abstract：:Medical pluralism and the uses of Complementary and Alternative Medicine (CAM) are phenomena of increasing interest in the international arena. The aim of this chapter is to comment on Spanish studies dealing with medical pluralism and CAM. We have only a few scattered anthropological studies, and some data from surve...

journal_title：Gaceta sanitaria

authors： Perdiguero E

更新日期：2004-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:To have a better understanding on the role of the press in the communication of gender and health issues, the content of the five most spread newspapers in Spain was studied (El País, ABC, El Mundo, La Vanguardia and El Periódico de Catalunya) for five years (1997-2001) and the electronic version of The New York Times...

journal_title：Gaceta sanitaria

authors： Revuelta G,Alonso I,Tomás S,Guerrero M,Rohlfs I

更新日期：2004-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:As tuberculosis control programs have reached acceptable levels in the identification and treatment of persons with active tuberculosis, the next step should be to develop methods of preventing new cases. Persons with latent tuberculosis infection (LTI) are considered to have a higher risk of developing acti...

journal_title：Gaceta sanitaria

authors： Alsedà M,Godoy P

更新日期：2004-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:To analyze the information that women have on hormone replacement therapy (HRT), the sources of this information and how it is related to prescription. METHODS:We performed a cross-sectional study through a telephone survey. Information was collected on prescription of HRT, knowledge of HRT and of its healt...

journal_title：Gaceta sanitaria

authors： Ruiz I,Bermejo MJ

更新日期：2004-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The present study aims to review the problem of intimate partner violence, as well as its causes and consequences. It will also specifically analyze the role of health professionals. In opposition to the classical epidemiological view of risk factors, Heise proposes an ecological framework to study violence against wo...

journal_title：Gaceta sanitaria

authors： Ruiz-Pérez I,Blanco-Prieto P,Vives-Cases C

更新日期：2004-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIM:To assess the feasibility and results of application of Ambulatory Patient Groups (APG) patient's classification system to the case-mix of patients seen at the Emergency Departments (ED) of 6 Barcelona metropolitan area hospitals. METHODS:Development of a minimum discharge data set specific for the Emergency Depar...

journal_title：Gaceta sanitaria

authors： Conesa A,Vilardell L,Muñoz R,Casanellas JM,Torre P,Gelabert G,Trilla A,Asenjo MA

更新日期：2003-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This article aims to present changes in public health policy and services related to pet dogs and cats in the city of Barcelona from 1983 to 2001. Initially the center's activity was limited to the custody and euthanasia of stray animals, serving not only the city but also the rest of the province. With the formulatio...

journal_title：Gaceta sanitaria

authors： Peracho V,Villalbí JR,Llebaría X,Armengou JM,Guix J

更新日期：2003-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:To assess the quality of prescriptions in primary care area through indicators established by a team of physicians and to analyze the relationship between these indicators and those used by the Spanish public health system (INSALUD) in the same area. METHODS:An observational, cross sectional study was perfo...

journal_title：Gaceta sanitaria

authors： Gómez-Castro MJ,Arcos P,Rubiera G,Rigueira AI

更新日期：2003-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:To identify and describe the factors that have led to new cases of HIV infection through mother-to-child transmission since the introduction of antiretroviral therapy in HIV-seropositive pregnant women (1997-2001) in Catalonia. METHODS:Systematic review of cases identified in the pediatric services of all t...

journal_title：Gaceta sanitaria

authors： Ramos F,García-Fructuoso MT,Almeda J,Casabona J,Coll O,Fortuny C,Grupo ad hoc de infeccion pediátrica por VIH en Cataluña.

