Research/art/teacher profile of a person
Name and surname:
doc. PhDr. Simona Kelčíková, PhD.
Document type:
Research/art/teacher profile of a person
The name of the university:
Comenius University Bratislava
The seat of the university:
Šafárikovo námestie 6, 818 06 Bratislava

I. - Basic information

I.1 - Surname
Kelčíková
I.2 - Name
Simona
I.3 - Degrees
Assoc. Prof. MA. Ph.D.
I.4 - Year of birth
1969
I.5 - Name of the workplace
Comenius University in Bratislava, Jessenius Faculty of Medicine in Martin, Department of Public Health
I.6 - Address of the workplace
Malá Hora 4B, Martin 036 01, Slovakia
I.7 - Position
Associate Professor
I.8 - E-mail address
simona.kelcikova@uniba.sk
I.9 - Hyperlink to the entry of a person in the Register of university staff
https://www.portalvs.sk/regzam/detail/3536
I.10 - Name of the study field in which a person works at the university
Public Health, Midwifery, Nursing
I.11 - ORCID iD
0000-0002-2347-4343

II. - Higher education and further qualification growth

II.1 - First degree of higher education
II.2 - Second degree of higher education
II.a - Name of the university or institution
Comenius University in Bratislava, Faculty of phylosophy
II.b - Year
1993
II.c - Study field and programme
Pedagogy - Nursing
II.3 - Third degree of higher education
II.a - Name of the university or institution
Jessenius Faculty of Medicine in Martin, Comenius University in Bratislava
II.b - Year
2008
II.c - Study field and programme
Philosophiae doctor in Nursing
II.4 - Associate professor
II.a - Name of the university or institution
Jessenius Faculty of Medicine in Martin, Comenius University in Bratislava, Department of Public Health
II.b - Year
2022
II.c - Study field and programme
Public Health
II.5 - Professor
II.6 - Doctor of Science (DrSc.)

III. - Current and previous employment

III.a - Occupation-position III.b - Institution III.c - Duration
teacher of general education subjects: nursing - pedagogy, head of professional practice in the field of diploma assistant of hygiene and epidemiology Secondary Medical School M. R. Stefanik in Martin 1993 - 2002
Senior Lecturer Jessenius Faculty of Medicine in Martin, Comenius University in Bratislava, Institut of Nursing 1.1.2003 do 25. 9. 2005
Senior Lecturer Jessenius Faculty of Medicine in Martin, Comenius University in Bratislava, Institut of non - medical studies programs 26. 9. 2005 – do 30 .4. 2013
Senior Lecturer Jessenius Faculty of Medicine in Martin, Comenius University in Bratislava, Institut of Midwifery 1. 5. 2013 - 31.04.2022
Associate Professor Department of Midwifery, Comenius University Bratislava, Jesseni Medical Faculty Martin 1.05.2022 - 1.07.2024
Associate Professor Department of Public Health, Comenius University Bratislava, Jesseni Medical Faculty Martin 1.07.2024 - until now

IV. - Development of pedagogical, professional, language, digital and other skills

IV.a - Activity description, course name, other IV.b - Name of the institution IV.c - Year
Specialization innovative study, specialty: Health Promotion State Pedagogical Institute and National Health Promotion Centre Bratislava 1998 - 2000
Higher vocational education: 5341 7 diploma assistant in Hygiene and Epidemiology M.R. Štefánik Secondary Medical School in Martin 1998 - 2001
Certificate in methodological guidance in the teaching of professional subjects in the field of certified assistant of hygiene and epidemiology and public health SPAM Bratislava 2002

