Association Between Alcohol Consumption and Cardiovascular Risk Based on Data from the Three Generations for Health Program in Hungary.

BACKGROUND Alcohol consumption has a significant effect on cardiovascular health, and risk factors, such as excessive alcohol use, should be avoided. Although alcohol consumption has decreased over the last decade in Hungary, it is still significantly higher than the average across the European Union. The objective of this study was to describe the patterns of alcohol use based on the Alcohol Use Disorders Identification Test (AUDIT), with a special focus on cardiovascular risk status (low, moderate, high, or very high).

[Health status and cardiovascular risk of Roma and non-Roma population in underprivileged settlements].

Introduction: The "Taking the screening tests in place" program offers cardiovascular screening activities to the inhabitants of underprivileged settlements.

Objective: Evaluation of the health status and cardiovascular risk of the Roma and non-Roma population in underprivileged settlements.

Method: Information was collected about the demography, lifestyle, current illnesses, access to healthcare and the quality of patient information.

Elevated Fasting Glucose and C-Reactive Protein Levels Predict Increased All-Cause Mortality after Elective Transcatheter Aortic Valve Implantation.

Surgical aortic valve replacement in the elderly is now being supplanted by transcatheter aortic valve implantation (TAVI). Scoring systems to predict survival after catheter-based procedures are understudied. Both diabetes (DM) and underlying inflammatory conditions are common in patients undergoing TAVI, but their impact remains understudied in this patient group.

Cardiovascular risk management: the success of target level achievement in high- and very high-risk patients in Hungary.

Background: The management of risk factors in patients with high cardiovascular risk and its effectiveness is of paramount importance. Over the last decade, several studies have examined the achievement of cardiovascular risk factors' target levels in Europe. In the present Hungarian study, we assessed the cardiovascular risk level of participants aged 40-65 years and the success of achieving risk factors' target levels in high- and very high-risk patients.

Differences of cardiovascular risk assessment in clinical practice using SCORE and SCORE2.

Objective: Cardiovascular risk estimation is an essential step to reduce the onset of adverse cardiovascular events. For this purpose, the Systematic Coronary Risk Evaluation (SCORE) risk chart method was used in Europe. In 2021, the SCORE2 algorithm was released, bringing changes in the calculation methodology.

Assessment of Quality of Life in Children With Pulmonary Hypertension Using Parent and Self-report Questionnaires.

Pulmonary arterial hypertension (PAH) is a progressive disease characterized by elevation of pulmonary vascular resistance and right ventricular failure. By using advanced therapies to reduce mortality, clinicians focus on improving functional status and quality of life (QOL). The aim of our study was to assess health-related QOL of pediatric patients with PAH.

[Investigating cognitive impairment in communities of practice - lessons learned].

Background And Purpose: In the "Three Generations for Health" programme, general practitioners were responsible for screening for dementia in their practices using mini-COG and Mini Mental State Examination. The aim was to present the screening results of those included, their assessment by the doctor and the further fate of the patients.

Methods: After mini-COG test, MMSE test was performed in case of suspected dementia.

Influence of patient characteristics on preventive service delivery and general practitioners' preventive performance indicators: A study in patients with hypertension or diabetes mellitus from Hungary.

Background: Regular primary healthcare (PHC) performance monitoring to produce a set of performance indicators for provider effectiveness is a fundamental method for improving guideline adherence but there are potential negative impacts of the inadequate application of this approach. Since performance indicators can reflect patient characteristics and working environments, as well as PHC team contributions, inadequate monitoring practices can reduce their effectiveness in the prevention of cardiometabolic disorders.

Objectives: To describe the influence of patients' characteristics on performance indicators of PHC preventive practices in patients with hypertension or diabetes mellitus.

Exploring quality of care and social inequalities related to type 2 diabetes in Hungary: Nationwide representative survey.

Aims: The study aimed to launch a T2DM adult cohort that is representative of Hungary through a cross-sectional study, to produce the most important quality indicators for T2DM care, to describe social inequalities, and to estimate the absolute number of T2DM adult patients with uncontrolled HbA1c levels in Hungary.

Methods: A representative sample of the Hungarian T2DM adults (N=1280) was selected in 2016. GPs collected data on socio-demographic status by questionnaire, and on history and laboratory parameters from medical records.

Association between the application of ISO 9001:2008 alone or in combination with health-specific standards and quality-related activities in Hungarian hospitals.

Objective: To investigate how International Organization for Standardization (ISO) 9001 and the Hungarian Health Care Standards (HHCS) certifications are associated with quality management, patient safety, patient rights and human resource management activities.

Design: A cross-sectional study was implemented using the 2009 Hungarian hospital survey's database.

Setting: Hungary.

Delivery of cardio-metabolic preventive services to Hungarian Roma of different socio-economic strata.

Background: Because the cardiovascular mortality in Hungary is high, particularly among the socio-economically deprived and the Roma, it is implied that primary health care (PHC) has a limited ability to exploit the opportunities of evidence-based preventions, and it may contribute to social health inequalities.

Objectives: Our study investigated the underuse of PHC preventive services.

Methods: Random samples of adults aged 21-64 years free of hypertension and diabetes mellitus were surveyed with participation rate of 97.

The role of hyperinsulinemia as a cardiometabolic risk factor independent of obesity in polycystic ovary syndrome.

The aim of this study was to utilize various insulin resistance measuring methods to determine whether insulin resistance and other parameters impact the serum lipid levels of polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS) patients and how the serum lipid levels in these patients are affected by the body mass index (BMI). Our dataset included patients between the ages of 16 and 42 (N = 228) from the outpatient endocrinology clinic of the Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, who demonstrated increased hair growth and bleeding disorders and came for a routine oral glucose tolerance test (OGTT). Differences in the serum lipid levels were evaluated by t-test and linear regression analysis after adjusting for BMI.

[Prevention and treatment of the complications of polycystic ovarian syndrome--the significance of evidence-based, interdisciplinary management].

Polycystic ovary syndrome is the most common hormonal and metabolic disorder likely to affect women. The syndrome is often associated with obesity, hyperinsulinemia and adversely affects endocrine, metabolic, and cardiovascular health. The complex feature of the syndrome requires an interdisciplinary approach to treatment, where cooperation of paediatrician, internist, gynaecologist, endocrinologist, dermatologist, psychologist and oncologist is essential.

[Evidence-based therapy of polycystic ovarian syndrome].

Polycystic ovary syndrome is recognized as the most common hormonal and metabolic disorder likely to affect women. The heterogeneous endocrinopathy is characterized by clinical and/or biochemical hyperandrogenism, oligo- or amenorrhoea, anovulatory infertility, and polycystic ovarian morphology. The syndrome is often associated with obesity, hyperinsulinemia and adversely affects endocrine, metabolic, and cardiovascular health.

[Importance of the interdisciplinary, evidence-based diagnosis of polycystic ovary syndrome].

Polycystic ovary syndrome is recognized as the most common hormonal and metabolic disorder of women. This heterogeneous endocrinopathy characterized by clinical and/or biochemical hyperandrogenism, oligo- or amenorrhoea, anovulatory infertility, and polycystic ovarian morphology. The prevalence, clinical feature and the risk of co-morbidity vary depending on the accuracy of the diagnosis and the criteria used.