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INTRODUCTION: Continuing nursing training is necessary in order to achieve higher health care quality in public hospitals. PURPOSE: To evaluate training needs of nurses in all public hospitals in Cyprus and to investigate relations between demographic and occupational characteristics and training needs. METHODS: A cross-sectional study with 385 nurses was conducted in all public hospitals in Cyprus during October 2014 to January 2015. Nurses completed the "Training Needs Analysis Questionnaire" that includes 30 skills and five scales: research/audit, communication/teamwork, clinical tasks, managerial tasks and management/ supervision. Data analysis was performed with IBM SPSS 21.0. RESULTS: Nurses stated that all 30 skills were important for nursing role. Among them 7 skills were considered as very important, 22 as important and only one as less important. Nurses selfestimated their performance as very high in five skills, as high in 23 skills and as moderate in two skills. Moreover, they stated that after the appropriate training, their performance could be improved in a very important degree in 21 skills and in an important degree in nine skills. Nurses without a MSc/Phd degree had greater training needs in research/audit scale than nurses with a MSc/Phd degree (p<0.02). CONCLUSIONS: Nurses consider their training as an important issue and that will help them to improve their clinical performance. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

INTRODUCTION: The positive attitude of nurses towards organ transplantations can influence positively the decision of potential organ donors and their families. AIM: To investigate the attitude of Cypriot and British nurses regarding the advocacy and support of potential organ donors and their families. METHODOLOGY: A cross-sectional study was conducted with a convenience sample of 156 nurses in intensive care units in Cyprus and England. Nurses completed anonymously the questionnaire "Attitudes Towards Organ Donor Advocacy Scale" during January-March 2016. Data analysis was performed with the statistical package IBM SPSS 21.0. RESULTS: Mean age of nurses in Cyprus was 34.5 years, while in England was 33.6 years. Nurses in Cyprus have cared more often for patients who suffered from a catastrophic brain injury with circulatory and ventilator support (p=0.005), while nurses in England have participated more often in the family approach for organ donation in collaboration with the Organ Procurement Organization (p=0.02). Nurses in England felt more comfortable in the family approach for organ donation (p=0.01) and they have decided more often to donate their organs after their death (p<0.001). Nurses in England had more positive attitudes toward actions to safeguard the wishes of the potential donor and to support donor's family. CONCLUSION: Nurses in England had more positive attitude than nurses in Cyprus. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

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Mobile phone use is such a common phenomenon nowadays, that many researchers refer to children and adolescents as a 'mobile generation'. Several studies associate mobile phone use (in terms of voice communication, text sending and internet use with psychological, social and physiological outcomes. Aim: The aim of this study was the exploration of the association of mobile phone dependence with health behaviors in a population οf students of nursing. Material-Method: This study, which follows a cross-sectional survey design, was conducted from November 2009 to January 2010. The convenience sample of the study included 206 nursing students of a Higher Technological Education Institution (response rate 68.5%). Data was collected with the use of anonymous questionnaires. Mobile phone dependence was measured with the Mobile Phone Dependence Questionnaire-MPDQ (by Toda et al. 2006). Statistical analysis was conducted with the Statistical Package for Social Sciences (SPSS 15.0). All hypotheses were tested at a significance level of p <0,05. Results: The mean score for mobile phone dependence was 25,4(± 12,1 95% Cl:23,7-27), while the percentage of students who presented a high level of dependence (mean value of dependence> 38) was 13,6%. Women presented a higher degree of dependence compared to men (p=0,007), while there was no significant difference between smoking and non-smoking students (p=0,435), as well between alcohol and no alcohol consuming students (p=0,368). Students who had no physical exercise had significantly greater dependence on mobile phone use compared to students who were exercising for one or two hours per week (p=0,001). Testing the relationship between age and dependence, a low negative correlation was found (rho=-0,254, p=0,001), demonstrating that younger students are more prone to mobile phone dependence. Conclusions: Mobile phone use in the daily routine of the students is so prevalent that it could be characterized as a "modern" addiction. The fact that this dependence was found to be associated with some unhealthy health behaviors, should raise concern both in individual level,(students and their families), and in administrative level (the faculty of educational institutions) about the future health status of the student population. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Nursing, as a humanitarian science, offers its services, on the comprehensive care of patients. Each nurse handling, involves the possibility of error. Meurier appointed nursing error as "any act, any decision or omission by a nurse, assessed as incorrect, by more experienced colleagues, and have adverse consequences for patients". Medication errors are the most common category of nursing errors. They affect health, patient safety and also have a high economic impact to health systems of each country. Aim: The present study investigated the causative factors of nursing errors, the frequency of medication errors and the ways of reporting, recording and managing these errors in the hospitals of Greece. Method: For the purpose of this study, a descriptive cross-sectional design was used. The sample consisted of 176 registered nurses, from eight public and three private hospitals, working in the ICU and their duties included the administration of drugs. Data collection was performed using an anonymous structured questionnaire that included demographic characteristics of the sample and closed questions about the factors implicated in the occurrence of errors and their management. To investigate the existence of correlation between demographics and various questions referred to the management of errors by nurses, the criterion of heterogeneity X2 of Pearson was used and to check for correlation between questions that reflect the participants' views on working conditions and management of errors, the non-parametric correlation coefficient of Spearman (Spearman rho) was applied. The statistical analysis was performed using SPSS 17 software. Results: After statistical analysis of data, the most important causative factors for the occurrence of errors are the nursing workload (78.9%), the distraction of nurses (75.8%) and the burnout (56.8%). More than 9 out of 10 nurses have made errors in drug administration (91.5%), especially with the wrong dose (34.7%) and the wrong time of administration (32.4%). Finally, 86.6% of the respondents believed that the official record of nursing errors would improve health care provision. Conclusions: Nursing errors are a reality for Greek hospitals. The major causative factors are workload, burnout and frequent interruptions to nurses during preparation and administration of medication. Although nurses seem to want the official record of errors, much still refuses to reveal any, while in Greece there is no formal mechanism to manage these errors. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

