Stamatina Douki, S. Tzagkarakis, Despina Karakatsani
After the establishment of the independent Greek state, psychiatry had not been adequately developed and was not a branch of medical science. Thus, there was a crucial absence of care for the mentally ill as there were no corresponding psychiatric hospitals. The time period examined is characterized by the gradual development of psychiatry and the marginalization of traditional practices, at a relatively slow pace. However, the focus on it aspires to provide useful information for the development of the bases of psychiatric hospitals policies. This paper aims to investigate the development of psychiatric hospitals policy in the Greek state in the historical and social context of the 19th century, in order to highlight the foundations for the advancement of this social policy sector, which were developed in a more organized and thorough way in the 20th century. For this purpose, a bibliographic review was made, which was based on the search for reviews published in international scientific journals, in English and Greek, during the period 2021, regarding the development of psychiatric hospitals and the provided psychiatric care in Greece, the period of the newly formed Greek state. The methodology is based on the literature review of data collected through Google Scholar, Pubmed, through publications, articles, and doctoral dissertations.
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Introduction: Addiction is a condition in which a person acquires a habit which affects the behavior and psyche and makes it difficult to confront with. When we talk about internet addiction, we are referring to problematic internet use that is associated with significant social, psychological and occupational dysfunction. Purpose: To identify whether the citizens of Patras, in the current period, are addicted to the internet. Materials-method: Young’s questionnaire which containing 20 questions was used. The sample (n=527) were citizens from Patras. The statistical analysis was performed using the SPSS 25. Results: Participants had a score from 10-73 (mean, 31.52) which considered “average online user” who has control over use. More precisely, 30.4% of the sample answered that it often happens to them to stay online longer than intended while 53.1% of the sample prefers fun with friends instead of the excitement to internet. Also, 52.6% answered that they have not tried to hide their time spent online and 33% believed that they do not create new relationships through Internet. It is important to mention that 62.8% of the participants state that most people feel depressed, moody or nervous when they are offline and they do not overcome these feeling even if they are online. Furthermore, participants who lived in an urban area had a higher score (r = .087, p<0.05) than those who lived in rural and island areas. Finally, participants with the highest level of education (University degree) had a higher score (r = -.088, p<0.05) than the participants with middle school and high school education. Conclusions: Internet addiction seems to have appeared in our country as well, but participants have control over usage. The state needs to ensure that sufficient and correct information needs to be delivered to citizens so that the phenomenon of internet addiction can be treated in time and further negative consequences for the population can be avoided.
{"title":"Investigating internet addiction: a citizen survey","authors":"Nikolaos Bakalis, Violetta Saketou, Eleni Vavatsikou, Androniki Costa, Anastasios Genalis","doi":"10.24283/hjns.202242","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.24283/hjns.202242","url":null,"abstract":"Introduction: Addiction is a condition in which a person acquires a habit which affects the behavior and psyche and makes it difficult to confront with. When we talk about internet addiction, we are referring to problematic \u0000internet use that is associated with significant social, psychological and occupational dysfunction.\u0000Purpose: To identify whether the citizens of Patras, in the current period, are addicted to the internet.\u0000Materials-method: Young’s questionnaire which containing 20 questions was used. The sample (n=527) were citizens from Patras. The statistical analysis was performed using the SPSS 25.\u0000Results: Participants had a score from 10-73 (mean, 31.52) which considered “average online user” who has control over use. More precisely, 30.4% of the sample answered that it often happens to them to stay online longer than intended while 53.1% of the sample prefers fun with friends instead of the excitement to internet. Also, 52.6% answered that they have not tried to hide their time spent online and 33% believed that they do not create new relationships through Internet. It is important to mention that 62.8% of the participants state that most people feel depressed, moody or nervous when they are offline and they do not overcome these feeling even if they are online. Furthermore, participants who lived in an urban area had a higher score (r = .087, p<0.05) than those who lived in rural and island areas. Finally, participants with the highest level of education (University degree) had a higher score (r = -.088, p<0.05) than the participants with middle school and high school education.\u0000Conclusions: Internet addiction seems to have appeared in our country as well, but participants have control over usage. The state needs to ensure that sufficient and correct information needs to be delivered to citizens \u0000so that the phenomenon of internet addiction can be treated in time and further negative consequences for the population can be avoided.","PeriodicalId":126636,"journal":{"name":"Hellenic Journal of Nursing Science","volume":"12 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-10-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"129704162","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Introduction: The effectiveness of an organization depends on the communication relationships that develop in its environment. The structure of the organization or its design influences the behavior and the performance of the people who work in it. The purpose of this project is to highlight in a clear and comprehensive way the importance of effective communication which is essential to the quality, productivity and competitiveness of a modern organization. Methodology: “Qualitative research” by statistical analysis was considered appropriate, as through qualitative research dimensions of human behavior, such as perceptions, values, attitudes, beliefs and experiences of respondents, are investigated and interpreted. The population group from which information about the research project was derived consists of hospitalized patients or hospital health care applicants, with a sample of 140 Likert-scale questionnaires. The SPSS IBM Statistics 24 program was used as a research tool for the statistical analysis of the data. Conclusions: The communication satisfaction was investigated based on the fact that health is a social good and this, in itself, increases the demands and expectations of the user-recipient of the services provided by the health care system. The quality in hospitals is not just a matter of a specific process or of a part of the hospital, nor is it connected only to a person’s duties. It is obvious that there are serious communication problems in clinical practice, while the interpersonal skills of health professionals determine the patients’ satisfaction in a large scale.
