Diabetology

Journal of Nursing Theory and Practice

MARCH 08, 2024

[The Legacy of Juan de Dios at the Dawn of Modern Nursing]

HEGYI Viola Katalin

[The aim of this paper is to provide information on the history and cultural context of the work of Saint John of God, who became the patron saint of nurses and health workers. Sixteenth-century Spain served as a cradle for the innovations of Saint John and his followers, who established hospitals and provided care for the sick and the poor at a time when the Church was immersed in theological debates and thus seemed to forget one of its main missions: humanitarian and charitable aid to those most in need. The development of the Hospitaller Order’s nursing and health care practices, far ahead of its time, including the implementation of rules and regulations for hospitals and the extraordinary training of health professionals, is analysed. The continued work of the Religious of St. John of God, who operate health care and social service institutions in more than 50 countries today, is highlighted. Overall, we wish to provide a historical and cultural overview of the role of nursing and health care in society in the transition from the Middle Ages to the Modern Age. For this purpose, an analysis of the corresponding medieval and contemporary historical literature has been carried out beforehand.]

HUN 2024;37(01)

Journal of Nursing Theory and Practice

MARCH 08, 2024

[The Importance of Dental Prevention for Our Health]

KOVÁCS Noémi, NÉMETH Anikó

[In Hungary, people’s oral hygiene is very poor and signs of this can be seen from a very young age. The development of good oral hygiene habits should start after birth and be maintained throughout life in order to prevent the development of oral diseases. However, the consequences of poor oral hygiene are not only visible in the oral cavity, but can also have a detrimental effect on the whole organ system, leading to the development of serious diseases. To prevent these, health professionals at all levels of health care need to take preventive action.]

HUN 2024;37(01)

Journal of Nursing Theory and Practice

MARCH 08, 2024

[Examining the Impact of Smoking on Oral Health-Related Quality of Life among Young Adults]

TOROK Anna, NÉMETH Anikó

[The purpose of the study is to investigate the quality of life of young adults in relation to oral health and how smoking affects this. The aim is to explore the differences in oral health-related quality of life between smokers, non-smokers, and quitters in a given age group.

The survey was conducted using a self-designed online questionnaire that included the Oral Health Impact Profile (OHIP-14) questionnaire. The survey was conducted from May 01 to June 30, 2023, using a nonrandom sampling method that relied on easily accessible subjects. Data were processed and analysed using IBM SPSS 20.0 statistical software, descriptive statistics, Kruskal-Wallis test, and Spearman’s rank correlation analysis (p<0.05). 

Based on the 317 assessable responses, smokers had a higher average OHIP-14 total score than non-smokers and quitters, but there were no significant differences in oral health-related quality of life between the groups (p=0.540). Four self-reported questions were added to the OHIP-14 questionnaire: dissatisfied with the colour of their teeth; afraid of communicating with others without seeing their teeth being seen; afraid of having a serious oral problem; afraid of losing their teeth. These issues are highly correlated with the OHIP-14 questionnaire and fear of oral lesions appears to be present among smokers.

Young adults do not yet show a significant deterioration in oral quality of life due to smoking, but additional questions are worth considering to assess the quality of life in smokers.]

HUN 2024;37(01)

Hypertension and nephrology

FEBRUARY 28, 2024

[Nationwide comprehensive health protection screening program in Hungary (2010–2020–2030 – MÁESZ) analysis of blood pressure and metabolic status]

BARNA István, DAIKI Tenno, HALMY Eszter, KÉKES Ede, DANKOVICS Gergely

[The “Comprehensive Health Protection Screening Program of Hungary 2010-2020-2030” (MÁESZ) (http://www.egeszsegprogram.eu) is the only complex screening program in Hungary, in which we aimed to map the health status of our country. Between 2010 and 2021, the screening program carried out in the truck was present in 2,406 locations nationwide and performed more than nine million screening tests for more than 280,000 citizens.]

HUN 2024;28(1)

Hypertension and nephrology

FEBRUARY 28, 2024

[Investigation of lipid abnormalities in adult patients with hypertension using data mining method]

KOVÁCS Beáta, NÉMETH Ákos, DARÓCZY Bálint, KARÁNYI Zsolt, MARODA László, DIÓSZEGI Ágnes, PÁLL Dénes, HARANGI Mariann

[Hypertension and hyperlipidemia frequently coexist, and their interaction amplifies overall atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease risk. We aimed to investigate lipid abnormalities and their associations with body mass index (BMI) in a large adult hypertensive patient population with the help of data mining.]

HUN 2024;28(1)

Hypertension and nephrology

FEBRUARY 28, 2024

[Patients with diabetes, renal failure and perimenopausal hypertension]

ÁBRAHÁM György

[The determinants of cardiovascular (CV) morbidity and mortality is sympathetic overweight, which is the main risk factor for CVD. factors - hypertension (HT), diabetes mellitus (T2DM), renal function deterioration (CKD), dyslipidaemia and, in women, the perimenopausal status - significantly potentiates the adverse effects of diabetes, dyslipidemia, diabetes mellitus.]

HUN 2024;28(1)