Cent Eur J Public Health 2018, 26(2)
Assessment of vaccine effectiveness during measles outbreak in the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina, 2014-2015
Sanjin Musa, Blaško Topalović, Sutka Ćatić, Zijada Smajlagić
Cent Eur J Public Health 2018, 26(2):79-82 | DOI: 10.21101/cejph.a4754 
Objective: Between February 2014 and September 2015 a large measles outbreak (5,084 cases) occurred in the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina (FB&H). The aim of this study is to assess the effectiveness of routine measles vaccination in the FB&H. Methods: We conducted an analysis of the resurgence period surveillance data and a retrospective cohort study involving primary school aged children in randomly selected schools. Results: Measles cases occurred among all age groups, mostly among the unvaccinated. Among fully immunized, 2.1% contracted measles. Measles vaccine effectiveness was high. The study indicates that one dose reduced the risk...
Hepatitis C testing among adults born between 1945 and 1965 in Turkey: a multicentre study
Mustafa Altındis, Tayfur Demiray, Mehmet Köroğlu, Ali Rıza Atasoy, Recep Keşli, Selma Tosun, Mehmet Özdemir, Alper Aksözek, Gülfem Ece, Yeliz Çetinkol, Selma Altındis, Hüseyin Güdücüoğlu
Cent Eur J Public Health 2018, 26(2):83-86 | DOI: 10.21101/cejph.a4502
Objective: Hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection is a major public health problem and affects large populations all over the world. Serum anti-HCV level is a valuable marker to determine HCV infection. Anti-HCV testing has been recommended for high-risk population. The Center for Disease Control (CDC) and Prevention in the United States proposed a new high-risk population group - adults born between 1945-1965. Under this perspective, we designed a multicentre retrospective study to determine the seropositivity of anti-HCV among adults born between 1945 and 1965 and adults born after 1965 in Turkey. With the data collected, we aimed to determine whether...
Mortality rate of ICU patients with the Middle East Respiratory Syndrome - Coronavirus infection at King Fahad Hospital, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia
Mohammed A. Garout, Hani A.A. Jokhdar, Imad A. Aljahdali, Ahmed R. Zein, Reda A. Goweda, Abdurahman Hassan-Hussein
Cent Eur J Public Health 2018, 26(2):87-91 | DOI: 10.21101/cejph.a4764
Objective: The Middle East Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus (MERS-CoV) is a novel coronavirus circulating in the Arabian Peninsula since September 2012. It leads to significant respiratory disease and among patients with co-morbidities is associated with high mortality. This research studied the mortality rate of MERS-CoV among intensive care unit (ICU) patients and the correlation of mortality with different co-morbidities. Methods: This was a retrospective observational study conducted at the Intensive Care Unit of the King Fahad Hospital, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia. Data was obtained through patient chart review. Results: The total sample consisted of...
Assessment of work-related stress by using salivary cortisol level examination among early morning shift workers
Oľga Šušoliaková, Jindra Šmejkalová, Marie Bičíková, Lenka Hodačová, Andrea Málková, Zdeněk Fiala
Cent Eur J Public Health 2018, 26(2):92-97 | DOI: 10.21101/cejph.a5092
Objective: Early morning shifts have a negative effect on the hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal axis. The aim of this study was to comprehensively assess the extent of occupational stress in early shift workers of the car industry by using salivary cortisol as an objective marker during a workday and on a day off. Methods: For this cross-sectional epidemiological type of study, a survey included 55 suitable volunteers from the car industry. Five saliva samples were collected according to the following schedule: during one work day in the morning, during the morning shift from 6 a.m. - 2 p.m., then after the shift was completed, 3 hours after work and...
