S. Veselinović, D. Zigic, J. T. Veljovic, Z. A. Maletin, S. Babovic
Introduction. Lip prints are considered to be an important form of transfer evidence, analogous to fingerprints, and can be very useful in forensic investigations and personal identification. Although previous studies have confirmed that lip print patterns are individual and unique for each person, they show similarities between family members, strongly indicating the possibility of inheritance pattern of lip prints. Since heredity may play an important role in lip print development, ethnic groups geographically closely located tend to share similar patterns of lip prints in comparison to more distant populations, so a characteristic lip pattern may indicate a person's geographical and racial origin. Material and Methods. Lip prints of 211 healthy individuals (107 females and 104 males), residents of Vojvodina Province, Serbia, were analyzed and classified using the Suzuki and Tsuchihashi classification. Results. In the studied sample, type II pattern was the most common in both the upper and lower lip, being predominant in 45.85% of the studied samples. It was followed by types III, I, and IV accounting for 31.28%, 15.28% and 4.62%, respectively. The results of the current study are in accordance with the results of previous studies of European populations. The Pearson chi-square test showed a statistically significant difference between the lip print patterns in males and females. Conclusion. A comparison of lip print patterns between males and females showed a statistically significant difference, supporting the hypothesis that lip prints may be useful in sex determination.
{"title":"Lip print pattern variations in the population of Vojvodina Province, Serbia: A pilot study","authors":"S. Veselinović, D. Zigic, J. T. Veljovic, Z. A. Maletin, S. Babovic","doi":"10.2298/MPNS1806162V","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.2298/MPNS1806162V","url":null,"abstract":"Introduction. Lip prints are considered to be an important form of transfer evidence, analogous to fingerprints, and can be very useful in forensic investigations and personal identification. Although previous studies have confirmed that lip print patterns are individual and unique for each person, they show similarities between family members, strongly indicating the possibility of inheritance pattern of lip prints. Since heredity may play an important role in lip print development, ethnic groups geographically closely located tend to share similar patterns of lip prints in comparison to more distant populations, so a characteristic lip pattern may indicate a person's geographical and racial origin. Material and Methods. Lip prints of 211 healthy individuals (107 females and 104 males), residents of Vojvodina Province, Serbia, were analyzed and classified using the Suzuki and Tsuchihashi classification. Results. In the studied sample, type II pattern was the most common in both the upper and lower lip, being predominant in 45.85% of the studied samples. It was followed by types III, I, and IV accounting for 31.28%, 15.28% and 4.62%, respectively. The results of the current study are in accordance with the results of previous studies of European populations. The Pearson chi-square test showed a statistically significant difference between the lip print patterns in males and females. Conclusion. A comparison of lip print patterns between males and females showed a statistically significant difference, supporting the hypothesis that lip prints may be useful in sex determination.","PeriodicalId":18511,"journal":{"name":"Medicinski pregled","volume":"4 1","pages":"162-166"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2018-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"89227750","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}
C. Manojlović, D. Milošević, N. Budakov, V. Marković, D. Nikolić
Introduction. Carotid endarterectomy is an efficient surgical procedure of primary and secondary prevention of ischemic stroke in asymptomatic and symptomatic patients with extra cranial carotid artery disease. Material and Methods. In this paper we analyzed incidence, risk factors, potential causes and preventive measures for early stroke after carotid endarterectomy in patients (809) who underwent surgery for carotid artery stenosis at the Clinic of Vascular and Endovascular Surgery of the Clinical Center of Vojvodina in Novi Sad during a five year period (April 2013 - March 2018). Results and Discussion. Early operative stroke was registered in 12 patients with no significant difference between symptomatic (2.8%) and asymptomatic (1.1%) patients (odds ratio - 2,56, 95% confidence interval - 0.8063 to 8.1770 standard deviation 1,596; p = 0,11). Contralateral carotid occlusion (odds ratio - 3.1154, 95% confidence interval - 1.1620 to 8.3522, p = 0.0239) and no dual antiplatelet therapy (odds ratio - 3.1154, 95% confidence interval - 1.8537 to 526.4871; p = 0.0169) were pointed out as risk factors for operative stroke. Most of the perioperative and early postoperative strokes after carotid endarterectomy were due to arterial-arterial thromboembolism, intracerebral hemorrhage and acute carotid occlusion that developed rarely and were associated with severe neurological deficit. Conclusion. Even though our results are in agreement with the literature data, additional measures for surgical quality control would further decrease the incidence of operative stroke.
