A5032348275- Dementia and Cognitive Impairment Research
- COVID-19 and Mental Health
- Healthcare Policy and Management
- Primary Care and Health Outcomes
- Obesity, Physical Activity, Diet
- Chronic Disease Management Strategies
- Physical Activity and Health
- Global Health Workforce Issues
- Nutritional Studies and Diet
- COVID-19 Pandemic Impacts
- Smoking Behavior and Cessation
- Migration, Health and Trauma
- Health Systems, Economic Evaluations, Quality of Life
- Psychosomatic Disorders and Their Treatments
- Mobile Health and mHealth Applications
- Hungarian Social, Economic and Educational Studies
- Nutrition and Health in Aging
- Cognitive Functions and Memory
- Healthcare professionals’ stress and burnout
- Health and Wellbeing Research
- Ophthalmology and Eye Disorders
- Eating Disorders and Behaviors
- Resilience and Mental Health
- Diabetes Management and Education
- Health, psychology, and well-being
Semmelweis University
2025
University of Debrecen
2014-2024
Universitat de Miguel Hernández d'Elx
2022
In order to provide effective primary care for refugees and develop interventions tailored them, we must know their needs. Little is known of the health needs experiences recently arrived other migrants throughout journey through Europe. We aimed gain insight into needs, barriers in access wishes regarding care. spring 2016, conducted a qualitative, comparative case study seven EU countries centre first arrival, two transit centres, intermediate-stay centres longer-stay using Participatory...
Abstract Background In the case of people who carry an increased number anxiety traits and maladaptive coping strategies, psychosocial stressors may further increase level perceived stress they experience. our research study, we aimed to examine levels health as well styles among university students amid COVID-19 pandemic. Methods A cross-sectional study was conducted using online-based survey at University Debrecen during official lockdown in Hungary when dormitories were closed, teaching...
The COVID-19 pandemic is considered a major threat to global public health. aim of our study was use the official epidemiological data forecast epidemic curves (daily new cases) using Artificial Intelligence (AI)-based Recurrent Neural Networks (RNNs), then compare and validate predicted models with observed data.We used publicly available datasets from World Health Organization Johns Hopkins University create training dataset, we employed RNNs gated recurring units (Long Short-Term Memory -...
ABSTRACT The aim of our study was to predict the epidemic curves (daily new cases) COVID-19 pandemic using Artificial Intelligence (AI)-based Recurrent Neural Networks (RNNs), then compare and validate predicted models with observed data. We used publicly available datasets from World Health Organization Johns Hopkins University create a training dataset, we RNNs gated recurring units (Long Short-Term Memory) two prediction models. Information collected in first t time-steps were aggregated...
Abstract This study assessed the dietary intake of European children by country, gender, and obesity degree across six countries participating in Feel4Diabetes study. It also compared food group intakes with food-based guidelines. The included 9,847 (50.4% girls) from countries. Families provided baseline data on energy balance-related behaviors socioeconomic factors via questionnaires. Children’s breakfast consumption were using semi-quantitative frequency questionnaires, anthropometric...
The aim of the present study was two-fold: Firstly, to estimate prevalence psychological distress among international students at a Hungarian university two years after COVID-19 outbreak; and secondly, identify its demographic socioeconomic factors, with special regard students' food-security status. A cross-sectional using self-administered questionnaire carried out from 27 March 3 July 2022 University Debrecen. included information on characteristics, status (six-item United States...
Cardiovascular disease is the leading cause of mortality worldwide. Despite availability effective low-density lipoprotein cholesterol (LDL-C) lowering agents, an increased cardiovascular risk still observed in individuals with therapeutic LDL-C levels. One these factors elevated plasma lipoprotein(a) (Lp(a)) concentration, which maintains chronic inflammation through presence oxidized phospholipids on its surface. In addition, due to 90 percent homology fibrinolytic proenzyme plasminogen,...
Obesity, a threatening pandemic, has an important public health implication. Before proper medication is available, primary care providers will have distinguished role in prevention and management. Their performance may be influenced by many factors but their personal motivation still under-researched area. The knowledge, attitudes practice were reviewed this questionnaire study involving representative sample of 10% all Hungarian family physicians. In different settings, 521 practitioners...
Background: Our study aimed to assess the differences between domestic and international students in terms of social support, vital exhaustion, depression during period COVID-19 examine relationships potential effects these factors on each other. Methods: The online cross-sectional survey was conducted via Google Forms® at three time intervals pandemic. Results: Here, 1320, 246, 139 completed our questionnaires different intervals. reported significantly lower values perceived support....
In many European children, high levels of screen time can be found, which is associated with several adverse health outcomes. Therefore, there a need for identifying effective intervention strategies that reduce in children. A factor may contribute to excessive children “co-TV viewing” (i.e., the parents and spend on watching TV together), as often recognize importance limiting children’s (individual) time, but encourage viewing family because its perceived benefits (e.g., educational...
