Background: Electroconvulsive therapy (ECT) is quite often used in elderly patients with severe mental disorders.One of the important factors which determine the acceptance of ECT among patients is the knowledge and attitude toward ECT.Aim: The present study attempted to assess the knowledge about and attitude toward ECT among elderly patients with
Using Internet Search Engines to Obtain Medical Information: A Comparative Study
BackgroundThe Internet has become one of the most important means to obtain health and medical information.It is often the first step in checking for basic information about a disease and its treatment.The search results are often useful to general users.Various search engines such as Google, Yahoo!, Bing, and Ask.com can play an important role in
Fatty acids composition of selected plant oils obtained from seeds and stones of fruits and their impact on human health
Introduction and aim: Oils are usually obtained (by pressing or extraction) from such plant raw materials as rapeseed, sunflower, flax and soy.Currently, there is an increasing interest among consumers of new types of oil obtained from non-traditional plant raw materials.A lot of attention is paid to seeds and stones of fruit, which are California
The Development of a Multisource and a Systematized Database for Economic and Policy Impact Analysis
ISTAT is involved in various EU projects with the objective of "supporting the Lisbon objectives, EU governance and the process of national policy coverage with the best EU-wide and national policy Accent Dining Chair impact and evaluation analyses".Existing knowledge on policy impact analyses is approximate.The "facts" on the impact of policies ar
Dengue-associated kidney disease
Context: A mosquito-borne viral illness highly prevalent in the tropics and subtropics, dengue is considered a major global health threat by the World Health Organization.Evidence Acquisitions: Directory of Open Access Journals (DOAJ), Google Scholar, PubMed (NLM), LISTA (EBSCO) and Web of Science have been searched.Results: An RNA virus from the g