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Sakellariou, Alexandros. "Female Converts from Greek Orthodoxy to Islam and their Digital Religious Identity." HAWWA 13, no. 3 (October 15, 2015): 422–39. http://dx.doi.org/10.1163/15692086-12341291.
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The aim of this article is to study the personal stories of female converts from Greek Orthodox religion to Islam as these are presented on the Internet. In particular, I focus on the way some Greek Orthodox women who live in Greece or who are from a Greek Orthodox background but live abroad are self-presented via a website authorized by the Muslim Association of Greece. The main questions are: How did these women decided to change their religion? What problems did they face in their effort? How did their family react to their decision? What kind of relations did they have with their families after their conversion? This is an attempt to find out how their digital religious identity is crystallized, assuming that internet, as a quasi-neutral and protected public space, provides them with the opportunity to narrate their stories and opinions without the immediate surveillance of the Greek Orthodox society.
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Tariq, Ainaab, and Ravi Bhatt. "A Critical Study of Oedipus Rex and the identity of Women in Ancient Greece." International Journal of English Literature and Social Sciences 5, no. 2 (2020): 517–19. http://dx.doi.org/10.22161/ijels.52.28.
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Κοτρώνη, Ευδοξία, and Χριστίνα Αθα. "Η διά του λόγου κατασκευή της ταυτότητας των ανύπανδρων γυναικών." Psychology: the Journal of the Hellenic Psychological Society 18, no. 3 (October 15, 2020): 363. http://dx.doi.org/10.12681/psy_hps.23728.
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Understanding the experience of women who are not married and live alone has recently become an important issue within feminist psychology, since a significant and growing number of women belong to this category. The aim of the study is to examine the discursive construction of unmarried women’s identity. The methodology followed a poststructuralist approach in discourse analysis and data were collected through semi-structured individual interviews with unmarried women, aged between 36 and 52 years. The analysis highlighted the three maindiscourses the participants used in their accounts: (a) the discourse of independence, (b) the discourse of loneliness, and (c) the discourse of stigmatization. The paper discusses the consequences these discourseshave on the construction of the women’s personal identity, on the reproduction of the dominant ideology regarding unmarried women in Greece, as well as on women’s counseling.
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Gotsi, Chariklia-Glafki. "Towards the formation of a professional identity: women artists in Greece at the beginning of the twentieth century." Women's History Review 14, no. 2 (June 1, 2005): 285–300. http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/09612020500200433.
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Hauser, Emily. "IN HER OWN WORDS: THE SEMANTICS OF FEMALE AUTHORSHIP IN ANCIENT GREECE, FROM SAPPHO TO NOSSIS." Ramus 45, no. 2 (December 2016): 133–64. http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/rmu.2016.8.
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What we call things is important—it reveals what we think about the world. What we call ourselves, however, is even more important. It reveals ideas and assumptions about identity, gender, community. It helps us to see where we fit in in society; what we understand our purpose, our role to be; the kinds of activities we undertake. In a history where women have been largely barred from higher-paying, traditionally male occupations, the way in which women in particular use terminology to lay claim to skills and expertise in counterpoint to a generally male-dominant culture speaks volumes about the ways in which women see themselves and their relationship to their work. As Erica Jong puts it in her feminist essay,The Artist as Housewife, ‘naming is a form of self-creation’.
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Tsakiridou, Cornelia (Corinna) A. "Nationalist Dilemmas: Halide Edib on Greeks, Greece, and the West." New Perspectives on Turkey 27 (2002): 1–34. http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s0896634600003782.
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O College dear, we praise theeFor pointing to the starsWith faith and hope unswervingWhich no weak vision marsThy service unrestrictedBy race or class or creed;Thy love so freely offered,Its only claim-our need.-Anthem of the American College for Girls, IstanbulHalide Edib (1883-1964) was one of modern Turkey's most celebrated women. Author, feminist, nationalist, modernist, educator, and member of the National Assembly, she identified her person and career with the transformation of Turkey into a modern secular republic. Educated in the internationalist spirit of the American College for Girls in Istanbul, she was, throughout her life, a cosmopolitan intellectual with an international audience. Edib's personal transition from Ottoman society to the new nationalist elite, and her homeland's transition from empire to republic, posed no insurmountable historical, social, and cultural discontinuities; hers was a nationalism that, although grounded in Western notions of emancipation and self-determination, asserted with confidence its distinct identity and autonomy from the West.
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Basic, Ivana. "Fragments of autobiography: The concept of “flickering compassion” in Portraits of Women by Ksenija Atanasijevic." Bulletin de l'Institut etnographique 68, no. 2 (2020): 353–76. http://dx.doi.org/10.2298/gei2002353b.
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In our discussion we will explore how Ksenija Atanasijevic, while writing about the poets and philosophers of ancient Greece, but also about Saint Teresa of Avila and George Sand, expressed her own understanding of the importance of women's scientific and artistic creativity, and also their emancipation. By choice of women she will write about, as well as emphasis on certain qualities of their personalities and their work, and the philosophical concepts she supported, Ksenija Atanasijevic simultaneously created her implicit imaginary philosophical "I" in Portraits of Women. Therefore, the most precise genre definition of Portraits of Women would be fragments of flickering compassion towards the personalities she is describing, and compassion can be defined as a key characteristic of her entire oeuvre and life - empathy was the basis of Ksenija Atanasijevic's ethical philosophy and her social, pacifist and feminist engagement and at the same time it was in her opinion the most important value of human life. With this choice, Ksenija Atanasijevic also anticipated the stance of contemporary feminism on the necessity of creating a female canon for shaping a women's personal and creative identity.
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Petronoti, Marina. "Weaving Threads between the Ethnic and the Global." Anthropological Journal of European Cultures 19, no. 2 (September 1, 2010): 129–48. http://dx.doi.org/10.3167/ajec.2010.190210.
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This article addresses hairdressing as a forum in which African women running small salons in Athens negotiate identity and raise claims to modernity. The specificity of their entrepreneurial activities lies in that they occur at a time when the incorporation of ethnic modes of adornment in Western fashion captures Greeks' interest, but prevailing policies curtail the rights of displaced populations and look down upon their traditional performances. In this sense, my analysis touches upon issues of analytical importance to the ethnography on immigration in Greece. It exemplifies how African entrepreneurs diffuse seeds of their cultural legacy in the lifestyle of otherwise dismissive hosts as well as the multiple repercussions that their involvement in a major domain of consumption have on stereotypical imageries of and attitudes towards the Other.
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Μαντόγλου, Άννα. "Ελλάδα, διακύβευμα μνήμης και λήθης: περηφάνιας, τραύματος και ντροπής." Psychology: the Journal of the Hellenic Psychological Society 21, no. 3 (October 15, 2020): 262. http://dx.doi.org/10.12681/psy_hps.23280.
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The present study aims at exploring the role of age, gender, intra-national identification and political positioning in the recollection of the representational voluntary (=memory) and involuntary (=oblivion) historical-national past of Greece in conditions of pride, trauma and shame. In this experimental field study participated 254 men and women of different ages, who, after having read a text of a concise presentation of the Greek past -cutting off events either of pride, or of trauma and shame- noted three events that they wish to remember and three events that they wish to forget for ever from the Greek history. The interesting finding of the present study is associated with the emergence of four voluntary and involuntary organizing principles of thought about the historical past of Greece: a) a powerful and ruling memory, b) a regal memory of pride, c) a traumatical oblivion and, d) ashameful oblivion. The above ways of thinking are consensus and independent of the age, gender, political positioning and participants’ intra-national identification, as well. Any possible differences in perceiving the historical past concern individual variations rather than national collective concepts. This result is in line with the idea of a superior, urgent or regal national identity, which is constructed against other national identities and strategically «select» -institutionally and communicatively- to remember a positive, glorious, ruling and regal past, which makes ingroup members feel proud, while it decides not to communicate its traumatical (remedy oblivion) and, mainly, the shameful past (wormwood oblivion).
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Muse, Amy. "Encountering a divine dance of solidarity at the Zalongo Monument." Journal of Greek Media & Culture 7, no. 2 (October 1, 2021): 153–69. http://dx.doi.org/10.1386/jgmc_00036_1.
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In this article, a combination of travelogue, personal narrative, archival research and cultural analysis, I contemplate the Monument to the Heroines of Zalongo, a sculpture by George Zongolopoulos that stands in the western Greek region of Epirus. It commemorates the Dance of Zalongo, a mass suicide, or heroic sacrifice, of women and children in 1803. The legend of the dance and the monument inspired by it evoke contradictory perspectives on the national identity of Greece and of Greeks that stretch back to the founding of the modern nation: the externally directed view of the philhellenes, and the introverted perspective of the Romii. Seen as an international, philhellenic cause, a mass suicide, the Souliote women’s leap signified helpless women and children, and a nation, in need of rescuing. Seen as a national, Greek narrative, a patriotic sacrifice, the Souliote women’s leap showed female warriors filled with pride and self-determination. The Dance of Zalongo has had many lives: as a nineteenth-century media event that sparked an outpouring of literature and art, a twentieth-century lifeline to the old country for Greeks in the diaspora and a twenty-first-century cultural meme bolstering resistance to economic austerity. The Zalongo Monument, a site for pilgrimage where Greek cultural memory is infused in stone and resonant in the air, recreates the presence of the dance, letting us feel what it means to be free. Visiting the monument as a philhellenic foreigner, I ponder its power as a tribute to solidarity among those everywhere who are pushed to the precipice.
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Dubisch, Jill. "Gender, Death, and Memory in Greece: New Voices in the Nation: Women and the Greek Resistance, 1941-1964 . Janet Hart. ; Fragments of Death, Fables of Identity: An Athenian Anthropography . Neni Panourgia." American Anthropologist 98, no. 4 (December 1996): 874–75. http://dx.doi.org/10.1525/aa.1996.98.4.02a00240.
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Pérez-Sales, Pau, Andrea Galán-Santamarina, María Victoria Zunzunegui, and Sara López-Martin. "Refugee Camps as Torturing Environments—An Analysis of the Conditions in the Moria Reception Center (Greece) Based on the Torturing Environment Scale." International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health 19, no. 16 (August 17, 2022): 10233. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijerph191610233.
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Background. European countries apply a policy of deterrence of migrants in territorial and extraterritorial border areas. The authors apply the model of torturing environments, which has been already applied to other contexts where persons are deprived of liberty, to the situation of the reception center of Moria, on the island of Lesvos (Greece). Methods. A cross-sectional study was conducted in the months of April and June of 2020. Personal interviews were conducted with 160 people (80 men, 80 women) from Afghan, Syrian, Somalian, and Congo backgrounds. The authors applied the Torturing Environmental Scale, which measures interpersonal violence, emotional distress, and legal safeguards. Results. The findings confirm the inhumane living conditions for the people sheltered in Moria, documenting the severe suffering of the population due to elements linked to basic human functions (hunger, thirst, hygiene, overcrowding, temperature, etc.), actions that produce fear and distress, actions that produce helplessness and hopelessness, actions that cause physical pain, attacks on sexual integrity, and attacks on identity and the need to belong. Some of the data suggest that the purposive and intentionality elements of the definition of cruel, inhuman, or degrading treatment were also met. Conclusions. According to the conceptual model of torturing environments, the Moria reception camp constitutes a space of systematic ill treatment that vulnerated the European legal standards related to torture (Article 3 of the Human Rights Convention). The idea of torturing environments provides a valuable avenue to assess human rights violations in collective spaces and could constitute a useful tool in forensic and litigation processes.
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Fokas, Effie. "On Aims, Means, and Unintended Consequences: The Case of Molla Sali." Religions 12, no. 10 (October 12, 2021): 859. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/rel12100859.