{"title":"Early stroke after carotid endarterectomy : A case series during a 5-year period","authors":"C. Manojlović, D. Milošević, N. Budakov, V. Marković, D. Nikolić","doi":"10.2298/MPNS1812389M","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.2298/MPNS1812389M","url":null,"abstract":"Introduction. Carotid endarterectomy is an efficient surgical procedure of primary and secondary prevention of ischemic stroke in asymptomatic and symptomatic patients with extra cranial carotid artery disease. Material and Methods. In this paper we analyzed incidence, risk factors, potential causes and preventive measures for early stroke after carotid endarterectomy in patients (809) who underwent surgery for carotid artery stenosis at the Clinic of Vascular and Endovascular Surgery of the Clinical Center of Vojvodina in Novi Sad during a five year period (April 2013 - March 2018). Results and Discussion. Early operative stroke was registered in 12 patients with no significant difference between symptomatic (2.8%) and asymptomatic (1.1%) patients (odds ratio - 2,56, 95% confidence interval - 0.8063 to 8.1770 standard deviation 1,596; p = 0,11). Contralateral carotid occlusion (odds ratio - 3.1154, 95% confidence interval - 1.1620 to 8.3522, p = 0.0239) and no dual antiplatelet therapy (odds ratio - 3.1154, 95% confidence interval - 1.8537 to 526.4871; p = 0.0169) were pointed out as risk factors for operative stroke. Most of the perioperative and early postoperative strokes after carotid endarterectomy were due to arterial-arterial thromboembolism, intracerebral hemorrhage and acute carotid occlusion that developed rarely and were associated with severe neurological deficit. Conclusion. Even though our results are in agreement with the literature data, additional measures for surgical quality control would further decrease the incidence of operative stroke.","PeriodicalId":18511,"journal":{"name":"Medicinski pregled","volume":"1 1","pages":"389-393"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2018-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"77181135","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. Pseudoaneurysm, also known as a false aneurysm, is a collection of blood which passes through individual layers of the blood vessel or through all layers, but it is retained in the surrounding soft tissues. Case Report. We report presents a 41-year-old patient with a large idiopathic pseudaneurysm of the second segment of the popliteal artery, referred by an orthopedist with a magnetic resonance image of the left leg. The patient's medical history showed that the pain started three weeks ago, the swelling in the left popliteal fossa about 6 months ago, and a large, painful, non-pulsatile tumefaction was found during the examination, resulting in a 90 degrees flexion contracture of the left knee. The magnetic resonance showed a pseudoaneurysm of the left popliteal artery, and an emergency computed tomography angiography was performed; it confirmed a pseudoaneurysm of the left leg second segment of the left popliteal artery without signs of obliterative diseases. The posterior approach and exposition of the popliteal artery was applied; autovenous graft interposition with a great saphenous vein of the right leg was done. Conclusion. Early diagnosis plays an important role in avoiding temporary and permanent complications. Arterial reconstruction with autovein grafting is a gold standard and a method of choice in the surgery of the pseudaneurysm of the popliteal artery. The temporary setting of occlusive Fogarty catheters reduces damage to the surrounding tissue, accelerates bleeding control, which together shortens the time of surgery.
