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30.06.2022.

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Magnetic resonance imaging of the heart as a method of long-term monitoring of right heart function after tetralogy of Fallot surgery

By Biljana Milinković, Jelena Milić, Dejan Bokonjić, Verica Prodanović, Bojan Joksimović, Siniša Ristić

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Vol 13, No 2 (2022):

Biomedicinska istražavanja

Published: 29.12.2022.

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01.12.2018. Original Scientific Article
Impact of elapsed time between first symptoms and diagnosis of celiac disease on psycho-physical functioning and social life of children and adolescents

By Biljana Stojanović-Jovanović, Stevan Jovanović, Biljana Vuletić

Introduction. Celiac disease is an autoimmune disease resulting from an inadequate immune response to gluten in genetically predisposed individuals as a result of consuming gluten and other related proteins present in wheat, rye, barley and oats. The only cure for this specific disease is a strict, carefully controlled and lifelong gluten-free diet. The aim of the study was to evaluate whether the elapsed time between the onset of the first symptoms and the diagnosis of celiac disease affected the psycho-physical functioning and social life of children and adolescents.

Methods. The study involved 116 respondents (39 of them were males), aged 8-18 years, who were diagnosed with celiac disease. The Documentation Sheet and the Celiac-Specific Pediatric Health-Related Instrument (CDPQOL), measuring the psycho-physical functioning and social life, were used in the study.

Results. 50% of subjects, aged ≤ 2 years, were diagnosed with celiac disease. 48.28% of them were diagnosed with the disease within three months after the symptom onset. In respondents with celiac disease, aged 8-12 years, there was no statistically significant difference between the psycho-physical functioning and social life and the elapsed time between the first symptoms and the established diagnosis. In subjects aged 13-18 years, using CDPQOL, a statistically significant difference was found in the following domains: school functioning, going out and social events, self-confidence. Furthermore, there was a statistically significant difference between total CDPQOL score and the elapsed time between the first symptoms and the established diagnosis.

Conclusion. The elapsed time between the first symptoms and the established diagnosis significantly affects the psycho-physical functioning and social life of subjects aged 13-18 years, but it does not affect the psycho-physical functioning and social life of the younger respondents. This is to confirm the importance of early diagnosis and treatment initiation.

15.05.2023. Original Scientific Article Online First
Self-assessment of adults with acquired hearing loss in the context of self-esteem and psychosocial functioning

By Jasmina Karić B., Milena Kordić B., Gorica Vuksanović, Jana Mitrić

Introduction. The consequences of acquired hearing loss in adults condition their psychosocial functioning and imply changes in the quality of life related to disorders in social and emotional functioning. Hearing loss is considered a risk factor for reduced psychosocial functioning and self-esteem. Psychosocial well-being and preserved self-esteem imply having a positive self-image and realizing that a person is an important part of the social community in which he/she lives. The paper deals with self-esteem and psychosocial functioning of adults with acquired hearing loss. The aim of this research is to determine the level of self-esteem and the degree of expression of consequences in psychosocial functioning, that is, the connection between the level of self-esteem and the degree of expression of consequences in psychosocial functioning in adults with acquired hearing loss. Methods. The research was conducted on a sample of 60 adult subjects with acquired hearing loss and 60 subjects with normal hearing. The average age of the respondents with hearing loss was 54.1 (SD = 10.84), and the sample consisted mostly of male respondents (56.7%) with moderate hearing loss (25.4%). The Rosenberg Self-Esteem Scale and the questionnaire for the subjective assessment of the hearing condition - the HHIA questionnaire (Hearing Handicap Inventory for Adults) were used as instruments. Results. The results showed that the respondents expressed moderate or average self-esteem and that there was a connection between self-esteem and psychosocial functioning in adults with acquired hearing loss. Conclusion. Future research could be directed more towards examining self-esteem in more detail in more specific domains of psychosocial functioning of adults with acquired hearing loss.