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This contribution speaks to this Special Issue’s guiding question of how the approach to freedom of religion and minority protection can be combined to foster the protection of religious communities and their members by examining a particular European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) case that provokes a contrasting question: ‘What happens when provisions for religious minority protection lead to the violation rather than protection of members’ rights?’ That case is Molla Sali v. Greece (2018), in which the ECtHR addressed the claim of a member of a Muslim minority community whose membership in that community subjected her—involuntarily—to the authority of sharia law over inheritance matters. The case serves as a foundation from which to explore the ECtHR’s engagements with the Framework Convention for the Protection of National Minorities, an exploration which helps bring to the fore the problems around the concept of ‘voluntary’ opting into identification with a minority identity when the latter entails some form of disadvantage. Women, in particular, due to family and peer pressures, are vulnerable to such disadvantage in contexts such as that from which the case of Molla Sali arises. Thus, the case invites discussion of various ways in which individual and group rights may come into conflict and considers minority rights specifically in relation to other human rights.
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Saloustrou, Vasiliki. "“To have or not to have a boyfriend?” Large identities in small stories." Text & Talk 40, no. 3 (May 27, 2020): 353–76. http://dx.doi.org/10.1515/text-2020-2062.
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AbstractIn this paper, I draw on recent work on small stories that has been proposed as a counter-move to the dominant paradigm of big stories. Small stories are fragmented, heavily co-authored and open-ended tellings, and have proved a prime site for the joint drafting of identity positions in concrete interactional sites. The context in which the use of small stories is examined in this study is a group of three 20-year-old Greek women, who portray themselves as best friends. This friendship group was studied ethnographically in Syros (Greece) between 2014 and 2015, and data collection involved 10 hours of audio-recorded conversations, as well as field-notes. For the analysis of the participants’ small stories, this paper draws on positioning analysis and conversation analysis vis-à-vis small stories research as a framework to study identities-in-interaction. In particular, it employs the model of positioning in the fine-grained micro-analysis of a co-authored ‘small story’ about relationships with men. It demonstrates how the deferrals of telling and the refusals to tell are as integral a part of the analysis as the actual telling, since they allow us insights into the teller’s contradictory views about big issues and large identities. Moreover, the findings show how the teller manages the participation framework in cases of narrating difficult topics and ambivalent identities.
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Athina Ntager and Antigoni Sarantaki. "Perinatal experiences of resettled Syrian migrant women in Greece-a qualitative study." World Journal of Advanced Research and Reviews 16, no. 1 (October 30, 2022): 280–87. http://dx.doi.org/10.30574/wjarr.2022.16.1.1014.
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Background: Many women report that their privacy in hospitals was not respected and that their needs were totally ignored. A woman’s perinatal experience can be determinant for a woman’s life, introducing her into maternity either in a gentle way or causing her trauma. These findings can be used to improve health services in Greece. Aim: To identify the positive and negative life experiences of refugee women giving birth in Greece. Method: A qualitative interpretive design was used. Data were collected through face-to-face semi-structured interviews with 14 Syrian women. The majority were refugees that gave birth in Greece and only four with birthing experience in both Syria and Greece. Data were detailed interpreted and analyzed thematically. Results: “Numerous people were getting in and out of the room” emerged as one of the dominant themes, together with the communication difficulty due to the lack of translators. Women used the phrase “The main problem was the language’’ together with “I couldn’t ask for anything’’. Last but not least, women stated that the staff had racist behavior ‘’ Some of them, weren’t nice to me, they were racists’’. Another woman described “They made me feel inferior wearing my handkerchief’’. In addition to that, from this statement, it emerges that their religion had not been respected. Conclusion: This study discusses the experiences that Syrian migrant women have to go through in public hospitals, due to lack of privacy during their stay, communication problems as well as staff’s racist behavior. Overall, all these reasons lead to a traumatic experience and a degraded healthcare system.
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Ramers, Lauren Herfindahl. "A Research Agenda for Women and Entrepreneurship: Identity through Aspirations, Behaviors, and Confidence by Patricia G. Greene and Candida G. Brush." Journal of Public and Nonprofit Affairs 6, no. 3 (December 16, 2020): 401–3. http://dx.doi.org/10.20899/jpna.6.3.401-403.
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Greene, P. G. & Brush, C. G. (2018). A research agenda for women and entrepreneurship: Identity through aspirations, behaviors, and confidence. Cheltenham, UK: Edward Elgar Publishing. $35.79 (Paperback), ISBN 978- 1785365362.
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Papadakaki, Maria, Maria Iliadou, Eirini Sioti, Elena Petelos, and Victoria Vivilaki. "The Perinatal Journey of a Refugee Woman in Greece: A Qualitative Study in the Context of the ORAMMA Project to Elucidate Current Challenges and Future Perspectives." Sexes 2, no. 4 (October 20, 2021): 452–67. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/sexes2040036.
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Migrant and refugee women face specific health risks and challenges during the perinatal period, presenting with complex physical, psychological, and mental health issues. Compassionate antenatal and postnatal care is urgently required across Europe given how outcomes during this period determine the health wellbeing throughout a person’s life. The current study aimed to describe the perinatal health care provided to refugee and migrant women in Greece, as well as to identify the barriers to delivering quality health care to these population groups. Data were gathered via qualitative research, and via document analysis, including grey literature research. Two focus groups were convened; one with five midwives in Athens (representing NGOs in refugee camps and public maternity hospitals) and another in Crete with twenty-six representatives of key stakeholder groups involved in the perinatal care of refugees and migrant women. Desk research was conducted with in a stepwise manner comprising two steps: (a) a mapping exercise to identify organizations/institutes of relevance across Greece, i.e., entities involved in perinatal healthcare provision for refugees and migrants; (b) an electronic search across institutional websites and the World Wide Web, for key documents on the perinatal care of refugee and migrant women that were published during the 10-year period prior to the research being conducted and referring to Greece. Analysis of the desk research followed the principles of content analysis, and the analysis of the focus group data followed the principles of an inductive thematic analysis utilizing the actual data to drive the structure analysis. Key findings of the current study indicate that the socioeconomic status, living and working conditions, the legal status in the host country, as well as providers’ cultural competence, attitudes and beliefs and communication challenges, all currently represent major barriers to the efficient and culturally appropriate provision of perinatal care. The low capacity of the healthcare system to meet the needs of women in these population groups in the context of maternal care in a country that has suffered years of austerity has been amply recorded and adds further contextual constraints. Policy reform is urgently required to achieve cultural competence, to improve transcultural care provision across maternity care settings, and to ensure improved maternal and children’s outcomes.
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Nikolopoulou, Georgia, Theofania Tsironi, Panagiotis Halvatsiotis, Ekaterini Petropoulou, Nikolaos Genaris, Despina Vougiouklaki, Dionyssios Antonopoulos, et al. "Analysis of the Major Probiotics in Healthy Women’s Breast Milk by Realtime PCR. Factors Affecting the Presence of Those Bacteria." Applied Sciences 11, no. 20 (October 10, 2021): 9400. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/app11209400.
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Breast milk has been reported as a bacteria source that affects infant gut microbiota development. The present study utilizes a realtime PCR method to identify Lactobacillus and Bifidobacterium spp. in the breast milk of healthy women and attempts to identify factors affecting those human milk bacteria. Breast milk samples—both colostrum and mature milk—of 100 healthy women, were collected in Greece along with data about the demographic factors and nutritional habits of the volunteers. The colostrum samples were found to have higher percentages of either Bifidobacterium or Lactobacillus (76.9% and 48.6%, respectively) compared to the mature milk samples. For younger women, aged from 18 to 29 years, and women from rural areas, bacteria were detected in higher incidence than for older groups and women in urban areas, respectively. Moreover, for high-BMI women, bacteria were detected in lower incidence than for those with normal BMI. Probiotic supplements did not affect the composition of the breast milk-identified bacteria. Various factors such as lactation stage, maternal age, maternal weight, and residential location may contribute to the presence of those species in human milk. RT PCR has significant potential for the microbiological analysis of human milk.
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Van Dreden, Patrick, Eleftheria Lefkou, Aboubakar Ka, Konstantinos Sfakianoudis, Aurélie Rousseau, Matthieu Grusse, Ismail Elalamy, and Grigoris T. Gerotziafas. "Endothelial Cell Activation and Thrombin Generation Assessment for the Risk of Severe Early Onset Preeclampsia. the ROADMAP-EOP Study." Clinical and Applied Thrombosis/Hemostasis 28 (January 2022): 107602962211382. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/10760296221138296.
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Background The ROADMAP-EOP study aimed to identify clinically relevant biomarkers of hypercoagulability for the identification of pregnant women at risk of early onset preeclampsia worsening. Methods The ROADMAP-EOP observational single center retrospective case–control study was conducted in Greece (Centre for Human Reproduction, Genesis Athens Clinic, Athens, Greece) from July 2020 to July and enrolled pregnant women diagnosed with EOP stratified in mild EOP group (n = 34) and severe EOP group (n = 15) as well as women with uncomplicated pregnancy (control group; n = 35). All women were assessed with thromboelastometry (ROTEM®), Calibrated Automated Thrombogram®, tissue factor activity (TFa), procoagulant phospholipid dependentclotting time (Procoag-PPL®), Proteins S (PS), TFPI, D-dimer, antithrombin (AT), thrombomodulin (TM), fibrinogen, prothrombin time (PT) and activated partial thromboplastin time (aPTT). The primary study end-point was severe earlyonset preeclampsia. Principal component analysis (PCA) was performed. Results The PCA analysis showed that a score composed of the lag-time, ttPeak and Procoag-PPL accurately predicted severe EOP (sensitivity 71.4%, specificity 61.8%, and AUC of the ROC analysis 0.953). Conclusion The pilot ROADMAP-EOP shows that activation of endothelial cells and blood hypercoagulability are driven events in the worsening of EOP. Among a large panel of biomarkers and coagulation assays, thrombingeneration test and procoagulant phospholipid dependent clotting time emerged as clinically relevant for the evaluation of the risk of severe EOP. This methodology for the development of a new clinic-biological risk assessment model for prompt identification of pregnant women at risk of severe EOP must be validated in a large multi-centerprospective study.
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Fasoi, Georgia, Maria Bourazani, Dimitris Papatheodorou, Eugenia Vlachou, Georgia Toylia, Evridiki Kaba, Panagiota Lalou, Christina Sotnikova, and Martha Kelesi. "Exploration the Quality of Life and the related factors in women with recent diagnosis of gynecological cancer, before the surgical treatment, in Greece." Health & Research Journal 6, no. 4 (December 21, 2020): 114. http://dx.doi.org/10.12681/healthresj.25628.
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Introduction: In Greece, it is estimated that annually 600 new cases of cervical cancer are diagnosed, being the third most common form of cancer in women after breast cancer (22.9%) and colon cancer (9.4%).In addition to being life-threatening, such a diagnosis can also represent the psychological impact of gynecological cancers; there are negative emotional consequences of such a diagnosis for both patients and their families affecting the quality of life (QOL) of patients with gynecological cancer.Aim: To examine the quality of life (QOL) of women with recent diagnosis of gynecologic cancer (RDGC) in Greece during their illness and to identify the psychosocial problems and the symptoms faced by women in the early stages of the disease.Material and Method: A prospective study of 63 patients with RDGC before undergoing hysterectomy, who completed the EORTC QLQ-C30 questionnaire.Results: The patients were between 45 and 50 years old (19.6%). Impaired physical functioning of women with RDGC was associated with strenuous activity or a long walk. Emotionally, patients showed a lack of concentration, tension, anxiety, irritation and depression. Age was negatively correlated with depression (p-value = 0.05<0.1). More than half of women had pain and few of them suffered a lot. Pain, shortness of breath (dyspnea) and fatigue caused discomfort and interference with daily living activities. More than half had sleeping disorders. Constipation and lack of appetite were common symptoms of the digestive system. Most women had no social or financial problems and rated their quality of life “very good”.Conclusions: Women with a RDGC, besides the common physical symptoms such as fatigue, pain, anorexia, sleep disorders and loss of appetite, had also emotional disorders. The feeling of depression was present in most patients. It was found that the younger the patient, the more depressed they feel.
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Alexandri, Maria, Maria Tsellou, Anastasia Antoniou, Efstathios Skliros, Andreas Nikolaos Koukoulis, Flora Bacopoulou, and Stavroula Papadodima. "Prevalence of Homicide-Suicide Incidents in Greece over 13 Years." International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health 19, no. 13 (June 24, 2022): 7736. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijerph19137736.