V. - Overview of activities within the teaching career at the university

V.1 - Overview of the profile courses taught in the current academic year according to study programmes
V.2 - Overview of the responsibility for the delivery, development and quality assurance of the study programme or its part at the university in the current academic year
V.2.a - Name of the study programme V.2.b - Degree V.2.c - Field of study
Public Health I. Public Health
Public Health II. Public Health
Public Health III. Public Health
V.3 - Overview of the responsibility for the development and quality of the field of habilitation procedure and inaugural procedure in the current academic year
V.4 - Overview of supervised final theses
V.4.1 - Number of currently supervised theses
V.4.a - Bachelor's (first degree)
5
V.4.b - Diploma (second degree)
4
V.4.c - Dissertation (third degree)
1
V.4.2 - Number of defended theses
V.4.a - Bachelor's (first degree)
46
V.4.b - Diploma (second degree)
33
V.5 - Overview of other courses taught in the current academic year according to study programmes
V.5.a - Name of the course V.5.b - Study programme V.5.c - Degree V.5.d - Field of study
Nursing Techniques 1,2 Public Health I. Public Health
Health Education Public Health I. Public Health
Summer Practice Public Health I. Public Health
Sociology of Health Public Health I. Public Health
Health Promotion Public Health II. Public Health
Hygiene, Epidemiology and Nutrition Nursing I. Nursing
Hygiene and epidemiology Midwifery I. Midwifery
Education for Health I. - 1,2 Midwifery I. Midwifery
Women's health promotion and disease prevention Midwifery II. Midwifery
Sociology and social politics Midwifery II. Midwifery
Sociology and sociology of the family Midwifery I. Midwifery

VI. - Overview of the research/artistic/other outputs

VI.1 - Overview of the research/artistic/other outputs and the corresponding citations
VI.1.1 - Number of the research/artistic/other outputs
VI.1.a - Overall
203
VI.1.b - Over the last six years
58
VI.1.2 - Number of the research/artistic/other outputs registered in the Web of Science or Scopus databases
VI.1.a - Overall
51
VI.1.b - Over the last six years
40
VI.1.3 - Number of citations corresponding to the research/artistic/other outputs
VI.1.a - Overall
365
VI.1.b - Over the last six years
156
VI.1.4 - Number of citations registered in the Web of Science or Scopus databases
VI.1.a - Overall
251
VI.1.b - Over the last six years
104
VI.1.5 - Number of invited lectures at the international, national level
VI.1.a - Overall
12
VI.1.b - Over the last six years
3
VI.2 - The most significant research/artistic/other outputs
1

ADC Kelčíková, Simona - Škodová, Zuzana - Straka, Štefan: Effectiveness of hand hygiene education in a basic nursing school curricula In: Public Health Nursing. Roč. 29, č. 2 (2012), s. 152-159. ISSN 0737-1209 URL: http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/j.1525-1446.2011.00985.x/pdf

2

ADC Kelčíková, Simona - Mazúchová, Lucia - Bielená, Ľubica - Filová, Lenka: Flawed self-assessment in hand hygiene a major contributor to infections in clinicalpractice? In: Journal of Clinical Nursing. Roč. 28, č. č. 11-12 (2019), s. 2265-2275.

3

ADC Kelčíková, Simona - Mazúchová, Lucia - Malinovská, Nora - Kopincová, Jana - Tonhajzerová, Ingrid: Evaluation of hand hygiene [elektronický dokument] : is university medicaleducation effective in prevention of hospital-acquired infections? In: Central European Journal of Public Health. Roč. 29, č. 2 (2021), s. 102-108.

4

ADM Mazúchová, Lucia - Škodová, Zuzana - Kelčíková, Simona - Rabárová, Alena (Autor) : Factors associated with childbirth - related fear among Slovak women. In: Central European Journal of Nursing and Midwifery, roč. 8, č. 4 (2017), s. 742-748 [online]

5

ADM Mazúchová, Lucia - Kelčíková, Simona - Dubovická, Zuzana: Measuring women's quality of life during pregnancy . In: Kontakt. Roč. 20, č. 1 (2018), s. 31-36.

VI.3 - The most significant research/artistic/other outputs over the last six years
1

ADC Kelčíková, Simona - Mazúchová, Lucia - Bielená, Ľubica - Filová, Lenka: Flawed self-assessment in hand hygiene a major contributor to infections in clinicalpractice? In: Journal of Clinical Nursing. Roč. 28, č. 11-12 (2019), s. 2265-2275.

2

ADC Kelčíková, Simona - Mazúchová, Lucia - Malinovská, Nora - Kopincová, Jana - Tonhajzerová, Ingrid: Evaluation of hand hygiene [elektronický dokument] : is university medicaleducation effective in prevention of hospital-acquired infections? In: Central European Journal of Public Health. Roč. 29, č. 2 (2021), s. 102-108.

