Rapolienė Lolita, Razbadauskas Artūras, Jurgelėnas Antanas
Seamen's Health Care Center, Taikos 46, LT-91213 Klaipėda, Lithuania ; Klaipėda University, Herkaus Manto Gatvė 84, LT-92294 Klaipėda, Lithuania.
Klaipėda University, Herkaus Manto Gatvė 84, LT-92294 Klaipėda, Lithuania.
Adv Prev Med. 2015;2015:749417. doi: 10.1155/2015/749417. Epub 2015 Mar 19.
Stress is an element of each human's life and an indicator of its quality. Thermal mineral waters have been used empirically for the treatment of different diseases for centuries. Aim of the Study. To investigate the effects of highly mineralised geothermal water balneotherapy on distress and health risk. Methodology. A randomized controlled clinical trial was performed with 130 seafarers: 65 underwent 2 weeks of balneotherapy with 108 g/L full-mineralisation bath treatment; the others were in control group. The effect of distress was measured using the General Symptoms Distress Scale. Factorial and logistic regression analyses were used for statistical analysis. Results. A significant positive effect on distress (P < 0.001) was established after 2 weeks of treatment: the number of stress symptoms declined by 60%, while the intensity of stress symptoms reduced by 41%, and the control improved by 32%. Health risks caused by distress were reduced, and resources increased, whereas the probability of general health risk decreased by 18% (P = 0.01). Conclusion. Balneotherapy with highly mineralised geothermal water reduces distress, by reducing the health risk posed by distress by 26%, increasing the health resources by 11%, and reducing probability of general health risk by 18%. Balneotherapy is an effective preventive tool and can take a significant place in integrative medicine.
压力是每个人生活的一部分，也是生活质量的一个指标。几个世纪以来，温泉矿泉水一直被经验性地用于治疗各种疾病。研究目的。探讨高矿化度地热水浴疗法对痛苦和健康风险的影响。方法。对130名海员进行了一项随机对照临床试验：65人接受了为期2周的浴疗法，采用108克/升全矿化度浴治疗；其余为对照组。使用一般症状困扰量表测量痛苦的影响。采用因子分析和逻辑回归分析进行统计分析。结果。治疗2周后，对痛苦产生了显著的积极影响（P < 0.001）：压力症状数量下降了60%，压力症状强度降低了41%，控制力提高了32%。由痛苦引起的健康风险降低，资源增加，而总体健康风险的概率降低了18%（P = 0.01）。结论。高矿化度地热水浴疗法可减轻痛苦，将痛苦带来的健康风险降低26%，增加健康资源11%，并将总体健康风险概率降低18%。浴疗法是一种有效的预防工具，可在整合医学中占据重要地位。
