Central European Journal of Nursing and Midwifery, 2016 (vol. 7), issue 1

Editorial

Jaroslav Slaný

Cent Eur J Nurs Midw 2016, 7(1):367 | DOI: 10.15452/CEJNM.2016.07.0001  

Age of the introduction of the first complementary food and determinants of its early introduction by Slovak mothers

Slávka Mrosková, Alena Schlosserová, Dagmar Magurová

Cent Eur J Nurs Midw 2016, 7(1):368-376 | DOI: 10.15452/CEJNM.2016.07.0002  

Aim: To assess the age of introduction of complementary food (CF) and the factors leading to early introduction of CF (≤ four months). Design: Cross-sectional study. Methods: In the period October 2011 to April 2012 we conducted research on 405 mothers of infants living in the Slovak Republic, particularly in the regions of Prešov (56.0%) and Košice (20.5%). The questionnaire, of our own design, integrated 13 factors. Statistical analysis included descriptive statistics and logistic regression (95% CI). Results: The first CF was introduced at 5.5 months (M = 5.47; SD = 1.22; range 1.0 to 10.0). Early introduction of CF...

Alcohol consumption in adolescents

Ilona Plevová, Michaela Hlávková

Cent Eur J Nurs Midw 2016, 7(1):377-383 | DOI: 10.15452/CEJNM.2016.07.0003  

Aim: To determine the level of alcohol consumption in a selected group of adolescents. Design: A descriptive cross-sectional study. Methods: The data were obtained using a part of the standardized ESPAD questionnaire for assessing consumption of alcoholic beverages. The sample comprised 422 students from seven secondary schools of different types in the city of Ostrava. For statistical analysis, the chi-squared test and Fisher's exact test (for n ≤ 5) were used. The data were processed using Stata v. 10. Results: More than half of respondents first tried alcohol before the age of 15. The most frequent alcohol-related...

Nutrition myths - the factor influencing the quality of children's diets

Slávka Mrosková, Ľubomíra Lizáková

Cent Eur J Nurs Midw 2016, 7(1):384-389 | DOI: 10.15452/CEJNM.2016.07.0004  

Aim: To analyse the influence of parents' belief in nutrition myths on the frequency of their serving certain foods to their children. Design: Cross-sectional study. Methods: Survey carried out with 297 respondents - parents of children aged 5-18 years. The data collection took place between September 2013 and December 2014. The questionnaire focussed on 14 nutrition myths related to selected foods (milk, dairy products, meat, offal, fruit, vegetables, eggs, fish, legumes, soya, and flour dishes). At the same time, the parents reported the frequency of their serving the monitored foods to their children. In the statistical analysis,...

Consumption of sweetened soft drinks and energy drinks in adolescents in Slovakia: implications for paediatric nursing

Martina Bašková, Tibor Baška, Jana Holubčíková

Cent Eur J Nurs Midw 2016, 7(1):390-395 | DOI: 10.15452/CEJNM.2016.07.0005  

Aim: The study analyzed the consumption of sweetened soft drinks and energy drinks as well as attitudes towards their consumption. Design: Health Behaviour in School-aged Children (HBSC) is a cross-sectional school-based study focused on the target group of 11-, 13- and 15-year-old adolescents. It employs a universal, internationally standardized questionnaire. Methods: The study analyzes results of the HBSC survey carried out in Slovakia in 2014. A total of 10,179 schoolchildren from grades 5 through 9 participated (a response rate of 78.8%). Gender and age differences were analyzed in 11-, 13- and 15-year-old respondents. Results:...

Nurses' role in promoting relations between parents and premature newborns in accordance with the concept of Family-Centered Care

Kateřina Jakšová, Lucie Sikorová, Michal Hladík

Cent Eur J Nurs Midw 2016, 7(1):396-401 | DOI: 10.15452/CEJNM.2016.07.0006  

Aim: The aim of the following review is to analyze the role of nurses in promoting relations between parents and premature newborns according to the concept of Family-centered care. Design: The type of study - review. Methods: Both licensed and free-access electronic databases were used to search relevant studies from Czech and foreign sources for the period 2000-2015: CINAHL EBSCOhost, SCOPUS, PubMed and Medline. The selection criteria for the studies to be analyzed were as follows: both quantitative and qualitative studies taking into account parents aged 19-44 with premature newborns from 24-36 weeks of gestation. Experimental...

Validation studies of nursing diagnoses in neonatology

Pavlína Rabasová

Cent Eur J Nurs Midw 2016, 7(1):402-410 | DOI: 10.15452/CEJNM.2016.07.0007  

Aim: The objective of the review was the analysis of Czech and foreign literature sources and professional periodicals to obtain a relevant comprehensive overview of validation studies of nursing diagnoses in neonatology. Design: Review. Methods: The selection criterion was studies concerning the validation of nursing diagnoses in neonatology. To obtain data from relevant sources, the licensed professional databases EBSCO, Web of Science and Scopus were utilized. The search criteria were: date of publication - unlimited; academic periodicals - full text; peer-reviewed periodicals; search language - English, Czech and Slovak. Results:...