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Prevalence of homicide-suicides is difficult to determine in Greece due to the lack of a national tracking system. The aim of this study was to estimate the prevalence of the homicide-suicide incidents in Greece over the past 13 years, and to determine the circumstances under which they occurred, as well as the characteristics of perpetrators and victims. Two Internet search engines (google and yahoo), as well as the search engine of the major national news websites, were surveyed to identify the number of homicide-suicide cases that occurred in Greece from January 2008 to December 2020. Over the study period, 36 homicide-suicide incidents occurred in Greece, resulting in 36 suicides and 41 homicides. The above incidents reflect an annual homicide-suicide rate of 0.02 cases per 100,000 inhabitants. Most perpetrators were male (88.9%), whereas most victims were female (80.6%). Spousal-consortial cases accounted for 52.7% and familial cases for 41.7% of the total number of incidents. The use of firearms (mostly shotgun) was the most common method of homicide and suicide (58.3% and 63.9%, respectively). Women killed only their children, while men committed homicide and suicide mainly in the context of a former or current intimate partnership with the victim. Our results are in line with international homicide-suicide data. The establishment of a national surveillance system for homicides-suicides would be of paramount importance as it would facilitate accurate recording, identification of risk factors and characteristics of potential victims and perpetrators and it could ultimately be an aid to the prevention of such tragic events.
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Sarla, Efstathia, Ekaterini Lambrinou, Petros Galanis, Athena Kalokairinou, and Panayota Sourtzi. "Factors That Influence the Relationship Between Social Support and Health-Related Quality of Life of Older People Living in the Community." Gerontology and Geriatric Medicine 6 (January 2020): 233372142091147. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/2333721420911474.
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As the proportion of older people in Greece grows and the need for promoting healthy aging is apparent, it becomes increasingly important to investigate the relationship between social support and health-related quality of life (HRQoL) of older people in the community. A cross-sectional study was conducted in 451 older people living in the community in greater Athens, Greece, with an anonymous questionnaire, including demographics, and the EQ5D including EuroQol–visual analogue scale (EQ-VAS) and the Multidimensional Scale of Perceived Social Support. Multivariate linear regression analysis was applied to identify independent factors related to perceived social support and HRQoL. The majority of older people were women, married or widowed, living with their family or alone. Perceived social support was medium and higher from significant others and family. A statistically significant positive relationship was found between social support from significant others/friends and HRQoL, as well as between social support from friends/family/significant others and EQ-VAS. In conclusion, HRQoL of older people is influenced by the received social support.
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Chatzi, Leda, Vasiliki Melaki, Katerina Sarri, Ioanna Apostolaki, Theano Roumeliotaki, Vaggelis Georgiou, Maria Vassilaki, Antonis Koutis, Panos Bitsios, and Manolis Kogevinas. "Dietary patterns during pregnancy and the risk of postpartum depression: the mother–child ‘Rhea’ cohort in Crete, Greece." Public Health Nutrition 14, no. 9 (April 11, 2011): 1663–70. http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s1368980010003629.
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AbstractObjectiveTo identify and describe dietary patterns in a cohort of pregnant women, and investigate whether dietary patterns during pregnancy are related to postpartum depression (PPD).DesignThe study uses data from the prospective mother–child cohort ‘Rhea’ study. Pregnant women completed an FFQ in mid-pregnancy and the Edinburg Postpartum Depression Scale (EPDS) at 8–10 weeks postpartum. Dietary patterns during pregnancy (‘health conscious’, ‘Western’) were identified using principal component analysis. Associations between dietary patterns categorized in tertiles and PPD symptoms were investigated by multivariable regression models after adjusting for confounders.SettingHeraklion, Crete, Greece, 2007–2010.SubjectsA total of 529 women, participating in the ‘Rhea’ cohort.ResultsHigh adherence to a ‘health conscious’ diet, characterized by vegetables, fruit, pulses, nuts, dairy products, fish and olive oil, was associated with lower EPDS scores (highest v. lowest tertile: β-coefficient = −1·75, P = 0·02). Women in the second (relative risk (RR) = 0·52, 95 % CI 0·30, 0·92) or third tertile (RR = 0·51, 95 % CI 0·25, 1·05) of the ‘health conscious’ dietary pattern were about 50 % less likely to have high levels of PPD symptoms (EPDS ≥ 13) compared with those in the lowest tertile.ConclusionsThis is the first prospective study showing that a healthy diet during pregnancy is associated with reduced risk for PPD. Additional longitudinal studies and trials are needed to confirm these findings.
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Tigka, Maria, Dimitra Metallinou, Christina Nanou, Zoi Iliodromiti, and Katerina Lykeridou. "Frequency and Determinants of Breastfeeding in Greece: A Prospective Cohort Study during the COVID-19 Pandemic." Children 9, no. 1 (January 2, 2022): 43. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/children9010043.
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Breastfeeding is considered to be the cornerstone of child health. In Europe however, overall breastfeeding rates remain low. The present study aimed at estimating the frequency of breastfeeding in Greece during the COVID-19 pandemic period and comparing findings with the latest national study in order to identify a potential impact of the pandemic. Additionally, possible correlations of socio-cultural and demographic characteristics with breastfeeding indicators were investigated. This prospective cohort study included 847 women from five tertiary maternity hospitals, between January and December 2020. Data were collected by a structured questionnaire via interview during hospitalization and via telephone in the first, third and sixth month postpartum. Results showed that all breastfeeding indicators improved over the last three years. Full breastfeeding reached 7.2%, contrary to 0.78% of the latest national study at six months postpartum. Employment, marital status, educational level, mode of delivery, type of maternity hospital, body mass index before pregnancy, previous breastfeeding experience of the mother and infant’s birth weight correlated significantly with breastfeeding indicators at different time periods. The COVID-19 pandemic seems to have favorably influenced breastfeeding initiation and duration in Greece due to lockdowns, home confinement and teleworking.
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Yarwood, Vanessa, Meghan Gunst, Christine Yen-Ting Chen, Kate Jarman, Sakib Rokadiya, Majd Isreb, and Aula Abbara. "A retrospective review of specialist referrals for refugees into Greece’s health system: A humanitarian organization’s perspective." Avicenna Journal of Medicine 11, no. 02 (April 2021): 84–92. http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/ajm.ajm_136_20.
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Abstract Aim: Refugee arrivals to Europe have numbered more than one million since 2015 with the majority arriving through Greece. The healthcare needs of refugees have placed strains on Greece’s healthcare system which has already been affected by its ongoing economic crisis. At the peak of arrivals during 2016, primary healthcare was primarily provided by humanitarian organizations with specialist referrals into the Greek healthcare system. There is little published literature on the type and impacts of specialist referrals for refugees in Greece. The aim of this retrospective review is to identify the type and impacts of specialist referrals for refugees into Greece’s health system. Methods: This retrospective study reviewed the number and type of specialty referrals from one humanitarian organization providing primary healthcare for refugees in Greece. All consultations during an 8-month period (December 1, 2016–July 31, 2017) were reviewed. Results: Of 4168 consultations, 42% were patients aged 17 years or younger, 52% were male, and 90% were Syrian. Two hundred and thirty-three patients (11%) required a specialist referral; 25% were for dental (provided by another humanitarian organization), 10% each for obstetrics and gynecology and pediatrics, and 8% for ophthalmology. Respiratory complaints were most frequently seen, and these were more predominant in the winter months. Pediatric consultations varied according to month, likely due to population movements. Conclusion: Dentistry was noted to be a gap in humanitarian response programming and accounted for the greatest need for specialist input with referrals for women and children accounting for a large proportion of referrals.
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Kestere, Iveta, Irena Stonkuviene, and Zanda Rubene. "The New Soviet Man With a Female Body: Mother, Teacher, Tractor Driver…" Acta Paedagogica Vilnensia 45 (December 28, 2020): 97–109. http://dx.doi.org/10.15388/actpaed.45.6.
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The “New Man” is a utopian concept that involves creating an ideal man and replacing the imperfect human being. The beginning of the ideas of creating the new man can be found in ancient Greece and Rome, in the works of utopians and educators, as well as in theological texts. Although this ideologeme as one of the constructs of modernity was fully formed by the end of the 19th century, the efforts to practically implement it are connected with the establishment of (para)totalitarianism. One of the best-known examples of such an attempt was the ambition to create the New Soviet Man. After giving up aspirations to create a perfect biological individual, in the long-term perfective, the main focus was laid on forming an ideologically correct New Man, a builder of communism. Education was seen as one of the key means of achieving this objective. Seeking to identify how the image of the New Man was reflected in the curriculum (primary in particular), 36 textbooks published between 1925–1985 and used in the state schools of Soviet Russia and the Baltic States were analysed.Although the concept of the New Man includes both the male and female person, the most frequently considered is a male. This article aims to discuss how textbooks represent the Soviet woman by considering the following aspects: what was specific to the New Soviet Man – Woman? What did the Soviet regime expect from women in the context of the New Soviet Man project? How did the project of New Man reflect the gender equality idea?
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Kalpadakis, Stavros, Dimitra Sifaki-Pistolla, Emmanouil K. Symvoulakis, Panagiotis Kelefiotis-Stratidakis, Lambros Vamvakas, Dimitrios Mavroudis, and Christos Lionis. "Reporting Liver Cancer Trends in the Island of Crete, Greece: Results from a Geo-Epidemiological Study." International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health 19, no. 16 (August 17, 2022): 10166. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijerph191610166.
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Liver cancer is one of the most frequent cancers in Europe and Greece. An increase in specific risk factors, such as metabolic syndrome and obesity, has been observed in Greece. Therefore, exploring temporal trends of liver cancer incidence and mortality is crucial. This study aims to assess the “burden” of malignant liver tumors (MLT) in Crete, Greece, in terms of incidence and mortality rates, and identify the high-risk areas on the island (i.e., municipalities), to suggest public health measures. Data were obtained from the Cancer Registry Center (CRC) and included all cases of MLT for the period 1992–2013 in Crete. Age-standardized incidence rates (ASIR), age-specific incidence rates (ASpIR), age-standardized mortality rates (ASMR), and age-specific mortality rates (ASpMR) were estimated. For the study period (1992–2013), incidence and mortality showed an increasing trend. Mean ASIR was found 15.3/100,000/year and mean ASMR 8.6/100,000/year. Age groups 65–69 and 75–79 years among men presented the highest rates of (ASIR = 39/100,000/year) and among women age groups of 75–79 and 80–84 years a mean ASIR (22/100,000/year). The five-year survival rate of MLT was 50% and the ten-year survival rate was 47% for both genders. Risk factors that were identified included personal history of cancer, family history of MLT or other cancer, degree of relationship, smoking, and obesity. Some municipalities of Crete were found to be high-risk areas for MLT, while differences were detected in incidence and mortality rates, and annual rate change among them. Estimated variation indicates further increase probably due to the lifestyle of the residents, economic crisis, and inadequate preventive measures.
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Bertsias, Linardakis, Mammas, and Kafatos. "Fruit and Vegetables Consumption in Relation to Health and Diet of Medical Students in Crete, Greece." International Journal for Vitamin and Nutrition Research 75, no. 2 (March 1, 2005): 107–17. http://dx.doi.org/10.1024/0300-9831.75.2.107.
