Psychiatry

Lege Artis Medicinae

MAY 26, 2022

[The effect of COVID-19 pandemic on eating disorders]

BABUSA Bernadett, TÚRY Ferenc

[The COVID-19 pandemic increased the incidence of many mental disorders inclusive that of eating disorders as it was realised in case of anorexia nervosa, bulimia nervosa, and other eating disorders. As a result, eating disorder symptoms were worsening and the relapse rate became higher. In the back­ground the following factors may have played an important role: change in the food availability, increase of fearing weight gain, the impact of social media, some special webpages became more... tovább »

HUN 2022;32(04-05)

Clinical Neuroscience

MAY 30, 2022

REM sleep, REM parasomnias, REM sleep behaviour disorder

SZÛCS Anna , MUTTI Carlotta, PAPP Anikó, HALÁSZ Péter, PARRINO Liborio

We review the literature on REM parasomnias, and their the underlying mechanisms. Several REM parasomnias are consistent with sleep dissociations, where certain elements of the REM sleep pattern emerge in an inadequate time (sleep paralysis, hypnagogic hallucinations and cataplexy) or are absent/partial in their normal REM sleep time (REM sleep without atonia, underlying REM sleep behavior disorder). The rest of REM parasomnias (sleep related painful erection, catathrenia) may have other... tovább »

ENG 2022;75(05-06)

Clinical Neuroscience

MAY 30, 2022

[Investigating cognitive impairment in communities of practice – lessons learned]

VAJER Péter, JANCSÓ Zoltán, CSENTERI Orsolya, SZÔLLÔSI Gergô József, ANDRÉKA Péter

[In the “Three Generations for Health” programme, general practitioners were responsible for screening for dementia in their practices using mini-COG and Mini Mental State Examination. The aim was to present the screening results of those included, their assessment by the doctor and the further fate of the patients. After mini-COG test, MMSE test was performed in case of suspected dementia. The examiner categorized the result as abnormal or no abnormal, recorded the referral, and recorded the... tovább »

HUN 2022;75(05-06)

Journal of Nursing Theory and Practice

APRIL 30, 2022

[Burnout and depression among healthcare nursing staff]

IRINYI Tamás, NÉMETH Anikó

[The aim was to assess the levels of burnout and depressive symptoms among nursing staff members. We designed an online questionnaire for the present cross-sectional study, which was filled out by 10 285 participants between 01-27-2022 and 02-14-2022. The mean score of burnout showed a decrease compared to the score measured in 2021; however, the percent of nursing staff members suffering from burnout is still high (64.4%), from which 42% indicates severe burnout which would requires treatment.... tovább »

HUN 2022;35(2)

Lege Artis Medicinae

MARCH 31, 2022

[Clinical implication of arterial stiffness in the elderly]

BENCZÚR Béla

[Hypertension prevalence and cardiovascular risk gradually with age. However this aging process seems to take a more rapid course in some individuals, as reflected in the Early Vascular Aging (EVA) syndrome. Age and high blood pressure are the two main determinants of arterial stiffness which is the core of EVA: the impaired elasticity of the media layer of large elastic arteries (mainly the aorta), a process that can be measured by pulse wave velocity. In elderly hyperten­sives, large arteries... tovább »

HUN 2022;32(03)

Clinical Neuroscience

MARCH 31, 2022

Weekly patterns of suicide and the influence of alcohol consumption in an urban sample

SAPOZHNIKOV Sergey , GOLENKOV Andrei , RIHMER Zoltán , UNGVARI S Gabor , GAZDAG Gábor

The weekly fluctuation in suicide rates is influenced by several factors including sex, psychiatric illness and alcohol dependence. The purpose of this study is to explore the impact of current alcohol use on suicid Data on sex, date of death, results of blood and/or urine alcohol tests and history of alcohol dependence in suicide victims over the 1997-2002 period were retrieved from a forensic database in two cities in Chuvash Republic. Over the six-year study period, 1,379 suicides were... tovább »

ENG 2022;75(03-04)