Research indicates that men and women have different preferences and patterns of sexual behavior and the use of pornographic content. It is commonly found that men use porn more frequently. A recent study found sex differences in motivations behind porn use. Authors speculated that different motivations might lead to different outcomes. The presented study aimed to compare sex differences in the associations between pornography use, sexual satisfaction, and occurrence of psychological symptoms between high and low pornography users sampled from the general population. A sample of 179 participants between the ages of 18 to 37 completed the questionnaire containing questions about demographic data, manner, and frequency of porn use and two psychometric scales: the General Functioning Scale GFQ-58 (assessing broad psychological symptoms) and the Sexual Satisfaction Scale SSC. In general, females in the study obtained higher scores on the General Functioning Scale, presenting more psychological symptoms. Still, when considering the frequency and manner of porn use, it is men in which increased porn use was found to be associated with psychological symptoms. Presented data provide evidence that men and women might have different motivations, leading to varying outcomes of porn use. This further supports the hypothesis that it is not porn that is inherently harmful, but rather why and how you use it.
Research indicates that men and women have different preferences and patterns of sexual behavior and the use of pornographic content. It is commonly found that men use porn more frequently. A recent study found sex differences in motivations behind porn use. Authors speculated that different motivations might lead to different outcomes. The presented study aimed to compare sex differences in the associations between pornography use, sexual satisfaction, and occurrence of psychological symptoms between high and low pornography users sampled from the general population. A sample of 179 participants between the ages of 18 to 37 completed the questionnaire containing questions about demographic data, manner, and frequency of porn use and two psychometric scales: the General Functioning Scale GFQ-58 (assessing broad psychological symptoms) and the Sexual Satisfaction Scale SSC. In general, females in the study obtained higher scores on the General Functioning Scale, presenting more psychological symptoms. Still, when considering the frequency and manner of porn use, it is men in which increased porn use was found to be associated with psychological symptoms. Presented data provide evidence that men and women might have different motivations, leading to varying outcomes of porn use. This further supports the hypothesis that it is not porn that is inherently harmful, but rather why and how you use it.
At the turn of 2005 and 2006, Polish emergency medical service underwent profound changes. Emergency medical service teams (EMS) were divided into P-type, which included only paramedics, and S-type, which consisted of paramedics and a physician (Statue from 8th September 2006 about State Medical Rescue). This study aimed to determine which elements of the medical rescue system in Poland most often occurred, what kind of errors they were, and how often they resulted in a patient's death. This article analyzed 147 opinions issued by the Forensic Medicine Department at Poznań University of Medical Sciences in 2005-2015 that concerned medical errors in emergency medicine commissioned by judicial authorities from all over Poland. The study excluded opinions on the areas covered by the jurisdiction of the Appellate Prosecutor's Office in Poznań and the District Prosecutor's Office in Ostrów Wlkp., which is about 85% of the country's territory. The results of the analyses identified the Hospital Emergency Departments as the place where the most significant number of errors of all types had been committed, which were not particularly surprising. The results concerning mistakes made by the EMS teams seemed much more significant. They showed that errors in the P-type ambulances (i.e., without a doctor in the rescue team) had occurred much more often, including those resulting in the patient's death. It can therefore be concluded that the higher level of preparation of the emergency medical team members translates into a higher level of patient safety. However, some scientific reports indicate that this does not have to be the case. The most significant limitation of this study lies in the source of the analyzed data. Opinions of the Department of Forensic Medicine in Poznań in cases concerning errors in emergency medicine reflect only a tiny percentage of medical errors.
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