导读:组织的有效性取决于在其环境中发展的沟通关系。组织的结构或其设计会影响在其中工作的人员的行为和绩效。这个项目的目的是以一种清晰和全面的方式强调有效沟通的重要性，这对现代组织的质量、生产力和竞争力至关重要。方法:通过统计分析进行的“定性研究”被认为是适当的，因为通过定性研究，调查和解释了人类行为的各个方面，如被访者的观念、价值观、态度、信仰和经验。该研究项目的信息来源于住院患者或医院保健申请人群，样本为140份李克特量表问卷。使用SPSS IBM Statistics 24程序作为研究工具，对数据进行统计分析。结论:基于健康是一种社会公益，这本身就增加了卫生保健系统所提供服务的用户和接受者的需求和期望，对沟通满意度进行了调查。医院的质量不仅仅是一个特定的过程或医院的一部分，也不仅仅与一个人的职责有关。临床实践中明显存在着严重的沟通问题，而卫生专业人员的人际交往能力在很大程度上决定着患者的满意度。
{"title":"The communication satisfaction of patients by health care professionals and its implications","authors":"Maria Kipouropoulou, Chrysoula Varsamaki","doi":"10.24283/hjns.202244","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.24283/hjns.202244","url":null,"abstract":"Introduction: The effectiveness of an organization depends on the communication relationships that develop in its environment. The structure of the organization or its design influences the behavior and the performance of the people who work in it. The purpose of this project is to highlight in a clear and comprehensive way the importance of effective communication which is essential to the quality, productivity and competitiveness of a modern organization.\u0000Methodology: “Qualitative research” by statistical analysis was considered appropriate, as through qualitative research dimensions of human behavior, such as perceptions, values, attitudes, beliefs and experiences \u0000of respondents, are investigated and interpreted. The population group from which information about the research project was derived consists of hospitalized patients or hospital health care applicants, with a sample of 140 Likert-scale questionnaires. The SPSS IBM Statistics 24 program was used as a research tool for the statistical analysis of the data.\u0000Conclusions: The communication satisfaction was investigated based on the fact that health is a social good and this, in itself, increases the demands and expectations of the user-recipient of the services provided by \u0000the health care system. The quality in hospitals is not just a matter of a specific process or of a part of the hospital, nor is it connected only to a person’s duties. It is obvious that there are serious communication problems in clinical practice, while the interpersonal skills of health professionals determine the patients’ satisfaction in a large scale.","PeriodicalId":126636,"journal":{"name":"Hellenic Journal of Nursing Science","volume":"1 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-10-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"114448345","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
This paper presents a historical review of the health situation during the Greek War of Independence. The efforts to support and organise the Revolution of 1821 included organisation of structures, finding financial resources, collecting ammunition and mental preparation. However, there was no consideration concerning the medical, nursing and pharmaceutical care for the wounded combatants. The Greeks realised there is lack of medical equipment and staff right from the beginning of the Revolution. They had to nurse not only the casualties but also the people who suffered from an epidemic or other diseases. Many people who had studied Philosophy, Astronomy and other sciences also practised Medicine. However, their knowledge was limited to a naturalistic perception of the reality in the medical field. There were also quack doctors and charlatans offering health aid based on their experience. The health conditions were awful due to the constant, unexpected transportation of the military forces, the siege of forts and cities, the forced transportation of a large number of people from the countryside to fortified city centres, the constant battles, the lack of drinking water, food and medicines. Philhellenism, volunteerism, women’s contribution, financial support from the rich and strong will to be free helped in ameliorating the conditions.
