Prevalence of burnout among health care workers in the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina during the coronavirus disease-2019 pandemic: a cross-sectional study.

Aim: To investigate the prevalence of burnout syndrome among health care workers in the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina (FBiH) during the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic.

Methods: This cross-sectional study was conducted in May and June 2021 using an online survey based on Copenhagen Burnout Inventory. The questionnaire underwent forward and backward translation, preliminary pilot testing, and was assessed for reliability and validity.

Family Medicine Practice During COVID-19 Pandemic in Canton Sarajevo: Positive and Negative Aspects.

Background: After the World Health Organization declared the outbreak of a new coronavirus on 30 January 2020 a public health emergency of international importance, health authorities in Bosnia and Herzegovinaas in other countries around the world, have ordered active surveillance, early detection, isolation and management, cases, contact monitoring and prevention of the spread of infection.

Objective: The aim of this study was to describe and analyze of the organization of family medicine during COVID-19 pandemic in Canton Sarajevo with its positive and negative aspects.

Methods: The case study design provided an ideal framework for systematic research into the organization of primary health care in Sarajevo Canton during the COVID-19 pandemic as it is an empirical study exploring a contemporary phenomenon within its real-life context when the boundaries between phenomenon and context are not clearly visible.

Bystanders' cardiopulmonary resuscitation involvement in the treatment of out-of-hospital cardiac arrest events and educational status regarding basic life support measures and automated external defibrillator usage among residents in Canton Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina.

Aim To investigate bystanders' CPR involvement in out-of-hospital cardiac arrest (OHCA) events, their current knowledge regarding OHCA and BLS measures, their willingness to learn BLS measures with the usage of AEDs, as well as current practices. Methods This cross-sectional study included: data regarding all OHCA events treated at the Emergency Medical Service of Canton Sarajevo between January 2015 and December 2019, and an online anonymous questionnaire that examined knowledge, attitudes and practices regarding basic life support (BLS) and automated external defibrillators (AEDs). Results A total of 328 (24.

Long-term results of augmentation ileocystoplasty in spinal cord injury patients.

Introduction: The aim of this article was to report the long-term results of increased ileocystoplasty in 58 patients with spinal cord injury (SCI) with an impact on overall renal function and quality of life. In a representative number of patients, where we followed individual subjects for more than 20 years, we wanted to determine their quality of life and preservation of renal function after surgery.

Material And Methods: After unsuccessful conservative therapy of urinary incontinence, increased ileocystoplasty was performed.

What is the Future of Family Medicine in Bosnia and Herzegovina?

Introduction: Although during undergraduate study students have a high opinion of family medicine and often praise it, during postgraduate studies they show little interest in this medical specialty.

Aim: The study aimed to examine the interest of public medical school students in family medicine as a career choice, to establish whether it changed during the study and if there was a difference in that regard among students studying at medical schools in Bosnia and Herzegovina. Hypotheses: students' attitudes change with learning about the way a family doctor works.