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Cross-cultural validation of the start back screening tool in a Greek low back pain sample
(2021)
Background: Keele STarT Back Screening Tool (SBST) is a popular 9-item prognostic recovery questionnaire for low back pain (LBP) with validation studies in several cultural settings, but not Greek. Objectives: The ...
Care of Patients with Alzheimer’s Disease
(2021)
Introduction: Alzheimer’s disease is one of the irreversible dementias and leads to death. About 10% of people over 60 years and 20% of people over 80 will have Alzheimer’s sometime in their lives. In the case of Alzheimer’s ...
IS THERE AN ASSOCIATION BETWEEN HEALTH LITERACY AND ADHERENCE TO THE MEDITERRANEAN DIET? A CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY IN GREECE
(2022)
OBJECTIVE: The aim: To evaluate the relationship between adherence to the Mediterranean diet and health literacy and to find possible differences based on the demographic characteristics of the participants. PATIENTS AND ...
Parity and the risk of incident dementia: a COSMIC study
(2020)
AIMS: To investigate the association between parity and the risk of incident dementia in women. METHODS: We pooled baseline and follow-up data for community-dwelling women aged 60 or older from six population-based, ...
Effect of integrin AV and B8 gene polymorphisms in patients with traumatic brain injury
(2019)
Background: Α few genetic variants are associated with the outcome after traumatic brain injury (TBI). Integrins are glycoprotein receptors that play an important role in the integrity of microvasculature of the brain. ...
Distribution and expression of the adhesion molecule CD44 on human corneal grafts is not altered by chemotherapy
(2020)
Background/Aim: Acceptance of corneas from donors with a malignancy remains controversial, especially for donors with hematological malignancy. The aim of our study was to examine, for the first time in literature, any ...
Mental Health Problems and Bullying Victimization Among Sexual Minority Adolescents in Greek Secondary Schools
(2022)
This study provides the first empirical account of mental health issues among sexual minority adolescents in Greece and the effects on mental health of both bullying and victimization in relation to adolescents’ sexual ...
Association Between Sleep Disturbances and Frailty: Evidence From a Population-Based Study
(2021)
Objective: To explore the association between both self-reported quality and quantity sleep characteristics and frailty status in a large non–sex-specific population of older individuals in Greece. Design: Cross-sectional ...
Quality of life and psychological consequences in elderly patients after a hip fracture: A review
(2018)
Fractures due to fragility of the bone around the hip joint have become a major public health issue, presenting with an increasing incidence due to the growth of the elderly population. The purpose of this review was to ...
Self-Healing pH- and Enzyme Stimuli-Responsive Hydrogels for Targeted Delivery of Gemcitabine to Treat Pancreatic Cancer
(2018)
A novel, multifunctional hydrogel that exhibits a unique set of properties for the effective treatment of pancreatic cancer (PC) is presented. The material is composed of a pentablock terpolypeptide of the type ...