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In Greece, prevalence of cardiovascular disease has been increasing during the last few decades. From a public health point of view, it is important to identify lifestyle practices associated with cardiovascular disease risk factors. As part of the Clinical Nutrition course at the University of Crete School of Medicine, 507 medical students (292 men, 215 women) were examined during the period 1995–2001. Individual 24-hour dietary recalls were taken, lifestyle questionnaires were completed, and anthropometric and serum lipid measurements were performed. Fruits and vegetables were consumed by 90% of men (370 ± 275 g/day) and 94% of women (354 ± 283 g/day). Among non/ex-smokers who ate fruit and vegetables, 41% consumed _400 g/day, compared to 31% of current smokers (p = 0.05). The risk for high-density lipoprotein cholesterol (HDL-C) < 35 mg/dL, low-density lipoprotein cholesterol (LDL-C) _ 130 mg/dL, and total cholesterol/HDL-C ratio (TC:HDL-C) _ 5 decreased with increasing quartile of fruit and vegetables consumption (trend p < 0.01). Fruit and vegetable intake was favorably related to intake of dietary fiber, calcium, magnesium, potassium, folate, and vitamins C, E, A, B1 and B6, and inversely related to saturated and trans fatty acids and cholesterol. Prospective studies should be performed within the general young adult population to assess the long-term effects of fruit and vegetable consumption on chronic disease risk development.
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Nella, Athina, and Evangelos Christou. "Market segmentation for wine tourism: Identifying sub-groups of winery visitors." European Journal of Tourism Research 29 (July 2, 2021): 2903. http://dx.doi.org/10.54055/ejtr.v29i.2414.
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Notwithstanding the steady development of the international wine tourism industry, accurate relevant information and comparative surveys focusing on primary research appear inadequate in various wine-producing countries. Understanding the wine tourism market is vital for sustaining its further development. In addition to existing typologies for wine tourists, distinctions of winery visitors may provide a valuable tool to help wineries design and implement appropriate marketing tools. Accordingly, the aim of this study was to identify segment characteristics and variations among international and inland wine tourists based on a multinational sample of winery visitors in Greece; differences between experienced and inexperienced visitors, first-time and repeat visitors at a specific winery, individual and group visitors, and men and women were also examined. The empirical study was conducted at 18 wineries in the most significant wine-making areas in Greece, through 1,400 questionnaires forwarded to wineries for distribution among their customers through self-completion. The results confirm the existence of significant dissimilarities between domestic and international visitors in relation to pre-visit behaviour, primary knowledge and loyalty levels towards the winery’s brands, visitation motives, spending attitudes, income, age distribution, perception of the winery experience and future behavioural intentions. Differences among these groups were also identified. The practical implications of the findings are discussed to assist winery managers and other wine tourism stakeholders implement a more customer-centric approach and improve strategic planning.
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Babili, Maria G., Charalampia Amerikanou, Efstathia Papada, Georgios Christopoulos, Chara Tzavara, and Andriana C. Kaliora. "The effect of prenatal maternal physical activity and lifestyle in perinatal outcome: results from a Greek study." European Journal of Public Health 30, no. 2 (September 20, 2019): 328–32. http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/eurpub/ckz223.
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Abstract Background Several maternal characteristics, including lifestyle, have been associated with perinatal outcomes and birth anthropometric characteristics of the offspring. This study aimed to identify whether physical activity (PA) and other lifestyle parameters of the mother are associated with the pregnancy outcomes or with the infant’s birth anthropometric characteristics. Methods Participants were recruited in Mitera Maternity Hospital, Athens, Greece. Socio-demographic, medical history and anthropometric assessment took place. PA during pregnancy was assessed with the Pregnancy Physical Activity Questionnaire. Dietary assessment was conducted with the Food Frequency Questionnaire and adherence to the Mediterranean diet was evaluated with the MedDiet score. Birth weight and gestational age data were also collected. Results Sedentary-intensity activity scores increased with increased educational level, while moderate-intensity activity scores decreased with increased educational level. Pregnant women who delivered large for gestational age infants had lower sports activity score. Higher vigorous and sports activity score was demonstrated in cases with a vaginal delivery compared with caesarean section. PA score was significantly and positively correlated with several nutrient intakes and PA was higher in women with a healthier nutritional pattern. Increased MedDiet scores were found in mothers with increased educational level. Conclusions Overall, PA was higher in women with a healthier nutritional pattern. An increased vs. a low activity level during pregnancy is positively associated with vaginal delivery and with the size of the offspring.
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Steiber, Nadia, and Barbara Haas. "Too much or too little work? Couples’ actual and preferred employment patterns and work hours mismatches in Europe." Zeitschrift für Familienforschung 30, no. 3-2018 (December 3, 2018): 269–92. http://dx.doi.org/10.3224/zff.v30i3.03.
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The most widely cited European data on work hours mismatches at the couple level date back to the 1990s. The general gist of analyses of these data was that ‘overworked’ dual-earner couples frequently preferred work hours reductions, especially those with childcare responsibilities. This study uses more recent data from the European Social Survey (2010-12) to update the available evidence on actual and preferred breadwinner models and on the occurrence and determinants of work hours mismatches among couples in Europe. The focus is on differences between demographic groups and countries in the degree to which cohabiting couples are either underemployed (working fewer hours than desired) or overemployed (working more hours than desired). Our analyses show that about one third of couples are underemployed, while only one in ten report being overemployed. We identify low education and the presence of children below school age as risk factors for underemployment, whereas highly educated women and fathers of teenagers tend to be overemployed. In a comparison of 16 European countries, we find couples in Greece, Ireland, Slovenia, and Spain to be most at risk of experiencing underemployment – in the countries that were most strongly affected by the recession. The effects of children on the experience of hours mismatches are found to vary across Europe – a particularly strong association of children below school age with parental underemployment is observed in Central and Eastern Europe, Finland, and Germany and a particularly weak one in Great Britain, Greece, Ireland, and Sweden.
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Gupta, Bhavya. "An Analysis of the Socio-legal Framework Around Objectification of Women in India." Journal of Humanities and Social Sciences Studies 3, no. 1 (January 30, 2021): 07–23. http://dx.doi.org/10.32996/jhsss.2021.3.1.2.
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Objectification is the act of treating a person solely as an object of sexual desire. Sexual objectification is one of the biggest reasons why we live in a world flooded with sexualized images of women who are presented to be immaculate goddesses, which every girl aspires to emulate leading to mental health issues, loss of self-esteem, exploitation and harassment. Sexual objectification constitutes of two dimensions within itself, firstly, treating women as mere objects and secondly, dehumanizing, i.e. when women are considered to be mindless entities and their internal virtues are completely forgotten about. The current legal frameworks around the world take a limited view of the problem and deal with certain aspects of the problem while ignoring others. This study tries to holistically analyse the problems from a victim standpoint and does a cross cultural analysis with a special focus on laws in India and a brief overview about the laws in other countries like Belgium, France, Finland, Greece, Norway, South Africa, Spain, United States of America, United Kingdom, Nicaragua to identify areas where the legal frameworks need to be strengthened in order to prevent women from being objectified. It was noticed that most of these countries did not have a peculiar law against objectification. However, most of the western countries focus on protecting women against gender stereotypes in advertisements. This was also followed by a 22-pointer gap analysis on the Indian existing laws. Furthermore, the primary research encompassed a deliberation with a panel of socio-legal experts, whose ideas and suggestions have in turn been included in the paper. The research paper ends with recommendations which were devised after a lot of brainstorming.
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Kallianta, Athina, Flora Bacopoulou, Dimitrios Vlachakis, Ioulia Kokka, George P. Chrousos, and Christina Darviri. "Validation of the Cosmetic Procedure Screening (COPS) Questionnaire in the Greek language." EMBnet.journal 26, no. 1 (August 23, 2021): e971. http://dx.doi.org/10.14806/ej.26.1.971.
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Practitioners in cosmetic and aesthetic treatment practices are likely to unknowingly work with patients with Body Dysmorphic Disorder (BDD). Screening questionnaires to identify the disorder in Greece are lacking. The purpose of this study was to validate a Greek version of the Cosmetic Procedure Screening (COPS) questionnaire, a self-report measure of how the respondents feel about their appearance, before an aesthetic intervention. The COPS was translated into Greek and was completed by 216 adult females from several areas of Attica (four private beauty centers, three dermatology clinics, five plastic surgery clinics, and Thriasio General Hospital of Elefsina) who pursued a cosmetic procedure. Participants also completed the Perceived Stress Scale (PSS-14). The Greek version of the COPS questionnaire demonstrated high internal consistency (Cronbach's α of 0.856) with corrected item’s total range 0.468 to 0.687. Two of the factors explained 58.98% of total variance. Twenty (9.26%) women had a possible diagnosis of BDD (80% were unmarried, 95% had no children, 80% had university education). An increase in perceived stress levels was associated with an increase in the likelihood of being diagnosed with BDD (Pearson’s r=0.726). The Greek version of the COPS questionnaire is a valid instrument that can be used by professionals to screen adult women for BDD.
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Zikopoulos, Athanasios, Apostolia Galani, Charalampos Siristatidis, Ioannis Georgiou, Eirini Mastora, Maria Paraskevaidi, Konstantinos Zikopoulos, and Efstratios Kolibianakis. "Is Hysteroscopy Prior to IVF Associated with an Increased Probability of Live Births in Patients with Normal Transvaginal Scan Findings after Their First Failed IVF Trial?" Journal of Clinical Medicine 11, no. 5 (February 24, 2022): 1217. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/jcm11051217.
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(1) Background: Nowadays, pregnancy can be achieved by in vitro fertilisation (IVF) or by intracytoplasmic sperm injection (ICSI) for many infertile couples. However, implantation failure still remains a significant problem and it can be stressful for both patients and doctors. One of the key players for pregnancy achievement is the uterine environment. Hysteroscopy is the most reliable method to evaluate the uterine cavity and to identify any intauterine pathology. The aim of this retrospective study was to compare live birth ranges in between women who after a first failed IVF/ICSI attempt underwent a hysteroscopy and those who were evaluated by a transvaginal scan. (2) The retrospective study took place at the Assisted Reproductive Unit of the University Hospital of Ioannina, Greece, from 2017 to 2020. It included 334 women with normal findings in a repeat ultrasound scan after a failed IVF/ICSI trial, 137 of whom underwent in turn diagnostic hysteroscopy before the next IVF/ICSI. (3) Results: Live birth rates were higher in the study group (58/137 vs. 52/197 p = 0.0025). Abnormal endometrial findings were identified in 30% of the patients of the study group. (4) Conclusions: The addition of hysteroscopy as an additional investigation to those patients with a first failed IVF/ICSI could improve the rates of live births. A properly conducted RCT could lead to a robust answer.
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Gallant, Thomas. "Revolutions and regimes of violence." Historein 15, no. 2 (July 17, 2016): 30. http://dx.doi.org/10.12681/historein.302.
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<p class="Default"><span lang="EN-IE">To study the phenomenon of revolution meaningfully in a cross-cultural context, scholars need frameworks of analysis that allow them to compare and contrast specific revolutions and to identify the factors that explain why certain sociopolitical systems are prone to rebellions and others are not. This article puts forth one such framework focusing on pre- and postrevolutionary violence. Revolution is a violent act and requires men and women who are ready, willing and able to perpetrate violence on behalf of a cause. The model proposes two ideal-type regimes of violence and suggests that some regimes are more violent-prone than others and that those regimes are also more susceptible to revolution. It suggests further that state-building after revolutions entails a process of reforming the regime of violence. The article ends by examining the case of Greece and the Ottoman empire over the long nineteenth century, showing how the models help us to better understand revolutionary and postrevolutionary regimes of violence. </span></p>
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Labiris, Georgios, Eirini-Kanella Panagiotopoulou, Asli Perente, Eleftherios Chatzimichael, Ioannis Fotiadis, Sergios Taliantzis, Aristeidis Konstantinidis, and Doukas Dardabounis. "Determinants of compliance to the facemask directive in Greece: A population study." PLOS ONE 16, no. 3 (March 19, 2021): e0248929. http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0248929.
