Self-Care and Compliance with Medication and Their Relationship to the Quality of Life of Patients with Heart Failure.

Introduction: Heart failure is a major health problem, often accompanied by limited physical activity and severe effects in various areas of patient quality of life. Self-care, as well as compliance with medication, can further contribute to clinical stability and improved patient outcomes.

Purpose: The purpose of this chapter is to assess the effect of self-care and compliance with medication, on the quality of life of patients with heart failure.

Practices and educational needs of Hellenic Police Officers in providing first aid/cardiopulmonary resuscitation: A cross-sectional survey.

Background: It is well known that police officers (POs) are expected to be the first responders in emergency cases requiring First Aid (FA) such as cardiac arrest.

Objective: Description of practices and educational needs of Hellenic POs in providing FA/Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation (CPR) in case of medical emergencies and description of the equipment of professional FA kit.

Methods: An anonymous cross-sectional survey was conducted from January 1, 2016, to December 31, 2017, using a self-administered questionnaire designed to serve the purposes of this particular survey.

Family Members' of Coronary, Cardiosurgery and General ICU Patients Resilience, Perceived Stress, Spirituality: a Cross Sectional Analysis.

Background: Family members' of coronary, cardiosurgery and general ICU patients are psychologically burdened, shaken, experiencing negative emotions such as fear, anxiety, sadness and despair due to the severity of the disease and possible death.

Objective: To investigate family members' resilience in correlation with perceived stress and spirituality of coronary, cardiosurgery and general ICU Patients.

Methods: A cross-sectional study was conducted on a random sample of 104 family members of patients (34 men and 70 women), admitted in the coronary, cardiosurgery and general ICU for greater than 48 hours.

Physicians' attitudes towards euthanasia and correlation with their spirituality.

"Suffering" patients' wishes concerning hastening their own death by means of euthanasia, raised by personal, psychological, social and other motives, are becoming increasingly common. This raises controversies and marks challenges within both the scientific community and the public. The aim of this study is to investigate physicians' attitudes towards euthanasia and its correlation with their spirituality.

Validation of the Greek Version of Euthanasia Attitude Scale (EAS) in Greek Medical Doctors.

This study aimed to examine the reliability and validity of the Euthanasia Attitude Scale (EAS) in Greek medical doctors. A cross-sectional study design was conducted, including 120 physicians at clinical setting in 2019 (men 64.5%).

Effort Reward Imbalance and Insomnia Among Greek Healthcare Personnel During the Outbreak of COVID-19.

Background: This study's objective was to examine associations between insomnia as measured by Athens Insomnia Scale (AIS) and perceived psychological work stress among nurses and physicians working in secondary and tertiary hospitals in Greece during the outbreak of COVID-19 pandemic.

Objective: Taking into account the small but significant differences in the development of ADHD in women, this literature review aims at identifying the special characteristics of ADHD symptoms in all stages of a woman's life from childhood to menopause. Being aware of these signs is important to provide the best quality of health care in ADHD women.