Abstract Objective The aim of the study was to assess the associations between self-stigma and temperament and character dimensions. Methods One hundred twenty outpatients with diagnosis of ...schizophrenia, established with Mini International Neuropsychiatric Interview were consecutively included in the study. Self-stigma was assessed with Internalized Stigma of Mental Illness (ISMI), personality dimensions with Temperament and Character Inventory, and psychopathology with Positive and Negative Symptom Scale. Results The results showed that higher level of harm avoidance, lower self-directedness, and persistence correlated with ISMI and all its subscales. Self-transcendence correlated with ISMI subscales alienation, discrimination, and stigma resistance. Regression analyses controlling for psychopathology, age, length of illness, and number of hospitalizations revealed that higher level of harm avoidance and low self-directedness predicted internalized stigma. Conclusion The finding suggests that the experience of self-stigma is related to personality dimensions. Interpretations of these findings include the possibility that, irrespective of patients' psychopathology or functional characteristics, experience of self-stigma and its consequences might depend on personality dimensions. Further studies are needed.
Abstract The study explored the association between temperament and character and medication adherence in 76 patients with schizophrenia. Patients were assessed with the Temperament and Character ...Inventory, the Beck Depression Inventory, and the Positive and Negative Syndrome Scale. First-degree relatives were used as informants on adherence. The patients differed in their adherence based on the effect of gender, as males were found to be less adherent than females. Adherence differed based on novelty seeking. The temperament of the patient should be considered during the assessment of adherence.
Root canal treatment is considered to be the one of the most important procedures in endodontic treatment. To irrigate the root canal it is most common to use sodium hypochlorite (NaOCl), ...chlorhexodine, ethylenediaminetetraacetic acid (EDTA), local anesthetic solution, while the most used in Serbia is hydrogen peroxide (H2O2). The aim of this survey was to reveal the preferred root canal irrigants used by general dental practitioners in Serbia and to determine the influence of the continuing education program, delivered over the 3-year observation period, on work habits of dental practitioners. This was the first comprehensive survey of this nature carried out in Serbia.
The survey was conducted in two instances, a 4-month observation period each, from November 1, 2009 to March 1, 2010 and from November 1, 2012 to March 1, 2013. Internet Web Page Survey was posted on the official web site of the Serbian Association of Private Dentists. In the first survey, 569 completed questionnaires were subjected to analysis. In the next attempt (3 years later), the survey was launched again and 615 completed questionnaires were analyzed using the same criteria. The statistical analysis was carried out with simple descriptive statistics applying the x2 test, at a significance level of p < 0.05.
The first survey included 569 dental practitioners, while 3 years later the number of them was 615. Analyzing the questionnaires revealed the number of 10 to 30 interventins on the root canal montly. The most commonly used irrigant solution was H2O2 in 2009, while in 2012 it was yet H2O2, but also NaOCl, chlorhexodine, and a little less EDTA.
This study shows significant changes in the irrigation protocol applied in Serbian dental community. After 3 years of observation, NaOCl became widely accepted as the irrigant of choice, whereas H2O2 lost its popularity.
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U radu su dani vlastiti doživljaji nekih transfernih situacija u tekstu „Psychosis/Neurosis“,
kojeg je pacijent, kao polu-ironični prikaz svoje povijesti bolesti, dostavio svojoj nekadašnjoj
...psihoterapeutkinji, uz dozvolu da taj tekst može koristiti za stručne ili znanstvene svrhe. S
obzirom na to da je pacijent bio primarno doživljen kao miješani poremećaj ličnosti, prije
kliničkih primjera iz pacijentovog teksta navedeni su sažeti teorijski prikazi koji se odnose
na prepoznate poremećaje ličnosti. Pacijent je ulazio u transferne odnose koji su se ticali i
neurotičnog i psihotičnog sloja pa je i to navedeno u analizi.
The aim of this study was to investigate the use, care and maintenance of light units in everyday clinical practice. The investigative work comprised a survey of selected practices in the city of ...Nis, with a questionnaire and visits to examine light units. 40 light units were examined in 27 practices according to a standardized protocol. The use and care of the light units included in the study were found to be very variable. Many of the light units (52.5%) were found to be damaged and repaired. 55% of the light units inspected were found to have varying amounts of material adherent to the light guide exit portal. Cross infection control in the study was found to be very poor. It was concluded that the maintenance of inspected light units was unsatisfactory.
