Self-medication with antibiotics in rural population in Greece: a cross-sectional multicenter study.

Background: Self-medication is an important driver of antimicrobial overuse as well as a worldwide problem. The aim of the present study was to estimate the use of antibiotics, without medical prescription, in a sample of rural population presenting in primary care in southern Greece.

Methods: The study included data from 1,139 randomly selected adults (545 men/594 women, mean age +/- SD: 56.

Prevalence of asymptomatic bacteriuria in type 2 diabetic subjects with and without microalbuminuria.

Background: Diabetic subjects, especially women, show high prevalence of asymptomatic bacteriuria (ASB). The aim of the present study was to evaluate the prevalence of ASB in subjects with type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2D) with and without microalbuminuria (MA).

Findings: A hundred diabetic subjects with MA (53 males/47 females, mean age +/- standard deviation: 65.

Familial history of diabetes and clinical characteristics in Greek subjects with type 2 diabetes.

Background: A lot of studies have showed an excess maternal transmission of type 2 diabetes (T2D). The aim, therefore, of the present study was to estimate the prevalence of familial history of T2D in Greek patients, and to evaluate its potential effect on the patient's metabolic control and the presence of diabetic complications.

Methods: A total of 1,473 T2D patients were recruited.

Rising prevalence of diabetes among Greek adults: findings from two consecutive surveys in the same target population.

Aims: To examine trends in the prevalence of self-reported diabetes between 2002 and 2006 among urban adults in Greece.

Methods: Data were derived from two consecutive population-based surveys conducted in Salamis, during two election days (13 October 2002 and 15 October 2006). In both surveys was used the same selection procedure and data were collected using the same questionnaire, completed by almost the same team of interviewers.

Prevalence, and associated risk factors, of self-reported diabetes mellitus in a sample of adult urban population in Greece: MEDICAL Exit Poll Research in Salamis (MEDICAL EXPRESS 2002).

Background: The continuous monitoring and future prediction of the growing epidemic of diabetes mellitus worldwide presuppose consistent information about the extent of the problem. The aim of this study was to determine the prevalence of diagnosed diabetes and to identify associated risk factors in a sample of adult urban Greek population.

Methods: A cross-sectional population-based survey was conducted in municipality of Salamis, Greece, during an election day (2002).