Exposure criteria for evaluating lumbar spine load
Lenka Pešáková, Jana Hlávková, Marie Nakládalová, Pavel Urban, Petr Gaďourek, Tomáš Tichý, Alena Boriková, Andrea Laštovková, Daniela Pelclová
Cent Eur J Public Health 2018, 26(2):98-103 | DOI: 10.21101/cejph.a4941
Objective: As a part of regular revision of the List of Occupational Diseases in the Czech Republic, efforts have been made to add a new item so that lumbar spine disease caused by overload may be recognized as occupational one, with adherence to the valid national rules, that is, clinical criteria are met and objective assessment confirms working conditions under which, according to recent scientific knowledge, such an occupational disease develops. The aim is to provide information on the use of a proposed method for working condition assessment in a real setting, based on the initial experiences gained from a pilot study carried out to validate...
Impact of socio-demographic characteristics and long-term complications on quality of life in patients with diabetes mellitus
Miodrag Stojanović, Goran Cvetanović, Marija Anđelković Apostolović, Dijana Stojanović, Nataša Rančić
Cent Eur J Public Health 2018, 26(2):104-110 | DOI: 10.21101/cejph.a5022
Objective: Diabetes mellitus (DM) has been one of the leading chronic diseases worldwide over past decades. The objective of the study was to identify predictors associated with health-related quality of life (HRQOL) in diabetic patients. Methods: A cross-sectional questionnaire-based study was conducted at the General Hospital of the city of Leskovac, between June and November 2015. The Short Form-36 (SF-36) questionnaire, EuroQol-5D (EQ-5D) and EuroQol-VAS (EQ-VAS) questionnaires were used. Univariate and multivariate linear regression analyses were performed. Results: The total number of patients was 285, 112 men (39.3%) and 173 women (60.7%), average...
Prevalence of malnutrition risk among institutionalized elderly from North Bohemia is higher than among those in the Capital City of Prague, Czech Republic
Miroslava Slavíková, Bohumír Procházka, Pavel Dlouhý, Michal Anděl, Jolana Rambousková
Cent Eur J Public Health 2018, 26(2):111-117 | DOI: 10.21101/cejph.a4944
Objective: The aim of the study is to assess the risk of malnutrition among institutionalized elderly individuals in North Bohemia and compare it to the risk of malnutrition in the capital city of Prague, Czech Republic. In the Czech Republic, very few studies have been conducted with the goal of describing and evaluating the nutritional status of the institutionalized elderly. Methods: In this study, data was collected from 254 elderly individuals (aged ≥ 65) residing in retirement homes in North Bohemia and then compared with similar data for the elderly living in retirement homes in Prague (the data from Prague were previously published in...
Prevalence of risk factors in cardiovascular diseases in selected population of the Czech Republic
Vladimír Pavlík, Jana Fajfrová, Václav Šafka, Lucie Pravdová, Miroslav Urban, Pavla Krutišová, Milan Tuček
Cent Eur J Public Health 2018, 26(2):118-123 | DOI: 10.21101/cejph.a5192
Objectives: The aim of the study is to describe current prevalence of selected risk factors in the Czech general population in a particular region and to compare the data with recently published results in the selected population of Czech soldiers. The work also deals with the advantages and disadvantages of methods determining overweight and obesity. Methods: Within medical preventive examinations the data of 1,051 individuals (482 men, 569 women) were obtained. In this group anthropometric parameters such as height, body weight, Body Mass Index (BMI), and waist circumference were monitored. From biochemical parameters the following values were monitored:...
Annual and seasonal trends in mortality rates from cardiovascular diseases in Hungary between 1984 and 2013
Katalin Virág, Tibor András Nyári
Cent Eur J Public Health 2018, 26(2):124-131 | DOI: 10.21101/cejph.a4928
Objectives: The aim of this study was to investigate annual and seasonal trends in mortality rates from cardiovascular diseases in Hungary between 1984 and 2013. Methods: Annual and monthly mortality and population data were obtained from the Hungarian Central Statistical Office. The annual mortality data by gender and age were available for the following disease classifications of the circulatory system: all cardiovascular diseases, all diseases of the heart, hypertension, coronary heart disease, and cerebrovascular diseases. Six age groups were defined for both sexes. Negative binomial regression was carried out to analyse annual trends in age-standardized...