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Purpose Primary objective of this study was to identify potential difficulties and/or discomfort when using a facemask. Moreover, to explore the impact of spectacles, contact lenses and visual acuity on the compliance to the facemask directive. Methods This is a prospective study that was conducted at the Department of Ophthalmology, University Hospital of Alexandroupolis, Greece between June 2020 and August 2020. Greek speaking citizens with permanent residency in Greece above 18 years old were included. A custom questionnaire (DeMask-20) was constructed and validated, which pertained to the perceived difficulty and discomfort when using a facemask. It contained 20 items grouped in 8 subscales (driving, near vision, distance vision, ocular discomfort, role limitation, collaboration, dependency on others, emotional stress). Perceived difficulty and discomfort when using a facemask, compliance and correlations of compliance with DeMask-20 scores, demographics, spectacle and/or contact lens use, and visual acuity were evaluated. Results The number of factors was determined through factor analysis. Cronbach’s alpha ranged from 0.716 for the “Role limitation” subscale to 0.938 for “Ocular discomfort” subscale. 1,214 participants (402 men, 812 women, mean age 36.79±12.50 years) completed the DeMask-20 instrument. Mean DeMask-20 score of all study participants was 3.79±0.71. Significant differences in DeMask-20 score were detected in gender (p = 0.009), spectacle use (p = 0.034), contact lens use (p = 0.049), and binocular distance visual acuity (bDVA) (p = 0.001). Mean compliance of all participants was 4.05±0.96. Men, people <50 years and spectacle wearers showed significantly worse compliance (p<0.05). Moreover, professional workers and professional drivers demonstrated significantly better compliance (p = 0.008 and p = 0.047). Significant correlation was detected between compliance and DeMask-20 score (p<0.001, R2 = 0.471). Significant correlations were detected with driving, near vision, distance vision, collaboration, role limitation, emotional stress (p<0.05, R2: 0.386–0.493). Conclusions Factor analysis suggested that the DeMask-20 instrument demonstrates adequate validity, while Cronbach’s alpha indicated sufficient internal consistency of all subscales. This study provided the necessary methods that could evaluate compliance trends and the efficacy of healthcare interventions against COVID-19. Our outcomes suggest that young males who use spectacles should be targeted by Greek Healthcare authorities in order to improve compliance rates.
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Psaltopoulou, T., A. Kyrozis, P. Stathopoulos, D. Trichopoulos, D. Vassilopoulos, and A. Trichopoulou. "Diet, physical activity and cognitive impairment among elders: the EPIC–Greece cohort (European Prospective Investigation into Cancer and Nutrition)." Public Health Nutrition 11, no. 10 (October 2008): 1054–62. http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s1368980007001607.
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AbstractObjectivesTo identify dietary and lifestyle variables that may affect cognitive function in the elderly.DesignPopulation-based prospective cohort study.SettingGeneral community residing in Athens and the surrounding Attica region of Greece.SubjectsA total of 732 men and women, 60 years or older, participating in the EPIC–Greece cohort (European Prospective Investigation into Cancer and Nutrition) and residing in the Attica region had sociodemographic, anthropometric, medical, dietary and lifestyle variables ascertained at enrolment (1993–1999). Six to 13 years later, cognitive function was evaluated through the Mini-Mental State Examination (MMSE) score and affective state through the Geriatric Depression Scale (GDS).ResultsMMSE score was positively associated with years of formal education, height and physical activity and inversely with age, diabetes mellitus and GDS score (P < 0·05 for all). Among dietary variables, intake of PUFA was inversely associated with cognitive function and this association was largely accounted for by a similar association with seed oils. Adherence to the Mediterranean diet, as well as intake of olive oil, MUFA and SFA exhibited weakly positive but not significant associations.ConclusionPhysical activity and early life factors as reflected in height are significant predictors of cognitive function in the elderly. Seed oil consumption may adversely affect cognition, whereas other nutritional factors do not appear to have a quantitatively large effect.
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Kontogianni, Dionisia. "Η επίδραση του οικογενειακού περιβάλλοντος στην εκπαιδευτική προσαρμογή νηπίων ινδικής καταγωγής." Preschool and Primary Education 7, no. 1 (April 16, 2019): 19. http://dx.doi.org/10.12681/ppej.18487.
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The present study focuses on families of Indian immigrants. The subjects in question come from the state of Panjab and have a Sikh religion. Purpose of the study is to show the linguistic and sociocultural conditions that the Indian preschoolers experience in their family life in Greece. As long as the family is the basic area of the children’ socialization, the culture that the children experience in their family environment specifies the linguistic and cultural background when they start attending the Greek preschool. The data of the case-study in question were gathered through the interviews given by eleven parents of the preschoolers and three kindergarten teachers. What the data analysis has shown is a tendency of linguistic and sociocultural separation of the families from the dominant language and culture. This separation has a direct impact on the children’ adaptation at school. The tendency that the analysis has shown is related to the desire of the family to preserve the ethnocultural and religious identity of their country and is increased due to the restricted role of the woman inside the family and the community. It is also supported by the social role that the temple built by the Indian community at Rethymno plays.
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Tsakpounidou, Kalliopi, and Hariklia Proios. "Preschool children deliver stroke knowledge to their families with the FAST 112 Heroes educational programme." Health Education Journal 80, no. 5 (January 31, 2021): 529–40. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0017896921990406.
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Background: FAST (Face, Arm, Speech, Time) 112 Heroes is an educational programme that delivers information to children and their extended families helping them identify the principal signs of stroke and informing them how to respond appropriately in the event of a stroke. Objectives: To examine the baseline stroke literacy that extended families possess, as well as to assess whether children enrolled in FAST 112 Heroes programme effectively convey stroke knowledge to their extended family. Design: Field trial. Setting: Four schools in Northern Greece – two public and two private. Methods: Parents of preschool aged (5–7 years) children completed stroke knowledge questionnaires, before the programme began and one week after the completion of the FAST 112 Heroes programme. Findings were analysed. Results: In total, 240 parents of kindergarten children (146 women, 94 men; 20–59 years old; mean age: 38.81) completed the pre-programme questionnaire, whereas only 80 of them (33.33%) completed the post-programme questionnaire. Before the programme started, 30 out of 80 parents (37.5%) recognised the three rudimentary stroke symptoms, compared to 68 out of 80 (85%) after the completion of the programme ( p = .00). Parental awareness of the emergency number 112 and of the FAST acronym before programme implementation was relatively poor. Conclusions: Improvement of stroke knowledge post-implementation was observed in the extended family of preschool children enrolled in the FAST 112 Heroes programme which suggests that the latter delivered stroke information to their families effectively.
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Peletidi, A., A. Vasilopoulou, E. Galatou, and M. Petrides. "Pharmacists’ perceptions and views regarding gender inequality in the pharmacy workforce." International Journal of Pharmacy Practice 30, Supplement_2 (November 30, 2022): ii40—ii41. http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/ijpp/riac089.047.
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Abstract Introduction Gender equality, one of the main human rights, is a factor that catalyses the quality of healthcare. In the pharmacy workforce, there is evidence of gender inequality (GI). Females make up to 70% of the pharmacy personnel worldwide but they hold only 25% of leadership roles.1 This male-dominated leadership is a predictor of high rates of harassment.2 Sexual harassment (SH) is a sensitive topic, which concerns many professions. In the pharmacy profession, SH can happen at any point in the career. Nowadays, the dynamics of the lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer, or questioning (LGBTQ+) community (LGBTQ+c) have been growing, with its members claiming equal treatment with the rest of the society. LGBTQ+c may feel embarrassed and so avoid healthcare, which implies a poor health prognosis and exacerbates health inequalities.3 Aim This study aimed to identify pharmacists’ perceptions regarding GI, their experiences in SH and to explore their behaviours and practice in LGBTQ+c in Greece. Methods This quantitative research used a survey-based questionnaire (consisting of 6 sections and 55 multiple-choice and Likert scale questions, including on demographics, designed after an extensive literature search. The study was conducted in Corfu (the 4th largest island in Greece) based on the local knowledge and convenience of the researcher. A pilot study was also conducted for the validity and reliability of the questions with no further changes. The questionnaires were distributed electronically (March/April 2022) in all 117 pharmacies in Corfu. The data underwent descriptive statistical analysis. Prior to data collection, all documentation was ethically approved by the Pharmaceutical Association of Corfu in Greece. Results In total, 90 pharmacists responded positively and completed the questionnaire (response rate of 77%). A total of 63,3% (n=57) of the sample were female and 36,7% (n=33) were male pharmacists. It was also identified through responses that although women are satisfactorily represented in the pharmacy profession (80%, n=72), the leading positions are occupied by men. (88.9%, n=80). Furthermore, it was observed that female pharmacists receive verbal violence and SH more often, both in the community pharmacy (96.6%, n=86) and in the university (66.3%, n=59). The effects of such behavior appeared to exert psychological pressure on the pharmacist, resulting in reduced performance (83.3%, n=75). Pharmacists (81.2%, n=73) expressed the need of a more specialised education on how to deal with patients from LGBTQ+c. Discussion/Conclusion This appears to be the first study exploring GI in the pharmacy profession in Greece, the forms in which it manifests, the ways of dealing with it, and the parameters regarding the management of LGBTQ+c in the pharmacy premises. The study’s limitations included the small sample size, the minimum data collection period (two months) and the location (Corfu); thus, the results might not be generalisable. In conclusion, further training may eliminate GI in the pharmacy workforce and contribute to the formation of a more multifaceted cognitive spectrum that will strengthen the pharmacists’ role in the provision of a fully integrated care to all patients and to provide a safe care environment for people belonging to the LGBTQ+c. References 1. Health inequities and their causes. (n.d.). Retrieved January 31, 2022, from https://www.who.int/news-room/facts-in-pictures/detail/health-inequities-and-their causes 2. Martin, A., Naunton, M., & Peterson, G. M. Gender balance in pharmacy leadership: Are we making progress? Research in Social and Administrative Pharmacy, 2021, 17(4), 694– 700. https://doi.org/10.1016/J.SAPHARM.2020.05.031 3. Maxwell, E., Salch, S., Boliko, M., & Anakwe-Charles, G. Discrepancies in Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender Patient Care and How Pharmacists Can Support an Evolved Practice. American Journal of Pharmaceutical Education, 2017, 81(7). https://doi.org/10.5688/AJPE8176181
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Crawford, Jonathan D., Hong Wang, C. Conover Talbot, Ashley M. Curran, Daniel W. Goldman, Michelle Petri, Brendan Antiochos, and Erika Darrah. "XIST is a source of TLR7 ligands underlying the sex bias in Systemic Lupus Erythematosus." Journal of Immunology 208, no. 1_Supplement (May 1, 2022): 108.02. http://dx.doi.org/10.4049/jimmunol.208.supp.108.02.
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Abstract Systemic Lupus Erythematosus (SLE) is among the most sex-biased autoimmune diseases identified to date, affecting 9-times more women than men. Recognition of self-RNA by Toll-like receptor 7 (TLR7) is implicated as a central pathogenic process leading to the aberrant production of type-I interferon (IFN) in SLE, but the specific RNA molecules contributing to this process have not been defined. Given the role of self-RNA and biological sex in SLE pathogenesis, we investigated which sex-biased self-RNAs are potentially responsible for aberrant TLR7 activation in SLE. We used recent revelations about TLR7 sequence specificity and publicly available RNA sequencing data to identify sex-biased sources of self-RNA containing TLR7 ligands. We found X-inactive specific transcript (XIST) to be a particularly rich source of TLR7 ligands that is specifically expressed in women. We then investigated the capacity of XIST to act as a TLR7 ligand in vitro and found that multiple fragments of XIST induce IFNα production in a TLR7-dependent manner more than control RNA of equal length. Furthermore, we found that RNA isolated from XIST-knockout cells have significantly reduced capacity to stimulate TLR7 compared to RNA from wild-type cells. Finally, we used flow cytometry and publicly available RNA sequencing data to investigate the connection between XIST and SLE disease variables. We found that higher XIST expression correlated with SLE disease status, higher SLE disease activity index (SLEDAI) scores, and the interferon signature. Our data suggest that XIST is a source of TLR7 ligands that may underlie the sex bias in SLE. Supported by grants from National Institute of Dental and Craniofacial Research (NIDCR), NIH (R21 DE028391-02), the Jerome L. Greene Foundation and Scleroderma Research Foundation.
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Zaidi, Asghar, Katrin Gasior, Eszter Zolyomi, Andrea Schmidt, Ricardo Rodrigues, and Bernd Marin. "Measuring active and healthy ageing in Europe." Journal of European Social Policy 27, no. 2 (January 8, 2017): 138–57. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0958928716676550.
