Publications by authors named "Natasa Daniilidou"
Introduction: Self-rated health (SRH) is a useful concept for research and health planning, and an important indicator of population health.
Aim: The present study aims to evaluate the appropriateness of two different measures used to assess SRH, a single question with a five-response Likert-type scale and a visual analogue scale (VAS), by studying the correlation between the two measures and the factors influencing response rates according to respondent characteristics.
Material And Methods: A population-based postal survey was carried out within the framework of a World Health Organisation (WHO) project, with a national sample of randomly selected geographically stratified individuals.
Background: Over the past years, Greece has undergone several endeavors aimed at modernizing and improving national health care services with a focus on PHC. However, the extent to which integrated primary health care has been achieved is still questioned.
Purpose: This paper explores the extent to which integrated primary health care (PHC) is an issue in the current agenda of policy makers in Greece, reporting constraints and opportunities and highlighting the need for a policy perspective in developing integrated PHC in this Southern European country.
Purpose: To describe the nature of the services actually offered to the elderly in Greece by an institution of integrated care, as opposed to those that should be offered according to the relevant law, and to investigate the factors influencing the supply of those services.
Background: By the year 2020 about 20 million people will be aged 80 and over in the European Union. People of third age consist 16.
This study was designed to investigate the potential factors that influence the prevalence of the oral carriage of Candida species in patients with type II diabetes mellitus. One hundred and twenty-eight diabetic patients (68 males and 60 females, mean age 54 +/- 7 years) were sequentially enrolled along with 84 (44 males and 40 females mean age 52 +/- 8 years) healthy subjects. Samples were obtained by swabbing the oral mucosa of all participants.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFObjective: To evaluate the role of dental parameters that may contribute in increasing apneic activity in patients with obstructive sleep apnea syndrome (OSAS).
Method And Materials: A total of 152 subjects (121 males and 31 females ) were examined from October 1999 until September 2001, for sleep disorder symptoms. All patients underwent polysomnography.
Background: Self-rated health (SRH), as an indicator of population health, is a concept useful both for research and planning. This study reports SRH, and factors related to it, in Greece.
Methods: Population-based postal survey, using World Health Organisation (WHO) questionnaires with a sample of randomly selected geographically stratified individuals.