15.05.2023. Original Scientific Article Online First
Screen time in children and adolescents during the COVID-19 pandemic

By Bojana Vuković, Sanja Živanović, Bojana Mastilo, Ivana Zečević

Introduction. With the beginning of the pandemic caused by the COVID-19 virus, restrictions on movement, the so-called “lockdown” were applied by many governments. As a result of these actions taken against the transmission of the COVID-19 virus, the use of digital devices has increased, i.e. the time spent in front of screens has increased. Methods. This paper dealt with a bibliometric analysis of scientific publications on the topic of screen time in children and adolescents during the COVID-19 pandemic. The Dimensions database was chosen as the data source. No time frame is given, but given the topic, publications from 2020-2023 are included in the analysis. The data were analyzed in the VOSviewer program, specified for bibliometric and visual data analysis. Results. Map of word co-occurrence show that there are three different clusters. In the red cluster, consisting of 53 terms, the most frequent terms are sleep (124), lifestyle (103) and restriction (83), while in the green cluster, consisting of 41 terms, family (126), education (88), relationship (86) are the most represented. The blue cluster consists of significantly fewer terms, 12 of them, of which anxiety (91), symptom (81), depression (58) are the most represented. Conclusion. Based on the bibliometric analysis, we can conclude that the scientists were mostly concerned with the impact of the screen time phenomenon on the physical health of children and adolescents. In addition, screen time has been linked to mental health, education and socio-emotional relationships.

04.05.2023. Original Scientific Article Online First
The relationship between risk factors and speech-language disorders in children aged four to six years

By Jelena Tešić, Mile Vuković, Mirjana Korlaet, Sofija Vuković

Introduction. The consequences of acquired hearing loss in adults condition their psychosocial functioning and imply changes in the quality of life related to disorders in social and emotional functioning. Hearing loss is considered a risk factor for reduced psychosocial functioning and self-esteem. Psychosocial well-being and preserved self-esteem imply having a positive self-image and realizing that a person is an important part of the social community in which he/she lives. The paper deals with self-esteem and psychosocial functioning of adults with acquired hearing loss. The aim of this research is to determine the level of self-esteem and the degree of expression of consequences in psychosocial functioning, that is, the connection between the level of self-esteem and the degree of expression of consequences in psychosocial functioning in adults with acquired hearing loss. Methods. The research was conducted on a sample of 60 adult subjects with acquired hearing loss and 60 subjects with normal hearing. The average age of the respondents with hearing loss was 54.1 (SD = 10.84), and the sample consisted mostly of male respondents (56.7%) with moderate hearing loss (25.4%). The Rosenberg Self-Esteem Scale and the questionnaire for the subjective assessment of the hearing condition - the HHIA questionnaire (Hearing Handicap Inventory for Adults) were used as instruments. Results. The results showed that the respondents expressed moderate or average self-esteem and that there was a connection between self-esteem and psychosocial functioning in adults with acquired hearing loss. Conclusion. Future research could be directed more towards examining self-esteem in more detail in more specific domains of psychosocial functioning of adults with acquired hearing loss.

04.05.2023. Original Scientific Article Online First
Pre-skills of reading and writing in children with developmental language disorder and children with typical language development

By Mirjana Korlaet, Mile Vuković, Jelena Tešić

20.04.2023. Reviews Online First
Interplay between autophagy and coronavirus: autophagy mechanism

By Nikolina Elez-Burnjaković, Ajla Smajlović, Milena Dubravac Tanasković

20.04.2023. Reviews Online First
Mental health of healthcare workers during the COVID-19 pandemic

By Maja Skočo, Jelena Pavlović

20.04.2023. Original Scientific Article Online First
Could Apparent Diffusion coefficient (ADC) be used as an imaging marker for proliferative activity in breast carcinoma?

By Jelena Marić, Jasmina Boban, Tatjana Ivković-Kapicl, Dragana Djilas, Viktorija Vučaj-Ćirilović, Dragana Bogdanović-Stojanović

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29.12.2022. Original Scientific Article
The impact of TP53 and PTEN tumor suppressor genes on response to different breast cancer treatment modalities

By Nikola Tanić, Tatjana Dramićanin, Nejla Ademović, Tijana Tomić, Blagoje Murganić, Zorka Milovanović, Milica Nedeljković, Nasta Tanić

29.12.2022. Original Scientific Article
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By Bojana Vuković, Sladjana Ćalasan, Andrea Vegar, Sanja Živanović

29.12.2022. Original Scientific Article
Visual-motor integration of younger school-aged children

By Jelena Milić, Sladjana Djorem, Ana Lukić, Marko Petrović, Bojan Joksimović, Biljana Mijović, Radmila Balaban, Vesna Krstović Spremo, Dajana Nogo Živanović, Veljko Marić

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Analysis of CD31 expression and vascular parameters in human placentas from pregnant women with intrauterine growth restriction

By Vesna Ljubojević, Sanja Jovičić, Dragica Draganović, Ljiljana Amidžić, Biljana Vatreš, Nataša Vojinović

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30.06.2022. Original Scientific Article
Voice condition assessment and the effect of rehabilitation in vocal professionals

By Mila Bunijevac, Zlatko Maksimović, Andrijana Mikić

Introduction. The human voice is an important characteristic that enables the distinction of human from other living beings. Otherwise, it represents a picture of a person ́s personality, his health, mental and emotional state. The research aims are to determine the voice characteristics of vocal professionals with diagnosed vocal cord nodules by subjective voice assessment and objective voice measurement before and after vocal rehabilitation.

