Cent Eur J Public Health 2004, 12(2)
Sociodemographic and Clinical Determinants of Quality of Life in Urban Population of Poland
Kwa¶niewska M., Bielecki W., Drygas W.
Cent Eur J Public Health 2004, 12(2):63-68 
The aim of the study was to assess quality of life (QL) of residents of Polish urban area and analyze the influence of selected sociodemographic and clinical variables on their QL. The study revealed a very high level of reported problems, especially regarding pain and anxiety. The mean subjective assessment of health state was poor in comparison with results obtained in other (usually western) countries. Presence of major risk factors of cardiovascular diseases had an important impact on QL. Elevated blood pressure and unsatisfactory level of physical activity were the strongest factors deteriorating QL in the studied population. There is a need for...
The Role of Information for Improvement of Patients' Treatment in Bulgaria
Petkova V.
Cent Eur J Public Health 2004, 12(2):69-74
Purpose: This issue is an attempt to assess patients' role as regards their compliance, respectively their non-compliance. The authors try to elucidate the factors concerning the patient-physician interrelation and patient-pharmacist interrelation that influence the non-compliance in order to increase the compliance rate.Methods: Standard individual questionnaires and interviews were developed and applied to study an attitude to compliance and non-compliance among different categories of patients, suffering from chronic diseases.Results: The obtained results show that the main reasons, influencing the patients' non-adherence to physicians'...
Trends in the Incidence of Childhood-onset Type 1 Diabetes in Slovakia 1985-2000
Michalková D., Minárik P., Hlava P., Čamajová J., Nazarov V., Slovak Epidemiological Study Group of Children Diabetologists
Cent Eur J Public Health 2004, 12(2):75-77
The aim of this work was to study and monitor the patterns in incidence of childhood type 1 diabetes in Slovakia. The incidence of type 1 diabetes per 100,000/year from 1985 to 2000 was determined in children 0 - 14 years old. A total of 1,818 cases were diagnosed during this time. Poisson regression models were used to study incidence trends. The overall incidence of type 1 diabetes varied from 5.62/100,000 per year in year 1986 to 14.46/100,000 in year 1998. This represents a 2.57-fold increase. The incidence increased with age and was the highest among children 10-14 years of age. The incidence of type 1 diabetes in Slovakia is increasing very dramatically,...
Does Hyperglycemia Cause Symptoms in Elderly People?
Hiltunen L.A., Keinänen-Kiukaanniemi S.M.
Cent Eur J Public Health 2004, 12(2):78-83
The aim of the present study was to describe the associations between glucose tolerance and symptoms in an unselected non-institutionalised elderly population aged 73 years or over (n= 259, of whom 93 were men). Diabetes was assessed on the basis of self-reports and 2-h oral glucose tolerance tests (1985 WHO criteria). Symptoms were measured with a modified diabetes symptom checklist (DSC-Type 2).The previously diagnosed diabetic patients reported to have more symptoms in all the six dimensions of the symptom checklist than the other study groups. According to the responses to twenty out of 34 items, more of the previously diagnosed diabetic women...
Milk and Milk Products Consumption in Relationship to Serum Lipid Levels: A Community-Based Study of Middle-Aged and Older Population in Japan
Chi D., Nakano M., Yamamoto K.
Cent Eur J Public Health 2004, 12(2):84-87
The authors examined the association of milk and milk products consumption (MMPC) with serum lipid profiles including total cholesterol (TC), triacylglycerols (TG), HDL cholesterol (HDLC), LDL cholesterol (LDLC), and TC/HDLC ratio in a community-based sample. The study population comprised 461 men and 834 women aged 40-79 years who, in 2001, participated in an annual healthy examination and a lifestyle related survey. Consumption frequency of 17 foods, including milk and milk products, was determined by a self-administered questionnaire. The participants were asked by "Do you drink cow's milk or eat milk products such as yoghurt and cheese everyday?",...
The Background of beta-Oxidation Disorders in Humans. I. Theory
Kuryl T., Debski B., Lipko M., Martinik K.