{"title":"Health care for the wounded combatants during the Greek Revolution of 1821","authors":"Eleni M. Gioti, Lamprini Vika","doi":"10.24283/hjns.202245","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.24283/hjns.202245","url":null,"abstract":"This paper presents a historical review of the health situation during the Greek War of Independence. The efforts to support and organise the Revolution of 1821 included organisation of structures, finding financial \u0000resources, collecting ammunition and mental preparation. However, there was no consideration concerning the medical, nursing and pharmaceutical care for the wounded combatants. The Greeks realised there is lack of medical equipment and staff right from the beginning of the Revolution. They had to nurse not only the casualties but also the people who suffered from an epidemic or other diseases. Many people who had studied Philosophy, Astronomy and other sciences also practised Medicine. However, their knowledge was limited to a naturalistic perception of the reality in the medical field. There were also quack doctors and \u0000charlatans offering health aid based on their experience. The health conditions were awful due to the constant, unexpected transportation of the military forces, the siege of forts and cities, the forced transportation of a large number of people from the countryside to fortified city centres, the constant battles, the lack of drinking water, food and medicines. Philhellenism, volunteerism, women’s contribution, financial support from the rich and strong will to be free helped in ameliorating the conditions.","PeriodicalId":126636,"journal":{"name":"Hellenic Journal of Nursing Science","volume":"24 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-10-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"128323090","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Maria Pourou, Georgios Manomenidis, Chrysovalantis Karagkounis, T. Bellali
Introduction: During the crisis of the Covid-19 pandemic, frontline health personnel was faced with unprecedented working conditions. The need to adapt to rapidly changing healthcare protocols and changes in the workplace compromised the mental resilience of healthcare professionals. In this psychologically damaging situation for workers, the concept of self-care is of special importance. Objective: To investigate the relationship between resilience, self-care, self-compassion and stress of the nursing staff working in a tertiary hospital in Northern Greece and to identify the factors that predict the increasement of resilience. Methods: A cross-sectional study was carried out, in a convenience sample of 101 nurses working in a tertiary hospital in Northern Greece. Participants were called to fill in a battery of questionnaires that included: a) demographic-professional characteristics questions b) the Brief Resilience Scale, c) the Self-Compassion Scale, d) the Stress Scale – the Perceived Stress Scale, and e) the Self-care determination scale. Results: Participants showed moderate levels of stress and self-compassion and above average -moderate resilience. Regarding self-care, the majority presented higher values in social and professional dimension compared to the physical one. Resilience was negatively correlated with stress (p<0.001) and positively correlated with self-care (p<0.001) and self-compassion (p=0.001). Stress, self-care, and higher educational level (having a master’s degree and/or doctorate) predicted the 28.8% of the variance in resilience. Self-care enhancement interventions are suggested to to further enhance health professionals’ resilience, thus reduce stress of nursing staff working in highly demanding environments, including secondary care service
{"title":"Nurses’ resilience and self-care in the era of the covid-19 pandemic: a pilot study","authors":"Maria Pourou, Georgios Manomenidis, Chrysovalantis Karagkounis, T. Bellali","doi":"10.24283/hjns.202243","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.24283/hjns.202243","url":null,"abstract":"Introduction: During the crisis of the Covid-19 pandemic, frontline health personnel was faced with unprecedented working conditions. The need to adapt to rapidly changing healthcare protocols and changes in the workplace compromised the mental resilience of healthcare professionals. In this psychologically damaging situation for workers, the concept of self-care is of special importance. \u0000Objective: To investigate the relationship between resilience, self-care, self-compassion and stress of the nursing staff working in a tertiary hospital in Northern Greece and to identify the factors that predict the increasement of resilience. \u0000Methods: A cross-sectional study was carried out, in a convenience sample of 101 nurses working in a tertiary hospital in Northern Greece. Participants were called to fill in a battery of questionnaires that included: a) demographic-professional characteristics questions b) the Brief Resilience Scale, c) the Self-Compassion Scale, d) the Stress Scale – the Perceived Stress Scale, and e) the Self-care determination scale.\u0000Results: Participants showed moderate levels of stress and self-compassion and above average -moderate resilience. Regarding self-care, the majority presented higher values in social and professional dimension \u0000compared to the physical one. Resilience was negatively correlated with stress (p<0.001) and positively correlated with self-care (p<0.001) and self-compassion (p=0.001). Stress, self-care, and higher educational level (having a master’s degree and/or doctorate) predicted the 28.8% of the variance in resilience. Self-care enhancement interventions are suggested to to further enhance health professionals’ resilience, thus reduce \u0000stress of nursing staff working in highly demanding environments, including secondary care service","PeriodicalId":126636,"journal":{"name":"Hellenic Journal of Nursing Science","volume":"4 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-10-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"128954135","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
