Cent Eur J Public Health 2022, 30(Supplement)
Selected public health issues in the Slovak and Czech Republics
Preface
Kvetoslava Rimárová
Cent Eur J Public Health 2022, 30(Supplement):S3-S4 
This Supplementum of Central European Journal of Public Health is bringing new scientific results from studies in the Slovak and Czech Republics including prevention of chronic noncommunicable diseases as well as infectious diseases and antibiotic resistance.
Prevalence of cardiovascular risk factors in patients with psoriasis
Tomáš Kampe, Erik Dorko, Kvetoslava Rimárová, Andrea Houžvičková, Janette Baloghová, Zuzana Baranová, Matúš Madleňák, Igor Rohoň
Cent Eur J Public Health 2022, 30(Supplement):S05-S10 | DOI: 10.21101/cejph.a6806
Objectives: The main goal of the study was to describe the demographic, epidemiological, clinical and laboratory characteristics of a monitored group of patients with psoriasis to assess the prevalence of cardiovascular comorbidities and to define the cardiovascular risk profile. Methods: One hundred and ninety outpatients aged over 18 were included in the prospective observational cross-sectional study. Demographic and clinical data were obtained from patients. The severity of psoriasis was evaluated using the Psoriasis Area and Severity Index (PASI) and the Dermatology Life Quality Index (DLQI). The results of laboratory testing were identified based...
Prostate cancer screening - is it time to change approach?
Marek Vargovčák, Erik Dorko, Kvetoslava Rimárová, Viliam Knap
Cent Eur J Public Health 2022, 30(Supplement):S11-S15 | DOI: 10.21101/cejph.a6807
Objective: Prostate adenocarcinoma (CaP) is one of the most common malignancies in men in Slovakia and in the world. The disease accounts for more than 22% of all tumors in the male population. Screening studies show an increase in the diagnosis of CaP without improvement in overall or CaP-specific mortality. The main goal of the work is to evaluate the incidence of CaP in the group of patients examined and treated during the period from 2014 to 2019 at the urological outpatient clinic of the Railway Hospital (RH) in Košice, and to evaluate the risks and treatment options. Methods: Men aged 40 to 75 years underwent a preventive examination in 2014-2019...
Seroprevalence of Borrelia IgG antibodies among individuals from Eastern Slovakia
Andrea Houžvičková, Erik Dorko, Kvetoslava Rimárová, Jana Diabelková, Erik Drabiščák
Cent Eur J Public Health 2022, 30(Supplement):S16-S21 | DOI: 10.21101/cejph.a6808
Objectives: Lyme borreliosis is a tick-borne disease of increasing incidence and public concern. Our cross-sectional study was aimed at evaluating seroprevalence of Borrelia burgdorferi in a group of respondents from Eastern Slovakia. Methods: In total, 515 blood samples collected in 2013-2016 were analysed with NovaLisaTM, NovaTec - Borrelia IgG/IgM kit (Immunodiagnostica, Dietzenbach, Germany). Positive and equivocal IgG-antibody results were further examined with immunoblotting (LYMECHECK® OPTIMA IgG and IgM kits, BIOSYNEX, France). Data detected by serological methods were matched with those obtained from a questionnaire. Differences...
Long-term compliance of patients with osteoporosis treatment and its effect to fracture occurrence
Róbert Čellár, Erik Dorko, Kvetoslava Rimárová, Matúš Bereš, David Sokol, Ahmad Gharaibeh, Martin Folvarský, István Mitró, Viliam Knap
Cent Eur J Public Health 2022, 30(Supplement):S22-S26 | DOI: 10.21101/cejph.a6809
Objectives: The objective of this study was to evaluate the effect of long-term treatment of patients with osteoporosis being actively managed by medical staff and following the therapeutic methods and principles of treatment of osteoporosis. Methods: The medical records of patients which were examined in an osteological outpatient office first time in the year 2009 were reviewed. The results of densitometry examinations were compared with the results from the year 2019. Patients regularly absolved densitometry, properly and regularly took prescribed medicaments for either anti-osteoporotic treatment or for supplementation of vitamin D and calcium....
