Evangelos Latzourakis

University of Nicosia · Department of Life & Health Sciences

Aim: The aim of the study was to understand how non-specialized nurses and people with diabetes understand nurses’ roles in diabetes inpatient care. Background: Diabetes mellitus is a major public health issue that places a significant burden on patients and healthcare systems and world leaders have targeted it for priority action. Design: An inter...

The elderly population globally is estimated to grow by one-third of the world’s population by the year 2050. At the same time, elder abuse and neglect have been acknowledged as major growing concerns. With the growing elderly population and increasing concerns about elder abuse, understanding the ways to deal with elder abuse is important. The hea...

Introduction The acceptance of an individual to be vaccinated following the introduction of a new vaccine is dependent on multiple factors. Governing factors directing one’s decision to be vaccinated against severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2, however, are currently unknown and the present study aims at researching these factors within...

Presently, Tuberculosis (TB) continues to remain a global health problem. TB can affect people of all ages, mainly occurring in developing countries. The present study aims to investigate the TB infection rate in Cyprus within a convenience sample of students at a University in Cyprus. The majority of participants showed a negative result in the Ma...

The COVID-19 disease is presently a matter of global public health concern as it could be potentially fatal. Health workers have at the moment, inadequate knowledge of prevention measures, and their erroneous practices may directly increase the risk of spread. As a result, matters are complicated further as far as the chain of infection is concerne...

Aim The aim and objective of this study was to understand how non‐specialized nurses understand the possible barriers and facilitators of inpatient care for type 1 diabetes. Design An interpretative phenomenology approach was conducted. Methods The sample consisted of non‐specialized nurses (N = 24) working in medical, surgical and nephrology war...

Background: The aim of this study was to comprehend how people with diabetes view their experiences of the possible barriers and facilitators in inpatient care for type 1 diabetes from non-specialized nurses. Design: An interpretative phenomenology analysis (IPA) was conducted. Methods: The sample consisted of people with type 1 diabetes 1 (n...