Factor structure and psychometric characteristics of the City birth Trauma Scale- Slovak version.

Objective: The City Birth Trauma Scale (City BiTS) is a questionnaire designed to assess the posttraumatic symptoms after birth. This study aimed to explore the factors structure, internal consistency, known-groups validity, and convergent validity of the City Birth Trauma Scale in Slovakia.

Methods: Cross-sectional Slovak national data from the INTERSECT study were analyzed in this study.

Risk factors associated with postpartum depression and PTSD after birth in a sample of Slovak women.

Background: Pregnancy, childbirth and the postpartum period represent a unique experience in a woman's life that significantly changes their life.

Methods: The aim of the study is to analyse risk factors of postpartum depression and posttraumatic stress disorder symptoms after birth in a sample of women in Slovakia. Data from the INTERSECT project were collected, including 437 postpartum women (mean age 30.

Selected Factors of Experiencing Pregnancy and Birth in Association with Postpartum Depression.

Background: The aim of the study is to analyse the risk of postpartum depression using dimensions of perceived support (information, emotional, and physical), antenatal education (satisfaction and attitude), and attitude toward pregnancy (wanted or unwanted).

Methods: A cross-sectional study was carried out among 584 postpartum women in two university birth centres in Slovakia. The Edinburgh Postnatal Depression Scale (EPDS) score was used.

Does tobacco use among adolescents come out of style in Czechia and Slovakia? Findings from the Global Youth Tobacco Survey between 2002 and 2016.

Objectives: The aim of this study is to analyse Global Youth Tobacco Survey (GYTS) data on a prevalence of tobacco use, indicators of tobacco control and pro-tobacco activities in Czechia and Slovakia between 2002 and 2016.

Methods: GYTS is a school-based survey of students aged 13-15 years carried out in Czechia and Slovakia in 2002/2003, 2007, 2011 and 2016. Standardized uniform questionnaires provided representative data.

Virtual patients: an option for future distance midwifery education?

Background: The objective is to introduce the creating a set of virtual patients (VPs) to support distance midwifery education as well as the impact of distance education by means of VPs on knowledge, skills, motivation, clinical practice, and student satisfaction.

Methods: VPs were created using OpenLabyrinth (OL). The impact of the distance education was assessed using a feedback questionnaire.

The Association between Birth Satisfaction and the Risk of Postpartum Depression.

Negative experiences with childbirth might have a negative impact on a woman's overall health, including a higher risk of postpartum depression. The aim of the study was to examine the association between birth satisfaction and the risk of postpartum depression (PPD). A 30-item version of the Birth Satisfaction Scale (BSS) and the Edinburgh Postnatal Depression Scale (EPDS) were used, as well as the Perceived Stress Scale (PSS).

Factor Structure of the Edinburgh Postnatal Depression Scale in a Sample of Postpartum Slovak Women.

Background: Postpartum depression has a negative impact on quality of life. The aim of this study was to examine the factor structure and psychometric properties of the Slovak version of the Edinburgh Postnatal Depression Scale (EPDS).

Methods: A paper and pencil version of the 10-item EPDS questionnaire was administered personally to 577 women at baseline during their stay in hospital on the second to fourth day postpartum (age, 30.

Alcohol Use and Its Affordability in Adolescents in Slovakia between 2010 and 2018: Girls Are Less Adherent to Policy Measures.

Background: The article analyzes selected indicators of alcohol use (weekly use, drunkenness within last month) and the ability of adolescents to buy alcohol in Slovakia between 2010 and 2018.

Methods: Health Behavior in School-Aged Children (HBSC) is a cross-sectional questionnaire study. A standardized uniform questionnaire was used to create a representative sample of 15-year-old adolescents.

Psychometric properties of the Slovak version of the Birth Satisfaction Scale (BSS) and Birth Satisfaction Scale-Revised (BSS-R).

Objective: This study is focused on assessing psychometric properties of the Slovak version of the 30-item Birth Satisfaction Scale (BSS) and revised 10-item BSS-R.

Study Design: Quantitative cross-sectional study design was used, with the primary goal of examining factor structure, internal consistency, and both divergent and known-groups validity of the Slovak version of BSS and BSS-R.

Setting: Four public hospital sites in central Slovakia PARTICIPANTS: A 30-item BSS questionnaire was administered to 506 women 2-4 days after birth (mean age 29.

Sufentanil pharmacokinetics in a full-term neonate treated with extracorporeal membrane oxygenation: a case report.

Introduction: Sufentanil is a potent analgesic drug used for pain management. A few studies describe the pharmacokinetics of sufentanil in neonates; however, no pharmacokinetic data about sufentanil during extracorporeal membrane oxygenation have been published yet.