更新日期：2003-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We describe priority issues and some of the results obtained from the implementation of the Prevention and Reduction of Traffic Accident Injuries program in a health area. Since 1999 the public health center has made a priority of identifying and recruiting partners from other sectors (the local police association and...

journal_title：Gaceta sanitaria

authors： Peiró R,López F,Marrodán J,Fernández C,Ramírez C

更新日期：2003-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To describe trends in tobacco, alcohol, and cannabis consumption among secondary school pupils in Barcelona between 1987 and 1999. METHODS:Cross-sectional surveys administered to representative samples of pupils in the second year of secondary school between 1987 and 1999. The questionnaires were anonymous a...

journal_title：Gaceta sanitaria

authors： Ariza C,Nebot M,Villalbí JR,Díez E,Tomás Z,Valmayor S

更新日期：2003-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To estimate the potential cost savings that might take place in the Canary Islands Health Service (CHS) through the appropriate scientific use of preoperative tests, using information obtained from five public university hospitals. METHODS:A questionnaire was completed by 55 anesthesiologists, representing 6...

journal_title：Gaceta sanitaria

authors： López-Bastida J,Serrano-Aguilar P,Duque-González B,Talavera-Déniz A

更新日期：2003-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Smoking is a major cause of mortality in Spain. Tobacco smoking by health care workers has a negative influence on the general population. In Spain, the prevalence of smoking is high and is increasing among women. The aim of this study was to identify tobacco consumption among female physicians and nurses in...

journal_title：Gaceta sanitaria

authors： Fernández Ruiz ML,Sánchez Bayle M

更新日期：2003-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To describe the process performed in Catalonia (Spain) to design an information system for monitoring new cases of HIV infection. METHODS:A survey was used to evaluate perception of the need for notification of HIV infection by health care professionals (n = 106), as well as their opinions of the various pos...

journal_title：Gaceta sanitaria

authors： Casabona J,Romaguera A,Almeda J,Blanch C,Caylà JA,Miró JM,Colom J,Grupo de Trabajo sobre la Declaracion del HIV (GTDHIV).

更新日期：2003-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIM:Burnout syndrome refers to a kind of occupational stress that can have psychosomatic, behavioral, emotional, familial, and social repercussions; it can also cause absenteeism and loss of efficacy at work. The aim of this study was to determine the prevalence of burnout among staff in a district hospital, as well as...

journal_title：Gaceta sanitaria

authors： Pera G,Serra-Prat M

更新日期：2002-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Waiting lists for non-urgent medical care, in diagnostic or therapeutic procedures, occur mainly in public health systems such as those found in Spain and many other European countries. If waiting lists are moderate they can be useful in the process of managing these patients and are accepted by health professionals a...

journal_title：Gaceta sanitaria

authors： Martí J

更新日期：2002-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:We estimated the effect that a smoking cessation intervention in the Spanish population of smokers would have on smoking-related morbidity, mortality and health care costs. METHODS:We adopted the model Health and Economic Consequences of Smoking sponsored by the WHO Health Organization and developed by the T...

journal_title：Gaceta sanitaria

authors： González-Enríquez J,Salvador-Llivina T,López-Nicolás A,Antón De Las Heras E,Musin A,Fernández E,García M,Schiaffino A,Pérez-Escolano I

更新日期：2002-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:The presence of trihalomethanes in the water systems of several Spanish cities has been demonstrated. The aim of this study was to analyze trihalomethane concentrations in the water provided for human consumption in the city of Barcelona. METHODS:We analyzed 151 water samples collected in 1998. The analyses ...

journal_title：Gaceta sanitaria

authors： Calderón J,Capell C,Centrich F,Artazcoz L,González-Cabré M,Villalbí JR

更新日期：2002-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:Health resources utilization is related to health conditions and to the population's sociodemographic characteristics. Low socioeconomic groups show increased utilization of certain resources. Emergency department utilization could also be affected by socioeconomic factors. The aim of this study was to ident...

journal_title：Gaceta sanitaria

authors： Braun T,García Castrillo-Riesgo L,Krafft T,Díaz-Regañón Vilches G

更新日期：2002-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This article discusses some questions related to human resources that act on Brazilian health system. At the beginning, it identifies the trends on health human resources in the last years. Then it shows on a brief discussion the health system reform, pointing out changes in the health model design through the impleme...

journal_title：Gaceta sanitaria

authors： Machado MH,Pereira S

更新日期：2002-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To estimate the number of incident cases of cancer in Spain between 1993 and 1996. METHODS:We used data on the incidence of cancer from nine Spanish population-based cancer registries published in the monograph Cancer incidence in Five Continents, vols. VI and VII (period 1983-92). The National Institute of ...

journal_title：Gaceta sanitaria

authors： Moreno V,González JR,Soler M,Bosch FX,Kogevinas M,Borràs JM,Grupo de Estudio de las Causas del Cáncer en España (GECCE).

