András Terebessy

Young Hungarian Students' Knowledge about HPV and Their Attitude Toward HPV Vaccination

(1) Background: Hungarys’s estimated cervical cancer mortality was 6.9/100,000 in 2012, above the average of the EU27 countries (3.7/100,000) in the same year. Since 2014, the bivalent HPV vaccine has been offered to schoolgirls aged 12–13. (2) Methods: We conducted a cross-sectional study among 1022 high school seniors (492 girls, 530 boys) in 19 randomly selected schools in Budapest. Our anonymous questionnaire contained 54 items: basic socio-demographic data, knowledge about HPV infection/cervical cancer and HPV vaccination. (3) Results: 54.9% knew that HPV caused cervical cancer, and 52.1% identified HPV as an STD. Knowledge of risk factors such as promiscuity (46.9%) and early sexual activity (15.6%) was low, but higher than that of further HPV-induced diseases: genital warts (in females 9.9%, in males 9%), anal cancer (in females 2.2%, in males 1.9%), penile cancer (9.4%), and vulvar cancer (7.8%). A percentage of 14.6% feared getting infected, and 35.7% supported compulsory HPV vaccination. A percentage of 51.2% would have their future children vaccinated—significantly more girls than boys. (4) Conclusion: Our results support the findings of previous studies about young adults’ HPV-related knowledge, which was poor, especially regarding pathologies in men. Despite the low level of awareness, the students’ attitude was mostly positive when asked about vaccinating their future children.

Implementation of personalized medicine in Central-Eastern Europe: pitfalls and potentials based on citizen’s attitude

ObjectiveNext-generation sequencing is increasingly utilized worldwide as a research and diagnostic tool and is anticipated to be implemented into everyday clinical practice. Since Central-Eastern European attitude toward genetic testing, especially broad genetic testing, is not well known, we performed a survey on this issue among Hungarian participants.MethodsA self-administered questionnaire was distributed among patients and patient relatives at our neurogenetic outpatient clinic. Members of the general population were also recruited via public media. We used chi-square testing and binary logistic regression to examine factors influencing attitude.ResultsWe identified a mixed attitude toward genetic testing. Access to physician consultation positively influenced attitude. A higher self-determined genetic familiarity score associated with higher perceived genetic influence score, which in turn associated with greater willingness to participate in genetic testing. Medical professionals constituted a skeptical group.ConclusionsWe think that given the controversies and complexities of the next-generation sequencing field, the optimal clinical translation of NGS data should be performed in institutions which have the unique capability to provide interprofessional health education, transformative biomedical research, and crucial patient care. With optimization of the clinical translational process, improvement of genetic literacy may increase patient engagement and empowerment.Relevance of the article for predictive, preventive, and personalized medicineThe paper highlights that in countries with relatively low-genetic literacy, a special strategy is needed to enhance the implementation of personalized medicine.

A testmozgás szerepe az egészségügyi dolgozók egészségfejlesztésében

Absztrakt Bevezetes: Az egeszsegugyben dolgozo orvosok, nőverek es egyeb szakemberek egeszsegi allapota a munkaban toltott evekkel romlik, ami befolyast gyakorolhat az altaluk vegzett munka minősegere is. Az egeszsegugyi dolgozok egeszsegfejlesztese igy nem csupan munkahelyi prevencios programkent, hanem az egeszsegugyi ellatas minőseget javito intezkedeskent is felfoghato. Celkitűzes: Egeszsegi alapallapot-felmerest kovetően intervencios egeszsegfejlesztesi program hatekonysaganak merese egeszsegugyi dolgozok koreben. Modszer: A vizsgalat elejen es vegen kerdőives es fizikaiallapot-felmeres tortent. Az intervencios csoport tagjai igenybe vehettek fitneszszolgaltatasokat, pszichologiai szakember segitseget, dietetikai tanacsadast es fogaszati konzultaciot. Eredmenyek: A 12 honapon at tarto vizsgalat 79 dolgozo reszvetelevel indult, akik maguk donthettek el, hogy intervencios vagy kontrollcsoportba keruljenek. A vizsgalat vegen az intervencios csoportban a haskorfogat szignifikans csokkeneset es a 12 perc ...