Case Report: A 1-day-old neonate with moderate hypoxic-ischemic encephalopathy received veno-arterial extracorporeal membrane oxygenation support for refractory respiratory and circulatory failure.

Creation of virtual patients for midwifery education.

Objective: The objective of the study was to create several new, original virtual patients (VPs) in the Slovak language, especially for educational purposes in midwifery.

Setting: Virtual patients have been created for the needs of university midwifery education in Slovakia.

Model: The creation of the six virtual patients basically consisted of three fixed stages: preparation, design and development, implementation into the virtual environment.

Experience of lecturers with simulation training in midwifery education in Slovakia.

The simulation training in midwifery has a long tradition. It is aimed at acquiring basic and advanced practical skills such as performing a certain number of births, episiotomy and subsequent suture, assisting during breech birth etc. Midwifery education is currently based on the requirements of the Directives of the European Union exactly specifying number of performed practical procedures and approaches (World Health Organisation (WHO) Europe, 2009).

Body-image Dissatisfaction and Weight-control Behaviour in Slovak Adolescents.

Objectives: The aim of the study was to examine body-image dissatisfaction in adolescents aged 13-15 years reporting to be on a diet and to assess gender and age differences in weight-reduction behaviour in Slovak adolescents.

Methods: Data on a representative sample of 2,765 adolescents (mean age 14.37 years) from the Slovak part of Health Behaviour in School Aged Children Study carried out in 2014 were analysed.

Decline in alcohol use among adolescents in Slovakia: a reason for optimism?

Objectives: To analyze selected indicators of alcohol use (lifetime use, initiation of drinking at ≤13 years of age, weekly use, beverage preferences, initiation of drunkenness at ≤13 years of age and lifetime drunkenness) in adolescents in Slovakia from 2006 to 2014.

Study Design: The Health Behaviour in School Aged Children (HBSC) study is a cross-sectional questionnaire study.

Methods: A standardized uniform questionnaire was used in representative samples of 11-, 13- and 15-year-old adolescents.

Birth after cesarean section.

Background: The number of incoming expectant women who have previously experienced cesarean section has increased. This work sought to find the frequency and connections between vaginal deliveries, cesarean sections, and iterative cesarean sections from 2004 to 2008.

Material/methods: In all, 828 women with previous cesarean sections were included.

Prevalence of youth cigarette smoking and selected social factors in 25 European countries: findings from the Global Youth Tobacco Survey.

Objectives: To present Global Youth Tobacco Survey (GYTS) data on the prevalence of cigarette smoking and selected social factors among students aged 13-15 years in 25 European countries.

Methods: The GYTS is a school-based survey of students aged 13-15 years. The GYTS was conducted in 25 European countries (2002-2005) and produced representative data for each country.

Environmental tobacco smoke of youngsters in Czech Republic, Hungary, Poland and Slovakia--findings from the Global Youth Tobacco Survey (GYTS).

Objectives: To present data on Environmental Tobacco Smoke (ETS), Global Youth Tobacco Survey (GYTS), Czech Republic, Hungary, Poland and Slovakia.

Methods: A questionnaire survey of a representative sample of 16 918 schoolchildren aged 13-15 years (2002-2003).

Results: Exposure to ETS was reported more frequently in public places than in homes and more frequently from current smokers (CS) than from never smokers (NS).

Increasing trends of tobacco use in medical students in Slovakia--a reason for concern?

Objective: The article analyses changes in tobacco use in medical students in Slovakia in 1995, 1999 and 2004.

Methods: Questionnaire survey in 448 students of the Jessenius Faculty of Medicine, Comenius University in Martin, Slovakia, was carried out in October and November 2004. Data were compared with similar surveys carried out in 1995 and 1999.

Effectiveness of school programs in tobacco control.

The authors reviewed published data dealing with the effectiveness of school programs in tobacco control. Most of the evaluated school programs showed at least partial effect including namely improved knowledge level, decreased prevalence of smoking initiation and continuation. Less successful was achieving of behavioural changes and social resistance.

Economic rewarding of smoking cessation-facilitating drugs--a comparison of over-the-counter and prescribed nicotine replacement therapy.

Smoking cessation represents a very difficult task for the smoker, often requiring medical assistance. The introduction of smoking cessation drugs has been crucial to this process. Currently, there are two standardly used treatments: nicotine replacement therapy (NRT) and the antidepressant bupropion.

Lifestyle of a women--mother and health of members of the family.

Objective: The goal of the study was to evaluate the efficacy of prevention of cardiovascular diseases.

Methods: The follow-up study included a sample of 206 intervened pregnant women. They were given an information booklet about risk factors and prevention.