The role of social support in the online setting is explored in this study. For this purpose, the posts of infertility treatment patients participating in an infertility treatment online support ...group between 2002 and 2016 were retrieved. Members who contributed at least 100 words were divided into two groups according to the treatment outcome they reported (pregnancy). The association between the length of group membership, type of support provided, intensity of interaction, active support seeking, overall sentiment and the amount of sadness, anxiety and anger words and the treatment outcome was examined. The findings suggest that online social, in particular emotional, support acts as a buffer between the stressor and the treatment outcome. The expression of anger and initiating of communication by new members diminish this relationship.
The aim of the study was to investigate the real-life experience of persons infected with SARS-CoV-2 in Slovenia in the first pandemic wave and how the buffering effect of social and informational ...support affected negative feelings. We used a self-administrated questionnaire. There were 1182 eligible notified cases with the response rate 64.9%. At least 62% of responders were able to follow the isolation rules, while 21.1% did not or could not organize their living separately from other household members. The main providers during the isolation period were close family members. The most prevalent emotion in our study was worry (70.3%) and fear (37.6%). Worry and fear during the illness were less probable for men than women, but more probable for older patients. Participants with strong emotional support had lower odds of being sad. Those who were exposed to a larger number of sources of information had higher odds of being worried. Those patients who used a higher number of more credible sources of information had higher odds of being afraid during illness. Pets did not play a special role in psychological well-being. The role of the media and public health communications should be explored further to achieve an improved response.
Healthcare workers (HCWs) are often exposed to mistreatment by patients, which has negative effects on both staff and institutions. To take appropriate action to help HCWs in this context, ...patient-related social stressors (PSS) should be explored. The purpose of the research was to identify the most pronounced patient behaviour contributing to the social stress (SS) of HCWs, and compare PSS between different HCWs and different types of healthcare institutions.
750 HCWs from Slovenian public health centres and hospitals participated in the online survey. Although the non-probability sampling was used, the sample was representative according to gender and HCW type (doctors, nurses and other HCWs).
The results show that the most pronounced patient behaviour contributing to the SS of HCWs are attitudes and behaviour of patients that are challenging in terms of what is - from the HCWs' point of view - considered as acceptable and reasonable (disproportionate patient expectations), and unpleasant, humourless, and hostile patients. HCWs in primary institutions meet less verbally aggressive and unpleasant patients than in tertiary ones. Although among all HCWs less educated ones are more exposed to inappropriate behaviour, doctors are those HCWs who experience more inappropriate behaviour.
Managers should enable HCWs to get comprehensive patient service training, oriented towards improving relationship management and patient-HCW relationships.
Some women, especially victims of violence, seek support in online groups. The objective of this research was to investigate the nature of the social support women receive in such online communities. ...For this purpose, all the posts from a large online support community group for women in Slovenia, Women in Need, from 2002 to the end of 2020 were retrieved and analyzed manually as well as by using a text-mining approach. The results show that women in the investigated community mostly seek informational support, spend little time actively contributing to online discussions, and rarely become engaged members of supportive groups within the focal online space. Some recommendations on how to improve the functionality of online social support sites are provided.
Introduction. Social support positively influences patients’ health and well-being in both real life and computer-mediated settings. Informational and emotional social support types are most commonly ...found in online social support group discussions. Method. Latent Dirichlet Allocation was used to analyse 132,374 infertility posts and identify topics of discussion. Results. Two types of online social support were found: emotional and informational. Emotional support was established in 17% of all posts. Three subtypes of emotional support were identified: encouragement, offerings of congratulation, and empathy. Several informational social support subthemes were found. The two most common were discussions about the infertility treatment procedure from puncture to pregnancy, and about official procedures. Conclusions. The results agree with similar studies performed on online social support group discussions dealing with health issues. Participants express a great need for informational support. The areas of concern are identified and some implications for medical practice are provided.
Research on 'the CSI effect' is accumulating and accounts for a substantive body of knowledge not just in the United States of America, but also elsewhere in the world. The paper investigates one ...aspect of the CSI effect whereby university faculties offering forensic or criminal investigative curricula are seeing an increase in the number of students enrolling. A research study was conducted on first-year students of the Faculty of Criminal Justice and Security (Slovenia) in which they were directly asked to state the extent to which TV series and films influenced their enrollment decision. The results indicate that some students were motivated by TV series and films, although more detailed statistical inquiries only provide partial and limited support for such claims. Therefore, a more in-depth research study is required to provide better insights into this dimension of the CSI effect.