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Introduction: The ignorance of the population regarding organ donation and their inadequate information affect negatively the growth of donors in Cyprus. Aim: To assess the knowledge and attitudes of the general population of Limassol, regarding organ donation and the factors that influence their decision. Methods: A cross-sectional study was conducted with a sample of 1200 people in Cyprus, in the Limassol province. The sampling method used was the sampling of convenience and the questionnaire completion was made anonymous in public venues from June to September 2014. Data analysis was performed with IBM SPSS 21.0. Results: Women with 56,7%, felt that organ donation saves lives (p <0.05) and would like to become organ donors. In addition, they knew that there was a waiting list for prospective recipients (p <0.05) and agreed that to remove an organ from the donor he must be brain-dead compared to the 43,3% to the men. In contrast, men with 40,1% were more likely to know if brain death was reversible (p <0.05), unlike women with 34,7%. The participants stated that they had no information about the issue of donation and whether they were informed by the media. Still, the attitude of the Orthodox Church remains unknown to them. Conclusion: There is no proper information on organ donation and therefore there is a shortage of donors. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

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INTRODUCTION: In the majority of voluntary life circle models, motivations, restrictions and outcomes, are playing a significant role, which defines the degree and the duration of commitment. In literature is reported that, Greek voluntary sector has been influenced by crisis and after all the voluntary life circle factors. OBJECTIVE: To explore the changes of the volunteer life circle main variables in health sector due to Greek crisis and specially the motivations, the obstructions, the outcomes and the commitment. METHODS: A cross-sectional study was conducted during May-June 2016 in the Municipalities of Komotini and Alexandroupoli. Study population consisted of 213 volunteers (response rate 62.65%) who trade in health sector. Data collection was performed with questionnaires. Data analysis was performed with IBM SPSS version 21.0. RESULTS: Greek crisis caused a subtle increase of motivations and outcomes, a bigger to the commitment and to the temper of volunteering and also left obstructions constant. Correlations were found between changes of volunteering circle main variations with demographic and socio-economic factors, with characteristics of volunteering and voluntary organizations and also with changes of all above due crisis. According to multivariate linear regression analyses, the 17% of variability of motivation score was due to the increment of volunteering time, and the number of wider family that burden household. Also, the 9% of variability of obstruction score was due to the lack of income and the number of wider family that burden household. Moreover, the 17% of variability of outcomes score was due to the decrease of volunteering years and the number of wider family that burden household. CONCLUSIONS: The Greek crisis cause a subtle increase of motivations, outcomes, need for volunteering and a greater increase of commitment and will of mobility. Greater reasons of changes were the urge to satisfy personal and social needs that crises caused and also the changes of attitude towards volunteers own giving and voluntary organizations. The obstructions that caused by the lack of proper policies and the malaise of voluntary sector, do not allow the positive attitude towards volunteer restructure to become a reality. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

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INTRODUCTION: Quality of life and stress among patients with chronic renal disease affect decisively clinical outcomes and clinical course of these patients. AIM: To evaluate quality of life and stress among patients with chronic renal disease and to find their determinants. METHODOLOGY: A cross-sectional study was conducted during January to March 2016. Study population consisted of 130 patients with chronic renal disease and 49 healthy people without this disease as the control group. Quality of life short form (SF-12) and State Trait Anxiety Inventory (STAI) were used in order to assess quality of life and stress respectively. RESULTS: According to multivariate linear regression analyses, patients had worse quality of life versus healthy in the following domains of SF-12: physical functioning, physical role, physical pain, general health and physical health. Also, decreased age was associated with better quality of life in all domains of SF-12 except mental health, while decreased stress was associated with better quality of life in all domains of SF-12. Patients had higher stress from a specific situation than healthy people, while patients and residents in rural areas had higher permanent stress. CONCLUSION: Patients with chronic renal disease had worse quality of life and more stress than healthy and so appropriate interventions are need in order to improve quality of life, decrease stress and improve clinical outcomes. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

