Translating and adapting the Alcohol Use Disorders Identification Test (AUDIT) for use in the Russian Federation: A multicentre pilot study to inform validation procedures.

The Alcohol Use Disorders Identification Test (AUDIT) is one of the most widely used screening instruments worldwide. Although it was translated into many languages, not many country-specific adaptations exist, and a formal validation procedure of the Russian version has been carried out only recently. The present contribution documents the different steps taken to formally translate and adapt a Russian-specific version of the AUDIT (RUS-AUDIT).

[The prevalence of emotional burning-out syndrome of medical workers in the Russian Federation: Systematic review and meta-analysis].

The burnout is a syndrome that occurs as a result of chronic stress at workplace that is extremely difficult to successfully manage. Many epidemiological studies concerning professional burnout of health care workers were already implemented in Russia. The purpose of the study was to assess overall burnout prevalence rate among health care workers practicing in Russia.

Structural Insights into Cellulose-Coated Oil in Water Emulsions.

Cellulose is a renewable biopolymer, abundant on Earth, with a multi-level supramolecular structure. There has been significant interest and advancement in utilizing natural cellulose to stabilize emulsions. In our research, we develop and examine oil in water emulsions surrounded by unmodified cellulose as microreactors for the process of transformation of cellulose into valuable chemicals such as biodiesel.

[The resource support of medical organizations providing medical care in twenty-four-hour hospital under new corona-virus infection COVID-19].

The article considers, on the basis of application of modern information analytical systems, the sequential stages of analysis and evaluation of indices of resource support of medical organizations and technological process of medical care provision. The results of the study permit to discover particular patterns of the course of disease in different gender and age groups,in terms of clinical manifestations and results of instrumental and diagnostic tests. The dependence of results and outcomes of treatment on set and quality of resources of medical organizations is established.

[The use of surrogate alcohol by individuals with disorders related to alcohol abuse as exemplified by the subject of The Russian Federation].

The purpose of the study was to describe the types of non-beverage alcohol consumed, to evaluate socio-demographic factors associated with its use and to establish effectiveness of the alcohol policy measures taken since 2005 and targeted on reducing non-beverage alcohol consumption. From December 2015 to April 2017, 302 patients of the narcological dispensary were interviewed. The prevalence of non-beverage alcohol drinking among those who reported on their non-beverage alcohol consumption status amounted to 75.