3

ADC Mazúchová, Lucia - Kelčíková, Simona - Štofaníková, Linda - Kopincová, Jana - Malinovská, Nora - Grendár, Marián: Satisfaction of Slovak women with psychosocialaspects of care during childbirth. In: Midwifery,č. 86 (2020), s. [1-7], art. no.102711.

4

ADC Višňovcová, Zuzana - Bóna Olexová, Lucia - Ferencová, Nikola - Ondrejka, Igor - Hrtánek, Igor - Fuňáková, Dana - Kelčíková, Simona - Farský, Ivan - Tonhajzerová, Ingrid: Spectral and nonlinear analysis of electrodermal activity in adolescent anorexia nervosa. In: Applied sciences. roč. 10, č. 13 (2020), art. no. 4514, s. [1-13] [online]

5

V3 Ferencová, Nikola - Višňovcová, Zuzana - Ondrejka, Igor - Fuňáková, Dana - Hrtánek, Igor - Kelčíková, Simona - Tonhajzerová, Ingrid: Evaluation of Inflammatory Response System (IRS) and Compensatory Immune Response System (CIRS) in Adolescent Major Depression. In: Journal of Inflammation Research [elektronický dokument]. č. 15 (2022), s. 5959-5976 [online] [tlačená forma]

VI.4 - The most significant citations corresponding to the research/artistic/other outputs
1

ADC Kelčíková, Simona - Škodová, Zuzana - Straka, Štefan: Effectiveness of hand hygiene education in a basic nursing school curricula In: Public Health Nursing. Roč. 29, č. 2 (2012), s. 152-159. ISSN 0737-1209 URL: http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/j.1525-1446.2011.00985.x/pdf

2023 [01/20] / USA - Bouget Mohammedi, S. - Landelle, C. Review of literature: Knowledge and practice of standard precautions by nursing student and teaching techniques used in training [elektronický dokument] In: American Journal of Infection Control. St. Louis: Elsevier. Mosby, 2023, Roč. 51, č. 5, [tlačená forma] [online]. ISSN 0196-6553. ISSN (online) 1527-3296. - SCIE ; SCO ; WOS CC, s. 574 - 581

2022 [01/20] / GBR - Rahman, M. H. - Hassan, M. N. - Khan, M. S. I. - Hasanuzzaman, M. - Awal, N. Článok [elektronický dokument] In: Journal of Infection Prevention. [s.l.]: SAGE Publications, 2022, Roč. 23, č. 2, [tlačená forma] [online]. ISSN 1757-1774. ISSN (online) 1757-1782. - SCIE ; SCO ; WOS CC, s. 67 - 74

2015 [01/12] / GBR - Chakravarthy, M. - Myatra, S. N. - Rosenthal, V. D. - Udwadia, F. E. - Gokul, B. N. - Divatia, J. V. - Poojary, A. - Sukanya, R. - Kelkar, R. - Koppikar, G. - Pushparaj, L. - Biswas, S. - Bhandarkar, L. - Raut, S. - Jadhav, S. - Sampat, S. - Chavan, N. - Bahirune, S. - Durgad, S. Článok [elektronický dokument] In: Journal of infection and public health. Oxford : Elsevier, 2015, Roč. 8, č. 2, [tlačená forma] [online]. ISSN 1876-0341. ISSN (online) 1876-035X. - SCIE ; SCO ; WOS CC, s. 177 - 186

2

V3 Ferencová, Nikola - Višňovcová, Zuzana - Ondrejka, Igor - Fuňáková, Dana - Hrtánek, Igor - Kelčíková, Simona - Tonhajzerová, Ingrid: Evaluation of Inflammatory Response System (IRS) and Compensatory Immune Response System (CIRS) in Adolescent Major Depression. In: Journal of Inflammation Research [elektronický dokument] [textový dokument (print)] . Auckland (Nový Zéland) : Dove Medical Press. – ISSN (online) 1178-7031. – č. 15 (2022), s. 5959-5976 [online] [tlačená forma]