Background The relationship between smoking and coronavirus disease-2019 (COVID-19) is still topical with mixed epidemiological evidence. However, the pandemic may affect people’s beliefs toward as well their behavior quit intentions. Considering high rates in Jordan, our current study aimed to assess following domains a community-based sample from Jordan: (i) that surround smoking/vaping COVID-19 (ii) impact on intention. Methods A cross-sectional was conducted Jordan March 9 16, 2021,...
Abstract Background In the case of people who carry an increased number anxiety traits due to their maladaptive coping strategies, psychosocial stressors may further increase level perceived stress they experience. our research study, we aimed examine and health levels as well styles among students at one higher education institutions in Hungary, midst COVID-19 pandemic. Methods A cross-sectional study was conducted using online-based survey University Debrecen, during official lockdown...
Antimicrobial resistance (AMR) is an increasing public health problem worldwide. We studied some patient-related factors that might influence the antimicrobial resistance. and whether volume of antibiotic prescribing primary care physicians correlate with rates commensal nasal Staphylococcus aureus Streptococcus pneumoniae.The socio-demographic questionnaires, prescription data S. pneumoniae were collected in 20 participating Hungarian practices APRES study. Multivariate logistic regression...
Abstract Background Most research on parenting and childhood obesity obesity-related behaviours has focused mothers while fathers have been underrepresented. Yet, recent literature suggested that uniquely influence their children’s lifestyle behaviours, hence could also affect weight status, but this not yet scientifically proven. Therefore, the present study aimed to determine whether association between fathers’ status is mediated by movement (i.e. physical activity (PA) screen time (ST))....
This study investigated barriers towards health behaviours (physical activity, limiting sedentary behaviour and healthy dietary habits) experienced by young European families living in vulnerable areas, from multiple perspectives (parents, teachers, local community workers). Focus groups were conducted six countries (Belgium, Bulgaria, Finland, Hungary, Greece Spain). In each country, three focus with parents, one teachers workers. Data analysed using a deductive framework approach manifest...
Abstract Background: The Alma-Ata Declaration was a big step in the development of primary care, defining main tasks and populations’ expectation. Celebrating 40th year’s anniversary is good opportunity to make an analysis. Development care not parallel Eastern Western part Europe. Aim: To provide overview on societal economic situation, structural financial changes healthcare systems former ‘Soviet bloc’ countries, present analysis (PHC) provision find relationships between epidemiological...
Abstract Background The Hungarian primary care system faces a severe shortage of family physicians. Medical students’ perceptions medicine need to be known and medical students given appropriate comprehensible information about this speciality. expected future salary is an important factor in career choice. Most the doctors are self-employed practices have corrected capitation-type financing. Although majority health services covered by social insurance provided for insured patients free...
Abstract A family meal is defined as a consumed together by the members of or having ≥ 1 parent present during meal. The frequency meals has been associated with healthier food intake patterns in both children and parents. This study aimed to investigate families at high risk for developing type 2 diabetes across Europe association (i) between meals’ consumption diet quality among parents (ii) children’s consumption. Moreover, elucidate mediating effect parental on Food anthropometric were...
The present study examined Social Anxiety (SA) through the utilization of multiple measures and experimental paradigms. Participants were categorized using Liebowitz Scale (threshold: 30). Facial Test assessed emotional facial recognition, eye-tracking technology visual attention biases during emotion identification. Cognitions Questionnaire was administered to investigate relationship between SA. Results revealed no gender-based differences in SA, but Asian participants scored significantly...
Background: The ongoing refugee crisis has revealed the need for enhancing primary health care (PHC) professionals' skills and training.Objectives: aim was to strengthen PHC professionals in European countries provision of high-quality refugees migrants by offering a concise modular training that based on needs as shown prior research EUR-HUMAN project.Methods: We developed, piloted, evaluated an online capacity building course 8 stand-alone modules containing information about acute issues...
Concerns regarding the projected prevalence of Alzheimer's disease (AD) over next several decades have stimulated a need for detection AD in its earliest stages. A self-administered cognitive test (Test Your Memory, TYM) is designed as short, screening tool AD. Our aim was to validate Hungarian version Test Memory (TYM-HUN) The TYM-HUN applied case individuals aged 60 years or more, 50 patients with and healthy controls were recruited into study. We compared diagnostic utility TYM that...
Abstract Background The study aimed to investigate the effectiveness of European Feel4Diabetes intervention, promoting a healthy lifestyle, on physical activity and its correlates among families at risk for type 2 diabetes mellitus (based Finnish Diabetes Risk Score) in Belgium. Methods intervention involved three components: family, school community component, with family component consisting 6 counseling sessions risk. Main outcomes were objectively measured levels subjectively correlates....
Background: Our study aimed to examine how modulating variables such as social support, health anxiety, coping, gender, being separated from home, and lockdown can modify or amplify the effect of perceived stress a starting variable in point view output variable, dissociation. Methods: A cross-sectional survey was conducted online form at two points time: beginning later stage COVID-19 pandemic. Results: We received total 1711 responses. Perceived moderately correlated with dissociation both...