Namen prispevka: Namen prispevka je predstaviti nekatere značilnosti nujnih klicev na številko 112 in proučiti, ali so določeni dejavniki, kot so gostota naseljenosti, prisotnost dodatne številke za ...nujno pomoč in gospodarska razvitost države, povezani s hitrostjo odziva na klic v sili 112. Prispevek naslovi tudi problematiko lažnih klicev. Metode: V vzorec raziskave je bilo vključenih 28 držav Evropske unije (EU). Podatki o hitrosti odziva na klic 112, število lažnih klicev, obstoj dodatnih številk za klic v sili, gostota poselitve in bruto domači proizvod (BDP) za leto 2019 so bili pridobljeni iz uradnih spletnih virov. Statistična analiza je vključevala opisno statistiko in preverjanje hipotez s pomočjo t-testa za neodvisne vzorce ali MannWhitneyevega U testa in korelacijske analize. Ugotovitve: Gospodarska razvitost, gostota naseljenosti ali prisotnost dodatne številke za nujno pomoč v državi se ne odražajo pri hitrosti odziva na klic v sili 112. Odzivnost je med državami različna, zato bi bilo smiselno iskati druge razloge, zakaj prihaja do razlik v hitrosti odziva. Največ lažnih klicev je v letu 2019 imela Malta, najmanj pa Nemčija. Omejitve/uporabnosti raziskave: Omejitve raziskave so nedostopnost vseh kazalnikov, vezanih na klic v sili 112, za vse države EU ter pomanjkanje literature na obravnavano temo. Praktična uporabnost: Hitrost odziva na klic v sili 112 je ključna za uspešno in učinkovito posredovanje pri različnih tipih urgentnih dogodkov. Preučevanje dejavnikov, povezanih s hitrostjo odziva, je ključno za izboljšanje storitev in posledično izboljšanje zdravstvenega stanja in varnosti državljanov. Ravno tako je treba nasloviti problematiko lažnih klicev, ki negativno vplivajo na kakovost nudenja nujne pomoči.
Namen prispevka: Namen raziskave je bil proučiti zanimanje študentov Fakultete za varnostne vede Univerze v Mariboru za detektivsko delo, poznavanje vhodnih pogojev za opravljanje poklica in tipičnih ...delovnih nalog detektiva ter mnenje študentov primerjati z dejanskimi izkušnjami slovenskih detektívov. Posledično bi na takšen način ugotovili, kako bi lahko med študentsko oziroma mlajšo populacijo ljudi v Sloveniji dosegli boljše razumevanje detektivske dejavnosti. Metode: Opravljen je bil pregled relevantnih znanstvenih in strokovnih del. Z metodo anketiranja smo s pomočjo dveh raziskovalnih vprašalnikov ugotavljali razlike in podobnosti mnenj študentov Fakultete za varnostne vede in slovenskih detektivov o opravljanju dela detektiva. Ugotovitve: Iz ocene študentov lahko sklepamo, da študenti Fakultete za varnostne vede ne vedo, kako je z detektivskim delom v praksi. Poklic detektiva jim je sicer zanimiv. Seznanjeni so z nekaterimi pogoji za opravljanje poklica. Kot tipične delovne naloge detektiva vidijo študenti v večji meri kot detektivi preverjanje nezvestobe, zlorabe drog in iskanje pogrešanih oseb, detektivi pa kot o tipičnih delovnih nalogah v večji meri poročajo o pisanju poročil in vročanju pisemskih pošiljk v imenu naročnikov. V prihodnosti bi bilo treba več pozornosti nameniti detektivskemu delu v praksi in temu, kako poklic približati javnosti ter na takšen način razbiti še vedno prisotne mite o detektivskem delu. Izvirnost/pomembnost prispevka: Gre za prvo tako obsežno študijo o mnenju študentov Fakultete za varnostne vede glede detektivske dejavnosti v Sloveniji.
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