Genetically modified rodent models and celiac, non-celiac gluten sensitivity: a minireview
Kvetoslava Rimárová, Gabriel Samasca, Pavol Makovický, Petra Žáková, Iulia Lupan, Erik Dorko, Jana Diabelková, Lívia Kaňuková, Andrej Jenča Jr., Adriána Petrášová, Dana Kluková, Ciprian Silaghi, Peter Makovický
Cent Eur J Public Health 2022, 30(Supplement):S27-S31 | DOI: 10.21101/cejph.a6810
Celiac disease (CD) is a disorder that affects both children and adults. Over the few last decades, several new atypical cases have been identified through improved diagnostic tools. On the other hand, the onset of CD at a later age, including atypical CD forms whose clinical picture overlaps with other autoimmune diseases, shows that currently there are several unknown gene mutations, which could be responsible for the disease development. Non-celiac gluten sensitivity (NCGS) is entity included by the ingestion of gluten leading to intestinal, or extraintestinal symptoms that improve once the gluten is removed from the nutrition. In this article relationships...
Influence of maternal smoking during pregnancy on birth outcomes
Jana Diabelková, Kvetoslava Rimárová, Peter Urdzík, Erik Dorko, Andrea Houžvičková, Štefánia Andraščíková, Lívia Kaňuková, Dana Kluková, Erik Drabiščák, Nika Konrádyová, Gabriela Škrečková
Cent Eur J Public Health 2022, 30(Supplement):S32-S36 | DOI: 10.21101/cejph.a6811
Objectives: Smoking during pregnancy is causally associated with reduced birth weight and is strongly related to preterm birth. This study analyses the differences in birth outcomes between non-smokers and women who continued to smoke during pregnancy. Methods: We conducted a study of 1,359 mothers who gave birth in 2017-2019 at the Department of Gynaecology and Obstetrics of Louis Pasteur University Hospital in Košice. Data on mothers and newborn infants have been reported from the birth book and from the reports on mothers at childbirth. For low birth weight we considered the weight of a newborn being less than 2,500 g and as for premature birth...
Analysis of potential risk factors associated with urolithiasis
Erik Drabiščák, Erik Dorko, Marek Vargovčák, Ľubomír Velk, Kvetoslava Rimárová, Štefánia Andraščíková, Viliam Knap
Cent Eur J Public Health 2022, 30(Supplement):S37-S42 | DOI: 10.21101/cejph.a6812
Objectives: Eating habits, regular fluid intake, lifestyle and body composition are a primary point of research. The research focused on urolithiasis approaching potential danger, trying to interpret risk factors responsible for urolithiasis and disease recurrence. Methods: Research file contains 166 patients suffering from urolithiasis, 87 (52.4%) males and 79 (47.6%) females, and 172 healthy subjects from control group. All data was accessed using fully anonymous and confidential questionnaires, then evaluated in the statistical GNU PSPP 1.4 software. Results: More than 3/4 patients have a BMI higher than 24.9 and almost 40% of subjects have obesity...
Risk factors associated with low birth weight
Jana Diabelková, Kvetoslava Rimárová, Peter Urdzík, Erik Dorko, Andrea Houžvičková, Štefánia Andraščíková, Erik Drabiščák, Gabriela Škrečková
Cent Eur J Public Health 2022, 30(Supplement):S43-S49 | DOI: 10.21101/cejph.a6883
Objectives: Low birth weight (LBW) is one of the major factors affecting child morbidity and mortality worldwide. Every day, approximately 800 women die from causes related to pregnancy and childbirth worldwide. Maternal ill health increases the risk of LBW. This study seeks to investigate determinants and incidence of LBW. Methods: This study was conducted based on the medical records of mothers and their 1,946 infants born in 2016-2019 at the Department of Gynaecology and Obstetrics of Louis Pasteur University Hospital in Košice. Data on mothers and newborn infants were obtained from the Reports on mothers at childbirth. The inclusion criteria were...
