3^rd International Conference on Pediatrics & Neonatology December 03-03, 2021 Berlin, Germany

Anna Cybulska has completed his Ph.D. at the age of 25 years from Pomeranian Medical University in Szczecin. She is a young scientist who works in Department of Nursing in PMU in Szczecin. She has published papers in reputed journals.

This study aimed at determining the quality of life on a group of 71 hemodialysis patients in DaVita Clinic Dialysis Station in Piła. The research instruments were: the 36-Item Short Form Health Survey, the Adherence to Refills and Medications Scale and the author’s questionnaire. Our findings showed that the main total score of adherence to treatment is 17.8 ±4.1. Data analysis regarding the quality of life among hemodialysis patients indicated that respondents had the best quality of life in domains such as: sense of mental health, bodily pain and mental component summary. On the other hand, the results were the worst in case of physical functioning, general health perception and physical role functioning. Additionally, it has been noted that the patients function better in terms of mental than physical component summary. Based on the survey results it has been concluded that age correlates in a statistically significant way with the quality of life across all the domains (p< 0.05) except for bodily pain and general health perception. It means that the higher the age the lower the quality of life in terms of pain and general perception of health. The analysis showed a statistically relevant correlation (p<0.05) between place of residence and physical role functioning, general health perception, vitality emotional role functioning, physical component summary and mental component summary. This means that the quality of life is better among residents of cities in comparison with rural population. Other domains did not demonstrate statistically relevant differences.

Małgorzata Starczewska has been an academic teacher since 2006 at the Faculty of Health Sciences of the Pomeranian Medical University in Szczecin, where she defended her doctoral thesis in 2014. She is the author or co-author of many articles in reputed Polish and foreign journals. She focuses her research interests on issues related to nursing, public health, psychiatry, and psychology.

The aim of this study was to assess the adherence to medication regimens among patients with type 2 diabetes with regard to sociodemographic and medical data. The research instruments were a self-developed questionnaire and the Adherence to Refills and Medications Scale. The study involved 200 type 2 diabetic patients in the 41–92 age bracket. Most of the respondents of the study (64%) were married. 72.5% of the surveyed were retired, and only 2.5% were unemployed. 66.5% lived in cities. The most numerous (42.5%) were respondents with vocational education, and the least numerous (8.5%) those with tertiary education. The average duration of the disease was 8 ± 6.72 years and fluctuated between 1 and 40 years; typically the disease lasted from 3 to 10 years. The scores on the ARMS ranged from 12 to 43 points, which means that some patients followed all doctors instructions scrupulously. The best possible minimum score was achieved by 13 respondents. No one obtained the maximum score suggesting absolute non-adherence to therapeutic regimens. The main score on the ARMS was 17.09 ± 4.67. Analysis did not demonstrate statistically significant differences in the influence of sociodemographic factors (sex, place of residence, marital status, education, employment, education, and type of therapy) on the patients’ adherence to therapeutic regimens according to the ARMS. Logistic regression demonstrated that the duration of the disease (OR 0.885; 95% CI: 0.761-1.028) and type of therapy did not significantly contribute to the odds of obtaining exactly 12 points on the ARMS (p > 0.05).