Editorial Team
Founding Editor
Christina Marvaki, Emeritus Professor, Nursing Department, University of West Attica, Greece
Angeliki Chandrinou, MSc, PhD, Chief Information Officer (CIO), Computer Science Department, Athens Naval & Veterans Hospital, Athens, Greece
Editors in Chief
Anastasia Kotanidou, Professor of Critical Care, Medical School of Athens, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Greece
Olga Kadda, Cardiological Intensive Care Unit, Onassis Cardiac Surgery Centre, Greece
Georgios Vasilopoulos, Assistant Professor of Surgical Nursing and Pressure Ulcer Management, University of West Attica, Athens, Greece
Managing Editors
Theodore Kapadohos, Assistant Professor, Nursing Department, University of West Attica, Greece
Edison Jahaj, MD, MSc, PhD, Medical School, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Greece
Section Editors in Chief
Serafim Nanas, Professor of Critical Care, Medical School of Athens, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Greece
Dimitrios Mantas, Associate Professor, Medical School of Athens, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Greece
Ioanna Tzonichaki, OT, PhD, Professor, Head of Occupational Therapy Department, University of West Attica, Greece
Xenophon Sinopidis, Associate Professor of Pediatric Surgery University of Patras School of Medicine, Greece
Michael Anthrakopoulos, Professor of Pediatric University of Patras School of Medicine, Greece
Associate Editors
Evangelos Giavasopoulos, RN, MSc, PhD, Head Nurse 1st Surgical & Thoracosurgical Department «Sismanoglio –Am.Fleming» General Hospital Of Athens, Greece
Antonia Kalogianni, Assistant Professor, Nursing Department, University of West Attica, Greece
Efstathia Kampisiouli, RN, MSc, PhD(c), Head Nurse, Nursing Education Office, ‘’Evaggelismos”, General hospital of Athens, Greece
Alexandros Argyriadis, Vice Head at the Department of Nursing| Coordinator MSc Community Health Care|ΜΕd SEN Placement Coordinator, Greece
Special Editorial Consultants
Georgia Gerogianni, Lecturer, Nursing Department, University of West Attica, Greece
George Intas, RN, MSc, Ph.D, General Hospital of Nikaia, Piraeus "Agios Panteleimon'', Greece
Maria Saridi, MSc, PhD, Director of Nursing Department, General Hospital of Korinthos
Pantelis Stergiannis, Head of Pathological Nursing Sector, General Oncology Hospital of Kifisia "Agioi Anargyroi", Greece, Greece
Statistical Analysis Consultants
Demosthenes Panagiotakos, Professor in Biostatistics, Research Methods and Epidemiology Department of Nutrition & Dietetics School of Health Sciences & Education, HAROKOPIO UNIVERSITY, Greece
Georgia Kourlampa, RN, PhD, Biostatistics, Deputy Scientific Director of the Center for Clinical Epidemiology and Outcomes Research (CLEO), Greece
Petros Galanis, RN, MPH, PhD, Center for Health Services Management and Evaluation, Department of Nursing, National & Kapodistrian University of Athens, Greece
Editorial Board
Nektarios Alevizopoulos, Oncologist MSc, PhD, ‘’Evaggelismos” General hospital of Athens, Greece
Georgios Argyriou, RN, PhD, General Hospital of Chest Diseases “Sotiria”, Athens, Greece
Ioannis Kalemikerakis, Assistant Professor, Nursing Department, University of West Attica, Greece
Christos Triantafyllou, RN, MSCE, Ph.D. (c), Infection Preventionist, Clinical Research Associate (CRA), Collaborative Center for Clinical Epidemiology and Outcomes Research (CLEO), Greece
Charalampos Zisis, Thoracic surgeon, Consultant, ‘’Evaggelismos” General Hospital of Athens, Greece
Konstantina Gaitanou, PhD, MSc, MMPH, Coordinator of Assisted Reproduction Unit, Athens Naval & Veterans Hospital, Athens, Greece
Ioannis Apostolakis, PhD, Laboratory of Medical Physics, Faculty of Medicine, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Greece
Androniki Naska, Professor of Hygiene and Epidemiology, School of Medicine, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Greece
Konstantinos Exarchos, RN, MSc, PhD (c), 251 Airforce General Hospital, Athens, Greece
Despina Sapountzi – Krepia, Professor, Frederick University, Cyprus
Konstantinos Kaliarntas, Lecturer, School of Applied Sciences, Edinburgh Napier University, Edinburgh, United Kingdom
Camilla Laaksonen, PhD, Turku University of Applied Sciences (TUAS), Faculty of Health Care, Turku
Ourania Govina, Associate Professor, Nursing Department, TEI of Athens, Greece
Zoe Roupa, Professor, European University, Cyprus
Anastasios Merkouris, Associate Professor, Cyprus University of Technology, Cyprus
Despoina Mirto Dounavi, Visiting Lecturer, Queen Margaret University, Edinburgh, United Kingdom
Evridiki Papastavrou, Assistant Professor, Cyprus University of Technology, Cyprus
Thomas Laios, MD, MSc, PhD, FRCS(orth)Equivalent Orthopaedic surgeon, Upper Limb Fellow Good Hope Hospital NHS Trust, Honorary Lecturer Birmingham University, United Kingdom
Anastasios Tzenalis, Assistant Professor Pathological Nursing-Intensive Care Unit University of Patras, Greece
