Compassion Fatigue and Compassion Satisfaction in Pediatric Intensive Care Professionals.

Background: Paediatric ICU doctors and nurses' quality of professional life is influenced by the intense emotions and distress experienced when caring for suffering children and their families.

Objective: The aim of this study was to examine the prevalence of compassion satisfaction (CS) and compassion fatigue (CF) in Paediatric Intensive Care Units in Greece.

Methods: Out of 147 intensive care professionals in public hospitals in Greece completed the ProQOL-V scale as well as a socio-demographic and professional-life characteristics questionnaire.

Entropy in Cardiac Autonomic Nervous System of Adolescents with General Learning Disabilities or Dyslexia.

Heart rate variability (HRV) represents one of the two key markers of the autonomic nervous system. It is measured by the time variation in the beat-to-beat interval, while the period between successive beats is defined as the RR interval (RRI). Its components are classified as linear and non-linear.

Kisspeptin and the Genetic Obesity Interactome.

Background: Kisspeptin (encoded by the KISS1 gene in humans) is an excitatory neuromodulatory peptide implicated in multiple homeostatic systems, including anti-oxidation, glucose homeostasis, nutrition, locomotion, etc. Therefore, in the current obesity epidemic, kisspeptin is gaining increasing interest as a research objective.

Aim: To construct an updated interactome of genetic obesity, including the kisspeptin signal transduction pathway.

Locked versus open ward environments and restrictive measures in acute psychiatry in Greece: Nursing students' attitudes and experiences.

Purpose: To examine student nurses' attitudes and experiences of door policies and restrictive measures in acute psychiatric care.

Methods: A mixed-method study with 274 third-year students.

Results: Participants' attitudes towards door locking and other containment measures appeared to be more a matter of custom, practice and tradition at particular units.

Factors associated with depression and anxiety of hospitalized patients with heart failure.

Introduction: Heart failure (HF) is a chronic disease associated with significant prevalence, mortality, and health care expenditure. The aim of the present study was to explore the factors associated with anxiety and depression experienced by patients hospitalized with HF.

Methods: We evaluated 190 hospitalized HF patients in four public hospitals.