E-cigarette use, opinion about harmfulness and addiction among university students in Bratislava, Slovakia
Jana Babjaková, Kvetoslava Rimárová, Michael Weitzman, Milena Bušová, Jana Jurkovičová, Erik Dorko, Ľubica Argalášová
Cent Eur J Public Health 2022, 30(Supplement):S50-S56 | DOI: 10.21101/cejph.a7240
Objectives: The study aimed to investigate the use of electronic cigarettes (EC) among medical students, their knowledge and beliefs (opinion about harmfulness and addiction potential) on ECs, perceptions of the risk, as well as to assess the type of education and cessation training they received during their study at Faculty of Medicine, Comenius University in Bratislava, Slovakia. Methods: This cross-sectional, anonymous online e-mailed survey was conducted among medical students via the Study Department by sending e-mails containing the survey link. Participants completed the online questionnaire adapted from the American Survey on Tobacco and Alternative...
Occurrence of bacteria belonging to the genus Enterococcus and Staphylococcus on inanimate surfaces of selected hospital facilities and their nosocomial significance
Ondrej Zahornacký, Štefan Porubčin, Alena Rovňáková, Pavol Jarčuška, Štefánia Andraščíková, Kvetoslava Rimárová
Cent Eur J Public Health 2022, 30(Supplement):S57-S62 | DOI: 10.21101/cejph.a7241
Objectives: This work aimed to determine the representation and resistance of bacteria belonging to the genus Staphylococcus and Enterococcus on inanimate surfaces of two selected workplaces of the University Hospital of L. Pasteur in Košice (UHLP) and to investigate their importance in the hospital environment. The men's ward of the Department of Internal Medicine (DIM) and the Department of Anaesthesiology and Intensive Care (DAIC) were chosen. Methods: Using sterile sampling kits, a total of 182 swabs were collected from the inanimate surfaces of both UHLP workplaces. The swabs were then transported to a microbiological laboratory...
Potential differences in occurrence of preterm births according to quality of relationship between mothers and fathers of the children
Nika Konrádyová, Kvetoslava Rimárová, Jana Diabelková, Peter Urdzík, Erik Dorko, Štefánia Andraščíková
Cent Eur J Public Health 2022, 30(Supplement):S63-S67 | DOI: 10.21101/cejph.a7242
Objectives: Premature birth is a serious pregnancy complication that is affected by many biological as well as psychosocial factors. Several studies have shown that a mother's positive relationship with her child's father reduces the mother's stress, anxiety and depression during pregnancy, promotes a healthier mother's lifestyle and thus has a positive effect on pregnancy as such. This research was therefore aimed at identifying possible differences in the incidence of premature births in mothers depending on the quality of the relationship with the father of their child. Methods: The research involved 210 mothers after childbirth in the period from...
Generational differences in selected aspects of social situation and health status of foreigners living in the Czech Republic
Jitka Vacková, Kvetoslava Rimárová, Lenka Motlová, Renata Švestková, Eva Fichtnerová, Anna Kuželková, Erik Dorko, Lívia Kaňuková, Jana Diabelková, Lesia Shuranová, Markéta Bendová
Cent Eur J Public Health 2022, 30(Supplement):S68-S74 | DOI: 10.21101/cejph.a7243
Objectives: Demographic differentiation caused by the history of migration in the Czech and Slovak Republics led the authors of this article to analyse generational differences in the groups of foreigners living in the Czech Republic (CR) and the impact of generational differences on selected aspects of their social situation and perceived health. The crucial research question was whether and to what degree do different generations of foreigners vary from each other and what impact this has had on their social situation and health determinants. Methods: The main goal was to examine mutual relationships between selected characteristics of social situation...
Antibiotic resistance in the invasive bacteria Escherichia coli
Viera Lovayová, Katarína Čurová, Vladimír Hrabovský, Mária Nagyová, Leonard Siegfried, Annamaria Toporová, Kvetoslava Rimárová, Štefánia Andraščíková
Cent Eur J Public Health 2022, 30(Supplement):S75-S80 | DOI: 10.21101/cejph.a7384
Objectives: The beta-lactamases with extended spectrum of activity (ESBL) are medically one of the most important group of enzymes. Another group of beta-lactamases representing of Enterobacteriaceae is group of the AmpC-type cephalosporinases. The presented study provides identification and determination of the spectrum of resistance against different and clinically used antimicrobial drugs in the clinical isolates of Escherichia coli. Methods: These isolates had origin in different departments of the L. Pasteur University Hospital in Košice. The goal was the detection of beta-lactamase production with extended-spectrum effect and testing...