{"title":"A large idiopathic pseudoaneurysm of the popliteal artery: A case report","authors":"S. Budinski, D. Nikolić, J. Pasternak","doi":"10.2298/MPNS1804125B","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.2298/MPNS1804125B","url":null,"abstract":"Introduction. Pseudoaneurysm, also known as a false aneurysm, is a collection of blood which passes through individual layers of the blood vessel or through all layers, but it is retained in the surrounding soft tissues. Case Report. We report presents a 41-year-old patient with a large idiopathic pseudaneurysm of the second segment of the popliteal artery, referred by an orthopedist with a magnetic resonance image of the left leg. The patient's medical history showed that the pain started three weeks ago, the swelling in the left popliteal fossa about 6 months ago, and a large, painful, non-pulsatile tumefaction was found during the examination, resulting in a 90 degrees flexion contracture of the left knee. The magnetic resonance showed a pseudoaneurysm of the left popliteal artery, and an emergency computed tomography angiography was performed; it confirmed a pseudoaneurysm of the left leg second segment of the left popliteal artery without signs of obliterative diseases. The posterior approach and exposition of the popliteal artery was applied; autovenous graft interposition with a great saphenous vein of the right leg was done. Conclusion. Early diagnosis plays an important role in avoiding temporary and permanent complications. Arterial reconstruction with autovein grafting is a gold standard and a method of choice in the surgery of the pseudaneurysm of the popliteal artery. The temporary setting of occlusive Fogarty catheters reduces damage to the surrounding tissue, accelerates bleeding control, which together shortens the time of surgery.","PeriodicalId":18511,"journal":{"name":"Medicinski pregled","volume":"11 1","pages":"125-129"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2018-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"77257458","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}
Dragana Kačavenda-Babović, P. Djurić, R. Babović, T. Dugandžija, Jelena Djekić-Malbaša, Smiljana Rajčević
Introduction. Suicide is defined as a conscious and deliberate taking of one's own life, or a self-destructive behavior with a fatal outcome. Every year, millions of people are affected by suicide or the feeling of grief. The aim of our research was to review the basic epidemiological characteristics of suicide in the Autonomous Province of Vojvodina, in order to assist in targeted prevention programs. Material and Methods. A retrospective, observational study was conducted. The data were analyzed in chronological order and in accordance with different demographic characteristics and topographic distribution. Basic statistical indicators were used as parameters: non-standardized, standardized and specific mortality rates. Results. During the observed period, from 1991 until the end of 2010, in the Autonomous Province of Vojvodina, the average annual non-standardized suicide rate was 27.9/100,000 inhabitants. The highest suicide rate was recorded in 1992 and 1993 (33.7/100,000 and 34.5/100,000, respectively) and in 1999 (31.5/100,000). The highest age-specific suicide rate was recorded in ≥ 80 year-old age group (120.5/100,000). The suicide rates were significantly higher among males, while the most common suicide method for both sexes was by hanging (69.9%). The highest average annual suicide rate was recorded among widowers (176.9/100,000) and widows (37.8/100,000). The lowest number of suicides was recorded in persons with higher level of education. Conclusion. Since in the Autonomous Province of Vojvodina persons at increased risk for suicide include males, the elderly population, persons with low education levels, and people who lost their partners, suicide prevention strategies should target these groups, including primary and secondary prevention measures.
{"title":"Epidemiological characteristics of suicide in the Autonomous Province of Vojvodina","authors":"Dragana Kačavenda-Babović, P. Djurić, R. Babović, T. Dugandžija, Jelena Djekić-Malbaša, Smiljana Rajčević","doi":"10.2298/MPNS1810277K","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.2298/MPNS1810277K","url":null,"abstract":"Introduction. Suicide is defined as a conscious and deliberate taking of one's own life, or a self-destructive behavior with a fatal outcome. Every year, millions of people are affected by suicide or the feeling of grief. The aim of our research was to review the basic epidemiological characteristics of suicide in the Autonomous Province of Vojvodina, in order to assist in targeted prevention programs. Material and Methods. A retrospective, observational study was conducted. The data were analyzed in chronological order and in accordance with different demographic characteristics and topographic distribution. Basic statistical indicators were used as parameters: non-standardized, standardized and specific mortality rates. Results. During the observed period, from 1991 until the end of 2010, in the Autonomous Province of Vojvodina, the average annual non-standardized suicide rate was 27.9/100,000 inhabitants. The highest suicide rate was recorded in 1992 and 1993 (33.7/100,000 and 34.5/100,000, respectively) and in 1999 (31.5/100,000). The highest age-specific suicide rate was recorded in ≥ 80 year-old age group (120.5/100,000). The suicide rates were significantly higher among males, while the most common suicide method for both sexes was by hanging (69.9%). The highest average annual suicide rate was recorded among widowers (176.9/100,000) and widows (37.8/100,000). The lowest number of suicides was recorded in persons with higher level of education. Conclusion. Since in the Autonomous Province of Vojvodina persons at increased risk for suicide include males, the elderly population, persons with low education levels, and people who lost their partners, suicide prevention strategies should target these groups, including primary and secondary prevention measures.","PeriodicalId":18511,"journal":{"name":"Medicinski pregled","volume":"60 1","pages":"277-283"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2018-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"74863322","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}
Branislava Brestovački-Svitlica, D. Milutinović, A. Božić, S. Maletin, Ivica Lalić
SummaryIntroduction. The advancement of patient safety culture with in a health institution is the basic component of reduction of errors and the improvement of the general quality of healthcare. The aim of this study was to assess the patient safety culture by means of Hospital Survey on Patient Safety Culture in the Serbian setting. Material and Methods. The survey was conducted in five health institutions in the form of cross section study, which included 1,435 health care workers. Results. Nine dimensions have been selected out of 37 items by explorative factor analysis. The total percentage of positive response was 51%. The highest (70%) and the lowest (33%) percentage of positive responses were obtained in the dimen sions “Overall perceptions of safety” and “Nonpunitive response to errors”, respectively. More than half of the respondents assessed the patient safety as excellent/very good. In the last 12 months, more than half of the respondents have not reported an adverse event. Conclusions. The survey results indicate that changes are necessary in all domains of patient safety culture. Healthcare policy makers have to take responsibility for the implementation of safety culture in every health institution. Patient safety culture can be observed and advanced by full commitment of all those involved in the health care system, understanding both the causes of adverse events and errors, as well as by applying efficient methods to reduce them to the minimum.
