Background: Spirituality is significantly associated with the quality of life patients suffering from rheumatic diseases, helping them to cope pain and improve emotional well-being. There a gap in literature regarding relationship between spirituality, treatment adherence especially rheumatoid arthritis (RA) systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE), as relevant studies, Greek population, are limited. Aims: The present study aimed evaluate effect medication spirituality on diseases. Methods: This...

Background: Mental health nurses often deal with complex clinical situations and face difficulties the decision-making process. The development of educational techniques during nurses’ practice is crucial to improve skills in communication, assessment effective intervention patients mental disorders. Problem Based Learning (PBL) teaching method a student-centered based on integration real problem into learning Objective: aim this study was investigate effect PBL critical thinking...

To investigate factors that influence or promote disbelief and negative attitudes toward COVID-19.This was cross-sectional study involving 544 males females ≥ 18 years of age in Greece between December 2020 January 2021. All participants were informed about the purpose study, protection anonymity, volunteer participation. Participants completed an online anonymous 40-item questionnaire. Analysis data included identification correlations use t-tests ANOVA.The level knowledge regarding...

Abstract Background The Patient Assessment of Chronic Illness Care plus is used in order to assess whether provided care congruent with the Model, according patients. purpose this study was correlate PACIC+ and revised 5As “ask, advise, agree, assist arrange” scoring a sample DM patients, their QoL, depressive symptomatology, demographic disease characteristics, self-management behaviours healthy eating physical activity. Methods This cross-sectional where data were collected between January...

Elderly population is growing fast in the western world due to a reduction birth rates and marked increase life expectancy with multiple co-morbidity that warrants greater attention by health care workers.The purpose of study investigate levels physical mental elderly people living Central Greece.A cross-sectional design was adopted self completed questionnaires. Data collected, included socio-demographic general information using Greek version General Health Questionnaire 28....

Stress response strategies are a conscious effort to solve personal and interpersonal problems, aiming minimize stress.The aim of this study is investigate the stress nurses during COVID-19 pandemic.The sample consisted 550 Greek working in Greece other European countries (460 women 90 men). Ways Coping was used as data collection tool. Participants were invited complete questionnaire via online GOOGLE FORMS. The statistical processing carried out using descriptive inferential analysis...

Mental rehearsal is a form of training used by nurse educators to enhance the performance clinical skills. The use imagination may facilitate cognitive and affective modification subsequently even reduce extraneous load.The aim study was investigate efficacy mental in cardiopulmonary resuscitation nursing students.This comparative with random sample 52 Nurse-Assistant students who were randomly divided into two groups. A 10-minute educational video on CPR defibrillation shown both groups...

Aim: To study and record the level of empathy self-compassion medical nursing staff a general hospital in North Greece, to investigate their connection depression levels. Materials Methods: The sample consists 88 people (66 women 22 men), General Hospital Kavala (northern Greece) who filled out questionnaire. questionnaire 4 parts: 1) socio-demographic data; 2) Toronto Empathy Questionnaire (TEQ); 3) Self- Compassion Scale (SCS), 4) Beck Depression Inventory (BDI). For statistical processing...

Introduction The purpose of this research was to investigate the problems first-generation immigrant students and linkage these with psychopathology students. Objectives sample study included men women students, that were second-generation immigrants aged from 18 > 25 years. Methods tools used were: (a) Psychopathology Scale (Symptom Checklist 90-R - SCL-90) (b) State Trait Anxiety Inventory (STAI), (c) orientation test life (LOT-R) d) Other As Shamer (OAS), (e) Experience Shame (ESS)....

Introduction Smoking causes many life-threatening diseases and is a major risk factor for several main of death. Damage by smoking also caused to those called “passive smokers”. Passive has been implicated in adverse effects on health. Very few studies deal with empathy smokers while the presence non-smokers. Purpose Estimation psychological characteristics Greek smokers. Methodology For research purposes we used questionnaires Toronto questionnaire (TEQ), symptom check list 90-R, experience...

Introduction The focus of Medical Anthropology is, among other things, the study medicine as an expression culture and involves analysis healing traditions, both “traditional” biomedical. Objectives Greek Gypsies who have their own habitus , language, culture. Aims discussion treatment options that gypsies or seek in order to address critical life situations outside a biomedical context. Methods Field research with interviews observation. Results Using Geertz's analytic approach symbolic...

Introduction It is reported in global literature that Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD) may cause a wide range of psychological effects, some them not fully explored. The aim this study to investigate if patients with COPD experience intense feelings shame. Objectives To find differences shame between males and females, there correlation other socio-economic factors. Method Using the “Experience Shame Scale” questionnaire (ESS) 191 (104 men 87 women) treated Primary Health Care...

Objective: Anxiety is a warning sign for an upcoming risk and common reaction of most people reacting to stressful events. The purpose this study was investigate anxiety between undergraduate postgraduate students in nursing its relation their socio-demographic characteristics.Methods: This cross-sectional, quantitative with sample comprised n = 177 students, n1 121 n2 56 students. collection the empirical data carried out using fully structured Self-reported questionnaire which recorded...

Roma in Greece face multiple discrimination, particularly the areas of housing, education, employment and health.The aim this study is to explore perceptions beliefs Greek living both camps urban neighborhoods for public health structures as well assess their satisfaction with care services.The sample consisted 185 subjects (94 females 91 males) a mean age 39.8 years (SD = 15.7). Of people involved study, 80 come from settlement Larissa 105 camp Tyrnavos. A special survey questionnaire, "The...

Introduction Unemployment is considered to be one of the most stressful life events that a person may experience. There are plethora studies highlighted negative effects unemployment on people’s overall mental health and well-being. Yet, psychological resilience self-compassion contribute positively in coping with situations seem particularly supportive mechanisms when confronted unemployment. Objectives This study intended investigate relationships between resilience, Greek unemployed...

Aim This study aims to investigate the perceptions of health, disease and pain issues among Greek immigrant, living in Germany, as they were formed through their previous experiences, immigration routes experiences a new sociocultural environment, while taking under consideration varying cultural backgrounds. Material-method research was based on personal interpretations ten immigrant (6 women 4 men). As methodology, qualitative employed. The methodological tools used for collection material...

Introduction Chronic diseases such as childhood diabetes mellitus constitute a challenge for both the affected children and their families. Childhood is characterized by complex therapeutic management has profound physical psychological impact on whole family number of losses parents. Aim objectives To recognize quantify factors affecting shame feelings parents with mellitus. Method A cross-sectional design was performed. sample 316 (110 men–206 women, mean age 40.6 years, SD = 6.0 ranged...