Temperamental and Character Traits as Risk Factors for Binge Eating Disorder in Women with Polycystic Ovary Syndrome.

: Polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS) is one of the most common endocrine disorders in women of reproductive age. It is associated with an increased risk of somatic and mental health problems. The prevalence of binge eating disorder (BED) in women with PCOS is higher than in the healthy population.

Polish cross-cultural adaptation of a disease-specific quality-of-life instrument: The Penn Acoustic Neuroma Quality-of-Life Scale.

Background: The medical community has shown a growing interest in developing methods for measuring and comparing objective patient outcomes coupled with subjective patient assessments. Questionnaires enable healthcare professionals to obtain the patient's perspective about their experienced vestibular schwannomas (VS) symptoms quickly. To date, in Poland, a cross-cultural adapted version of a disease-specific questionnaire for the measurement of quality of life (QoL) in patients with VS has not been produced.

Polish cross-cultural adaptation of the Glasgow Benefit Inventory as an instrument for the post-intervention measurement of change after Gamma Knife treatment.

<b>Introduction:</b> The Glasgow Benefit Inventory (GBI) is one of questionnaires for the measurement of treatment success, which is widely used in patients after vestibular schwannoma treatment.<b>Aim:</b> This study aimed to adapt the GBI originally written in English to Polish conditions and to evaluate its psychometric properties.<b>Material and methods:</b> The Polish version of the GBI used in this study was prepared by a bilingual translator, and its accuracy was ensured by back-translation.

A Comparison of the Anxiolytic Properties of Tofisopam and Diazepam: A Double-Blind, Randomized, Crossover, Placebo-Controlled Pilot Study.

New clinical reports have recently been published on tofisopam-an anxiolytic drug currently registered as a benzodiazepine-after a long break in this research area. Neurobiological studies concerning its properties, which differ from those of benzodiazepines, are underway. The analyses presented in this study aimed to compare the effects of tofisopam, diazepam, and a placebo in the treatment of anxiety symptoms.

Association of Higher Rates of Type 2 Diabetes (T2DM) Complications with Psychological and Demographic Variables: Results of a Cross-Sectional Study.

Introduction: The aim of this study was to assess the relationship between the occurrence and number of T2DM complications with sociodemographic (age, sex, habitation, education), clinical (duration of diabetes, HbA1c (%), BMI) and psychological (well-being, sense of influence on the diabetes course, coping styles) variables.

Methods: A total of 2574 adult patients were assessed using The Sense of Influence on the Diabetes Course Scale, WHO-5 Well-Being Index, and the Brief Method of Evaluating Coping with Disease. Hierarchical Regression Analysis was conducted with number of complications as the dependent variable and three sets of variables entered in sequential steps: (a) sociodemographic; (b) clinical and (c) psychological factors.

Relations of Well-Being, Coping Styles, Perception of Self-Influence on the Diabetes Course and Sociodemographic Characteristics with HbA1c and BMI Among People with Advanced Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus.

Purpose: Assessment of the relationship between psychological and sociodemographic factors with the levels of glycated hemoglobin (HbA1c) and Body Mass Index (BMI) among people with advanced type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM).

Patients And Methods: A total of 2574 persons, among them 1381 (53.7%) women, with type 2 diabetes, during the period of switching from biphasic mixtures of human insulin to insulin analogues.

Body self-esteem is related to subjective well-being, severity of depressive symptoms, BMI, glycated hemoglobin levels, and diabetes-related distress in type 2 diabetes.

Background: There are limited data on the role of body image in patients with type 2 diabetes. The purpose of this study was to compare body self-esteem in this group with norms for the general Polish population and to investigate the relationship between body self-esteem and the psychological and clinical characteristics of the course of diabetes.

Methods: A group of 100 consecutive adult patients with type 2 diabetes (49 women and 51 men) aged 35 to 66 years were assessed using the Body Esteem Scale (BES), World Health Organization-Five Well-Being Index (WHO-5), Problem Areas in Diabetes Scale (PAID), and Hamilton Rating Scale for Depression (HAM-D).

