Croatian medical journal
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To assess patient expectations from a consultation with a family physician and determine the level and area of patient involvement in the communication process. ⋯ Discussing biomedical issues was more important for the patients than discussing psychological issues. The patients wanted to hear more about the cause and seriousness of their symptoms and about test results. The family physicians provided more psychosocial care than the patients had expected. Considering high patient involvement in the consultation process and the overall responsiveness of the family physicians to the patients during the consultation, Estonian physicians provide patient-centered consultations.
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Croatian medical journal · Feb 2006
Road traffic noise and sleep disturbances in an urban population: cross-sectional study.
To explore the relationship between sleep disturbances caused by traffic noise and relevant personality traits, such as extroversion-introversion, neuroticism, and subjective noise sensitivity. ⋯ Urban population living in noisy area was at higher risk for sleep disturbances than population living in the quiet area. Furthermore, sleep disturbances were significantly and positively related to personality traits of neuroticism, subjective noise sensitivity, and noise annoyance.
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Croatian medical journal · Feb 2006
Medical students' clinical skills do not match their teachers' expectations: survey at Zagreb University School of Medicine, Croatia.
To evaluate self-assessed level of clinical skills of graduating medical students at Zagreb University School of Medicine and compare them with clinical skill levels expected by their teachers and those defined by a criterion standard. ⋯ Students' self-assessed level of clinical skills was lower than that expected by their teachers. Education during clinical rotations is not focused on acquiring clinical skills, and additional clinical skills' training has a positive influence on students' self-assessed level of clinical skills. There was no consensus among teachers on the required level of students' clinical skills.
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Croatian medical journal · Feb 2006
Altered and conventional fractionated radiotherapy in locoregional control and survival of patients with squamous cell carcinoma of the larynx, oropharynx, and hypopharynx.
To compare the efficacy of two altered fractionation radiotherapy treatment protocols (hyperfractionation and accelerated fractionation with concomitant boost) with conventional fractionation in improvement of locoregional disease control and survival of patients with squamous cell carcinoma of the larynx, oropharynx, or hypopharynx. ⋯ ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: NCT00291434.