Sleep Quality Assessment in Adolescents with and without Type 1 Diabetes Using the Pittsburg Sleep Quality Index.

Background And Aims: Many diseases, especially chronic diseases, can lead to sleep disturbances. Our study aimed to evaluate sleep characteristics and the relationship between sleep disorders and diabetes-related variables in type 1 diabetes adolescents and to compare these results with a non-diabetic group of similar age and gender.

Methods: This cross-sectional study collected data from 40 healthy adolescents and 50 patients of the same age group with type 1 diabetes mellitus from January 2019 to June 2019.

Women's expectations of healthcare professionals in case of intimate partner violence in Serbia.

Women who have experienced intimate partner violence use health care services more often than non-abused women, but it is unclear what they expect from physicians in relation to their intimate partner violence experience. In this study the authors explored whether women in Serbia expect physicians to help them after having experienced intimate partner violence, what kind of help the women expected, and if none, why none is expected. The authors of this study conducted structured interviews with 120 women who visited six primary healthcare centres.

Process evaluation of a diversity training program: the value of a mixed method strategy.

Patients' health and health needs are influenced by categories of difference like sex, gender, ethnic origin and socioeconomic status (SES). To enhance awareness of this diversity among patients and to provide holistic care for them, health professionals should first be aware of the relation between dimensions of diversity and patients' health and health demands. This paper presents a formative process evaluation of a diversity sensitivity training programme for healthcare professionals.

Bringing gender sensitivity into healthcare practice: a systematic review.

Objective: Despite the body of literature on gender dimensions and disparities between the sexes in health, practical improvements will not be realized effectively as long as we lack an overview of the ways how to implement these ideas. This systematic review provides a content analysis of literature on the implementation of gender sensitivity in health care.

Methods: Literature was identified from CINAHL, PsycINFO, Medline, EBSCO and Cochrane (1998-2008) and the reference lists of relevant articles.

Maintaining gender sensitivity in the family practice: facilitators and barriers.

Objective: This study aims to identify the facilitators and barriers perceived by General Practitioners (GPs) to maintain a gender perspective in family practice.

Methods: Nine semi-structured interviews were conducted among nine pairs of GPs. The data were analysed by means of deductive content analysis using theory-based methods to generate facilitators and barriers to gender sensitivity.

Health professionals' perceptions of intimate partner violence against women in Serbia: opportunities and barriers for response improvement.

Objective: The aim of this study was to determine the perceptions and attitudes of health professionals toward violence against women in intimate relationships, and to discuss them as opportunities and barriers for improving health professionals' response.

Methods: Six focus groups were conducted with 71 health professionals employed in the public primary health care centers in Belgrade (Serbia). The data were analyzed according to the direct approach of the qualitative content analysis.

Gender sensitivity among general practitioners: results of a training programme.

Background: Gender differences contribute to patients' health and illness. However in current healthcare practices attention to gender differences is still underdeveloped. Recognizing these differences and taking them into account can improve the quality of care.

Implementation of diversity in healthcare practices: barriers and opportunities.

Objective: The aim of this study is to investigate to which extent diversity is part of current healthcare practices and to explore opportunities and barriers in the implementation of diversity dimensions in healthcare practices.

Methods: Nine in-depth, semi-structured interviews and three focus groups were conducted in three healthcare settings (mental health, hospital, nursing home care).

Results: Results demonstrate that (the potential of) diversity is an ambiguous issue; diversity is said to be important, but this has not led to adjustments of the neutral, disease-oriented approach of patients.

Long-term effects of bilateral subthalamic nucleus stimulation in advanced Parkinson disease: a four year follow-up study.

In this study we aimed to investigate the effects of bilateral STN HFS in patients with advanced Parkinson disease (PD) at long-term, with a minimum follow-up of 4 years. Twenty patients (15 men, five women) were included, with a mean age of 60.9+/-8.

Long-term motor effect of unilateral pallidal stimulation in 26 patients with advanced Parkinson disease.

Object: The aim of this study was to evaluate the long-term effects of unilateral pallidal stimulation on motor function in selected patients with advanced Parkinson disease (PD).

Methods: The authors enrolled 26 patients with idiopathic PD in whom there was an asymmetric distribution of symptoms and, despite optimal pharmocological treatment, severe response fluctuations and/or dyskinesias. After the patient had received a local anesthetic agent, a quadripolar electrode (Medtronic model 3387) was implanted at the side opposite the side affected or, if both sides were affected, the side contralateral to the more affected side.