Publications by authors named "Antonis Bertsias"
Article Synopsis
- The study aims to explore the relationship between stress, self-efficacy, and lifestyle factors in elderly patients with type 2 diabetes, focusing on aspects like sleep quality, habits, and treatment.
- Conducted in Northern Greece with 92 elderly participants, the research utilized various assessments including the General Self-Efficacy Scale and the Short Anxiety Screening Test through structured interviews.
- Findings revealed that higher education, better sleep, and regular exercise were linked to improved self-efficacy, while stress was mostly related to poor sleep and unhealthy eating habits, but neither self-efficacy nor stress significantly affected glycemic control.
Background: Primary health care is the cornerstone of a high quality health care system. Greece has been actively attempting to reform health care services in order to improve heath outcomes and reduce health care spending. Patient-centered approaches to health care delivery have been increasingly acknowledged for their value informing quality improvement activities.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFThe aim of this paper is to explore general practitioners' (GPs) prescribing intentions and patterns across different European regions using the Theory of Planned Behavior (TPB). A cross-sectional study was undertaken in selected geographically defined Primary Health Care areas in Cyprus, Czech Republic (CZ), France, Greece, Malta, Sweden and Turkey. Face-to-face interviews were conducted using a TPB-based questionnaire.
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