更新日期：2001-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This article provides a critical review of the World Health Organization's (WHO) report, WHO Health Systems: improving performance. The political context in which the report was presented, the ideological suppositions underlying the report's evaluation of the efficiency and efficacy of the health systems, their degree...

journal_title：Gaceta sanitaria

authors： Navarro V

更新日期：2001-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To describe the process and results of the Smoking Cessation Program in order to answer this question: Does the lack of time and resources justify poor involvement of physicians in helping patients to stop smoking? METHODS:Prospective series of cases that included all smokers (n = 1203) who for any reason at...

journal_title：Gaceta sanitaria

authors： Grandes G,Cortada JM,Arrazola A

更新日期：2001-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIMS:To describe authorship according to gender in the articles published in four Spanish scientific journals of general medicine and public health, and to analyse the type of presentation of the results in relation to the sex of the subjects of the study. METHODS:We examined 423 articles from four Spanish scientific ...

journal_title：Gaceta sanitaria

authors： Schiaffino A,García M,Fernández E,Grupo Género y Salud Pública de SESPAS.

更新日期：2001-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:The aim of this study was to determine the reliability and construct validity of the three dimensions of the Job Content Questionnaire (JCQ): demand, control and job support among hospital nursing staff. METHODS:The minimun reduced version of the JCQ was used, which include three dimensions: psychological de...

journal_title：Gaceta sanitaria

authors： Escribà-Agüir V,Más Pons R,Flores Reus E

更新日期：2001-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:To describe trends in children hospitalization in Spain during 1985-1994 and its variability among regions. METHODS:Description between 1985 and 1994, by autonomous regions, of the evolution in the rates of available beds, discharges, stays and visits and average length of stay, from data provided by the he...

journal_title：Gaceta sanitaria

authors： Oterino de la Fuente D,Peiró S

更新日期：2001-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Compare the cost-effectiveness of self-monitoring of blood glucose (MBG) with your non-use. DESIGN:Descriptive and retrospective study covering the period 1995-97 in the 597 type-2 diabetes patients: 286 practicing MBG on a stable basis and 311 not doing so. All are registered in seven health districts in th...

journal_title：Gaceta sanitaria

authors： Clua Espuny JL,Puig Junoy J,Queralt Tomás ML,Palau Galindo A

更新日期：2000-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To describe life and work conditions, practices associated with HIV transmission, self-informed HIV status and HIV test coverage in a group of male transgender street prostitutes. METHODS:Case descriptive study of male transgender street prostitutes who attended a mobile unit of a harm reduction programme in...

journal_title：Gaceta sanitaria

authors： Belza MJ,Llácer A,Mora R,de la Fuente L,Castilla J,Noguer I,Cañellas S

更新日期：2000-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:To estimate the prevalence of tuberculosis infected children in the first grades of Primary Education and to analyse the distribution of infected people among social class groups and other previous circumstances. METHODS:Cross-sectional study with diagnostic test application and questionnaire survey, in a r...

journal_title：Gaceta sanitaria

authors： Urbina Torija J,García Salazar M,Ruiz Pérez R,Cecilia Villamor A,Martínez Pérez J,Sinde Masa J

更新日期：2000-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:To analyze the relation between perinatal variables (gestational, neonatal, demographic, and social) at time of delivery. To evaluate differences between rural and urban areas --and differences between social status within these areas-- as an approach to studying health inequality. To identify variables asso...

journal_title：Gaceta sanitaria

authors： Rebollo AG,Montero CM

更新日期：2000-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:Sleep disorders are among the clinical entities with a great health and socioeconomic impact. So far, in Spain there are isolated epidemiologic data, lacking from studies that cover the full spectrum of sleep disorders in the general adult population. METHODS:A sample of 1,500 adult subjects from Madrid w...

