Evaluation of the Effectiveness of Spa Treatment in Swieradow Zdroj With Special Regard to the Action of Radon Waters

The biological material was taken with sterile disposable equipment. After 10 ml of venous blood was collected in a closed system, local laboratory tests were performed, such as morphology with smear, CRP, glycemic control, and lipids profile. Tested using standard tests. Subsequently, 5 ml of venous blood also collected in the closed system directly into the monoveta was centrifuged to obtain serum - a sample to be tested for TAS. Another 5 ml of venous blood collected in the closed system will be left to solidify - sample for metalloproteinase 8. Both specimens were transported at +6 ° C. Analyzes carried out by non-standard and non-commercial laboratory tests serving exclusively for scientific research in the Department of Medical Analyzes of the Medical University of Wroclaw.

MCGill scale (The McGill Pain Questionnaire) It is a scale of rating pain developed at McGill University by Melzack and Torgerson in 1971. It is a self-report questionnaire that allows individuals to give their doctor a good description of the quality and intensity of pain that they are experiencing. Users first select a single word from each group that best reflects their pain. Users then review the list and select the three words from groups 1-10 that best describe their pain, two words from groups 11-15, a single word from group 16, and then one word from groups 17-20. After completing the questionnaire, users will have selected seven words that best describe their pain. Users can use some words more than once.

VAS scale (The visual analogue scale) It is a psychometric response scale which can be used in questionnaires. It is a measurement instrument for subjective characteristics or attitudes that cannot be directly measured. When responding to a VAS item, respondents specify their level of agreement to a statement by indicating a position along a continuous line between two end-points. This continuous (or "analogue") aspect of the scale differentiates it from discrete scales such as the Likert scale. There is evidence showing that visual analogue scales have superior metrical characteristics than discrete scales, thus a wider range of statistical methods can be applied to the measurements.

HADS scale (Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale) It was originally developed by Zigmond and Snaith (1983)and is commonly used by doctors to determine the levels of anxiety and depression that a patient is experiencing. The HADS is a fourteen item scale that generates ordinal data. Seven of the items relate to anxiety and seven relate to depression. Zigmond and Snaith created this outcome measure specifically to avoid reliance on aspects of these conditions that are also common somatic symptoms of illness, for example fatigue and insomnia or hypersomnia. This, it was hoped, would create a tool for the detection of anxiety and depression in people with physical health problems.