The phenomenon of internet addiction has been increasing in recent years, especially in young populations. A main feature of this type of addiction is that people make excessive use of the internet without being able to control it. However, prevention is possible and an early diagnosis can lead to better treatment. The purpose of the present review was to investigate the potential role of nurses in the prevention and management of Internet addiction in young populations. For this purpose, a bibliographical review was conducted, which was based on Greek and international bibliography. Primary studies and literature reviews were sought, which had been published in Greek and international scientific journals. The main tool for the retrieval of bibliography was the Internet. According to the current scientific literature, there are groups at high risk of suffering from Internet addiction, such as people with attention deficit / hyperactivity disorder, low self-esteem, and at financial distress. Furthermore, current research suggests that Internet addiction can coexist with other pathological conditions, physical or mental, and its management includes counseling interventions for individuals and their social environment. The provision of information is very important in order to prevent and diagnose young people’s Internet addiction in a timely manner and to successfully manage it. Nurses can actively contribute to tackling this modern phenomenon.
{"title":"The role of the nurse in managing internet addiction","authors":"Ourania Georgia Mitsi, Sofia Lykopoulou, E. Laiou","doi":"10.24283/hjns.202316","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.24283/hjns.202316","url":null,"abstract":"The phenomenon of internet addiction has been increasing in recent years, especially in young populations. A main feature of this type of addiction is that people make excessive use of the internet without being able to \u0000control it. However, prevention is possible and an early diagnosis can lead to better treatment. \u0000The purpose of the present review was to investigate the potential role of nurses in the prevention and management of Internet addiction in young populations. For this purpose, a bibliographical review was \u0000conducted, which was based on Greek and international bibliography. Primary studies and literature reviews were sought, which had been published in Greek and international scientific journals. The main tool for the retrieval of bibliography was the Internet.\u0000According to the current scientific literature, there are groups at high risk of suffering from Internet addiction, such as people with attention deficit / hyperactivity disorder, low self-esteem, and at financial distress. \u0000Furthermore, current research suggests that Internet addiction can coexist with other pathological conditions, physical or mental, and its management includes counseling interventions for individuals and their social \u0000environment. The provision of information is very important in order to prevent and diagnose young people’s Internet addiction in a timely manner and to successfully manage it. Nurses can actively contribute to tackling \u0000this modern phenomenon.","PeriodicalId":126636,"journal":{"name":"Hellenic Journal of Nursing Science","volume":"32 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"121838969","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Introduction: The role of leadership in ensuring quality health care is essential for healthcare professionals in managing situations never seen before. Purpose: Investigation of factors influencing the fear of Primary Health Care (PHC) professionals in the face of the Covid-19 pandemic as well as the leadership model style that affects their feeling of fear. Material and Method: Non-experimental quantitative cross-sectional study of 296 health care workers of the 1st Health Region of Attica. The Multifactor Leadership Questionnaire (M.L.Q. – 5X) and the fear of COVID-19 scale were used. Statistical analysis was carried out by SPSS – version 22, parametric t-test and one-way ANOVA tests were used while the level of statistical significance was set at 0.05. Results: A positive correlation of health professionals’ fear with age (p=0.016), years of service (p=0.006), fear of infection of their loved ones (p= 0.001) and the absence of psychological support (p=0.030) was found. The most prevalent leadership model is the transformational style with the most frequent use of the “Idealized Attributes” dimension (p<0.001 for all comparisons) and the leadership model to be avoided in the covid-19 pandemic is Laissez-Faire of passive style (p= 0.043). Conclusions: Fear is an important factor in managing the pandemic. It is important that health care managers should alleviate concerns, create a sense of satisfaction among healthcare professionals and at the same time ensure high quality healthcare at all stages of the crisis from escalation to resolution.