2025 [01/20] / CHE - Liu, Wenyuan - Zheng, Hongyu - Wen, Xiaofei - Liu, Longxing - Yang, Yue - Zhong, Hui. Associations of pro-inflammatory factors and IL-10 levels with degree of suicide risk in adolescents with depression [elektronický dokument]. DOI 10.3389/fpsyt.2024.1491555 In: Frontiers in Psychiatry. Lausanne: Frontiers Media, 2025, Roč. 15, č. 15. January, art. no. 1491555 [online]. ISSN (online) 1664-0640. - WOS CC ; CCC ; SCO ; SCIE ; SSCI

2025 [01/20] / NLD - Jadhav, Kaustubh Kishor - Daouk, Joud - Kurkinen, Karoliina - Kraav, Siiri-Liisi - Eriksson, Paivi - Tolmunen, Tommi - Kanninen, Katja M. Blood cytokines in major depressive disorder in drug-naive adolescents: A systematic review and meta-analysis [elektronický dokument]. DOI 10.1016/j.jad.2024.11.071 In: Journal of affective disorders. Amsterdam: Elsevier. Elsevier Science, 2025, Roč. 372, s. 48-55 [tlačená forma] [online]. ISSN 0165-0327. ISSN (online) 1573-2517. - WOS CC ; CCC ; SCO ; SCIE ; SSCI, s. 48 - 55

3

ADC Višňovcová, Zuzana - Bóna Olexová, Lucia - Ferencová, Nikola - Ondrejka, Igor - Hrtánek, Igor - Fuňáková, Dana - Kelčíková, Simona - Farský, Ivan - Tonhajzerová, Ingrid: Spectral and nonlinear analysis of electrodermal activity in adolescent anorexia nervosa. In: Applied sciences [elektronický dokument] . – Bazilej (Švajčiarsko) : Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute. – ISSN (online) 2076-3417. – Roč. 10, č. 13 (2020), art. no. 4514, s. [1-13] [online]

2021 [01/12] / CHE - Barresi, Giacinto - Marinelli, Andrea - Caserta, Giulia - de Zambotti, Massimiliano - Tessadori, Jacopo - Angioletti, Laura - Boccardo, Nicolò - Freddolini, Marco - Mazzanti, Dario - Deshpande, Nikhil - Frigo, Carlo Albino - Balconi, Michela - Gruppioni, Emanuele - Laffranchi, Matteo - De Michieli, Lorenzo. Exploring the Embodiment of a Virtual Hand in a Spatially Augmented Respiratory Biofeedback Setting [elektronický dokument]. DOI 10.3389/fnbot.2021.683653 In: Frontiers in Neurorobotics. [s.l.]: Frontiers Media, 2021, Roč. 15, art. no. 683653 [online]. ISSN (online) 1662-5218. - SCO ; CCC ; WOS CC ; SCIE

2020 [01/12] / CHE - Romaniszyn-Kania, Patrycja - Pollak, Anita - Danch-Wierzchowska, Marta - Kania, Damian - Myśliwiec, Andrzej P. - Piętka, Ewa - Mitas, Andrzej W. Hybrid system of emotion evaluation in physiotherapeutic procedures [elektronický dokument]. DOI 10.3390/s20216343 In: Sensors. Bazilej: Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute, 2020, Roč. 20, č. 21, art. no. 6343 1-19 [online] [tlačená forma]. ISSN 1424-3210. ISSN (online) 1424-8220. - SCO ; CCC ; WOS CC ; SCIE ; SSCI, s. 1 - 19

4

ADM Mazúchová, Lucia - Kelčíková, Simona - Dubovická, Zuzana: Measuring women's quality of life during pregnancy. In: Kontakt Journal of nursing and social sciences related to health and illness. České Budejovice (Česko) : Jihočeská univerzita v Českých Budějovicích. Zdravotně sociální fakulta. – ISSN 1212-4117. – ISSN (online) 1804-7122. – Roč. 20, č. 1 (2018), s. 31-36