{"title":"The assessment of patient safety culture - the psychometric study of the Serbian version of the questionnaire hospital survey on patient safety culture","authors":"Branislava Brestovački-Svitlica, D. Milutinović, A. Božić, S. Maletin, Ivica Lalić","doi":"10.2298/MPNS18S1045B","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.2298/MPNS18S1045B","url":null,"abstract":"SummaryIntroduction. The advancement of patient safety culture with in a health institution is the basic component of reduction of errors and the improvement of the general quality of healthcare. The aim of this study was to assess the patient safety culture by means of Hospital Survey on Patient Safety Culture in the Serbian setting. Material and Methods. The survey was conducted in five health institutions in the form of cross section study, which included 1,435 health care workers. Results. Nine dimensions have been selected out of 37 items by explorative factor analysis. The total percentage of positive response was 51%. The highest (70%) and the lowest (33%) percentage of positive responses were obtained in the dimen sions “Overall perceptions of safety” and “Nonpunitive response to errors”, respectively. More than half of the respondents assessed the patient safety as excellent/very good. In the last 12 months, more than half of the respondents have not reported an adverse event. Conclusions. The survey results indicate that changes are necessary in all domains of patient safety culture. Healthcare policy makers have to take responsibility for the implementation of safety culture in every health institution. Patient safety culture can be observed and advanced by full commitment of all those involved in the health care system, understanding both the causes of adverse events and errors, as well as by applying efficient methods to reduce them to the minimum.","PeriodicalId":18511,"journal":{"name":"Medicinski pregled","volume":"72 1","pages":"45-52"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2018-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"73823862","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 aim of the study was to confirm the association between human papillomavirus infection and atypical cervical squamous cells. Material and Methods. This cross-sectional study, conducted in the period from January 2016 to June 2017, included 128 sexually active women, aged 20 to 59 years with squamous cell abnormalities of the cervical cytology, who came to their annual gynecological exam at the University Clinic of Gynecology and Obstetrics in Skopje. All patients underwent human papillomavirus testing and colposcopy cervical biopsy with endocervical curettage for histopathological analysis. Results. Data analysis showed an increase in the human papillomavirus infection alongside with cytological (p = 0.029296) and histopathological (p = 0.029443) increasing grades of cervical lesions. It showed an association between the oncogenic potential of the virus and the cytological (p = 0.000086) and histopathological (p = 0.00001) grades of cervical lesions. A human papillomavirus infection was detected in 75.00% of the examined women. The relationship between the prevalence of high-risk and low-risk human papillomavirus genotypes was 56.25%: 10.94%. Mixed human papillomavirus infection was detected in 32.03% of all patients, in 42.71% of human papillomavirus positive patients. The most common human papillomavirus genotypes, in descending order, were human papillomavirus-16 (43.75%), human papillomavirus-31 (15.62%), human papillomavirus-18 10.4%), human papillomavirus-45 (9.37%), human papillomavirus-33 (7.29%), etc. Conclusion. This study has confirmed an association between human papillomavirus infection and squamous cell abnormalities of the uterine cervix. Young women under 30 years of age were the most affected group.
