Sofia Zyga

Biographic Data

ID7689943
NAMESofia Zyga
GIVEN NAMESSofia
FAMILY NAMEZyga
SIGNATUREZYGA S
AFFILIATIONSUniversity of Peloponnese
ORCID0000-0001-7854-0195
VERIFIEDYes
TOTAL WORKS11
TOTAL CITATIONS0
WORKS AS AUTHOR11
WORKS AS EDITOR0
FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR2015
LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR2024
H-INDEX0

  • The Association Between Spirituality, Self-Esteem, Anxiety and Depression

    Open AccessIsmini Serpanou, Evanthia Sakellari et al.ARTICLEJournal of Religion and Health2024

  • The Effect of Spirituality in Quality of Life of Hemodialysis Patients

    Open AccessEvangelos Fradelos, Victoria Alikari et al.ARTICLEJournal of Religion and Health2022

  • Perceptions of Caring Behaviors among Patients and Nurses

    Open AccessVictoria Alikari, Georgia Gerogianni et al.ARTICLEInternational Journal of…2022

    The concept of caring is fundamental to nursing practice. The aim of this study was to investigate patients' and nurses' caring behaviors and the possible differences between the two groups. In this descriptive and comparative study, 310 patients and 329 nurses from six general hospitals from Greece completed the Caring Behaviors Inventory-16. The mean score of Caring Behaviors Inventory-16 for patients was 78.94 (±17.85) and for nurses 80.27 (±9…

  • Association Between Breastfeeding and Obesity in Preschool Children

    Open AccessErmioni Palaska, Fulano de Tal et al.ARTICLEMateria Socio Medica2020

    INTRODUCTION: Childhood obesity is a significant problem nowadays, with breastfeeding being one of many factors responsible for this issue. Breastfeeding as a natural way of feeding infants has many benefits for the child, the mother, and society. AIM: The present study aimed to investigate the association between overweight children in preschool age and breastfeeding duration. METHODS: The current study included 674 preschool children aged 2-5 w…

  • The Effect of Fatigue and Pain Self- Efficacy on Health-Related Quality of Life Among Patients with Multiple Sclerosis

    Open AccessFevronia Adamopoulou, Victoria Alikari et al.ARTICLEMateria Socio Medica2019

    INTRODUCTION: Health-related quality of life is a major issue among patients with Multiple sclerosis (MS). AIM: To explore the effect of fatigue and pain self-efficacy on health-related quality of life among patients with MS. METHODS: Between March and May 2018, 85 MS patients from a large Hospital of Athens region completed the questionnaires: a) Missoula-VITAS Quality of Life Index-15, which examines 5 dimensions of quality of life, b) Pain Sel…

  • The Contribution of Biofeedback Brain Boy Method to the Treatment of Anxiety Disorders

    Open AccessEleftheria Zafeiri, Agapi Kandylaki et al.ARTICLEMateria Socio Medica2019

    INTRODUCTION: Anxiety management is one of the most important health issues which is being faced by humans today. Biofeedback, as a method of neurophysiology, has been added to the methods recommended for this purpose. AIM: The aim of the study was to measure the effectiveness of biofeedback method by using Brain Boy Universal Professional in the treatment of anxiety disorders. METHODS: The sample of this research study consisted of 50 individual…

  • The impact of education on knowledge, adherence and quality of life among patients on haemodialysis

    Open AccessVictoria Alikari, Maria Tsironi et al.ARTICLEQuality of Life Research2018

  • Hemodialysis Patients' Information and Associated Characteristics

    Maria Polikandrioti, Ioannis Κoutelekos et al.ARTICLEMateria Socio Medica2017

    INTRODUCTION: of this study was to explore characteristics associated with hemodialysis patients' degree of information. MATERIAL AND METHODS: The sample of the study included 650 patients undergoing hemodialysis. For data collection a questionnaire specially designed for the needs of the research was used. More specifically, socio-demographic, clinical and other patients' characteristics were associated with the degree of information as it was r…

  • Mental health, loneliness, and illness perception outcomes in quality of life among young breast cancer patients after mastectomy

    Open AccessIoanna Fanakidou, Sofia Zyga et al.ARTICLEQuality of Life Research2017

  • Assessing Factors That Affect Coping Strategies Among Nursing Personnel

    Open AccessSofia Zyga, Stavroula Mitrousi et al.ARTICLEMateria Socio Medica2016

    INTRODUCTION: The nursing profession is characterized as one of the most stressful professions. A significant number of international surveys prove that nurses experience anxiety that often is accompanied by intense symptoms that negatively affect their work performance and their psychological mood. AIM: To evaluate the ways of coping in stress adopted by the nursing staff and their relationship with sociodemographic and job characteristics. METH…

  • Integrating Chronic Kidney Disease Patient's Spirituality in their Care

    Evangelos Fradelos, Foteini Tzavella et al.ARTICLEMateria Socio Medica2015

    INTRODUCTION: Patients who suffer from chronic renal disease face problems in many aspects of their life; problems such as physical and social as well as mental such as stress, anxiety, depression. In addition, they exhibit an amount of spiritual needs, which relate and influence the psychological adaptation to the illness. AIM: The aim of this article is to examine evidence from the international literature regarding the possible relation of spi…