2023 [01/20] / GBR - Bedaso, Asres - Adams, Jon - Peng, Wenbo - Sibbritt, David. The direct and mediating effect of social support on health-related quality of life during pregnancy among Australian women [elektronický dokument]. DOI 10.1186/s12884-023-05708-0 In: BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth. Londýn: Springer Nature. BioMed Central, 2023, Roč. 23, č. 1, art. no. 372 [online]. ISSN (online) 1471-2393. - SCO ; CCC ; WOS CC ; SCIE, s. art. no. 372

2023 [01/20] / GBR - Hu, Yueyang - Sun, Mengzi - Fei, Junsong - Meng, Cuicui - Yuan, Tongshuang - Lv, Jianping - Guo, Xinmeng - Kong, Yixi - Zhang, Han - Mei, Songli - Wu, Fuju. Health-Related Quality of Life Among Chinese Pregnant Women in the Third Trimester Based on Theory of Unpleasant Symptoms: A Complex Network Analysis [elektronický dokument]. DOI 10.1177/10547738221146052 In: Clinical Nursing Research. London: SAGE Publications, 2023, Roč. 32, č. 3, s. 549-559 [tlačená forma] [online]. ISSN 1054-7738. ISSN (online) 1552-3799. - SCO ; CCC ; WOS CC ; SCIE ; SSCI, s. 549 - 559

5

ADC Kelčíková, Simona - Mazúchová, Lucia - Bielená, Ľubica - Filová, Lenka: Flawed self-assessment in hand hygiene : a major contributor to infections in clinical practice?. In: Journal of Clinical Nursing [textový dokument (print)] [elektronický dokument] . – Hoboken (USA) : John Wiley & Sons. – ISSN 0962-1067. – ISSN (online) 1365-2702. – Roč. 28, č. 11-12 (2019), s. 2265-2275

2022 [01/20] / GBR - Davies, Rachel - Mowbray, Fiona - Martin, Alex F. - Smith, Louise E. - Rubin, G. James. A systematic review of observational methods used to quantify personal protective behaviours among members of the public during the COVID-19 pandemic, and the concordance between observational and self-report measures in infectious disease health protection [elektronický dokument]. DOI 10.1186/s12889-022-13819-0 In: BMC Public Health. Londýn: Springer Nature. BioMed Central, 2022, Roč. 22, č. 1, art. no. 1436 [online]. ISSN (online) 1471-2458. - SCO ; CCC ; WOS CC ; SCIE, s. art. no. 1436

2022 [01/20] / USA - Martischang, Romain - Iten, Anne - Arm, Isabelle - Abbas, Mohamed - Meyer, Benjamin - Yerly, Sabine - Eckerle, Isabella - Pralong, Jacques - Sauser, Julien - Suard, Jean-Claude - Kaiser, Laurent - Pittet, Didier - Harbarth, Stephan. Severe acute respiratory coronavirus virus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) seroconversion and occupational exposure of employees at a Swiss university hospital: A large longitudinal cohort study [elektronický dokument]. DOI 10.1017/ice.2021.117 In: Infection Control & Hospital Epidemiology: the Official Journal of the Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America. Thorofare: Slack, 2022, Roč. 43, č. 3, s. 326-333 [tlačená forma] [online]. ISSN 0899-823X. ISSN (online) 1559-6834. - WOS CC ; CCC ; SCO ; SCIE, s. 326 - 333

VI.5 - Participation in conducting (leading) the most important research projects or art projects over the last six years
1

Projekt: VEGA 1/0211/19, Psychosocial factors associated with the postpartum depression and screening methods for depression in the postpartum period (Co-researcher)

2

Project: KEGA č. 016UK-4/2021, Standardized Patient in Midwifery (Co-researcher)

3

Project: INTERREG 02/2025 - 01/2027 Cross-border cooperation project Slovakia-Czech Republic INTERREG SK-CZ/2023/4_Education. NFP403401DYA6 Increasing the level of undergraduate and postgraduate education in public health aspects of water contamination (Co-researcher)

4

Project KEGA č. 025UK-4/2018, Multimedia support in the education of midwifery (virtual patient) (Co-researcher)

5

Project VEGA No.1/0048/24 Changes in autonomic regulation in relation to neurobiological dimensions of personality in response to emotional stress - a possible pathomechanism in the trajectory of subclinical depression and clinically manifest depressive disorder in adolescence? (Co-researcher)

