BACKGROUND:Burnout in the healthcare workers is formally defined as a state of physical, emotional and mental exhaustion caused by long-term involvement in situations that are emotionally demanding. METHODS:Using a random ...

Background: Medical errors have been highlighted in recent years by different agencies, scientific bodies and research teams alike. We sought to explore the issue of medical errors in Cyprus using data from the Eurobarometer ...

Aims: This article describes a study examining predictors of burnout and engagement, including job demands, job resources and Type A behaviour, in a sample of Norwegian physiotherapists (N = 244). Methods: This study ...

Introduction: The Greek public is currently not represented at any level of the healthcare system’s organizational structure. This study aimed to investigate the opinions of Greek citizens as well as doctors regarding their ...

Background: Patient safety is considered an antecedent of quality of hospital care. The explicit need to focus on quality of care underpins the aim of the study to evaluate the safety culture and teamwork climate in the ...

Lately, clinical mistakes grew in numbers and this trend is evident in the findings of recently-released surveys. Furthermore, it is obvious that clinical errors, in addition to financial costs, affect negatively the ...

Objective: The objective of this study was to explore the epidemiological profile of the spinal cord injured population living on the Greek island Chios. Methods: We interviewed the regional spinal cord injured population. ...

Over the past few decades, drug and overall healthcare expenditure have risen rapidly in most countries. The present study investigates the attitudes and the factors which influence physician prescribing decisions and ...

Το ανθρώπινο δυναμικό στην Υγεία χαρακτηρίζεται από υψηλή εξειδίκευση και εκπαίδευση, γεγονός που βρίσκει ιδιαίτερη εφαρμογή στο νοσηλευτικό δυναμικό, το οποίο διακονεί μία επιστήμη εξαιρετικά δυναμική και πολύτιμη. Η ...

Εισαγωγή: Οι ποικίλες επιτευχθείσες καινοτομίες σε επιστημονικά, τεχνολογικά και κοινωνιολογικά περιβάλλοντα είχαν ως αποτέλεσμα τη συνεχή επέκταση των αρμοδιοτήτων διαφόρων επαγγελματιών σε νέα πεδία ...

Το σύνολο της επιστημονικής κοινότητας αναγνωρίζει σήμερα τον πρωτεύοντα ρόλο της υγιεινής διατροφής, αλλά κι ενός ισορροπημένου τρόπου ζωής, στην πρόληψη των καρδιαγγειακών συμβαμάτων. Στο πλαίσιο αυτό η Αμερικανική ...

BACKGROUND: Despite a plethora of information on the prevention of pressure sores, they remain a significant problem in both hospital and community settings. The need to reduce the incidence of pressure sores has been well ...

This study aims to investigate how young inmates integrate temporal and contextual elements of identity and what is the role of education in identity integration. Twenty-six young inmates were interviewed. Thematic analysis ...

In the current study we examined the psychometric properties of the Greek adaptation of the Social Phobic Inventory (SoPhI) (Moore & Gee, 2003). The questionnaire is a 21-item self-report measure that assesses social anxiety ...

Tests of aggression, prejudice and a measure of how much uniqueness or similarity we perceive in others were administered to participants the day before the terrorist attacks of 9/ 11, the day of the attacks, six and seven ...

The purpose of the current study was to assess f or possible relationships between the internalization of the thin ideal by the media, disordered eating attitudes and behaviors, feelings of attractiveness and investment ...

The purpose of this study was twofold: first, to develop a measure (People Perspective Questionnaire; PPQ) that assesses a dimension previously proposed, stating that a characteristic or trait exists, whereby some people ...

Cyprus has been through many significant changes in the decade of 2000-2010. The purpose of this study was to assess differences in levels of ethnic identity, person perception and racism by comparing archived data of 2000, ...

The current study examined the psychometric properties of a Greek version of the Appearance Schemas Inventory – Revised (ASI-R). A total of 269 university female students (mean age = 25.1 years, SD = 3.81; mean height = ...

Άγανον έσχες Βασίλειε αριφρόν, φρόνημα τερπνόν, νυν δε εκβλύζεις άμα ρύακας ημίν γνώσεως ουρανίας μάκαρ, αληθώς τοις βροροίς καταχέων αυγάς γε ρημάτων τε και σοφών λόγων, μυστηπόλος σε λέξεως Βυζαντίδος.