CHRONIC COMPLICATIONS OF DIABETES AND QUALITY OF LIFE.

The course of diabetes is marked by the development of chronic complications that, in addition to affecting health, also affect the quality of life of patients. The purpose of this study was to compare the quality of life of patients with type 2 diabetes based on their chronic complications. The study, which was conducted from March 2019 until March 2020, included 382 diabetic patients, specific data from medical records, and the application of the World Health Organization Quality of Life-Brief questionnaire.

Challenges to the Implementation of the World Health Organization's International Classification for Patient Safety in Slovenia.

Background And Objectives: Slovenia lags behind international recommendations for reporting and learning from patient safety incidents and risk management in health care. To counter this, the country established the SenSys project, which receives technical support from the European Commission's Structural Reform Support Service, in cooperation with the Danish Patient Safety Authority, and pertains to an initiative to improve health care. A subproject of the SenSys project works to adapt and implement the International Classification for Patient Safety of the World Health Organization (ICPS-WHO).

Focus Group in Community Mental Health Research: Need for Adaption.

The article presents an analysis of the use of focus groups in researching community mental health users, starting with the reasons for using them, their implementation in mental health service users' research, and the adaptations of focus group use when researching the experiences of users. Based on personal research experience and a review of scientific publications in the Google Scholar, Web of Science, ProQuest, EBSCOhost, and Scopus databases, 20 articles published between 2010 and 2016 were selected for targeted content analysis. A checklist for reporting on the use of focus groups with community mental health service users, aiming to improve the comparability, verifiability and validity was developed.

The role of non-governmental organizations in the mental health area: differences in understanding.

Introduction: The contribution's aim is highlighting the differences in understanding non-governmental organizations' (NGOs) role in the mental health area within the public support network for patients with mental health problems from various viewpoints, in order to achieve progress in supporting patients with mental health problems in local communities.

Methods: Qualitative data gathered as a part of a cross-sectional study of NGOs in the support network for patients with mental health problems in two Slovenian health regions (56 local communities), carried out in 2013 and 2014, were used. Qualitative analysis of interviews, focus groups and answers to an open survey question was performed.