The paper adressess the association between regional variation in suicide mortality in slovenian municiapilites with selected socio demographic and mental health variables
COBISS.SI-ID: 41303555
The paper is the result of cooperation with internationally recognised mental health professionals and addresses an issue that has arisen and has been on the rise for the last decade, which represents an important health burden and an increasing impact on premature mortality; among the most read publications https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/ijerph-top-5-most-viewed-articles-january-ijerph-mdpi/?published=t
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Core values in family medicine were defined or in a process of being defined in several European countries. The most common core values already defined were the doctor-patient relationship, continuity, comprehensiveness and holistic care, community orientation, and professionalism. Some countries expressed the need for an update of the current core values' list. Most respondents felt the core values of their discipline were challenged in today's world. The main values challenged were continuity, patient-centered care/the doctor-patient relationship and comprehensive and holistic care, but also prioritization, equity, and community orientation and cooperation. These were challenged by digital health, workload/lack of family physicians, fragmentation of care, interdisciplinary care, and societal trends and commercial interests. We managed to identify suggestions for core values of family medicine at the European level. There is a clear need to adopt a definition of a value and tailor the discussion and actions on the family medicine core values accordingly. There is also a need to identify the core values of family medicine in European countries. This could strengthen the profession, promote its development and research, improve education, and help European countries to advocate for the profession.
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In the third Slovenian national healthcare-associated infections (HAIs) prevalence survey, conducted within the European point prevalence survey of HAIs and antimicrobial use in acute care hospitals, we estimated the prevalence of all types of HAIs and identified factors associated with HAIs. Patients were enrolled into a one-day cross-sectional study in November 2017. Descriptive analyses were performed to describe the characteristics of patients, their exposure to invasive procedures and the prevalence of different types of HAIs. Univariate and multivariate analyses of association of having at least one HAI with possible risk factors were performed to identify risk factors. Among 5743 patients, 4.4% had at least one HAI and additional 2.2% were still treated for HAIs on the day of the survey, prevalence of HAIs of 6.6%. The prevalence of pneumoniae was the highest (1.8%), followed by surgical site infections (1.5%) and urinary tract infections (1.2%). Prevalence of blood stream infections was 0.3%. In intensive care units (ICUs), the prevalence of patients with at least one HAI was 30.6%. Factors associated with HAIs included central vascular catheter (adjusted odds ratio (aOR) 4.1; 95% confidence intervals (CI): 3.1–5.4), peripheral vascular catheter (aOR 3.0; 95% CI: 2.3–3.9), urinary catheter (aOR 1.8; 95% CI: 1.4–2.3). The prevalence of HAIs in Slovenian acute care hospitals in 2017 was substantial, especially in ICUs. HAIs prevention and control is an important public health priority. National surveillance of HAIs in ICUs should be developed to support evidence-based prevention and control.
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The aim of this study was to validate the Slovene version of the Orthotics and Prosthetics Users’ Survey (OPUS)’s 8-item Client Satisfaction with Device (CSD) questionnaire in upper-limb prosthesis users and to further verify its measurement properties with Rasch analysis. Participants were a convenience sample of 76 adults (54 men), using a prosthesis after unilateral upper limb amputation, who consecutively attended a follow-up visit at our Centre. The metric properties of the Slovene version of CSD are in line with previous studies. The present study confirms the validity of CSD for measuring patient satisfaction with an upper-limb device, enhances the confidence in this tool for assessing upper-limb prosthesis users, and contributes to further refining the technical quality of this measure.
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