导言:领导在确保高质量卫生保健方面的作用对于卫生保健专业人员管理从未见过的情况至关重要。目的:调查基层卫生保健(PHC)专业人员面对Covid-19大流行恐惧的影响因素以及影响他们恐惧情绪的领导模式风格。材料与方法:对阿提卡市第一卫生区296名医护人员进行非实验定量横断面研究。采用多因素领导力问卷(ml.q - 5X)和新冠肺炎恐惧量表。采用SPSS - version 22进行统计学分析，采用参数t检验和单因素方差分析，统计学显著性水平为0.05。结果:卫生专业人员的恐惧与年龄(p=0.016)、服务年限(p=0.006)、对亲人感染的恐惧(p= 0.001)和缺乏心理支持(p=0.030)呈正相关。最普遍的领导模式是变革型风格，最常使用“理想化属性”维度(所有比较p<0.001)，在covid-19大流行中要避免的领导模式是被动风格的Laissez-Faire (p= 0.043)。结论:恐惧是控制大流行的一个重要因素。重要的是，医疗保健管理人员应该减轻担忧，在医疗保健专业人员中创造一种满足感，同时确保在危机从升级到解决的所有阶段提供高质量的医疗保健。
{"title":"Health professionals’ fear of SARS-CoV-2 and leadership’s role in pandemic period","authors":"Reveka Skeuofilax, Κonstantinia Karathanasi","doi":"10.24283/hjns.202313","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.24283/hjns.202313","url":null,"abstract":"Introduction: The role of leadership in ensuring quality health care is essential for healthcare professionals in managing situations never seen before. Purpose: Investigation of factors influencing the fear of Primary Health Care (PHC) professionals in the face of the Covid-19 pandemic as well as the leadership model style that affects their feeling of fear. Material and Method: Non-experimental quantitative cross-sectional study of 296 health care workers of the 1st Health Region of Attica. The Multifactor Leadership Questionnaire (M.L.Q. – 5X) and the fear of COVID-19 scale were used. Statistical analysis was carried out by SPSS – version 22, parametric t-test and one-way ANOVA tests were used while the level of statistical significance was set at 0.05. Results: A positive correlation of health professionals’ fear with age (p=0.016), years of service (p=0.006), fear of infection of their loved ones (p= 0.001) and the absence of psychological support (p=0.030) was found. The most prevalent leadership model is the transformational style with the most frequent use of the “Idealized Attributes” dimension (p<0.001 for all comparisons) and the leadership model to be avoided in the covid-19 pandemic is Laissez-Faire of passive style (p= 0.043). Conclusions: Fear is an important factor in managing the pandemic. It is important that health care managers should alleviate concerns, create a sense of satisfaction among healthcare professionals and at the same time ensure high quality healthcare at all stages of the crisis from escalation to resolution.","PeriodicalId":126636,"journal":{"name":"Hellenic Journal of Nursing Science","volume":"20 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"128441457","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Introduction: Schizophrenia is one of the most serious mental illnesses while it is one of the highest expenditures of the national health system. Furthermore, schizophrenia is indissolubly linked to smoking. Understanding the pathogenesis of the disease will give health workers the knowledge that they need in order to treat effectively this chronic disease that tortures thousands of people. Aim: The aim of this review study is to find out the connection between smoking and schizophrenia as well as the pathogenetic pathway that leads on to manifesting people of general population the schizophrenia disease. Methodology: A literature review was conducted in electronic sources. Studies in Greek and English were searched in the PubMed, Scopus and ScienceDirect databases. Results: The literature review has shown that people who suffer from schizophrenia use smoking of tobacco as a treatment in order to defeat the side effects of the drugs that used to cure the disease. In addition, smoking affects significantly the way that drugs act; that is why smokers who suffer from schizophrenia are not treated effectively and they need reassessment of the therapeutic plan in order to achieve the intended goal. Finally, smoking increases the risk of getting offspring with schizophrenia. Conclusions: The healthcare professional contribute to the healing process while they play their parts to prevent serious mental illnesses such as schizophrenia. Therefore the updating of the general population about smoking and the reconsideration of the way that healthcare professional treat their patients will give us the opportunity to find the best way to heal schizophrenia while people who suffer from schizophrenia will get their lives back.
