Irena Makivić

National institute of public health · Mental health

Background Similar to psychoactive substances, certain internet activities can produce highly rewarding sensations, leading to addictive use. Previous research reported associations between internet addiction (IA) and substance use. Our aim is to identify key differences between internet users with low and high IA risk in terms of which substances...

Background Needs assessment enhance patient-centered care quality and is important within evaluation process, as well as for implementation of new services. Needs assessment tools can help clinicians to plan treatment and also to assess subsequent service impacts. Aim of the present research was to review quantitative tools for mental health needs...

Background We are facing a growing popularity of gambling, partly due to the rapid rise of internet related technologies. This growth has been linked to a considerable increase in problem gambling and gambling disorder, which has been an established non-substance addiction. The aim of our study was to assess the prevalence rate of gambling disorder...

Objective: While other models focus more on disease and pathophysiology, the biopsychosocial approach emphasises the importance of human health and disease in their fullest contexts. If we are to gain an insight into physical and psychological health needs, and address them quickly and adequately, it is important that we recognise them already at...

Aim: This article aims to present a study protocol that represents a tool developed for a learning needs assessment. With a pilot study, based on the presented concept of a model study, we will be able to assess what mental health learning content is not yet part of formal higher education for professionals working in community mental health centre...

Backgrounds The COVID-19 pandemic affected mental health of population around the world. To be able to address mental health field effectively evidence based solutions through needs assessment with inclusion of all stakeholders - politicians, service providers, users and caregivers is needed. Methods The first group of priority activities was list...

The COVID-19 pandemic has revealed significant gaps in mental health in terms of unrecognized and unmet needs. The goal was to accurately assess the needs and identify gaps in this area during the epidemiological crisis. A Delphi study to identify the needs was conducted with a group of decision-makers, experts, and users of mental health services....

Backgrounds: Interprofessional collaboration is an important part of palliative care. Effective communication and exchange of information are essential for the high quality of care. The aim of our research was to test the communication tool that we developed in previous work for use in interdisciplinary palliative care at the primary health care le...

pomembnega in povezovalnega med pacientom/družino kot zdravstvenimi delavci. Z vsebinsko analizo so bile prepoznane kode (n = 31) in tri kategorije (sodelovanje, informiranost in kontinuirana obravnava; komunikacija in vloge v timu). Razprava: Paliativna oskrba je celosten pristop z namenom izboljšati kakovost življenja in olajšati trpljenje posame...

Issue There are two main public mental health problems in Slovenia: suicide and harmful alcohol consumption. The average suicide rate (25 per 100.000 people) is above the European average. There are substantial differences in the accessibility of mental health services and socio-economic and demographic differences within individual geographical ar...

Introduction: Family history (FH) is an important part of the patients’ medical history during preventive management at model family medicine practices (MFMP). It currently includes a one (or two) generational inquiry, predominately in terms of cardiovascular diseases, arterial hypertension, and diabetes, but not of other diseases with a probable g...

Many countries struggle to find the best way to treat hypertension (HT) and type 2 diabetes (T2D). As a result, many patients receive suboptimal care, especially vulnerable groups in society. The SCale up Integrated Care for diaBetes and hYpertension (SCUBY) project addresses this important societal issue, by examining the scale-up of existing evid...

Cooperation between community nurse and family medicine doctor in order to provide a better quality of care at end of life. A qualitative study about piloting a new tool for enabling better communication on behalf of better care.

The Delphi study was carried out in order to get the picture about important factors in palliative care on primary health care level.

Background Safety culture describes leader and staff interactions, attitudes, routines, awareness, and practices within an organisation. With this study, we aimed to determine the psychometric properties of the Slovenian-language version of the Safety Attitudes Questionnaire (SAQ) – Short Form in primary health care settings. Methods This was a cr...

A team approach in health care involves an interprofessional approach to patient care. We wanted to develop and validate a tool that would evaluate the interprofessional team approach to patients of a family medicine team. We performed a descriptive study in three consecutive phases: a literature review, consensus development panels, and a cross-se...

Dataset. This supporting information contains the anonymised dataset used in the study. (XLSX)

Primary care (PC) is the provision of universally accessible, integrated, person-centred, comprehensive health and community services. Professionals active in primary care teams include family physicians and general practitioners (FP/GPs). There is concern in Slovenia that the current economic crisis might change the nature of PC services. Access,...

The aim of our systematic review was to analyse the published literature on the psychosocial dimension of care in family medicine and its relationship with quality of care. We wanted to find out whether there is any evidence on the psychosocial approach in (family) medicine. The recommended bio-psycho-social approach, besides the biomedical model o...

Izvleček Izhodišča: Pitje alkohola je precej velik slovenski problem; še posebej so izpostavljeni mladi pivci. Pomembne so preventivne in intervencijske metode v populaciji študentov, a v Sloveniji to področje še ni dovolj razvito. Sistematični pregled literature ponuja vpogled v raziskovanje tega problema drugod po svetu in osvetljuje to področje...