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    Depresija, anksioznost i stres kod zavisnika od alkohola
    (Srpsko lekarsko društvo - Okružna podružnica Kragujevac, Kragujevac, 2022) Barać, Stevan; Gutić, Medo; Vukčević, Branimir; Safiye, Teodora; Radmanovic, Branimir; Đorđić, Milan; Sekulic, Marija; Stajic, Dalibor; Joksimović, Stefan; Djokovic, Danijela; Samardžić, Snežana
    Objective. The aim of the study was to examine the level of depression, anxiety and stress in alcohol addicts, i.e. to determine differences in the level of depression, anxiety and stress between the group of subjects diagnosed with F10.1 and the group of subjects diagnosed with F10.2, as well as to determine differences in sociodemographic characteristics and health status between the groups of subjects diagnosed with F10.1 and F10.2. Methods. Our study was designed as a non-experimental, observational cross-sectional study. It was conducted at the University Clinical Centre Kragujevac in the Clinic for Psychiatry, during January 2021. The sample consisted of 110 respondents of both sexes, aged 18 to 65, divided into two groups. The first group consisted of subjects diagnosed with alcohol dependence (F10.2), and the second group consisted of subjects diagnosed with alcohol abuse (F10.1). Results. Our study has shown that alcohol addicts have clinically significant and severe symptoms of depression, that symptoms were positively correlated with stress levels, and that short-term stress of milder intensity was associated with occasional alcohol abuse, while prolonged stress was a predictor of alcohol dependence. No statistically significant association of alcohol dependence and alcohol abuse with anxiety was found. It was also found that alcohol dependence is associated with certain sociodemographic characteristics such as gender and marital status, education level, employment status, as well as health status and the number of hospitalizations.Conclusion. With this study, we have shown how much stress is present and important in the genesis of alcoholism, as well as the positive correlation of depression and alcohol dependence, and the importance of sociodemographic characteristics in their genesis
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    Psychometric properties of dental fear survey in Serbian population
    (Clinical Centre of Serbia - Clinic for Psychiatry, Belgrade & Serbian Psychiatric Association, 2019) Ognjanović, Irena; Milenković, Strahinja; Ristić, Ivan; Mihajlović, Filip; Martinović, Filip; Ignjatović Ristić, Dragana
    Introduction. Between 6 and 15% of the adult population throughout the world faces with the fear of dentists. Fear of dentists directly correlates with the pain experienced during previous visits to the dentist. Objective. The aim of the study was to assess the validity, reliability and factor structure of the Serbian version of the Dental Fear Survey on a sample of uni-versity and high school students. Method. Two hundred and fifty stu-dents and high school students partici-pated in the study and completed the Ser-bian version of the Dental Fear Survey. Results. This study’s sample showed excellent internal consistency (Cron-bach’s alpha = 0.98). Descriptive statisics and multinomial logistic regression were calculated; a significance level of p < 0.05 was used for all tests. A high fear cut-off point score was determined by calculating the receiver operating char-acteristic (ROC) curve for the DFS. The ROC curve indicated that a DFS score ≥ 47 corresponds to a sensitivity of 86.1% and a specificity of 88.2%. A large num-ber of participants (n = 102; 40.8%) re-ported no fear of going to the dentist. The factor analyses resulted in three factors: first represents fear of certain stimulus or situation, second represents anticipatory fear which causes dentist avoidance, and third stands for psychological excitement caused by dental procedures.Conclusion. DFS satisfies all the crite-ria of successful validation among Ser-bian population of university and high-school students. The Serbian version of the DFS will be helpful for the evaluation of fear of dental procedures within this population. DFS is an easily applicable, short and reliable instrument and it can enable physicians to assess fear and anx-iety symptoms in a targeted and precise manner.
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