Impact of migration background on health of children and adolescents in Austria. Results of the Austrian Health Survey 2014
Anja Waxenegger, Hannes Mayerl, Erwin Stolz, Éva Rásky, Wolfgang Freidl
Cent Eur J Public Health 2018, 26(2):132-136 | DOI: 10.21101/cejph.a4917
Objective: The present study examines the question as to whether the wellbeing of children and adolescents in Austria and the use of vaccination are influenced by migration background. Methods: The data was extracted from the Austrian Health Survey 2014 (ATHIS 2014). It contains health-related information of 5,277 children and adolescents aged 0 to 17 years. The analysis was based on logistic regression models. Results: To stem from a migration background had no influence on the assessment of health or the assessment of complaints. Regarding vaccination, the results showed that the children of study participants born in non-EU foreign countries had...
Physical activity of 15-17 years old adolescents in different educational settings: a Polish-Czech study
Karel Frömel, Dorota Groffik, František Chmelík, Armando Cocca, Krzysztof Skalik
Cent Eur J Public Health 2018, 26(2):137-143 | DOI: 10.21101/cejph.a4521
Objectives: The aim of this study was to analyze adolescents' physical activity (PA) in two different educational settings, and to estimate the association between meeting PA recommendations and specific characteristics of adolescents' lifestyle. Methods: The study was carried out in the Moravia region of the Czech Republic and in the Silesia-Opole region of Poland. In total, 1,846 participants completed the long International Physical Activity Questionnaire (IPAQ-long) using the online Indares system. Results: Results showed that the Polish sample was significantly more physically active than the Czech one concerning school PA (p < 0.001; η2...
Child and parental physical activity: Is there an association with young children activity?
Christina Voukia, Ismini Voutsina, Fotini Venetsanou, Antonis Kambas
Cent Eur J Public Health 2018, 26(2):144-148 | DOI: 10.21101/cejph.a5043
Objectives: The aim of the study is to examine the physical activity (PA) of young children and their parents on weekdays and at the weekend, as well as possible associations between them. Methods: Fifty-eight children (29 boys), aged 5-8 years (mean age = 6.53 years) and the parent who spent more time with them (25 fathers, 33 mothers, mean age 40.67 years) wore Omron HJ-720IT pedometers for seven consecutive days. Two ANOVAs for repeated measures were applied to examine PA differences between genders and week phases (weekdays vs. weekend days) in children and parents. Moreover, one sample t-tests were used to compare participants' PA to the recommended...
What do Czech adolescents know about HIV?
Veronika Mičulková, Alena Fialová, Tanja Kovačič, Lidmila Hamplová, Dan Veselý, Petr Hulínský
Cent Eur J Public Health 2018, 26(2):149-153 | DOI: 10.21101/cejph.a4929
Objective: During last years, a significant increase of HIV infection transmitted through sexual intercourse among young adults has been reported in the Czech Republic. The issue of prevention, where sexual education belongs to an important preventive tool, is much more topical than ever before. The level of knowledge and attitudes related to HIV/AIDS among adolescents has not been assessed so far. The aim of our study was to explore this field in a nationally representative sample. Methods: Information was obtained using an anonymous questionnaire that was filled in by 1,627 adolescents 13 to 15 years old selected from a representative sample of 25...
Letter to the Editor
Timeliness of travel-associated Legionnaires' disease surveillance
Emmanuel Robesyn, Lara Payne Hallström, Johanna Young, Birgitta de Jong
Cent Eur J Public Health 2018, 26(2):154-155 | DOI: 10.21101/cejph.a5443
Letter to the editor, in response to the paper "Legionellosis: a walk-through to identification of the source of infection", Cent Eur J Public Health 2017;25(3):235-239.