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The active and healthy ageing measure reported here is calculated for the 28 European Union countries, with a specific focus on the current generation of older people and by using the latest data from multiple surveys. It covers diverse aspects of active and healthy ageing, by measuring older people’s contribution with respect to not just employment but also their unpaid familial, social and cultural contributions and their independent, healthy and secure living. The article presents the first-of-its-kind quantitative measure of active and healthy ageing in the literature on active and healthy ageing which hitherto has focused largely on concepts, definitions and public policy strategies. In this pursuit, an important contribution of this measure, referred to as the Active Ageing Index (‘AAI’), is that it also captures how countries differ with respect to capacity and enabling environments for active and healthy ageing. The AAI offers a breakdown not just by four domains of active and healthy ageing but also by gender. Key findings are that Sweden comes at the top of the country ranking, followed closely by Denmark, the United Kingdom, Finland, the Netherlands and Ireland. The four southern European countries (Italy, Portugal, Spain and Malta) are middle-ranked countries. Greece and many of the Central European countries are at the bottom, highlighting much greater untapped potentials of active and healthy ageing among older people in these countries and a need for greater policy efforts. Women fare worse than men in most countries, identifying a need for an emphasis on reducing gender disparity in experiences of active and healthy ageing. The AAI tool developed has the potential to identify the social policy mechanisms behind the differential achievements of active and healthy ageing, for example, what active and healthy ageing strategies have driven top performers, and in what respect the bottom-ranked countries have lagged behind.
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Parthymou, Anastasia, Evagelia E. Habeos, George I. Habeos, Apostolos Deligakis, Ektoras Livieratos, Markos Marangos, and Dionysios V. Chartoumpekis. "Factors associated with anti-SARS-CoV-2 antibody titres 3 months post-vaccination with the second dose of BNT162b2 vaccine: a longitudinal observational cohort study in western Greece." BMJ Open 12, no. 5 (May 2022): e057084. http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/bmjopen-2021-057084.
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Objectives Vaccination against SARS-CoV-2 has been extensively deployed during COVID-19 pandemic. One efficient method to evaluate response to vaccination is the assessment of humoral immunity by measuring SARS-CoV-2 antibody titres. We investigated the association between anthropometric parameters (age, body mass index), smoking, diabetes, statin use, hypertension, levels of 25(OH)D and dehydroepiandrosterone sulfate (DHEAS), and SARS-CoV-2 antibody titres after vaccination. Design In this longitudinal observational cohort study, 712 subjects were tested for SARS-CoV-2 antibodies 3 months after the second dose of BNT162b2 vaccine. Multiple linear regression analysis was performed to identify which factors are associated with the antibody titres. Setting Healthcare units of western Greece (University Hospital of Patras and “St Andrews” State General Hospital of Patras). Participants All adults receiving their second dose of BNT162b2 vaccine at the participating healthcare units were eligible to participate in the study. Exclusion criteria were SARS-CoV-2 infection or positive SARS-CoV-2 antibody titre at baseline. Patients who did not provide all necessary information were excluded from our analyses. Results We found age to be negatively associated with antibody titre (−0.005; 95% CI −0.009 to −0.001, p=0.0073), as was male gender (−0.11; 95% CI −0.1738 to −0.04617, p=0.0008). The interaction of age and gender was significant (−0.01090; 95% CI −0.01631 to −0.005490, p<0.0001), highlighting that the rate of decline in antibody titre with increasing age tends to be higher in men rather than in women. No linear trend was found between DHEAS levels and antibody titres when the lower quartile of DHEAS levels was used as reference. Tobacco use was associated with low antibody titre (−0.1097; 95% CI −0.174 to −0.046, p=0.0008) but overweight, obese or underweight subjects had similar antibody responses to normal-weight individuals. Although subjects with diabetes and hypertension had numerically lower antibody titres, this association was not statistically significant. Vitamin D levels showed no clear relationships with antibody titres. Conclusions Age, male gender and tobacco use are negatively associated with antibody titres after COVID-19 vaccination, but our data showed no clear correlation with vitamin D levels. Trial registration number NCT04954651; Results.
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KITLV, Redactie. "Book Reviews." New West Indian Guide / Nieuwe West-Indische Gids 76, no. 1-2 (January 1, 2002): 117–85. http://dx.doi.org/10.1163/13822373-90002550.
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-James Sidbury, Peter Linebaugh ,The many-headed Hydra: Sailors, slaves, commoners, and the hidden history of the revolutionary Atlantic. Boston: Beacon Press, 2000. 433 pp., Marcus Rediker (eds)-Ray A. Kea, Herbert S. Klein, The Atlantic slave trade. Cambridge, U.K.: Cambridge University Press, 1999. xxi + 234 pp.-Johannes Postma, P.C. Emmer, De Nederlandse slavenhandel 1500-1850. Amsterdam: De Arbeiderspers, 2000. 259 pp.-Karen Racine, Mimi Sheller, Democracy after slavery: Black publics and peasant radicalism in Haiti and Jamaica. Gainesville: University Press of Florida, 2001. xv + 224 pp.-Clarence V.H. Maxwell, Michael Craton ,Islanders in the stream: A history of the Bahamian people. Volume two: From the ending of slavery to the twenty-first century. Athens: University of Georgia Press, 1998. xv + 562 pp., Gail Saunders (eds)-César J. Ayala, Guillermo A. Baralt, Buena Vista: Life and work on a Puerto Rican hacienda, 1833-1904. Chapel Hill: University of North Carolina Press, 1999. xix + 183 pp.-Elizabeth Deloughrey, Thomas W. Krise, Caribbeana: An anthology of English literature of the West Indies 1657-1777. Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 1999. xii + 358 pp.-Vera M. Kutzinski, John Gilmore, The poetics of empire: A study of James Grainger's The Sugar Cane (1764). London: Athlone Press, 2000. x + 342 pp.-Sue N. Greene, Adele S. Newson ,Winds of change: The transforming voices of Caribbean women writers and scholars. New York: Peter Lang, 1998. viii + 237 pp., Linda Strong-Leek (eds)-Sue N. Greene, Mary Condé ,Caribbean women writers: Fiction in English. New York: St. Martin's Press, 1999. x + 233 pp., Thorunn Lonsdale (eds)-Cynthia James, Simone A. James Alexander, Mother imagery in the novels of Afro-Caribbean women. Columbia: University of Missouri Press, 2001. x + 214 pp.-Efraín Barradas, John Dimitri Perivolaris, Puerto Rican cultural identity and the work of Luis Rafael Sánchez. Chapel Hill: University of North Carolina Press, 2000. 203 pp.-Peter Redfield, Daniel Miller ,The internet: An ethnographic approach. Oxford: Berg Publishers, 2000. ix + 217 pp., Don Slater (eds)-Deborah S. Rubin, Carla Freeman, High tech and high heels in the global economy: Women, work, and pink-collar identities in the Caribbean. Durham NC: Duke University Press, 2000. xiii + 334 pp.-John D. Galuska, Norman C. Stolzoff, Wake the town and tell the people: Dancehall culture in Jamaica. Durham NC: Duke University Press, 2000. xxviii + 298 pp.-Lise Waxer, Helen Myers, Music of Hindu Trinidad: Songs from the Indian Diaspora. Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 1998. xxxii + 510 pp.-Lise Waxer, Peter Manuel, East Indian music in the West Indies: Tan-singing, chutney, and the making of Indo-Caribbean culture. Philadelphia: Temple University Press, 2000. xxv + 252 pp.-Reinaldo L. Román, María Teresa Vélez, Drumming for the Gods: The life and times of Felipe García Villamil, Santero, Palero, and Abakuá. Philadelphia: Temple University Press, 2000. xx + 210 pp.-James Houk, Kenneth Anthony Lum, Praising his name in the dance: Spirit possession in the spiritual Baptist faith and Orisha work in Trinidad, West Indies. Amsterdam: Harwood Academic Publishers. xvi + 317 pp.-Raquel Romberg, Jean Muteba Rahier, Representations of Blackness and the performance of identities. Westport CT: Bergin & Garvey, 1999. xxvi + 264 pp.-Allison Blakely, Lulu Helder ,Sinterklaasje, kom maar binnen zonder knecht. Berchem, Belgium: EPO, 1998. 215 pp., Scotty Gravenberch (eds)-Karla Slocum, Nicholas Mirzoeff, Diaspora and visual culture: Representing Africans and Jews. London: Routledge, 2000. xiii + 263 pp.-Corey D.B. Walker, Paget Henry, Caliban's reason: Introducing Afro-Caribbean philosophy. New York: Routledge, 2000. xiii + 304 pp.-Corey D.B. Walker, Lewis R. Gordon, Existentia Africana: Understanding Africana existential thought. New York; Routledge, 2000. xiii +228 pp.-Alex Dupuy, Bob Shacochis, The immaculate invasion. New York: Viking, 1999. xix + 408 pp.-Alex Dupuy, John R. Ballard, Upholding democracy: The United States military campaign in Haiti, 1994-1997. Westport CT: Praeger, 1998. xviii + 263 pp.-Anthony Payne, Jerry Haar ,Canadian-Caribbean relations in transition: Trade, sustainable development and security. London: Macmillan, 1999. xxii + 255 pp., Anthony T. Bryan (eds)-Bonham C. Richardson, Sergio Díaz-Briquets ,Conquering nature: The environmental legacy of socialism in Cuba. Pittsburgh: University of Pittsburgh Press, 2000. xiii + 328 pp., Jorge Pérez-López (eds)-Neil L. Whitehead, Gérard Collomb ,Na'na Kali'na: Une histoire des Kali'na en Guyane. Petit Bourg, Guadeloupe: Ibis Rouge Editions, 2000. 145 pp., Félix Tiouka (eds)-Neil L. Whitehead, Upper Mazaruni Amerinidan District Council, Amerinidan Peoples Association of Guyana, Forest Peoples Programme, Indigenous peoples, land rights and mining in the Upper Mazaruni. Nijmegan, Netherlands: Global Law Association, 2000. 132 pp.-Salikoko S. Mufwene, Ronald F. Kephart, 'Broken English': The Creole language of Carriacou. New York: Peter Lang, 2000. xvi + 203 pp.-Salikoko S. Mufwene, Velma Pollard, Dread talk: The language of Rastafari. Kingston: Canoe Press: Montreal: McGill-Queen's University Press. Revised edition, 2000. xv + 117 pp.
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Thrift, Amanda G., Tharshanah Thayabaranathan, George Howard, Virginia J. Howard, Peter M. Rothwell, Valery L. Feigin, Bo Norrving, Geoffrey A. Donnan, and Dominique A. Cadilhac. "Global stroke statistics." International Journal of Stroke 12, no. 1 (October 28, 2016): 13–32. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/1747493016676285.
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Background Up to date data on incidence, mortality, and case-fatality for stroke are important for setting the agenda for prevention and healthcare. Aims and/or hypothesis We aim to update the most current incidence and mortality data on stroke available by country, and to expand the scope to case-fatality and explore how registry data might be complementary. Methods Data were compiled using two approaches: (1) an updated literature review building from our previous review and (2) direct acquisition and analysis of stroke events in the World Health Organization (WHO) mortality database for each country providing these data. To assess new and/or updated data on incidence, we searched multiple databases to identify new original papers and review articles that met ideal criteria for stroke incidence studies and were published between 15 May 2013 and 31 May 2016. For data on case-fatality, we searched between 1980 and 31 May 2016. We further screened reference lists and citation history of papers to identify other studies not obtained from these sources. Mortality codes for ICD-8, ICD-9, and ICD-10 were extracted. Using population denominators provided for each country, we calculated both the crude mortality from stroke and mortality adjusted to the WHO world population. We used only the most recent year reported to the WHO for which both population and mortality data were available. Results Fifty-one countries had data on stroke incidence, some with data over many time periods, and some with data in more than one region. Since our last review, there were new incidence studies from 12 countries, with four meeting pre-determined quality criteria. In these four studies, the incidence of stroke, adjusted to the WHO World standard population, ranged from 76 per 100,000 population per year in Australia (2009–10) up to 119 per 100,000 population per year in New Zealand (2011–12), with the latter being in those aged at least 15 years. Only in Martinique (2011–12) was the incidence of stroke greater in women than men. In countries either lacking or with old data on stroke incidence, eight had national clinical registries of hospital based data. Of the 128 countries reporting mortality data to the WHO, crude mortality was greatest in Kazhakstan (in 2003), Bulgaria, and Greece. Crude mortality and crude incidence of stroke were both positively correlated with the proportion of the population aged ≥ 65 years, but not with time. Data on case-fatality were available in 42 studies in 22 countries, with large variations between regions. Conclusions In this updated review, we describe the current data on stroke incidence, case-fatality and mortality in different countries, and highlight the growing trend for national clinical registries to provide estimates in lieu of community-based incidence studies.
