The aim of this study was to assess the knowledge, attitudes and the rules of proceeding concerning primary health care (PHC) doctors in the field of screening diagnostics for cognitive disorders in e...
The study included 175 PHC doctors. A validated anonymous questionnaire was used. The survey was conducted using the PAPI (Paper and Pencil Interviews) and CAWI (Computer Assisted Web Interviews) meth...
The vast majority of the respondents (n=159; 91.4%) saw the advisability of screening for cognitive disorders in the age group >65 years of age, but only 53 subjects (30.29%) believed that these tests...
Polish GPs are aware of the necessity of screening for cognitive disorders in seniors. Currently, there are no mechanisms within primary health care system that would enable proper early screening for...
Patients with a history of COVID‑19 are characterized by a deteriorated level of cardiorespiratory fitness (CRF). The COVID‑19 rehabilitation program of the National Health Fund (NHF) was developed an...
We aimed to evaluate the effectiveness of cardiopulmonary rehabilitation (CR) after COVID‑19, carried out under the NHF program....
The study included 553 convalescents at a mean age of 63.5 years (SD, 10.26; 316 women [57.1%]), hospitalized at the Cardiac Rehabilitation Department of the Ustroń Health Resort, Poland, after a medi...
The mean baseline CRF level, as assessed by the 6‑minute walk test (6MWT), was reduced to 76.32% of the predicted value (SD, 15.87) in men and 85.83% of the predicted value (SD, 15.60) in women, while...
CR is a safe and effective intervention that can accelerate recovery from COVID‑19, including an increase in exercise capacity and exercise tolerance....
In 2006 the National Transplants Registry administered by national transplant organization was introduced in Poland to monitor the results of organ transplantations. Statistical analysis is published ...
Analysis covered the total number of organ transplantations in every transplant center; outcomes are related to recipients living with a functioning graft 1, 5, and 10 years after transplantation; res...
The total number of deceased-donor kidney transplantations was 20,606, the 1-year survival rate of recipients with a functioning graft was 90% (data completeness of 97%), and the 10-year survival rate...
The National Transplant Registry is an important tool for quality and safety systems in the transplantation field on the national level. The registry efficiently and effectively fulfills its tasks rel...
We present the first two Polish families diagnosed with spinocerebellar ataxia type 7 (SCA7) and draw attention to cardiac involvement as a new potential manifestation of this disease....
Two well-documented kindreds are presented....
The proband from Family 1 presented aged 54 years with vision worsening followed by progressive imbalance. Brain MRI demonstrated cerebellar atrophy. Genetic testing confirmed CAG repeat expansion (42...
Vision loss due to pigmentary retinal degeneration is the distinguishing feature of SCA7 and often the initial manifestation. Although SCA7 is one of the most common SCAs in Sweden, it has never been ...
The medical profession is associated with a heavy psychological and physical burden. Specific working conditions can negatively affect the assessment of physicians' quality of life. The lack of curren...
The study included 701 physicians and dentists from the Silesian Province aged between 25 and 80 years. It was conducted in 2018 using the Paper and Pencil Interview technique by obtaining non-persona...
Life satisfaction among the physicians and dentists from the Silesian Province was at an average level. Significant predictors included age and economic status. Additionally, significant predictors in...
Due to its association with the profession, the mean level of life satisfaction among physicians and dentists prompts verification of crucial spheres related to the physical, emotional, social and mat...
Although the first Advance Care Planning (ACP) models were developed decades ago, Poland is still a country where ACP has not yet been implemented, despite its apparent benefits for both patients and ...
Nephropathic cystinosis (NC) is a rare, autosomal recessive disorder leading to lysosomal accumulation of cystine. It is caused by mutations in the CTNS gene encoding a cystine cotransporter cystinosi...
We aimed to evaluate the prevalence, genetic background, and clinical course of NC in the Polish population....
We performed a retrospective analysis of data of all identified NC patients in Poland....
Between 1982 and 2017, 15 patients with NC (13 ICN, 2 JCN) were identified. The most common mutations of the CTNS gene were c.18_c.21delGACT and c.681+1G>A, whereas only 2 patients carried the 57 kb d...
The prevalence of NC in Poland is much lower than in the Western countries and its molecular background appears to be different. The unfavorable course in the majority of INC patients was caused by a ...
Candida auris is an emerging pathogen that constitutes a serious global health threat. It is difficult to identify without specific approaches, and it can be misidentified with standard laboratory met...
We report, probably the first in Poland, C. auris isolation from blood cultures and wound swabs of a young male following meningococcal septicaemia, in February 2019. The patient had been previously h...
C. auris is able to cause outbreaks in healthcare settings. Therefore, it is important to quickly identify C. auris isolates in hospital settings so that healthcare facilities can take proper precauti...
Poland's traditional, i.e., non-GIS, regionalization needed to be updated for landscape audit purposes. Its spatial accuracy appeared insufficient, which led to the verification and adjustment of the ...
Patient opinion surveys have become a widely used method for assessing key aspects of the functioning of medical facilities and, thus, of the functioning of the entire health care system. They are a p...
The aim of the study was to investigate patients' opinions on the quality of services in particular hospital wards. A patient opinion survey can be used to improve the quality of services and monitor ...
The study was carried out in March 2022. The patient opinion survey was conducted using the CAWI (Computer-Assisted Web Interview). The sample selection was purposive. The respondents were patients wi...
A total of 38% of patients with a history of hospitalization expressed criticisms. The majority of statistically significant differences were observed when differentiating respondents according to age...
Variables including age and the level of income had a statistically significant influence on the opinion of the respondents. Elderly persons assessed most aspects of the quality of care in a hospital ...