{"title":"Association between human papillomavirus infection and atypical cervical squamous cells","authors":"D. Dabeski","doi":"10.2298/MPNS1810301D","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.2298/MPNS1810301D","url":null,"abstract":"Introduction. The aim of the study was to confirm the association between human papillomavirus infection and atypical cervical squamous cells. Material and Methods. This cross-sectional study, conducted in the period from January 2016 to June 2017, included 128 sexually active women, aged 20 to 59 years with squamous cell abnormalities of the cervical cytology, who came to their annual gynecological exam at the University Clinic of Gynecology and Obstetrics in Skopje. All patients underwent human papillomavirus testing and colposcopy cervical biopsy with endocervical curettage for histopathological analysis. Results. Data analysis showed an increase in the human papillomavirus infection alongside with cytological (p = 0.029296) and histopathological (p = 0.029443) increasing grades of cervical lesions. It showed an association between the oncogenic potential of the virus and the cytological (p = 0.000086) and histopathological (p = 0.00001) grades of cervical lesions. A human papillomavirus infection was detected in 75.00% of the examined women. The relationship between the prevalence of high-risk and low-risk human papillomavirus genotypes was 56.25%: 10.94%. Mixed human papillomavirus infection was detected in 32.03% of all patients, in 42.71% of human papillomavirus positive patients. The most common human papillomavirus genotypes, in descending order, were human papillomavirus-16 (43.75%), human papillomavirus-31 (15.62%), human papillomavirus-18 10.4%), human papillomavirus-45 (9.37%), human papillomavirus-33 (7.29%), etc. Conclusion. This study has confirmed an association between human papillomavirus infection and squamous cell abnormalities of the uterine cervix. Young women under 30 years of age were the most affected group.","PeriodicalId":18511,"journal":{"name":"Medicinski pregled","volume":"112 3 1","pages":"301-308"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2018-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"73958152","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 inability to protect their own interests makes mentally disabled subjects particularly vulnerable; they face an increased likelihood of being wronged or harmed in the context of research. Therefore, they are due to having extra protection and safeguarding. History of research misconduct and abuse of mentally ill patients. The 20th century abounds with examples of ethically inadmissible experiments conducted on decisionally impaired patients. The most infamous among them are surely the atrocities of the Nazi doctors, whose fraudulent experiments resulted in death of hundreds of thousands of imprisoned innocent and mentally ill individuals. Current and previous regulations and recommendations on research involving the mentally ill. Extreme use of potentially vulnerable mentally ill persons in research has led to a set of policies and practices for protection from exploitation and abuse of human research participants. While the regulations initially protected these vulnerable patients by prohibiting research including the mentally disabled, current guidelines propose appropriate safeguarding so that they may be involved in appropriate research. Conclusion. Protection measures for the mentally disabled persons who are unable to consent to their involvement in research, by banning all biomedical research including the mentally ill are restrictive and unnecessary. Even if well-intended, such overprotection is discriminatory and implies that new treatments for conditions that directly affect the incapacitated subjects will not be developed. Providing that they are properly protected from unnecessary harms, appropriate inclusion of vulnerable mentally ill patients in research is necessary in order to meet their health needs in a safe manner.
{"title":"History of research involving mentally disabled persons - from exploitation through exclusion to appropriate inclusion","authors":"T. Dakić","doi":"10.2298/MPNS1810337D","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.2298/MPNS1810337D","url":null,"abstract":"Introduction. The inability to protect their own interests makes mentally disabled subjects particularly vulnerable; they face an increased likelihood of being wronged or harmed in the context of research. Therefore, they are due to having extra protection and safeguarding. History of research misconduct and abuse of mentally ill patients. The 20th century abounds with examples of ethically inadmissible experiments conducted on decisionally impaired patients. The most infamous among them are surely the atrocities of the Nazi doctors, whose fraudulent experiments resulted in death of hundreds of thousands of imprisoned innocent and mentally ill individuals. Current and previous regulations and recommendations on research involving the mentally ill. Extreme use of potentially vulnerable mentally ill persons in research has led to a set of policies and practices for protection from exploitation and abuse of human research participants. While the regulations initially protected these vulnerable patients by prohibiting research including the mentally disabled, current guidelines propose appropriate safeguarding so that they may be involved in appropriate research. Conclusion. Protection measures for the mentally disabled persons who are unable to consent to their involvement in research, by banning all biomedical research including the mentally ill are restrictive and unnecessary. Even if well-intended, such overprotection is discriminatory and implies that new treatments for conditions that directly affect the incapacitated subjects will not be developed. Providing that they are properly protected from unnecessary harms, appropriate inclusion of vulnerable mentally ill patients in research is necessary in order to meet their health needs in a safe manner.","PeriodicalId":18511,"journal":{"name":"Medicinski pregled","volume":"29 1","pages":"335-339"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2018-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"74452313","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 authors are dealing with the questions often asked by their patients: how weather changes, oscillations in humidity, air pressure and other climate factors affect functioning of the human body. Meteorology and Biometeorology. Definitions of meteorology and biometeorology are given, describing some of the most important characteristics, such as the types of disorders and the reasons for their occurrence, frequency, gender and age factors, etc. with particular reference to disorders related to the mental and nervous functions. Discussion. The possibilities of prevention, the importance of monitoring biometeorology forecasts and the questionable need for drug use during the seasonal shifts, which cause fatigue, irritability, poor concentration and apathy, hypersensitivity to pain, headache, dizziness, anxiety, head buzzing, etc. are discussed.