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INTRODUCTION: Osteoporosis is characterized by decreased bone mass. The absence of symptoms is characteristic for osteoporosis as it appears after a fracture. AIM: To investigate quality of life in women with osteoporosis and the associated determinants. METHODOLOGY: A cross-sectional study was conducted and a convenience sampling method was used. Study population included 49 women with osteoporosis, 57 women with osteopenia and 45 women with normal bone mass according to bone quality as it was measured with bone densitometry (DXA) method for hip. SF-36v2 was used to measure quality of life and FRAX questionnaire to predict the ten-years risk for fracture. RESULTS: According to multivariate analysis, increased age of women was associated with increased risk for the occurrence of major osteoporotic fracture (p<0.001) and hip fracture (p<0.001). Moreover, patients with osteoporosis had higher risk to be in high level risk group for the occurrence of major osteoporotic fracture (p=0.018) and hip fracture (p=0.023) compared to women with normal bone mass. Decreased age of women was associated with increased physical component score (p<0.001). Also, women with normal bone mass, patients with osteopenia and women without comorbidity had higher physical component score (p<0.001 and p=0.005 respectively) and mental component score (p<0.001 in both cases). CONCLUSION: Appropriate diagnosis and therapy of osteoporosis could promote in a great way the quality of life of patients with osteoporosis. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

OBJECTIVE To investigate the opinions of specialist physicians about the staffing of the health services in remote areas with physicians and recruitment and retention incentives in these services. METHOD A cross sectional study was conducted. The study population consisted of the physicians working in hospitals, hospitals-health centers and health centers of the Peloponnese district. Of the 256 questionnaires that were sent, 194 were returned completed (response rate 75.6%). RESULTS The majority of participants (97.4%) considered that there is deficient medical staffing of the remote health services. Effective incentives to confront this deficiency were considered to be: preference for the specific healthcare organization (36.1%), monetary incentives (48.5%), career development (35.6%) and educational incentives (16.5%). The effectiveness of the legislated incentives was rated by 66% of participants as poor, by 28.4% as moderate and by 5.7% as good. The quality of life in the rural areas and recognition by the local population (52%), rural background (32.5%) and monetary incentives (23.2%) were factors that had influenced the recruitment of physicians to work in their current healthcare organizations. The good relationships with the local population (38.7%), the interest of the work (31.4%) and the work environment (26.3%) were the three most important factors influencing the physicians' continuation in their current healthcare organizations. The only characteristic that correlated with physician satisfaction was the specialty (p=0.02) and specifically physicians with a laboratory specialty indicated greater satisfaction than others. CONCLUSIONS The provision of incentives constitutes a catalytic factor in the recruitment and retention of physicians in remote areas. Although the current legislation includes incentives, their revision and renewal are considered necessary within the framework of a health policy for health services staffing of remote areas. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

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Magnetic resonance electrical impedance tomography (MREIT) is a noninvasive method to visualize cross-sectional electrical conductivity and/or current density by measuring a magnetic flux density signal when an electrical current is injected into a subject. In the MREIT system, it is crucial to reduce the scan duration while maintaining spatial resolution and contrast for practical in vivo implementation. The purpose of the study is to optimize the measured magnetic flux density using an interleaved multiple-echo pulse sequence (injected current nonlinear encoding) that acquires each spatial position multiple times, although these pixels vary between echoes in their signal-tonoise ratio due to (a) T*2 2 decay and (b) the current density passing through the pixel. Using the acquired multiple measured magnetic flux densities, the noise level for the measured magnetic flux density Bz at each pixel is estimated using the relationship between the intensity of the magnitude and the width of the injected current. We determine an optimal combination of the multiply acquired magnetic flux densities, which optimally reduces the random noise artifacts. We develop a new denoising technique and apply it to a recovered conductivity distribution with a known noise level of the recovered magnetic flux density, which is designed to provide a stable internal conductivity distribution, while sustaining resolution. The proposed method uses three key steps: the first step is optimizing the magnetic flux density by using the multiple-echo magnetic flux densities at each pixel, the second step is estimating the noise level of this optimized magnetic flux density and the third step is applying a denoising technique using the pixel-specific estimated noise level. Numerical simulation experiments using a three-dimensional cylindrical phantom model validated the proposed method. Multiple-echo Bz data were generated, including in short T*2 or low spin-density regions, as a function of T*2 and the temporal extent of the injected current. In the simulation experiment, comparing between an equally averaged and the optimized Bz methods, relative L2-mode errors were 0.053 and 0.024, respectively. In an actual imaging experiment of an agarose gel filled with objects of various conductivities and shapes, we acquired six echoes per repetition time. The optimal weighting factorsminimized the effects of noise in Bz, and provided reconstructed conductivity maps that suppressed noise artifacts that normally accumulate in the low signal-to-noise-ratio defect regions. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]