Methods. This study has involved 25 examinees, aged 23 to 56. The subjective voice assessment was conducted with the Voice Handicap Index - VHI questionnaire and the objective voice measurement by a computerized laboratory for voice analysis ‘’Kay Elemetrics’’. The obtained data were processed using descriptive and analytical statistics.

Results. Before the vocal rehabilitation and the subjective and objective voice measurements, the examinees had greater psychosocial difficulties associated with their voice quality. After two months of vocal rehabilitation, there has been a significant improvement in the voice of all subjects on the VHI scale. A statistically significant and highly statistically significant improvement have been noticed in six out of seven analyzed parameters of vocal A, by the objective measurement of voice. Namely, the obtained values - the percentage of jitter Jitt (%), the percentage of shimmer Shim (%), the relative average perturbation value RAP (%) and the coefficient of fundamental frequency variation - vFo were highly statistically significant (p < 0.01). The VTI - voice turbulence index and the SPI - soft phonation index also improved, the observed difference was statistically significant (p < 0.05), while the observed difference in the FTRI parameter was not statistically significant (p > 0.05).

Conclusion. Vocal rehabilitation has influenced the improvement of the voice quality, which means that the results obtained by objective voice measurements were more in accordance with the results of the subjective voice assessment.

 

01.12.2020. Reviews
Vitamin D and atherosclerosis

By Olivera Rašević, Maida Mulić, Maja Vuković

01.12.2020. Original Scientific Article
The knowledge of nurses about prevention of infections caused by the bacteria Clostridium difficile

By Ivana Miljković, Amajla Topuz

01.12.2012. Original Scientific Article
Sensibility of tactile discrimination between the fingers of the dominant and non-dominant hands

By Olivera P Spasojević, Zoran Obradović

28.06.2012. Original Scientific Article
Učešće medicinskih sestara u rješavanju akutnih komplikacija dijabetesa

By Mirjana Stamenović, Ljiljana Milović, Natalija Hadživuković, Jelena Pavlović, Sandra Joković

Uvod. Akutne komplikacije dijabetesa predstavljaju akutno nastale metaboličkeporemećaje u čijoj osnovi leže ekstremni poremećaji nivoa glukoze u krvi.Cilj ovog istraživanja je da se ispita učestalost pojave akutnih komplikacijakod oboljelih od dijabetesa koje su nastale kao posljedica loše glikoregulacijei analizira obim i sadržaj sestrinskog rada u rješavanju tih komplikacija.Metode. Istraživanje je izvedeno u periodu septembar-oktobar 2011.godine nainternom odjeljenju u Univerzitetskoj bolnici Foča. U istraživanju su korišćenadva anonimna upitnika kojim su anketirani pacijenti koji boluju od dijabetesai medicinske sestre koje učestvuju u njihovom liječenju.Rezultati. Više od polovine pacijenata (60%) je upoznato sa komplikacijamadijabetesa, a više od dvije trećine (73%) ispitanika zna prepoznati znakehiperglikemije, dok 63% ispitanika zna da su osjećaj mučnine, gladi i klonulostiznaci hipoglikemije. Najveći dio medicinskog osoblja (71%) smatra daje najčešći uzrok komplikacija ne uzimanje terapije, zato više od dvije trećineispitanika (79%) motiviše pacijente da se pridržavaju higijensko-dijetetskogrežima i da redovno uzimaju terapiju.Zaključak. Naši rezultati ukazuju da pacijenti nisu dovoljno upoznati saakutnim komplikacijama dijabetesa, a da je znanje medicinskog osoblja nazadovoljavajućem nivou, mada može da bude još bolje. Zato je neophodnakontinuirana edukacija, kako bolesnika tako i medicinskog osoblja sa ciljemprevencije komplikacija od dijabetesa.

01.12.2018. Original Scientific Article
Impact of elapsed time between first symptoms and diagnosis of celiac disease on psycho-physical functioning and social life of children and adolescents

By Biljana Stojanović-Jovanović, Stevan Jovanović, Biljana Vuletić