journal_title：Gaceta sanitaria

authors： Vela-Bueno A,De Iceta M,Fernández C

更新日期：1999-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:To contrast the costs of conventional and ambulatory blood pressure monitoring (ABPM) methods in the diagnosis, treatment and follow-up of mild hypertensive patients. METHODS:Among patients with conventional diagnosis of mild hypertension, the ABPM would discriminate patients with sustained hypertension, wh...

journal_title：Gaceta sanitaria

authors： Mar J,Pastor R,Abásolo R

更新日期：1999-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Regarding the debate on the existence of two current focuses on health science research (qualitative and quantitative), the paper states the need for complementing the techniques which contribute to a better knowledge of populations and communities, and the need for offering effective solutions to different problems. ...

journal_title：Gaceta sanitaria

authors： March Cerdà JC,Prieto Rodríguez MA,Hernán García M,Solas Gaspar O

更新日期：1999-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To estimate the mean length of temporary work disability (TD) and to assess some of its possible determinants. METHODS:During 1995, we registered 12,570 cases of TD among people from the Inspection Area of Alcala of Henares. We obtained a random sample of 600 cases. In addition to TD length, we obtained info...

journal_title：Gaceta sanitaria

authors： Royo-Bordonada M

更新日期：1999-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To measure the usefulness of multiple correspondence analysis (MCA) and cluster analysis applied to the epidemiological research of HIV infection. The specific are to explore the relationships between the different variables that characterize the users of the AIDS Information and Prevention Center (CIPS) and ...

journal_title：Gaceta sanitaria

authors： González Aracil J,Ruiz Pérez I,Aviñó Rico MJ,Hernández Aguado I

更新日期：1999-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:Air pollution has been associated with increased mortality according to studies carried out in the US. The APHEA project (Air Pollution on Health: a European Approach) analyzes the short-term effects in 15 european cities. We evaluated the acute relation between air pollution, mortality, and hospital emergen...

journal_title：Gaceta sanitaria

authors： Tobías Garcés A,Sunyer Deu J,Castellsagué Piqué J,Sáez Zafra M,Antó Boqué JM

更新日期：1998-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:The objective of the study is to estimate the prevalence of mental disorders in the general population of Catalonia. METHODS:Data comes from the Health Interview Survey of Catalonia (Enquesta de Salut de Catalunya, ESCA) and from an epidemiological study of Tres Cantos (Madrid). The General Health Questionna...

journal_title：Gaceta sanitaria

authors： Rajmil L,Gispert Magarolas R,Roset Gamisans M,Muñoz Rodríguez PE,Segura Benedicto A

更新日期：1998-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:To describe leisure-time physical activity at the levels considered more beneficial for health and to analyze the association with sociodemographic variables and other health behaviors, among the population older than 14 years in Barcelona, Spain. METHODS:A sample of 4,171 adults answered the Health Intervi...

journal_title：Gaceta sanitaria

authors： Domínguez-Berjón MF,Borrell C,Nebot M,Plasència A

更新日期：1998-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To evaluate the association between nosocomial infections (NI) and the mortality of Intensive Care Unit (ICU) patients, adjusting for the effect on mortality of other predictive variables. METHODS:Prospective study on 944 concurrent patients admitted for at least 24 hours in the ICU of a tertiary level hospi...

journal_title：Gaceta sanitaria

authors： Díaz Molina C,Martínez de la Concha D,Salcedo Leal I,Masa Calles J,De Irala Estévez J,Fernández-Crehuet Navajas R

更新日期：1998-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Analyse the total and causal hospital utilization in Catalonia from 1982 to 1990 for the elderly. METHODS:Hospital admissions and the length of stay will be analysed using direct adjusted rates, age specific rates, percentage variation and the corresponding confidence intervals and significance tests. RESUL...

journal_title：Gaceta sanitaria

authors： Castellà X,Mompart A,Pérez G

更新日期：1997-11-01 00:00:00