Athanasios Sachlas

TL;DR: The findings of this study can be used in the assessment of fatigue and early identification of high-risk patients (especially of the unemployed, those who occupy with domestic works, those with low educational level and of urban citizens).

TL;DR: In this paper, the authors assess the levels of depression and social support among elderly in nursing homes and find that depression is statistically correlated with age and it is affected by the years of education (p = 0.003), the number of the children, whether the elderly person is bedridden or not (p < 0.006), the frequency of visits by family members, and whether elderly performs activities outside the nursing home (0.001).

TL;DR: In this paper, the authors investigated the effect of inflation, truncation or censoring from below (use of a deductible) and truncation from above (using of a policy limit) on the entropy of losses of insurance policies.

TL;DR: The results support the view that smokers with respiratory obstructive airway diseases of any severity should be offered an intensive smoking cessation program with regular and long-term follow-up to achieve high abstinence rates and prevent relapses.

TL;DR: The more effective the self-efficacy in pain, the lower the quality of life enjoyed by hemodialysis patients, and healthcare professionals should understand the concerns and treat the symptoms of patients that affect quality oflife, providing thereby holistic health care.