| Autor: |
Balkić, Jelena, Gradinjan Centner, Maja, Radoš, Ivan, Lubina, Ivana, Fabjanović, Marija, Banjari, Ines |
| Přispěvatelé: |
Šubarić, Drago, Jašić, Midhat |
| Jazyk: |
angličtina |
| Rok vydání: |
2017 |
| Předmět: |
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| Popis: |
Chronic pain is defined as a distinct health issue and it often alters all aspects of the patient’s life, inducing severe physical, psychological, and social impairments, while significantly affecting the individual’s quality of life. Until today, there is no efficient single medical treatment to deal with chronic pain. The nutritional evaluation results of the patients with chronic pain who attended the multidisciplinary four-week programme for treating chronic pain, which has been carried out at the University Hospital Osijek, are presented here. The four-week programme was specially designed for individuals who have been living with chronic pain for more than ten years and have tried more than five different pain treatments, after which their problem was left unresolved. Forty people of the average age of 60.4 ± 9.1 (15 % men, 85 % women) have filled out a nutritional survey before and after attending this programme. The nutritional status assessment showed that 72.5 % of the examinees were either overweight or obese, which is particularly worrisome considering the fact that 80 % of the patients suffer from some sort of back pain. Nutritional habits were graded (scores/points) as positive or negative, according to the available literature data regarding the influence of certain foods and/or nutrients on chronic pain pathophysiology (e.g. fast food consumption, vitamin B and omega-3 fatty acids consumption, etc.). The results have revealed considerable improvement of the patients nutritional intake after attending the programme, which is evident from the less negative nutritional characteristics (3.55 ± 2.41 points before and 2.80 ± 1.85 points after the programme ; p |
| Databáze: |
OpenAIRE |
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