Gerogianni Georgia

Name: Georgia Gerogianni

Current Position: Associate Professor

Scientific Domain: Nephrology Nursing with emphasis to problems of patients undergoing hemodialysis and their caregivers  Code ΑPELLA: 26728

Sector: Community and Public Ηealth Nursing

Laboratory: Nursing Rehabilitation of the Chronically ill (K13 102), Tel: 0030 210 5385649-642

Office Tel: 0030 210 5385863

Email: ggerogiani@uniwa.gr

Research Gate: https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Georgia-Gerogianni-2

Google Scholar: https://scholar.google.gr/citations?user=FMR8tJUAAAAJ&hl=el

Orcid ID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6669-439X

Pubmed:https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/?term=gerogianni+g&sort=jour&sort_order=asc

Education: She graduated from the Nursing Department A’ of Technological Educational Institute (TEI) of Athens (1997). She completed a Μaster of Science in Advanced Nursing in University of Ulster, Belfast, N. Ireland with Scholarship from the Greek State Scholarship Foundation (2001). She completed the Annual Postgraduate Teacher Training Program in School of Pedagogical and Technological Education (ASPETE) (2007). She received her PhD degree from the School of Medicine of the National and Kapodistrian University of Athens (2018).

Research interests: Nephrology Nursing, Hemodialysis, family caregivers.

Academic appointments: She was a Laboratory Assistant in Nursing Department A’ of TEI of Athens (2003 – 2008) and a Lecturer in the Nursing Department A’ of TEI of Athens (2008 – 2018). In 2018 that the institution developed into University of West Attica, she became a Lecturer in Nursing of the University of West Attica and since 2020 she is an Assistant Professor.

Professional experience: She has worked as a registered nurse in Neurological Clinic, E. D. & G. Liapopoulos OE (1996-1998), in Dialysis Unit of Hospital ‘Hygeia’ (1998-2000), in Dialysis Unit of General Hospital of Piraeus ‘Tzaneio’ (2001-2007) and in Health Center of Spata (2007-2008).

Courses Taught

Undergraduate Courses: At undergraduate level, she currently teaches “Nephrology Nursing (academic coordination)”, “Community Nursing Ι”, “Gerontological Nursing”, “Pathophysiology”, “Epidemiology”. She has also taught “Community Nursing ΙΙ”, “Nursing rehabilitation”, “Basic Nursing”, “Introduction to Nursing Science”.

Postgraduate Courses: At postgraduate level, she has taught modules in postgraduate courses of the following: MSc “Community and Public Health Nursing”, MSc “Applied Clinical Nursing”, MSc “Intensive Care Units”, MSc “Neurological Disorders-Evidence based Nursing”, MSc “Management of Chronic Diseases”.

Other information: She has 52 oral and poster presentations in national and international conferences. Her research work has been recognized by the international scientific community (885 citations).

Recent publications

Benetou S, Alikari V, Vasilopoulos G, Polikandrioti M, Kalogianni A, Panoutsopoulos GI, Toulia G, Leftheriotis D, Gerogianni G. Factors Associated With Insomnia in Patients Undergoing Hemodialysis. Cureus. 2022, 14 (2):e22197. doi: 10.7759/cureus.22197.

Tsirigotis S, Polikandrioti M, Alikari V, Dousis E, Koutelekos I, Toulia G, Pavlatou N, Panoutsopoulos GI, Leftheriotis D, Gerogianni G. Factors Associated With Fatigue in Patients Undergoing Hemodialysis. Cureus. 2022, 14 (3): e22994. doi: 10.7759/cureus.22994.

Sakiqi J, Vasilopoulos G, Koutelekos I, Polikandrioti M, Dousis E, Pavlatou N, Kalogianni A, Tsirigotis S, Gerogianni G. Depression Among Hemodialysis Patients: Related Factors and the Impact of Insomnia and Fatigue. Cureus. 2022, 14 (5): e25254. doi: 10.7759/cureus.25254.

Gerogianni G, Polikandrioti M, Alikari V, Vasilopoulos G, Zartaloudi A, Koutelekos I, Kalafatakis F, Babatsikou F. Factors Affecting Anxiety and Depression in Caregivers of Hemodialysis Patients. Adv Exp Med Biol 2021, 1337: 47-58. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-78771-4_6.

Gerogianni G, Polikandrioti M, Babatsikou F, Zyga S, Alikari V, Vasilopoulos G, Gerogianni S, Grapsa E. Anxiety-Depression of Dialysis Patients and Their Caregivers. Medicina 2019, 20; 55 (5): E168. doi: 10.3390/medicina55050168.

Gerogianni G, Babatsikou F, Polikandrioti M, Grapsa E. Management of anxiety and depression in haemodialysis patients: The role of non pharmacological methods. Int Urol Nephrol 2019; 51 (1): 113-118. doi: 10.1007/s11255-018-2022-7.

Gerogianni G, Lianos E, Kouzoupis A, Polikandrioti M, Grapsa E. The role of socio-demographic factors in depression and anxiety of patients on hemodialysis. Αn observational cross-sectional study Int Urol Nephrol. 2018, 50 (1):143-154. doi: 10.1007/s11255-017-1738-0.

Gerogianni G, Kouzoupis A, Grapsa E. A holistic approach to factors affecting depression in haemodialysis patients. Int Urol Nephrol 2018, 50:1467-1476. doi: 10.1007/s11255-018-1891-0.

Grapsa E, Gerogianni G. (2018). Caregivers of patients on haemodialysis. In: Mollaoglu M (Ed). Caregiving and Home Care. Available from: http://www.intechopen.com/books/caregiving-and-home-care. doi: 10.5772/intechopen.72400. (ISBN 978-953-51-3779-5).

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