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Evaluation of the efficacy of six nutritional screening tools to predict malnutrition in the elderly

Background & aims: Malnutrition in the elderly is a multifactorial problem, more prevalent in hospitals and care homes. The absence of a gold standard in evaluating nutritional risk led us to evaluate the efficacy of six nutritional screening tools used

An evaluation of nursing education in Greece and Cyprus in relation to the care of older people

Demographic changes as well as issues associated with ageing have created new challenges and obligations for health services around the world, including Greece and Cyprus. Nurses’ involvement in the care of older people is central and nursing adopts modern and

Reliability and validity of the Greek version of Kogan’s Old People Scale

Aims and objectives. The aim of this study was to test the psychometric properties – validity and reliability – of the Greek version of Kogan’s Old People scale.Design. The study was designed as a cross-sectional survey. The main reason for

Evaluation of nursing education in relation to the health care of the elderly

The ageing of the population is a challenge for the education of health professionals, among them nurses. Education programmes should be updated following evaluation in order to prepare future nurses to be able to respond to the care of older

Effects of Pilates and trunk strengthening exercises on health-related quality of life in women with chronic low back pain.

The aim of this study was to compare the effects of a Pilates program and a trunk strengthening exercise program on functional disability and health-related quality of life (HRQOL) in women with nonspecific CLBP. A total of 101 volunteer women

Pelvic floor muscle training improves sexual function of women with stress urinary incontinence.

The aim of this study was to assess the effect of a program of supervised pelvic floor muscle training (PFMT) on sexual function, in a group of women with urodynamically diagnosed stress urinary incontinence (SUI), using a validated questionnaire. Incontinence

Attitudes and knowledge of the Greek nursing students towards older people

AIM: To evaluate the effects of education on nursing students’ knowledge and attitudes towards older people in Greece.METHOD: Two hundred and twenty seven first and final year nursing students at a university and 191 first and final year nursing students

Apps for carers- Report on selected applications

A selection of mobile apps and websites currently available in different partner languages (Greek, Italian, Portuguese, Swedish and in English), useful for informal carers and addressing main needs of: care plan and management; information and micro-learning; communication and social inclusion;

Quality Indicators for the Prevention of Type 2 Diabetes in Europe – IMAGE

Background: The marked increase of type 2 diabetes necessitates active development and implementation of efficient prevention programs. A European level action has been taken by launching the IMAGE project to unify and improve the various prevention management concepts, which currently

Cognitive screening tools for primary care settings: examining the ‘Test Your Memory’ and ‘General Practitioner assessment of Cognition’ tools in a rural aging population in Greece.

The objective was to assess the clinical validity of the ‘Test Your Memory’ (TYM) and ‘General Practitioner assessment of Cognition’ (GPCog) which was specifically designed for primary care practice, in a rural primary care setting in Greece, utilizing the ‘Mini