Stavros Dimopoulos, Internist-Intensivist, PhD, Consultant, Cardiac Surgery ICU, “Onassis Cardiac Surgery Center”, Greece
Panagiotis Papoutsoglou, Post-doctoral Researcher, INSERM, University of Rennes, France
Eleftherios Karatzanos, Ergophysiologist-Clinical Ergophysiologist, MSc, PhD, Cardiopulmonary Exercise Testing & Rehabilitation Laboratory, Medical School of Athens, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Greece
Nikolaos Leventakis, Project Design Engineer, National Technical University of Athens, Greece
Neriman Akansel, Professor, Uludag University, Turkey
Georgios Kouroupetroglou, Director of the Speech and Accessibility Laboratory Faculty of Informatics and Telecommunications, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Greece
Genovefa Kolovou, PhD, Cardiologist, Director, Department of Cardiology, Onassis Cardiac Surgery Center, Greece
Maria Maridaki, Associate Professor of Exercise Physiology, Faculty of Physical Education and Sport Science, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Greece
Savvas Tokmakidis, Professor of Exercise Physiology, Department of Physical Education and Sport, Democritus University of Thrace, Greece
Maria Goula, Dermatologist-Venereologist, PhD, Professor of Dermatology, Aesthetics and Cosmetology Department, ATEI, Thessaloniki, Greece
Vasiliki Markaki, Pathologist- Intensivist, First Critical Care Department, ‘’Evaggelismos” General hospital of Athens, Greece
Efthymios N. Vasilopoulos, 2nd Supervisor Auxiliary Doctor of the Greek National Health System, 1st Psychiatric Clinic of the National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Eginition Hospital. Greece
Athanasios Mastrokostas, MAJ, RN,CCRN,Msc(res), PhD (c), Nursing Reseach and Education, 424 GMTH, Greece
Sofia Paspaliari, Dietitian-Nuatritionist, Msc Clinical Nutrition, Chief of Nutrition & Dietetics Department of GNA Hippocratio of Athens, Greece
Maritsa Gourni, Professor, Nursing Department, Frederick University, Cyprus
Ioannis Vasileiadis, Assistant Professor, Medical School of Athens, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Greece
Dimitra-Argyro Vasileiadi, PhD, Endocrinologist, Consultant A’, ‘’Evaggelismos” General hospital of Athens, Greece
Edwin Van Teijlingen, Professor of Reproductive Health, Bournemouth University, United Kingdom
David Thompson, Professor, BSc, MA, PhD, MBA, RN, FRCN, FAAN, FESC, FCSANZ, AFBPsS, Director, Centre for the Heart and Mind, Australian Catholic University, Australia
Anastasios Philippou, Assistant Professor, Department of Experimental Physiology, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Greece
Ioanna Dimopoulou, Professor, Medical School of Athens, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Greece
Paraskevi Katsaounou, Assistant Professor, Medical School of Athens, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Greece
Ioannis Koutelekos, Assistant Professor, Nursing Department, University of West Attica, Greece
Spyridon Stergiopoulos, Associate Professor, Medical School of Athens, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Greece
Eleni Theodosopoulou, Professor, Nursing Department, National & Kapodistrian University of Athens, Greece
Maria Theodorakopoulou, Surgeon-Intensivist, Director of ICU, University Hospital “ATTIKON”, Greece
Nikolaos Rikos, Lecturer, Nursing Department, Technological Educational Institute of Crete, Greece
Fotoula Babatsikou, Fotoula Babatsikou RN, MD, MPH, PhD Assοciate Professor Nursing Department Faculty of Health and Caring Professions Technological Educational Institute (TEI) of Athens
Michalis Rovithis, Lecturer, Nursing Department, Technological Educational Institute of Crete, Greece
Nikoletta Rovina, Assistant Professor, Medical School of Athens, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Greece
Areti Stavropoulou, Assistant Professor, Nursing Department, University of West Attica, Greece
George Stranjalis, Professor of Neurosurgery, Medical School of Athens, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Department of Neurosurgery, ‘’Evaggelismos” General Hospital of Athens, Greece
Georgia Toylia, PhD, Assistant Professor, Nursing Department, University of West Attica, Greece
Eleni Vasilopoulou, Theologian, Philologist/Psycologist, PhD, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Greece
Eftychia Demerouti, Cardiologist PhD, Onassis Cardiac Surgery Center, Greece
Stefanos Korfias, Neurosurgeon, Lecturer, Medical School of Athens, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Greece, ‘’Evaggelismos” General Hospital of Athens, Greece
Emmanuel Papadopoulos, PhD, MSc, SRP (UK), Head of Physiotherapy Department, Evaggelismos General Hospital, Athens, Greece
Anastasios G. Kriebardis, Associate Professor, Dpt of Biomedical Sciences, University of West Attica, Athens, Greece
Niki Pavlatou, Lecturer, Department of Nursing, University of West Attica, Greece
Georgios Pilafas, Research Associate, City Unity Psychology Research Center, Athens, Greece