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Aims
To assess the number of people with diabetes in Poland using combined national sources and to evaluate the usefulness of data from an insurance system for epidemiological purposes.
Methods
The data were collected from four sources: 1) 2013 all‐billing records of the national insurance system comprising people of all age groups undergoing procedures or receiving services in primary healthcare,...
Background. The transformation period in Poland is associated with a set of factors seen as ‘socio-economic stress’, which unfavourably influenced cancer treatment and slowed down the progress of the Polish cancer care in the 90’s. These outcomes in many aspects of cancer care may be experienced till today. The results of the international EUROCARE and CONCORD studies based on European data prove...
ABSTRACT Background. The health system responsiveness, defined as non-medical aspect of treatment relating to the protection of the patients’ legitimate rights, is the intrinsic goal of the WHO strategy for 21st century. Objective. To describe the patients’ opinions on treatment they received in hospital, namely: admission to hospital, the role of patient in hospital treatment, course of treatment,...
Background. The excessive use of health care services by obese people constitutes a serious financial burden to all highly developed countries. As yet however, this has not been recognised to be a problem in Poland. Objective. To provide a preliminary analysis of Warsaw inhabitants in their use of and quality of received health care by comparing obese subjects with those of normal weight. Materials...
Aim. The purpose of this study was to analyze the hospitalization of diabetes mellitus patients in Polish hospitals in 2005-2009. Materials and Methods. Data was taken from a nationwide database, kept at the National Institute of Public Health – National Institute of Hygiene in Warsaw. Data gathered for this work related to patients whose main cause of hospitalization was diabetes. Results. In the...
Background. Obesity is well known cause of various diseases. However, there are only a few studies which enable to compare directly the magnitude of risk in different groups of chronic diseases. Objectives. The aim of presented paper was to identify a magnitude of the risk of chronic diseases attributable to overweight and obesity on the basis of data on weight and height self-reported by respondents...
Background. Self-rated health is a one-point measure commonly used for recognising subjectively perceived health and covering a wide range of individual’s health aspects. Objective. The aim of our study was to examine the extent to which self-rated health reflects the differences due to demographic characteristics, physical, psychical and social well-being, health disorders, occurrence of chronic...
Celem artykułu jest zbadanie związku między depresją i nadwagą wśród młodzieży mieszkającej na terenach podmiejskich oraz sprawdzenie, w jakim stopniu akceptacja wyglądu ciała może być czynnikiem pośredniczącym. Badania przeprowadzono na próbie 322 uczniów (dziewczęta – 51,2%, chłopcy – 48,8%) w wieku 16 – 19 lat uczęszczających do dwóch szkół ponadgimnazjalnych w Radzyminie. Nadwagę mierzono skalą...
Celem badań było sprawdzenie wpływu stresu szkolnego na poziom zdrowia i zaburzenia zdrowotne w okresie dorastania. Dane zebrano od uczniów dziesięciu gimnazjów w Warszawie. Badania przeprowadzono w dwóch etapach, gdy młodzież uczęszczała do drugiej klasy (783 uczniów w wieku 14-15 lat) i w następnym roku, gdy ci sami uczniowie uczęszczali do trzeciej klasy (804 uczniów w wieku 15-16 lat). Cztery...
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