Cilj ovog rada je bio da ukaze na neophoodnost i znacaj pravilnog odrzavanja polimerizacionih svetlosnih izvora u svakodnevnoj stomatoloskoj praksi. Istrazivanje je sprovedeno u vidu upitnika, odnosno protokolarnog pregleda aparata na uzem podrucju grada Nisa. Pregledano je ukupno 40 polimerizacionih svetlosnih izvora u 27 ordinacija razlicitih specijalnosti. Vise od polovine pregledanih aparata (52,5%) je bilo osteceno. Razlicita kolicina natalozenog debrisa na vrhu svetloprovodnika detektovana je na 55% pregledanih aparata. Rezultati ankete i inspekcija aparata ukazuju na nizak nivo odrzavanja izvora za svetlosnu polimerizaciju kompozita.
Bonding between composite and hard dental tissue is most commonly assessed by measuring bonding strength or absence of marginal gap along the restoration interface. Marginal index (MI) is a ...significant indicator of the efficiency of the bond between material and dental tissue because it also shows the values of width and length of marginal gap.
The aim of this investigation was to estimate quantitative and qualitative features of the bond between composite resin and enamel and to determine the values of MI in enamel after application of two techniques of photopolymerization with two composite systems.
Forty Class V cavities on extracted teeth were prepared and restored for scanning electron microscope (SEM) analysis of composite bonding to enamel. Adhesion to enamel was achieved by Adper Single Bond 2 - ASB (3M ESPE), or by Adper Easy One--AEO (3M ESPE). Photopolymerization of Filtek Ultimate--FU (3M ESPE) was performed using constant halogen light (HIP) or soft start program (SOF).
Quantitative and qualitative analysis, showed better mikromorphological bonding with SOF photopolymerization and ASB/FU composite system. Differences in MI between different photopolymerization techniques (HIP: 0.6707; SOF: 0.2395) were statistically significant (p < 0.001), as well as differences between the composite systems (ASB/FU: 0.0470; AEO/ FU: 0.8651) (p < 0.001) by two-way ANOVA test.
Better marginal adaptation of composite to enamel was obtained with SOF photopolymerization in both composite systems.
Background: Suicide in schizophrenia is a serious problem
- ideation rates go up to 40%, and approximately one half of
patients attempt suicide at least once. The distinction between attempters and
...ideators is vital in everyday clinical practice. Aim: To
explore the association between psychopathology and suicidal behavior in a
comparative study of three groups of patients with schizophrenia: suicide
ideators, suicide attempters, and subjects without suicide ideation and
behavior. Method: The study included 509 patients: suicide
attempters (n = 159), ideators (n = 180), and
a comparative group (n = 170). The clinical assessment
consisted of a structured psychiatric interview and an evaluation of
sociodemographics, suicidality (SIBQ), psychopathology (PANSS), and depression
(CDSS). Results: Suicide attempters were more depressed than
ideators, and both groups had higher CDSS scores than the comparative group. The
overall contribution of positive, negative, and general PANSS symptoms was not
statistically significant enough to differentiate ideators from attempters. A
principal component analysis of the PANSS items revealed five components:
disinhibition, withdrawal, anxiety and guilt, reality
distortion, and disorganization. Two logistic
regression analyses showed that suicide ideation or attempt was significantly
related to depression, anxiety, guilt, gender, age, and number of previous
hospitalizations. Compared to suicide ideators, attempters were more depressed,
had a higher number of previous hospitalizations, and lower education.
Conclusion: The results indicate that clinicians should
look for depression, anxiety, and guilt feelings, while positive and negative
symptoms seem to be less relevant for suicide assessment in schizophrenia.
In the management of edentulous spaces, there is a permanent need of a dentist-prosthetician in charge to consult other specialists. Modern telemedicine, based on powerful computer and ...telecomunication systems, offers an adequate answer to these challenges, being able to transfer and obtain clinical data and consultation information over large distances. Using smartphone or a computer, the teleconsultant acces the system, downloads and review the data and photographs and gave suggestions. The system then enables direct, real time contact with the consultant, chat, or directs them to contact each other by phone.
We presented telemedicine consulting in the patient preparation and planning of prosthetic tooth replacement in 3 cases with different teleconsultation requirements: the first case for prosthetic rehabilitation of his upper teeth, the second one for prosthetic management of his partial edentulousness and "a growth on his gums" in the vestibular region of the frontal teeth and the third one for prosthetic management of total edentulousness of her upper jaw. We used the system of telemedicine in dentistry, established at the Faculty of Medicine in Kosovska Mitrovica. The operation was based on the computer application system XPA3 Online, computer networking and mobile smartphone network. All consultations were succefull with no need for further procedures in regional center.
The use of a mobile smartphone has brought about the mobility and availability of teleconsultant specialists in an extent never seen before. Prostheticians are thus able to offer better service to their patients and improve the quality of management of partially or totally edentulous patients, especially in rural areas.
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DOBA, IZUM, KILJ, NUK, ODKLJ, PILJ, PNG, SAZU, UILJ, UKNU, UL, UM, UPUK
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