{"title":"Meteoropathy and meteorosensitive persons","authors":"M. Zikic, T. Rabi-Žikić","doi":"10.2298/MPNS1804131Z","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.2298/MPNS1804131Z","url":null,"abstract":"Introduction. The authors are dealing with the questions often asked by their patients: how weather changes, oscillations in humidity, air pressure and other climate factors affect functioning of the human body. Meteorology and Biometeorology. Definitions of meteorology and biometeorology are given, describing some of the most important characteristics, such as the types of disorders and the reasons for their occurrence, frequency, gender and age factors, etc. with particular reference to disorders related to the mental and nervous functions. Discussion. The possibilities of prevention, the importance of monitoring biometeorology forecasts and the questionable need for drug use during the seasonal shifts, which cause fatigue, irritability, poor concentration and apathy, hypersensitivity to pain, headache, dizziness, anxiety, head buzzing, etc. are discussed.","PeriodicalId":18511,"journal":{"name":"Medicinski pregled","volume":"10 1","pages":"131-135"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2018-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"87501355","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. Motivation and job satisfaction of healthcare professionals represent the basis for providing quality health care. The aim of the study was to establish whether there is a difference in motivation and job satisfaction among healthcare professionals in urban and rural areas in Vojvodina, Serbia. Material and Methods. The study included 574 healthcare professionals in urban area, and 145 in rural setting, from three health centers. Data collection was performed by a self-administered questionnaire. Results. Urban healthcare professionals, compared to rural healthcare workers, were significantly more motivated by the factor of work motivation - achieving the goals of the health center. In comparison with rural healthcare professionals, urban healthcare workers are significantly more satisfied with personal qualities of their immediate supervisors, job security guaranteed by their institution, immediate support at work they received from managers, and professional supervision of their work. Conclusion. Compared to rural healthcare professionals, urban healthcare workers are more work motivated and job satisfied.
{"title":"Motivation and job satisfaction of healthcare professionals in urban and rural areas in the autonomous province of Vojvodina, Serbia","authors":"M. Grujicic, J. Jovičić-Bata, B. Novaković","doi":"10.2298/mpns1802033g","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.2298/mpns1802033g","url":null,"abstract":"Introduction. Motivation and job satisfaction of healthcare professionals represent the basis for providing quality health care. The aim of the study was to establish whether there is a difference in motivation and job satisfaction among healthcare professionals in urban and rural areas in Vojvodina, Serbia. Material and Methods. The study included 574 healthcare professionals in urban area, and 145 in rural setting, from three health centers. Data collection was performed by a self-administered questionnaire. Results. Urban healthcare professionals, compared to rural healthcare workers, were significantly more motivated by the factor of work motivation - achieving the goals of the health center. In comparison with rural healthcare professionals, urban healthcare workers are significantly more satisfied with personal qualities of their immediate supervisors, job security guaranteed by their institution, immediate support at work they received from managers, and professional supervision of their work. Conclusion. Compared to rural healthcare professionals, urban healthcare workers are more work motivated and job satisfied.","PeriodicalId":18511,"journal":{"name":"Medicinski pregled","volume":"57 1","pages":"33-41"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2018-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"85987570","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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