Involvement in Health Behavior After Heart Transplantation: The Role of Personal Resources and Health Status. Single-Center Observational Study.

Heart transplantation affects all spheres of the patients' functioning - their physical well-being and coping with everyday situations, as well as their identity and social functioning. Its long-term effects depend on the effective cooperation with the transplant team. Post-transplant patients are expected to be committed to adherence to recommendations.

PAID-PL-The Polish Version of the Problem Areas in Diabetes Scale: Perfect Reliability and a One-Factor Structure.

Purpose: The aim of this study was to assess the structure and validate the Polish version of the Problem Areas in Diabetes (PAID) scale, as the current translations of the original English version significantly vary in their psychometric properties.

Patients And Methods: Two hundred and sixteen consecutive Polish outpatients were invited to participate in this international cross-sectional study on depression in diabetes. The research was based on the demographic and clinical characteristics of the study population, including the level of glycated hemoglobin (HbA) and scores obtained in the Polish versions of the following questionnaires: PAID, World Health Organization-Five Well-Being Index (WHO-5), Patient Health Questionnaire 9 (PHQ-9).

Underdiagnosis of Major Depressive Episodes in Hemodialysis Patients: The Need for Screening and Patient Education.

This article aims to identify the reasons why patients with major depressive episode (MDE) do not seek treatment for their mental disorder. 89 out of 208 persons screened were diagnosed with major depressive episode using the Mini-International Neuropsychiatric Interview. 85 individuals with untreated depression filled out the following questionnaires: Beck Depression Inventory, List of Explanations of Well-Being (LEWB), Brief Measure to Assess Perception of Self-Influence on the Course of the Disease, Coping Inventory for Stressful Situations, Brief Method of Evaluating Coping with Disease, and Metacognitions Questionnaire.

The bidirectional longitudinal association between depressive symptoms and HbA : A systematic review and meta-analysis.

Aim: To investigate whether there is a bidirectional longitudinal association of depression with HbA .

Methods: We conducted a systematic literature search in PubMed, PsycINFO, CINAHL and EMBASE for observational, longitudinal studies published from January 2000 to September 2020, assessing the association between depression and HbA in adults. We assessed study quality with the Newcastle-Ottawa-Scale.

People with diabetes need a lower cut-off than others for depression screening with PHQ-9.

Aims: This study evaluated the psychometric characteristics of the Polish version of the PHQ-9 in detecting major depression (MDD) and 'MDD and/or dysthymia' in people with and without type 2 diabetes.

Methods: Participants were randomly selected from a diabetes outpatient facility (N = 216) and from among patients admitted to a medical center and psychiatric hospital (N = 99). The participants completed the PHQ-9.

Psychometric Properties and Configural Invariance of the Polish - Language Version of the 20-Item Toronto Alexithymia Scale in Non-clinical and Alcohol Addict Persons.

Aim: The development and assessment of the psychometric properties of the Polish-language version of the Toronto Alexithymia Scale (Bagby et al., 1994a, b) is described in this article. The aim of this study was to translate the TAS - 20 into Polish and establish the psychometric properties of this instrument evaluating alexithymia.

Cut-off points for Polish-language versions of depression screening tools among patients with Type 2 diabetes.

Aims: Screening tools can help improve the detection of depression in patients with diabetes, yet the psychometric properties of most translations of scales, which are originally published in English, have not been assessed. Thus we studied the screening performance of widely used depression measures.

Method: We applied the cut-off points of the English-language versions of the Beck Depression Inventory (BDI); Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale (HADS); Depression in Diabetes Self-Rating Scale (DDS-RS); Brief Self-Rating Scale of Depression and Anxiety (BS-RSDA); and Problematic Areas in Diabetes Survey (PAID), all of which were used to assess diabetes-specific distress in a sample of 101 patients with Type 2 diabetes.

Factors associated with the onset of major depressive disorder in adults with type 2 diabetes living in 12 different countries: results from the INTERPRET-DD prospective study.

Aims: To examine the factors that are associated with changes in depression in people with type 2 diabetes living in 12 different countries.

