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- Title
PREVENTION OF VAGINAL CANDIDIASIS IN POLISH AND NORWEGIAN LITERATURE.
- Authors
SKOCZYLAS, MICHAŁ M.; WARCHOŁ, KATARZYNA; IRZMAŃSKA-HUDZIAK, ANNA
- Abstract
Introduction: Popularization of preventing methods of vaginal candidiasis is necessary for women to reduce risk factors or take an appropriate action as a part of secondary or tertiary prevention. Aim: This study was conducted to evaluate publications containing topics related to prevention of vaginal candidiasis in the selected parts of the resources of two sample countries - Poland and norway - written in English and national languages. Materials and methods: Literature catalogs were used to find sources of information about vaginal candidiasis / vaginal mycosis - the catalogue of the national Library of Poland (Biblioteka narodowa, Bn), the Polish Platform of Medical Research (Polska Platforma Medyczna, PPM), the national Library of norway (nasjonalbiblioteket) and Journal of the norwegian Medical Association (Tidsskrift for Den norske legeforening). Only these with vaginal cadidiasis in the titles or very closed to it were chosen. In the above sets the records were planned to be categorized into four categories: i. prevention, ii. diagnostics and therapy, iii. pathogenesis and epidemiology and iv. others, including general description. Results: Search engines did not show any records precisely corresponding to given phrases in norwegian resources, while in Polish collections there were varied numbers of records in the following cathegories: - in Bn: i - 1, ii - 6, iii - 3, iv - 4, - in PPM: i - 0, ii - 3, iii - 0, iv - 6, wherein one article (in the periodical "Postępy neonatologii", 2011) was present in both catalogues, so the total number of works from both catalogues is one less. The oldest one was published in the year 1999. Only one work was written in English and the rest - in Polish, therefore, the degree of content accessibility for Polish-speaking people may be high. Conclusions: The above summary of results shows the paucity of literature in this range in Poland and norway and a proportionally small number of publications devoted mainly to prevention of vaginal candidiasis (only one, about the importance of probiotics in gynecology). It follows that the number of reliable sources of information available to non-professionals in this area should be increased..
- Subjects
POLAND; VULVOVAGINAL candidiasis; POLISH literature; LIBRARY catalogs; MEDICAL societies; INFORMATION resources; ENGLISH language writing
- Publication
Medical Science Pulse, 2024, Vol 18, p118
- ISSN
2544-1558
- Publication type
Abstract