{"title":"The effect of nicotine on schizophrenia","authors":"G. Zografakis, M. Nystazaki","doi":"10.24283/hjns.202314","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.24283/hjns.202314","url":null,"abstract":"Introduction: Schizophrenia is one of the most serious mental illnesses while it is one of the highest expenditures of the national health system. Furthermore, schizophrenia is indissolubly linked to smoking. \u0000Understanding the pathogenesis of the disease will give health workers the knowledge that they need in order to treat effectively this chronic disease that tortures thousands of people. \u0000Aim: The aim of this review study is to find out the connection between smoking and schizophrenia as well as the pathogenetic pathway that leads on to manifesting people of general population the schizophrenia \u0000disease. \u0000Methodology: A literature review was conducted in electronic sources. Studies in Greek and English were searched in the PubMed, Scopus and ScienceDirect databases. \u0000Results: The literature review has shown that people who suffer from schizophrenia use smoking of tobacco as a treatment in order to defeat the side effects of the drugs that used to cure the disease. In addition, \u0000smoking affects significantly the way that drugs act; that is why smokers who suffer from schizophrenia are not treated effectively and they need reassessment of the therapeutic plan in order to achieve the intended \u0000goal. Finally, smoking increases the risk of getting offspring with schizophrenia. \u0000Conclusions: The healthcare professional contribute to the healing process while they play their parts to prevent serious mental illnesses such as schizophrenia. Therefore the updating of the general population \u0000about smoking and the reconsideration of the way that healthcare professional treat their patients will give us the opportunity to find the best way to heal schizophrenia while people who suffer from schizophrenia will \u0000get their lives back.","PeriodicalId":126636,"journal":{"name":"Hellenic Journal of Nursing Science","volume":"1 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"129408374","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Eirini Nannou, A. Koulouri, Stavroula A. Zisopoulou, Agapi Polymenidou, Anna Karachaliou
Introduction: The SARS-Covid-19 Coronavirus pandemic has been one of the deadliest pandemics in recent years worldwide. Primary Health Care helped significantly in the pandemic with the main purpose of decongesting Secondary Hospitals. Purpose: To estimate the rate of post-traumatic stress disorder, generalized anxiety disorder in reference and non-reported Health Center staff during the Covid-19 pandemic. Methodology: The sample consisted of 210 employees in Primary Health Reference and Non-Reference Centers Covid-19 of the prefecture of Attica. Data collection was done by completing online questionnaires. The research tools used were the DSM-5 Post-Traumatic Stress Self-Report Questionnaire (PC-PTSD-5), and the CAD 7 Generalized Anxiety Disorder Self-Report Scale. Results: In the present study, post-traumatic stress was found on the PC-PTSD-5 scale with scores> 3 in 22.4% and> 4 in 15.2% of the study population. Anxiety disorder of mild, moderate and severe level was recorded in 22.9%, 17.1% and 20% of participants respectively. Significant positive correlation (p <0.001) of the PC-PTSD-5 score with the GAD-7 scale was found. personal protection measures (p <0.001). Conclusions: Post-traumatic stress and anxiety significantly affect Primary Health Care workers. Our findings identify factors associated with higher levels of psychological impact that can be used to shape psychological interventions to improve the mental health of Center Health workers following the outbreak of the Covid-19 pandemic.