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Nozdrina, Almira, Alina Volkova, Alina Cherkashyna, and Olga Ovakimian. "Results of analysis of epidemological indicators of viral hepatitis c in regions of the world as part of activities to improve pharmaceutical provision for patients." ScienceRise: Pharmaceutical Science, no. 2(36) (April 29, 2022): 72–80. http://dx.doi.org/10.15587/2519-4852.2022.255858.
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Viral hepatitis affects hundreds of millions of people worldwide, the most dangerous of which are hepatitis B and C. The aim of our study was to study the prevalence and incidence of HC in the world and in Ukraine, as well as approaches in pharmacotherapy of HC to further identify effective measures to eliminate HC and improve pharmaceutical supply to patients in HC in Ukraine. The materials of the study were WHO statistical reports, national country reports, national recommendations for pharmacotherapy, the analysis of which was carried out by methods of generalization of information, analytical, comparative method. Results of the research. According to the WHO segmentation, the most frequent cases of HC are found in the populations of the Nordic-Mediterranean region (15 million cases) and the European region (12 million cases). Four countries in the world account for more than 40 % of all people infected with HC, two of which are in the Nordic-Mediterranean region (Pakistan – 7.2 and Egypt – 5.6 million people, respectively). The incidence of HC in Western Europe is up to 0.5 %, while in Northern Europe it is up to 3.3 %. Currently, the highest number of first-time HC infections in 2019 was registered among the populations of Ireland, the United Kingdom and Finland. The lowest incidence rates were found in Romania, Italy and Greece. It has been established that males aged 20–45 years prevail among those infected with HC. It was found that the prevalence of HC in Ukraine in 2015 was 3 %, according to 2020 – 5 %, with the annual number of newly recorded cases of HC increases by at least 7 %. According to the gender distribution, the ratio is on average 1.3 patients among men to 1 patient among women. An analysis of international guidelines for the pharmacotherapy of HC has shown that their latest revisions contain new direct-acting antiviral drugs, namely combinations of drugs such as glecaprevir / pibrentasvir and sofosbuvir / velpatasvir. The standard of HC treatment in Ukraine, approved in January 2021, is more in line with the recommendations of the WHO (2018), AASLD (2019) and EASL (2020) than the 2016 treatment protocol. Conclusions. The annual rate of HC infection in the world remains very high and is estimated at 1.5 million people. Regular revision and updating of standards of HC treatment with the latest direct-acting antiviral drugs, annual increase in the number of people in the world and in Ukraine who receive timely diagnosis of HCV and its full treatment are effective steps to achieve the goal of eliminating viral hepatitis
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KITLV, Redactie. "Book Reviews." New West Indian Guide / Nieuwe West-Indische Gids 78, no. 1-2 (January 1, 2004): 123–91. http://dx.doi.org/10.1163/13822373-90002521.
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-Chuck Meide, Kathleen Deagan ,Columbus's outpost among the Taínos: Spain and America at La Isabela, 1493-1498. New Haven CT: Yale University Press, 2002. x + 294 pp., José María Cruxent (eds)-Lee D. Baker, George M. Fredrickson, Racism: A short history. Princeton NJ: Princeton University Press, 2002. x + 207 pp.-Evelyn Powell Jennings, Sherry Johnson, The social transformation of eighteenth-century Cuba. Gainesville: University Press of Florida, 2001. x + 267 pp.-Michael Zeuske, J.S. Thrasher, The island of Cuba: A political essay by Alexander von Humboldt. Translated from Spanish with notes and a preliminary essay by J.S. Thrasher. Princeton NJ: Markus Wiener; Kingston: Ian Randle, 2001. vii + 280 pp.-Matt D. Childs, Virginia M. Bouvier, Whose America? The war of 1898 and the battles to define the nation. Westport CT: Praeger, 2001. xi + 241 pp.-Carmelo Mesa-Lago, Antonio Santamaría García, Sin azúcar no hay país: La industria azucarera y la economía cubana (1919-1939). Seville: Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas, Universidad de Sevilla y Diputación de Sevilla, 2001. 624 pp.-Charles Rutheiser, Joseph L. Scarpaci ,Havana: Two faces of the Antillean Metropolis. Chapel Hill: University of North Carolina Press, 2002. x + 437 pp., Roberto Segre, Mario Coyula (eds)-Thomas Neuner, Ottmar Ette ,Kuba Heute: Politik, Wirtschaft, Kultur. Frankfurt am Main, Germany: Vervuert, 2001. 863 pp., Martin Franzbach (eds)-Mark B. Padilla, Emilio Bejel, Gay Cuban nation. Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 2001. xxiv + 257 pp.-Mark B. Padilla, Kamala Kempadoo, Sun, sex, and gold: Tourism and sex work in the Caribbean. New York: Rowman & Littlefield, 1999. viii + 356 pp.-Jane Desmond, Susanna Sloat, Caribbean dance from Abakuá to Zouk: How movement shapes identity. Gainesville: University Press of Florida, 2002. xx + 408 pp.-Karen Fog Olwig, Nina Glick Schiller ,Georges woke up laughing: Long-distance nationalism and the search for home. Durham NC: Duke University Press, 2001. x + 324 pp., Georges Eugene Fouron (eds)-Karen Fog Olwig, Nancy Foner, From Ellis Island to JFK: New York's two great waves of immigration. Chelsea MI: Russell Sage Foundation, 2000. xvi + 334 pp.-Aviva Chomsky, Lara Putnam, The company they kept: Migrants and the politics of gender in Caribbean Costa Rica, 1870-1960. Chapel Hill: University of North Carolina Press, 2002. xi + 303 pp.-Rebecca B. Bateman, Rosalyn Howard, Black Seminoles in the Bahamas. Gainesville: University Press of Florida, 2002. xvii + 150 pp.-Virginia Kerns, Carel Roessingh, The Belizean Garífuna: Organization of identity in an ethnic community in Central America. Amsterdam: Rozenberg. 2001. 264 pp.-Nicole Roberts, Susanna Regazzoni, Cuba: una literatura sin fronteras / Cuba: A literature beyond boundaries. Madrid: Iberoamericana/Frankfurt am Main, Germany: Vervuert, 2001. 148 pp.-Nicole Roberts, Lisa Sánchez González, Boricua literature: A literary history of the Puerto Rican Diaspora. New York: New York University Press, 2001. viii + 216 pp.-Kathleen Gyssels, Ange-Séverin Malanda, Passages II: Histoire et pouvoir dans la littérature antillo-guyanaise. Paris: Editions du Ciref, 2002. 245 pp.-Sue N. Greene, Simone A. James Alexander, Mother imagery in the novels of Afro-Caribbean women. Columbia MO: University of Missouri Press, 2001. x + 215 pp.-Gert Oostindie, Aarón Gamaliel Ramos ,Islands at the crossroads: Politics in the non-independent Caribbean., Angel Israel Rivera (eds)-Katherine E. Browne, David A.B. Murray, Opacity: Gender, sexuality, race, and the 'problem' of identity in Martinique. New York: Peter Lang, 2002. xi + 188 pp.-James Houk, Kean Gibson, Comfa religion and Creole language in a Caribbean community. Albany: State University of New York Press, 2001. xvii + 243 pp.-Kelvin Singh, Frank J. Korom, Hosay Trinidad: Muharram performances in an Indo-Caribbean Diaspora.Philadelphia: University of Pennsylvania Press, 2003. viii + 305 pages.-Lise Winer, Kim Johnson, Renegades: The history of the renegades steel orchestra of Trinidad and Tobago. With photos by Jeffrey Chock. Oxford UK: Macmillan Caribbean Publishers, 2002. 170 pp.-Jerome Teelucksingh, Glenford Deroy Howe, Race, war and nationalism: A social history of West Indians in the first world war. Kingston: Ian Randle/Oxford UK: James Currey, 2002. vi + 270 pp.-Geneviève Escure, Glenn Gilbert, Pidgin and Creole linguistics in the twenty-first century. New York: Peter Lang Publishing, 2002. 379 pp.-George L. Huttar, Eithne B. Carlin ,Atlas of the languages of Suriname. Leiden, The Netherlands: KITLV Press/Kingston: Ian Randle, 2002. vii + 345 pp., Jacques Arends (eds)
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KITLV, Redactie. "Book Reviews." New West Indian Guide / Nieuwe West-Indische Gids 69, no. 1-2 (January 1, 1995): 143–216. http://dx.doi.org/10.1163/13822373-90002650.
