology of survey implementation. Students of the 10th grade (15-...