Methods: People with type 2 diabetes treated in out-patient settings aged 18-65 years underwent a psychiatric assessment to diagnose major depressive disorder (MDD) at baseline and follow-up. At both time points, participants completed the Patient Health Questionnaire (PHQ-9), the WHO five-item Well-being scale (WHO-5) and the Problem Areas in Diabetes (PAID) scale which measures diabetes-related distress.

Validation of the Polish version of WHO-5 as a screening instrument for depression in adults with diabetes.

Aims: The aim of this study was to validate and report the factorial analysis of the World Health Organization's 5-item Well-being Index (WHO-5) among outpatients with type 2 diabetes. We investigated the psychometric properties of the WHO-5 and its suitability for identifying potential depressive symptoms in Polish adults with diabetes.

Methods: Participants were randomly chosen among Polish diabetes outpatients and invited to participate in the cross-sectional study (N = 216).

Longitudinal associations between depression and diabetes complications: a systematic review and meta-analysis.

To conduct a systematic review and meta-analysis of longitudinal studies assessing the bi-directional association between depression and diabetes macrovascular and microvascular complications. Embase, Medline and PsycINFO databases were searched from inception through 27 November 2017. A total of 4592 abstracts were screened for eligibility.

The relationship between jumping to conclusions and neuropsychological functioning in schizophrenia.

Jumping to conclusions (JTC) is defined as a tendency to make decisions based on insufficient information. JTC has been reported in patients with psychosis, but the mechanisms of this cognitive bias remain unknown. The main aim of our study was to investigate the relationship between JTC and neuropsychological functioning in schizophrenia.

A need for intervention: Childhood adversities are a significant determinant of health-harming behavior and poor self-efficacy in patients with alcohol dependence. An observational, cross-sectional study on the population of Central Poland.

Background: Adverse childhood experiences (ACEs) are known to be associated with a lasting effect on physical and psychological well-being in adulthood. Patients with alcohol dependence (AD) are a particular clinical subgroup who report a higher number of ACE categories than the general population and who develop several health-harming behaviors and poor social skills.

Objectives: To our knowledge, this is the first study on patients with AD that aimed to assess whether ACEs correlate with health habits and general self-efficacy in adulthood.

Prevalence and correlates of depressive disorders in people with Type 2 diabetes: results from the International Prevalence and Treatment of Diabetes and Depression (INTERPRET-DD) study, a collaborative study carried out in 14 countries.

Aims: To assess the prevalence and management of depressive disorders in people with Type 2 diabetes in different countries.

Methods: People with diabetes aged 18-65 years and treated in outpatient settings were recruited in 14 countries and underwent a psychiatric interview. Participants completed the Patient Health Questionnaire and the Problem Areas in Diabetes scale.

Automated event detection algorithm for two squatting protocols.

Introduction: Squatting biomechanics assessed using motion analysis relies on the identification of specific events: start of descent, transition between descent/ascent and end of ascent. Automated identification reduces the time needed to process trials while allowing consistency across studies. The purpose of this study was to develop criteria for the identification of events and apply them to two squatting protocols in pathological patient and typically developing (TD) groups.

Treatment adherence in patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus correlates with different coping styles, low perception of self-influence on disease, and depressive symptoms.

Background: Insulin analogs are regarded as more convenient to use than human insulin; however, they require a different administration scheme due to their unique pharmacokinetic and pharmacodynamic properties. This study aimed to assess difficulties with adherence to treatment with insulin analogs in patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM), who had previously been treated with human insulin. The associations between difficulties with adherence and clinical, demographic, and psychological characteristics were also evaluated.

Diagnostic accuracy between readers for identifying electrographic seizures in critically ill adults.

Objective: Electrographic seizures in critically ill patients are often equivocal. In this study, we sought to determine the diagnostic accuracy of electrographic seizure annotation in adult intensive care units (ICUs) and to identify affecting factors.

Methods: To investigate diagnostic accuracy, interreader agreement (IRA) measures were derived from 5,769 unequivocal and 6,263 equivocal seizure annotations by five experienced electroencephalogram (EEG) readers after reviewing 74 days of EEGs from 50 adult ICU patients.