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, RN, PhD, Liaison Nurse, Department of Electrophysiology and Pacing, Onassis Cardiac Surgery Centre, Greece

Evridiki Papastavrou, Assistant Professor, Cyprus University of Technology, Cyprus

Managing Editors

Theodore Kapadohos, Assistant Professor, Nursing Department, University of West Attica, Greece

Charalampos Zisis, Thoracic surgeon, Consultant, "Evaggelismos” General Hospital of Athens, 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

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

Neriman Akansel, Professor, Uludag University, Turkey

Associate Editors

Evangelos Giavasopoulos, RN, MSc, PhD, Director Nursing Services at "Sismanoglio" General Hospital of Athens, Greece

Antonia Kalogianni, Assistant Professor, Nursing Department, University of West Attica, Greece

Alexandros Argyriadis, Vice Head at the Department of Nursing, Coordinator MSc Community Health Care, ΜΕd SEN Placement Coordinator, Greece

Vasilopoulos Georgios, Associate Professor, Nursing Department, University of West Attica, 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, Assistant Professor, Nursing Department, University of Thessaly, Greece

Pantelis Stergiannis, Head of Pathological Nursing Sector, General Oncology Hospital of Kifisia "Agioi Anargyroi", Greece

Paraskevi Theofilou, General Hospital of Thoracic Diseases SOTIRIA, Athens, Greece. Hellenic Open University, School of Social Sciences, Patra, 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

Vasiliki S. Linardatou, RN, MSc, MSHCM, PhD, Nursing Education Office – Emergency & Critical care Nursing Specialty, General Hospital of Athens "G. Gennimatas", Greece

Martha Kelesi Stavropoulou, Professor, President Nursing Department, University of West Attica, 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

Konstantina Gaitanou, PhD, MSc, MMPH, Director of Nursing Services, 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

Konstantinos Kaliarntas, Lecturer, School of Applied Sciences, Edinburgh Napier University, Edinburgh, United Kingdom

Ourania Govina, Associate Professor, Nursing Department, University of West Attica, Greece

Anastasios Merkouris, Associate Professor, Cyprus University of Technology, Cyprus

Despoina Mirto Dounavi, Visiting Lecturer, Queen Margaret University, Edinburgh, 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,  Researcher, University of Thessaly, 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

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, 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

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, Associate Professor, Medical School of Athens, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Greece

Ioannis Koutelekos, Associate Professor, Nursing Department, University of West Attica, 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, Assistant Professor, Nursing Department, University of Crete, Greece

Fotoula Babatsikou, RN, MD, MPH, PhD Assοciate Professor Nursing Department Faculty of Health and Caring Professions, University of West Attica, Greece

Michalis Rovithis, Assistant Professor, Nursing Department, University of Crete, Greece

Nikoletta Rovina, Associate Professor, Medical School of Athens, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, 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, Associate 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, Associate Professor, 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, Assistant Professor, Department of Nursing, University of West Attica, Greece

Georgios Pilafas, Research Associate, City Unity Psychology Research Center, Athens, Greece

Zafeiria Μastora, 1st Department of Critical Care Medicine and Pulmonary Services, "Evaggelismos” General Hospital of Athens, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens Medical School, Greece

Maria Pratikaki, PhD, Biopathologist, "Evaggelismos” General Hospital of Athens, Greece

llias Giannakoulis, MSc, Head of Administrative-Financial Service, Nursing Unit of Argos, Greece

Skrapari Ioanna MD,PhD, Consultant of Internal medicine and Diabetes, "Evangelismos" General Hospital of Athens, Greece

Spyridon Dritsas, MD, MSc, PhDc, Consultant Colorectal Surgeon, "Evaggelismos” General Hospital of Athens, Greece

Georgios Velonas, RN, MSc, PhD(c), General Health Clinic Melathron TYPET, Greece

Rafailia Nikoletta Kallioupi, M.B.A, PhDc, Programme Leader of the School of Health & Sports Sciences, Mediterranean College

Ilias Andrianakis, MD, Anesthesiologist – Intensivist, Director of Intensive Care Unit, Hygeia Hospital, Greece

Petroula Stamataki, RN, MSc, PhD, Head Nurse of Infection Prevention and Control, Athens Naval & Veterans Hospital, Athens, Greece

Manuscript Modification and Language Editing

Lamprini Koutsoukou, RN, MSc(c) in Intensive Care Units, Medical School of Athens, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Greece

Konstantinos Paraskevopoulos, RN, MSc(c) in Intensive Care Units, Medical School of Athens, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Greece  

Georgia Chatzopoulou, RN, MSc, in Intensive Care Units, Medical School of Athens, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Greece  

Maria Moutzouri, RN, MSc(c) in Intensive Care Units, Medical School of Athens, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Greece  

Christina Mertiri, RN, MSc(c) in Intensive Care Units, Medical School of Athens, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Greece  

Mirsini Papastathi, MSc(c) in Epidemiology and Health promotion, Department of Public and Community Health, University of West Attica, Greece