Cent Eur J Public Health 2004, 12(2):88-90
Disorders in energetical processes are described from the point of view of energy production and the possibility of substitution of substrates for ATP synthesis. The effects of other diet components such as microelements (Cr3+ ions) and non-digestible oligofructans (inulin and oligofructose) as stimulatory factors on the activity of β-oxidation and cholesterol and triacylglyceroles levels lowering are reported.
The Background of beta-Oxidation Disorders in Humans. II. Laboratory Studies and Clinical data
Kuryl T., Debski B., Lipko M., Martinik K.
Cent Eur J Public Health 2004, 12(2):91-93
Laboratory method for studies of clinical disorders of β-oxidation is described. The effects of other diet components such as microelements (Cr3+ ions) and non-digestible oligofructans (inulin and oligofructose) as stimulatory factors on the activity of β-oxidation and cholesterol and triacylglyceroles levels lowering are reported.
Budapest Student Health Behavior Survey - Budapest, Hungary, 1999. Findings on Unintentional and Intentional Injuries, Alcohol Use, and Sexual Activity
Easton A., Kiss E., Mowery P.
Cent Eur J Public Health 2004, 12(2):94-101
Objective: In Hungary, a large proportion of adult morbidity and mortality can be attributed to health risk behaviors that begin in early adolescence. To date, studies examining health risk behaviors among youth have rarely been undertaken in Hungary. In order to expand current research in this area, the Hungarian Metropolitan Institute of State Public Health and Public Health Officer Service and the Office on Smoking and Health at the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention developed and implemented the Budapest Student Health Behavior Survey. The objective of this study was to examine health behavior risk factors among secondary school students...
Importance of Serum Bile Acids Determination in Adolescents with Juvenile Hyperbilirubinaemia
Kabíček P.
Cent Eur J Public Health 2004, 12(2):102-109
The aim of the study was to identify moderate liver impairment in a group of hyperbilirubinaemic adolescents. Using gas chromatography we assessed both total bile acid and primary bile acid levels in 50 adolescents with juvenile hyperbilirubinaemia. At the same time we performed hepatologic examinations and subsequent follow-up assessment of these patients for a period of at least 2 years. As a control group we examined 30 adolescents without any impairment of both the liver and gastrointestinal tract, and 18 patients with low grade (moderately) active chronic hepatitis. In both groups we assessed total and primary bile acids levels as well as conventional...
Breastfeeding Promotion and Protection in the Czech Republic
Schneidrová D., Müllerová D., Mydlilová A., Paulová M.
Cent Eur J Public Health 2004, 12(2):110-112
The purpose of the article is to present the National Breastfeeding Promotion Programme in the Czech Republic in the course of the last decade. It summarizes the main strategies, education and training activities of the National Breastfeeding Committee, its collaboration with the Government, Parliament, IBFAN and UNICEF. The article reviews the relevant studies on infant feeding which illustrate the increase of the prevalence of breastfeeding in the course of the 1990's and reflect the effect of the programme. Recent negotiations with the Ministry of Health have outlined the implementation of the WHO global strategy for infant and young child feeding...
Taxation and Life Expectancy in Western Europe
Bagger J.P.
Cent Eur J Public Health 2004, 12(2):113-114
With the exception of Denmark, life expectancy in Western Europe has shown a significant increase over the last decades. During that period of time overall taxation has increased in most of the countries, especially in Denmark. We, therefore, examined whether taxation could influence life expectancy in Western Europe. We used information on the sum of income tax and employees' social contribution in percentage of gross wage earnings from the OECD database and data on disability adjusted life expectancy at birth from the World Health Organization database. We arbitrarily only included countries with populations in excess of 4 millions and thereby excluded...
Cases in Medical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases
Jindřich Jíra
Cent Eur J Public Health 2004, 12(2):115
Taschenatlas der Genetik
Jindřich Jíra
Cent Eur J Public Health 2004, 12(2):116