| Abstract [eng] |
Aim of the study and objectives: To compare the data between two groups of multimorbid patients, who were supervised under different health care models. Patients for the first group were collected during this thesis, and they were supervised under the usual health care model. The second group of patients were participating in the project called “Evaluation of the effectiveness of integrated care model for multimorbid patient healthcare”, where they were supervised under integrated healthcare model. To achieve the objective, two tasks were outlined. First, to determine differences between two groups of multimorbid patients regarding how they feel about the healthcare they receive and their quality of life. Second, to compare the lifestyle habits of members of both groups to determine whether the integrated healthcare model had a positive impact on multimorbid patient’s lifestyle choices. Methods: Surveys were conducted during face-to-face contact. They consisted of five questionnaires, which allow the evaluation of multimorbid patients’ satisfaction with healthcare services they receive, their quality of life, and their lifestyle habits related to health. All surveyed patients were registered at the Family Medicine Center of the Vilnius University Hospital Santaros Clinics (VUL SK). They were also supervised under the usual healthcare system. The collected data were analyzed using Excel and SPSS software. Analyzed data then were compared with the data collected during the project “Evaluation of the effectiveness of integrated care model for multimorbid patient healthcare”. Results: The satisfaction of those multimorbid patients, who were supervised under the integrated healthcare model was greater compared to the satisfaction of multimorbid patients, whose care was provided under the usual healthcare system. The quality of life of patients receiving more attention from their healthcare specialists was also better. However, the integrated healthcare model, costing more financial and human recourses than the usual model, did not improve the lifestyle habits of multimorbid patients. Conclusions: The integrated healthcare model had a positive impact on multimorbid patients’ satisfaction with the healthcare services they had received, and their quality of life. However, this model had no noticeable impact on patients’ lifestyle habits related to health. |
