The assessment of knowledge and attitudes of men in Serbia about prostate cancer and possibilities for its early detection and treatment in 2011: a cross-sectional study.

Purpose: To assess the knowledge and attitudes of men in Serbia about prostate cancer (PCa) and possibilities for its early detection and treatment in 2011.

Methods: This cross-sectional study included 407 men of various ages and education levels selected randomly and divided in 2 groups according to age (up to 40 and over 40 years). The assessment of knowledge and attitudes was based on a survey made up of 12 multiple choice questions conducted with direct contact with respondents from October 15th to December 15th 2011 with their voluntary consent.

Factors influencing participation in breast cancer opportunistic screening in Belgrade, Serbia.

Purpose: To assess the motivation and barrier factors influencing participation of women in opportunistic breast cancer screening in Belgrade, Serbia, and to detect changes in these factors over time.

Methods: A cross-sectional study has been carried out at the Institute for Oncology and Radiology of Serbia in 2009 and 2016 among women aged 40 to 69 years from Belgrade who came at the Institute for opportunistic breast cancer screening. The demographic characteristics, data regarding breast exams practices, screening motivators and barriers and sources of information on breast cancer were collected by self-administered questionnaire.

Vitamin D Deficiency and Associated Factors in Patients with Mental Disorders Treated in Routine Practice.

This research aimed to investigate factors associated with vitamin D deficiency and to provide data about its prevalence in patients suffering from different psychiatric illnesses. The study had a cross-sectional design and it included 220 patients of both genders, aged from 19-81 y, with a wide range of mental disorders (F00-F89), and treated in routine ambulatory and hospital practice. The researchers collected data from three sources: medical records, a study questionnaire and biochemical analysis of patients' serum samples (concentration of vitamin D measured as 25(OH)D, calcium, phosphorus, magnesium, sodium and potassium).

New software for collecting data from the organized cervical cancer screening program in Serbia. Are we on the threshold of a new screening registry? - A multicentric study.

Purpose: The purpose of this study was to present the Screening Registry and the results of organized cervical cancer screening program (OCCSP) in the Republic of Serbia using a database made as an output model, linked with the Screening Registry.

Methods: Data were respectively collected over a onemonth period from 3 state primary health care centers (and related hospitals/clinical center) in central Serbia in which OCCSP was conducted. The sample consisted of women of the target population (25 to 64 years old) who responded the call for Pap test.

Determinants of smoking and smoking cessation among health professionals in Serbia: A cross-sectional study.

Background/aim: Bearing in mind a high smoking prevalence in Serbia (34% in adult population; men 38%, women 30%) and leading role of health professionals in intervention and prevention, a cross-sectional study was performed smong the representative sample of health professionals in Serbia. The aim of the study was to identify predictors of smoking and smoking cessation prior to the total smoking ban in November 2010.

Methods: In this nationwide study, 3,084 physicians and nurses from 4 types of institutions and four geographical regions were selected and 2,282 included (response rate 74.