{"title":"Post-traumatic stress of Primary Health Care workers during Covid-19. Comparative study between reference and non-reference centers","authors":"Eirini Nannou, A. Koulouri, Stavroula A. Zisopoulou, Agapi Polymenidou, Anna Karachaliou","doi":"10.24283/hjns.202312","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.24283/hjns.202312","url":null,"abstract":"Introduction: The SARS-Covid-19 Coronavirus pandemic has been one of the deadliest pandemics in recent years worldwide. Primary Health Care helped significantly in the pandemic with the main purpose of \u0000decongesting Secondary Hospitals.\u0000Purpose: To estimate the rate of post-traumatic stress disorder, generalized anxiety disorder in reference and non-reported Health Center staff during the Covid-19 pandemic.\u0000Methodology: The sample consisted of 210 employees in Primary Health Reference and Non-Reference Centers Covid-19 of the prefecture of Attica. Data collection was done by completing online questionnaires. \u0000The research tools used were the DSM-5 Post-Traumatic Stress Self-Report Questionnaire (PC-PTSD-5), and the CAD 7 Generalized Anxiety Disorder Self-Report Scale.\u0000Results: In the present study, post-traumatic stress was found on the PC-PTSD-5 scale with scores> 3 in 22.4% and> 4 in 15.2% of the study population. Anxiety disorder of mild, moderate and severe level was \u0000recorded in 22.9%, 17.1% and 20% of participants respectively. Significant positive correlation (p <0.001) of the PC-PTSD-5 score with the GAD-7 scale was found. personal protection measures (p <0.001).\u0000Conclusions: Post-traumatic stress and anxiety significantly affect Primary Health Care workers. Our findings identify factors associated with higher levels of psychological impact that can be used to shape psychological \u0000interventions to improve the mental health of Center Health workers following the outbreak of the Covid-19 pandemic.","PeriodicalId":126636,"journal":{"name":"Hellenic Journal of Nursing Science","volume":"20 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"116257816","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Introduction: The global economic crisis has affected many European countries and especially Greece, with main feature that in a short time period it has affected rapidly Greeks’ life and especially the field of health. As far as pregnancy is concerned the consequences have manifested with disorder of different perinatal parameters and they concerned equally both mother and fetus. The purpose of this study is the investigation of consequences of financial crisis in pregnancy, the outcome of pregnancies and childbirth, in relationship to the birth weight of neonates and prematurity. Methods: This is a retrospective study, which covered periods before, during and after the crisis (2006, 2011 and 2019) and was carried out in a public General Hospital of Thessaloniki. The data were collected from the birth registers of the delivery room and for their processing were used the x2 test, the t-test, the nonparametric Mann-Whitney U-test, the anova test and the Spearman coefficient. Results: The present study showed an increase in the rate of caesareans sections from 35% (2006) to 53.5% (2019) (p = 0.04) and statistically significant differences between native and non-native women, with foreigners showing more favorable rates of prematurity ( p = 0.03), cesarean section (p = 0.05) and lower maternity age (p = 0.00). Finally, it was found that women who gave birth prematurely (p = 0.04) or by caesarean section (p= 0.02), were older. Conclusions: Immediate need for interventions was deemed necessary in the maternal care and special mention for the mitigation of factors which are affected by the socioeconomic fluctuations (mother’s age, percentage of caesareans sections, prematurity, birth weight of neonates) and constitute insurmountable elements which required to be set in the centre of interest of the Public Health bodies.
{"title":"Investigating the effects of financial crisis on pregnancy","authors":"Maria Feteinidou, E. Minasidou","doi":"10.24283/hjns.202311","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.24283/hjns.202311","url":null,"abstract":"Introduction: The global economic crisis has affected many European countries and especially Greece, with main feature that in a short time period it has affected rapidly Greeks’ life and especially the field of health.\u0000As far as pregnancy is concerned the consequences have manifested with disorder of different perinatal parameters and they concerned equally both mother and fetus. The purpose of this study is the investigation\u0000of consequences of financial crisis in pregnancy, the outcome of pregnancies and childbirth, in relationship to the birth weight of neonates and prematurity.\u0000Methods: This is a retrospective study, which covered periods before, during and after the crisis (2006, 2011 and 2019) and was carried out in a public General Hospital of Thessaloniki. The data were collected from\u0000the birth registers of the delivery room and for their processing were used the x2 test, the t-test, the nonparametric Mann-Whitney U-test, the anova test and the Spearman coefficient.\u0000Results: The present study showed an increase in the rate of caesareans sections from 35% (2006) to 53.5% (2019) (p = 0.04) and statistically significant differences between native and non-native women, with foreigners showing more favorable rates of prematurity ( p = 0.03), cesarean section (p = 0.05) and lower maternity age (p = 0.00). Finally, it was found that women who gave birth prematurely (p = 0.04) or by caesarean section (p= 0.02), were older.\u0000Conclusions: Immediate need for interventions was deemed necessary in the maternal care and special mention for the mitigation of factors which are affected by the socioeconomic fluctuations (mother’s age,\u0000percentage of caesareans sections, prematurity, birth weight of neonates) and constitute insurmountable elements which required to be set in the centre of interest of the Public Health bodies.","PeriodicalId":126636,"journal":{"name":"Hellenic Journal of Nursing Science","volume":"29 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"134092020","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
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