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-Sidney W. Mintz, Paget Henry ,C.L.R. James' Caribbean. Durham: Duke University Press, 1992. xvi + 287 pp., Paul Buhle (eds)-Allison Blakely, Jan M. van der Linde, Over Noach met zijn zonen: De Cham-ideologie en de leugens tegen Cham tot vandaag. Utrecht: Interuniversitair Instituut voor Missiologie en Oecumenica, 1993. 160 pp.-Helen I. Safa, Edna Acosta-Belén ,Researching women in Latin America and the Caribbean. Boulder CO: Westview, 1993. x + 201 pp., Christine E. Bose (eds)-Helen I. Safa, Janet H. Momsen, Women & change in the Caribbean: A Pan-Caribbean Perspective. Bloomington: Indiana University Press; Kingston: Ian Randle, 1993. x + 308 pp.-Paget Henry, Janet Higbie, Eugenia: The Caribbean's Iron Lady. London: Macmillan, 1993. 298 pp.-Kathleen E. McLuskie, Moira Ferguson, Subject to others: British women writers and Colonial Slavery 1670-1834. New York: Routledge, 1992. xii + 465 pp.-Samuel Martínez, Senaida Jansen ,Género, trabajo y etnia en los bateyes dominicanos. Santo Domingo: Instituto Tecnológico de Santo Domingo, Programa de Estudios se la Mujer, 1991. 195 pp., Cecilia Millán (eds)-Michiel Baud, Roberto Cassá, Movimiento obrero y lucha socialista en la República Dominicana (desde los orígenes hasta 1960). Santo Domingo: Fundación Cultural Dominicana, 1990. 620 pp.-Paul Farmer, Robert Lawless, Haiti's Bad Press. Rochester VT: Schenkman Press, 1992. xxvii + 261 pp.-Bill Maurer, Karen Fog Olwig, Global culture, Island identity: Continuity and change in the Afro-Caribbean Community of Nevis. Chur, Switzerland: Harwood Academic Publishers, 1993. xi + 239 pp.-Viranjini Munasinghe, Kevin A. Yelvington, Trinidad Ethnicity. Knoxville: University of Tennesee Press, 1993. vii + 296 pp.-Kevin K. Birth, Christine Ho, Salt-water Trinnies: Afro-Trinidadian Immigrant Networks and Non-Assimilation in Los Angeles. New York: AMS Press, 1991. xvi + 237 pp.-Steven Gregory, Andrés Isidoro Pérez y Mena, Speaking with the dead: Development of Afro-Latin Religion among Puerto Ricans in the United States. A study into the Interpenetration of civilizations in the New World. New York: AMS Press, 1991. xvi + 273 pp.-Frank Jan van Dijk, Mihlawhdh Faristzaddi, Itations of Jamaica and I Rastafari (The Second Itation, the Revelation). Miami: Judah Anbesa Ihntahnah-shinahl, 1991.-Derwin S. Munroe, Nelson W. Keith ,The Social Origins of Democratic Socialism in Jamaica. Philadelphia: Temple University Press, 1992. xxiv + 320 pp., Novella Z. Keith (eds)-Virginia Heyer Young, Errol Miller, Education for all: Caribbean Perspectives and Imperatives. Washington DC: Inter-American Development Bank, 1992. 267 pp.-Virginia R. Dominguez, Günter Böhm, Los sefardíes en los dominios holandeses de América del Sur y del Caribe, 1630-1750. Frankfurt: Vervuert, 1992. 243 pp.-Virginia R. Dominguez, Robert M. Levine, Tropical diaspora: The Jewish Experience in Cuba. Gainesville: University Press of Florida, 1993. xvii + 398 pp.-Aline Helg, John L. Offner, An unwanted war: The diplomacy of the United States and Spain over Cuba, 1895-1898. Chapel Hill: University of North Carolina Press, 1992. xii + 306 pp.-David J. Carroll, Eliana Cardoso ,Cuba after Communism. Cambridge MA: MIT Press, 1992. xiii + 148 pp., Ann Helwege (eds)-Antoni Kapcia, Ian Isadore Smart, Nicolás Guillén: Popular Poet of the Caribbean. Columbia: University of Missouri Press, 1990. 187 pp.-Sue N. Greene, Moira Ferguson, The Hart Sisters: Early African Caribbean Writers, Evangelicals, and Radicals. Lincoln: University of Nebraska Press, 1993. xi + 214 pp.-Michael Craton, James A. Lewis, The final campaign of the American revolution: Rise and fall of the Spanish Bahamas. Columbia: University of South Carolina Press, 1991. xi + 149 pp.-David Geggus, Clarence J. Munford, The black ordeal of slavery and slave trading in the French West Indies, 1625-1715. Lewiston NY: The Edwin Mellen Press, 1991. 3 vols. xxii + 1054 pp.-Paul E. Sigmund, Timothy P. Wickham-Crowley, Guerillas and Revolution in Latin America: A comparative Study of Insurgents and Regimes since 1956. Princeton: Princeton University Press, 1992. xx + 424 pp.-Robert E. Millette, Patrick A.M. Emmanuel, Elections and Party Systems in the Commonwealth Caribbean, 1944-1991. St. Michael, Barbados: Caribbean Development Research Services, 1992. viii + 111 pp.-Robert E. Millette, Donald C. Peters, The Democratic System in the Eastern Caribbean. Westport CT: Greenwood Press, 1992. xiv + 242 pp.-Pedro A. Cabán, Arnold H. Liebowitz, Defining status: A comprehensive analysis of United States Territorial Relations. Boston & Dordrecht: Martinus Nijhoff, 1989. xxii + 757 pp.-John O. Stewart, Stuart H. Surlin ,Mass media and the Caribbean. New York: Gordon & Breach, 1990. xviii + 471 pp., Walter C. Soderlund (eds)-William J. Meltzer, Antonio V. Menéndez Alarcón, Power and television in Latin America: The Dominican Case. Westport CT: Praeger, 1992. 199 pp.
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de Montalembert, Mariane, Ersi Voskaridou, Lena Oevermann, Giovanna Cannas, Anoosha Habibi, Gylna Loko, Laure Joseph, et al. "Implementation of Escort-HU Extension: European Sickle Cell Disease Cohort - Hydroxyurea - Extension Study : Interests and Methodology." Blood 138, Supplement 1 (November 5, 2021): 3098. http://dx.doi.org/10.1182/blood-2021-152525.
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Abstract The efficacy and long-term effectiveness of hydroxycarbamide/hydroxyurea (HU) in the prevention of painful crises and in the decrease of mortality and morbidity in sickle cell disease (SCD) patients have been established (Charache et al. 1992; Steinberg et al 2010, Voskaridou et al 2010). From January 2009 to March 2019, the non-interventional prospective cohort study ESCORT-HU was conducted to evaluate the use of HU in real-life conditions and to collect information on the long-term safety of HU when used in current practice for the prevention or treatment of symptomatic complications in patients with sickle cell disease (SCD) (Montalembert et al 2021). A total of 1906 patients, 55% of adults, were enrolled in this study in 62 centres (Germany, Greece, Italy and France). The mean exposure to HU in this cohort was 30 months, for a cumulative exposure of 7310 patient-per year. The main objectives of ESCORT-HU have been fulfilled as regards the collection of data on the most common concerns associated with the use of HU in SCD patients: myelosuppression, child growth, concomitant administration of live vaccines, safety in population with renal and hepatic impairment and frequency of SCD events (painful crises, acute chest syndrome, stroke, acute splenic sequestration, infections, blood transfusions and hospitalizations) (Montalembert et al 2021). In order to better identify potential long-term risks and specific concerns of HU therapy, ESCORT-HU extension is being implemented in Europe with the goal of 2500 patients enrolled. Main risks targeted by the study are leg ulcers, one of the most limiting factors to continue a treatment with HU. Patients will be recruited over a 5-year period. In addition to patients already involved in the first ESCORT-HU study, new at-risk patients might be added such as patients with a history of HU exposure of at least 5 years, to allow a follow-up of patients treated with long-term HU to fully estimate the incidence of potential risk of malignancies prepubescent children aged more than 10 years for girls and more than 13 years for boys in order to document impact or not of HU on puberty and realisation of cryopreservation,patients with a history of leg ulcers, to search for discriminating criteria between leg ulcer caused by the disease and HU-induced leg ulcer,pregnant women without interruption of HU 3 months before the beginning of the pregnancy and males treated with HU whose partner is pregnant and without discontinuation of HU 3 months before the beginning of the pregnancy. To date, there is a limited number of pregnancies exposed to HU with documented outcome. Despite no adverse effects on pregnancy or on the health of the foetus/new-born have been registered, an increase of the number of pregnancies with documented outcomes will allow for meaningful assessment of foetal outcome following exposure to HU during pregnancy, 10 months after the beginning of ESCORT-HU extension, 818 patients have been enrolled in 70 investigational sites in 4 countries (Greece, Italy, Germany and France) (see Graph below). A first steering committee was hold in June 2021. Its conclusions were that distribution of patients (genotype, sex, age) was consistent with the first study and the number of events reported until now was coherent with what was expected per year, with no occurrence of major concern. This extension study involves most of competence centres which manage SCD patients. SC patients have become increasingly well cared for in recent decades and have seen their life expectancy increase. HU treatment is now a chronic treatment possibly for life in many patients with SCD, better its knowledge of its efficiency and tolerance, better patient adherence to treatment will be. Figure 1 Figure 1. Disclosures de Montalembert: Addmedica: Consultancy, Membership on an entity's Board of Directors or advisory committees, Research Funding; Novartis: Consultancy, Membership on an entity's Board of Directors or advisory committees, Research Funding; Bluebird Bio: Consultancy, Membership on an entity's Board of Directors or advisory committees; Vertex: Consultancy. Voskaridou: ADDMEDICA: Consultancy, Research Funding; BMS: Consultancy, Research Funding; GENESIS: Consultancy, Research Funding; NOVARTIS: Research Funding; PROTAGONIST: Research Funding; IMARA: Research Funding. Oevermann: NOVARTIS: Consultancy; GBT: Consultancy. Joseph: bluebird bio: Consultancy. Colombatti: BlueBirdBio: Membership on an entity's Board of Directors or advisory committees, Research Funding; Global Blood Therapeutics: Membership on an entity's Board of Directors or advisory committees, Research Funding; Novartis: Membership on an entity's Board of Directors or advisory committees; Novo Nordisk: Membership on an entity's Board of Directors or advisory committees. Bartolucci: INNOVHEM: Other: Co-founder; Jazz Pharma: Other: Lecture fees; AGIOS: Consultancy; Addmedica: Consultancy, Other: Lecture fees, Research Funding; Fabre Foundation: Research Funding; Novartis: Consultancy, Membership on an entity's Board of Directors or advisory committees, Other: Lecture fees, Steering committee, Research Funding; Bluebird: Consultancy, Research Funding; F. Hoffmann-La Roche Ltd: Consultancy; GBT: Consultancy; Emmaus: Consultancy; Hemanext: Consultancy. Brousse: BLUEBIRDBIO: Consultancy; ADDMEDICA: Consultancy. Galactéros: Addmedica: Membership on an entity's Board of Directors or advisory committees.
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Ferreira, R. J. O., C. Costa, A. Marques, A. J. Barata Cavaleiro, S. Makri, K. Parperis, S. Psarelis, et al. "OP0264-HPR “I LITERALLY CONVINCED MYSELF I WAS GOING TO CATCH IT AND DIE”: LIVED EXPERIENCES OF THE COVID-19 PANDEMIC BY PEOPLE WITH RHEUMATIC DISEASES FROM FOUR EUROPEAN COUNTRIES." Annals of the Rheumatic Diseases 80, Suppl 1 (May 19, 2021): 161.1–161. http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/annrheumdis-2021-eular.1586.
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Background:The COVID-19 pandemic has resulted in unforeseen challenges for humanity, taking a significant toll, especially the immune-suppressed individuals. In this regard, the health and general well-being of people with rheumatic diseases, the great majority users of immunosuppressives, have been at stake.Objectives:To explore the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on people with rheumatic diseases on immunosuppression during the first wave, concerning a) (self-)management of their disease; b) interaction with the health care team; c) emotional well-being and d) overall health.Methods:A qualitative study was conducted following a phenomenological approach. Adults (>18 years) with a rheumatic disease from four European countries (Cyprus, England, Greece, Portugal). Patients were recruited through patient’s associations and social media and were invited to participate in semi-structured, audio-recorded interview or focus groups, between July - August 2020. Following a pilot study the information provided was transcribed verbatim, anonymized and translated into English where necessary. An inductive approach was adopted to carry out a thematic framework analysis with the assistance of ATLAS.ti to identify key themes and subthemes. Data validation strategies were employed, and Ethical approval and informed consent were obtained.Results:Participants were 24 patients (21 women, age range 33 to 74 years) divided by 7 focus-groups and 1 individual interview. Most frequent diagnoses were rheumatoid arthritis (n=7), lupus (n=4), juvenile idiopathic arthritis (n=3).Three key themes with 3-7 subthemes were identified within the analytical framework, centred around the impact of the Covid-19 on patients’ lives (Figure 1): i) individual person (e.g. fear for myself and family, social isolation and lack of personal freedom, more time with family) ii) health settings (e.g. (un)clear information about risks of contamination, fear or risk of shortages of medication, remote consultations), and iii) work and community (e.g. persistent stress due to mass media exposure, lack of awareness by others about patients’ rheumatic disease and its disclosure, hope and suspicion about new vaccine development: “I hear that they will ask vulnerable groups to have the vaccine first (...) Why is that? we will be again the innocent victims”). Findings were similar across countries, except for spirituality (i.e. the pandemic as “the hand of God”), a coping subtheme particular to Portugal. These main themes resonated well with the social ecological model and Walsh’s Family Resilience Process [1,2].Conclusion:When experiencing a significant life-event people require some time to process the different lived experiences. This study provides insights on how patients from four countries coped with the new challenges. Such insights are invaluable for health care providers and policy makers, in guiding more meaningful support tailored to individual needs, especially at times of crisis. The study highlights the impact of COVID-19 on the lives of people with rheumatic disease. A follow-up study is currently underway to examine the effect of subsequent waves of the pandemic.References:[1]Golden SD, Earp JA. Social ecological approaches to individuals and their contexts: twenty years of health education & behavior health promotion interventions. Health Educ Behav. 2012;39(3):364-72. doi: 10.1177/1090198111418634.[2]Walsh F. Family resilience: a framework for clinical practice. Fam Process. 2003;42(1):1-18. doi: 10.1111/j.1545-5300.2003.00001.Acknowledgements:We thank the participants of this study.Disclosure of Interests:None declared