Solution period: 01/2024-12/2027

VII. - Overview of organizational experience related to higher education and research/artistic/other activities

VII.a - Activity, position VII.b - Name of the institution, board VII.c - Duration
Senator - member of the Academic Senate of JLF UK in Martin Jessenius Medical Faculty in Martin, Comenius University in Bratislava 2003 -2009
Nurse University Hospital Martin, Kollárova 2, Martin, 2006 - until now
Member of the Society for the Prevention of Nosocomial Infections (SPNN) of the Slovak Republic and the Czech Republic Society for the Prevention of Nosocomial Infections of the Slovak Republic and the Czech Republic 2006 - trvá
Senator - member of the Academic Senate of Comenius University Bratislava Comenius University in Bratislava for JLF UK 2007 - until now
Member of the expert committee of the Department of Hospital Hygiene at the University Hospital in Martin University Hospital in Martin 2008 - until now
Reviewer in foreign journals Central European Journal of Nursing and Midwifery, Public Health Nursing, European Journal of Midwifery, Journal of Multidisciplinary Healthcare 2018 - until now
Member of the Slovak Medical Society (SLS), Epidemiological and Vaccinological Society of the SEVS, 09001 - Section of Hospital Epidemiology and Hygiene Slovak Medical Society (SLS), Epidemiological and Vaccinological Society of the SEVS 2019 - until now
Vice-President of the Academic Senate of Comenius University in Bratislava Comenius University in Bratislava 2020 - until now
Member of the Anti-Corruption Council of JLF UK in Martin Jessenius Medical Faculty in Martin, Comenius University in Bratislava 2020 - until now
Member of the Quality Council of JLF UK in Martin Jessenius Medical Faculty in Martin, Comenius University in Bratislava 2020 - until now

VIII. - Overview of international mobilities and visits oriented on education and research/artistic/other activities in the given field of study

VIII.a - Name of the institution VIII.b - Address of the institution VIII.c - Duration (indicate the duration of stay) VIII.d - Mobility scheme, employment contract, other (describe)
University of South Bohemia in České Budejovice, Faculty of Health and Social Sciences, Department of Public and Social Health Ceske Budejovice, Czech Republic 18. - 22.10.2010 Invited lectureship, internship during which I gave 8 lectures (in the field of: nursing, midwifery, public health)
B.Braun Melsungen AG (Infection control), Sempach Switzerland 12. - 14. 11. 2012 Invited visit abroad with a workshop and a tour of the Infection Control plant in Sempach. Presentation of the quality management system of the production process and quality assurance in healthcare facilities. Tour of the state-of-the-art sterilisation unit at Lucerne Hospital, operated by B.Braun Melsungen AG.
Faculty of Medicine, Palacký University in Olomouc, Children's Clinic Olomouc, Czech Republic 24. - 25. 09. 2013 Invited lecture stay at the Children's Clinic of the LF UP Olomouc for medical staff of the Children's Clinic of the University Hospital and for 5th year students of the Department of General Medicine (LF UP Olomouc)

IX. - Other relevant facts

IX.a - If relevant, other activities related to higher education or research/artistic/other activities are mentioned

r. 2012 - 2013

Conducting the "Hand Hygiene" workshop as part of the continuing education and training program of the day-long seminar "Safe Administration of Intravenous Drugs", which was held at monthly intervals from April 2012 - June 2013 at UNM in Martin.

r. 2015

Conducting the workshop "Hygiene measures in home nursing care", which was part of the professional programme international scientific conference THEORY AND PRACTICE OF HOME NURSING CARE on the occasion of the 20th International Conference on Home Nursing Care. anniversary of the Association of Home Nursing Care Agencies in the Slovak Republic in cooperation with SKSaPA and Masaryk University in Brno and the Association of Home Care of the Czech Republic (15-16 April 2015).

r. 2018

Conducting the workshop "Washed doesn't have to mean clean", which was part of the professional programme of the international conference for midwives, nurses, doctors and NGOs "Kindly to Life" (5 October 2018 from 11.00 - 15.00, Žilina)

Date of last update
2025-02-26