AIM To date, the available information regarding the quality of primary health care services in Albania is scarce. The aim of our study was to assess the quality of primary health care services in Albania based on physicians' perceptions towards the quality of the services provided to the general population. METHODS A cross-sectional study was conducted in January-March 2013 including a repre...

OBJECTIVE To investigate knowledge of HPV and HPV vaccines in men and women, users of the Brazilian Unified Health System, and the intention to get themselves and their teenage children vaccinated. METHODS A descriptive, cross-sectional study with 286 women (18-49 years old) and 252 men (18-60 years old), users of five primary health units and two polyclinics in Campinas, SP, Southeastern Bra...

INTRODUCTION To determine the validity and reliability of the Sinhalese translation of the Edinburgh Postnatal Depression Scale (EPDS) as a screening instrument to detect antenatal and postnatal depression. METHOD Two hundred and sixty five antenatal women and 204 postnatal women attending the field polyclinics of the Medical Officer of Health (MOH) area Kolonnawa participated in the study. P...

Health information systems to monitor vaccine safety are used in industrialized countries to detect adverse medical events related to vaccinations or to prove the safety of vaccines. There are no such information systems in the developing world, but they are urgently needed. A large linked database for the monitoring of vaccine-related adverse events has been established in Khanh Hoa province, ...

BACKGROUND It has been suggested that potassium concentrations may vary between different geographical regions, possibly reflecting ethnic differences in potassium status. This study compared the serum potassium concentrations of three Asian ethnicities in a single geographical location. METHODS Details of simultaneous serum potassium, creatinine, cholesterol, triglyceride and serum index mea...

Aim: This study was conducted to determine physical and psychological problems faced by the pregnant women who were subjected to violence by their husbands. Method: The population of the research was consisted of 200 pregnant women who visited Pregnant Women Follow-up Polyclinics of Çorum State Hospital and were selected using simple random sampling method between May 2011 and July 2011. The da...

OBJECTIVE To evaluate the clinical efficacy and safety of a tea bag formulation of the root of C. sanguinolenta DESIGN This is a prospective descriptive open trial. SETTING Patients were recruited from Korle-Bu, Mamprobi and Dansoman Polyclinics. SUBJECTS Forty-four subjects with uncomplicated malaria were recruited for the study. METHOD Patients presented with clinical symptoms of mala...

Purpose It is known that vitamin D deficiency has a role in the formation of autoimmune diseases, inflammatory bowel disease, rheumatoid arthritis, multiple sclerosis, diabetes, many types cancer and heart diseases. This study was conducted to demonstrate Hashimoto's thyroiditis. Methods In this cross-sectional study, patients who applied Izmir Bozyaka Training Research Hospital endocrinology o...

Objective. To analyze the work of childrens polyclinic within framework projects Economical Production. An active prevalence and introduction economical production concerns different spheres human productive activities including office processes, service, management, social sphere healthcare service.
 Materials methods. The project Organization entering stream patients, visiting a district...

Background: The first point of contact for patients seeking medical attention at the hospital is patient registration. Of course, needs to be able deliver quality care. Hospitals, particularly in Bali, have a system place online reservations. Patients who wish receive treatment cardiac polyclinic must wait line morning order queue number before being afternoon because Tk II Udayana Hospital's o...