Medical Hydrology and Balneology: Environmental Aspects

Spa, hydrotherapy’s treatment, and
quality of life
Marín J (1) , Medialdea V (1) , Bejarano J (1) , De la Torre M (1) , Vela L (1) , Maraver F (1)
(1) Professional School of Medical Hydrology, Faculty of Medicine, Universidad
Complutense de Madrid, Madrid, Spain
jmarin.ebre.ics@gencat.cat
Introduction and Objectives
Introduction: The health-related quality of life (HRQOL) is associated with
mortality, hospitalization and utilization the sanitary resources, for this now the
HRQOL is also and therapeutic target. Now is a result’ s variable with interest in
research and in the clinic practice.
Objective: Study the quality of life the patients that go to health resort for receive
the thermal cure.
Materials and Methods
Design : Transversal descriptive study .
Field: Medical hydrology.
Participants: 68 patients.
Main variables: Demographic variables (age, sex, chronic diseases, surgical interventions).
Applicant pathology. Measure of the quality of life with the SF36 test
questionnaire.
Results
Mean age: 70 years. Sex: women: 54,4 %. Chronic diseases: hypertension 47,1
%, diabetes mellitus 16,2 %, dyslipidemia 38,2 %,asthma/ chronic bronchitis 8,8 %,
heart vessels disease (ischemic heart disease/cerebral vessels accident/ arrhythmia)
14,7 %, cancer (colon, prostate, breast) 7,4 %, varicose veins 32,4 %, gastric –
duodenal ulcer 8,8 %, depression/ anxiety 7,4 %, osteoporosi 14,7 %, hypothyroidism
8,8 %.
Applicant pathology: pain pathology 100 %, bronquial-pulmonary pathology
14,7 %. The punctuation in the different dimensions of the SF -36 test were top to
50: physical function (FF) 71,62, physic role (RF) 67,64, physical pain (DC) 58,08
, health standards (SG) 59,33, vitality (V) 63, 97 , social function (FS)81,61, emotional
role (RE) 76,47, mental health (SM) 73,17. Women present lower punctuations
in the SF-36 that the men (Figure 1). The oncological patients diagnosed and
treaty and stable situation of the oncological disease present lower punctuations in
the SF-36 that no oncological patients.
Conclusions
Patients that go to sanitary resource for receive thermal cure are elderly age.
Balnea
2012, núm. 6, 359-360
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ISBN: 978-84-669-1887-0
978-84-669-3482-4