Aim: The aim of the paper was to describe chosen aspects of quality of life in patients with venous leg ulcers treated at home in the Turiec region, and to find differences in assessing quality of life in relation to degree of adherence to external compression therapy. Design: A quantitative cross-sectional study. Methods: There were 61 patients with venous leg ulcers at 68.59 ± 9.49 years of age, with an average length of wound treatment of 6.34 ± 5.51 years. The adapted self-assessment questionnaire, the Freiburg Life Quality Assessment wound module (FLQA-w), was used to gain empirical data. Results: The findings revealed that the worst score was achieved in the category of everyday life (3.61 ± 0.93). Statistically significant differences were found between the group of respondents who apply bandages on a daily basis and those who did not use them at all. Regular bandage application is closely connected with positive assessment of wound therapy (p = 0.043), psychosocial life (p = 0.023), verbalisation of well-being in various categories (p = 0.001), assessment of state of the wound (p = 0.032), assessment of health condition (p = 0.019), and overall quality of life (p = 0.014). Length of wound treatment is related to assessments of quality of life. Conclusion: Non-healing wounds, the associated therapy and financial means required to treat them, and the pain resulting from them, are connected with physical difficulty, experience of negative emotions, and, thus, the worsening of patientsʼ quality of life. The results of the study could form the basis for further studies on similar issues.

The aim of the study was to determine the perception of painful invasive procedures in child patients such as venipuncture and parenteral drug administration from a nurse's point of view. Design: A quantitative cross-sectional study. Methods: The sample consisted of 50 pediatric nurses with the mean age of 38.54 ± 10.55 years and an average clinical practice duration of 16.44 ± 12.05 years. A selfdesigned questionnaire was used to collect empirical data. Based on the weighted arithmetic mean, descriptive statistics as well as evaluation of importance, feasibility of nursing interventions and nurses' competence/capability were used for the data analysis. Results: The highest values were achieved in the importance of nursing intervention rate-with an average of 87.54 ± 7.24, the average of nurses' competence/capability rating was 78.5 ± 9.31, and the rate of feasibility of nursing intervention was on average 72.60 ± 11.71. Before nursing intervention, nurses attributed the highest importance to "parenting education-nursing performance, preparing a child for medical procedures" (94.5%), which achieved the highest competence/capability (87.0%) and feasibility (80.5%). During the interventionist's procedure, nurses attributed the highest significance to "performing intervention with a good performance technique" (93.0%), which also achieved the highest competence/capability (90.5%). After nursing intervention, the nurses attributed the highest significance to "commending a child for being brave during intervention" (96.0%), "providing physical and psychological comfort for a child" (95.5%) and "parenting education for follow-up care" (95.5%). These nursing interventions also achieved the highest rating (both in terms of competence/capability and feasibility). Conclusion: Despite the extensive increase in scientific knowledge, information, and effective evidence-based strategies for procedural pain management, their application to clinical pediatric practice is missing.

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