Background: To know the medical documentation related to exogenous melatonin in sleep disorders caused by shift work in health personnel. Methods: Systematic and critical review. Data were obtained by looking up the bibliographic data base: MEDLINE (via Pubmed), Embase, Cochrane Library, Scopus, We...

Strongyloides stercoralis infection is frequently underdiagnosed since many infections remain asymptomatic. Aim: To estimate the prevalence and characteristics of asymptomatic S. stercoralis infection in Latin American migrants attending a community-based screening program for Chagas disease in Spa...

[ES] Introducción: La Web 2.0 ofrece importantes oportunidades cuando se busca información sobre salud. Objetivo: Analizar la tendencia de las búsquedas que se realizan en España a través de Google sobre sífilis y gonorrea y su relación con los datos de enfermedad. Metodología: Los datos se obtuvie...

Morbidity is the main item in the distribution of expenditure on healthcare services. The Adjusted Morbidity Group (AMG) measures comorbidity and complexity and classifies the patient into mutually exclusive clinical categories. The aim of this study is to analyse the variability of healthcare expe...

[ES] Objetivo: Cuantificar el impacto de reducir el consumo de carnes rojas y procesadas sobre la mortalidad cardiovascular y la mortalidad total de la población adulta española, basado en 5 revisiones publicadas. Participantes y mediciones principales: Se define la exposición como el consumo de ≥ ...

[ES] Objetivo: Describir el protocolo del estudio para la instauración del control del proceso de los medicamentos peligrosos que asegure la calidad y su trazabilidad, mediante el análisis de riesgos, desarrollando e implantando una herramienta informatizada que, gracias a la utilización de técnica...

This study aimed to analyze and relate the population interest through information search trends on Nutrition and Healthy Diet (HD) with the Occupational Health (OH). Ecological and correlational study of the Relative Search Volume (RSV) obtained from Google Trends query, segmented in two searched ...

[ES] Objetivo: Estimar la prevalencia y analizar los factores asociados al síndrome de fragilidad en adultos ≥ 70 años, pertenecientes a un centro de salud de Asturias. Diseño: Estudio observacional transversal. Emplazamiento: Centro de Salud El Llano, Asturias. Participantes: Adultos ≥ 70 años. Me...

Objective: To review the scientific literature on the influence of verified nutrition, food and diet interventions on occupational health. Method: This study involved a critical analysis of articles retrieved from MEDLINE (via PubMed), Embase, Cochrane Library, PsycINFO, Scopus, Web of Science, Lat...

The health-transitions humans have delivered during the 20th Century associated with the nutrition is that from undernutrition to obesity, which perseveres in the current years of the 21st Century. Energy intake (EI) is a contributing factor and therefore a fascination in nutritional sciences. Howe...

Objetive: To assess the perception of risk of exposure in the management of hazardous drugs (HDs) through home hospitalization and hospital units. Material and methods: A questionnaire was released, at the national level, to health professionals with HD management expertise. Questionnaire included ...

[ES] Objetivo: Resumir la evidencia cualitativa sobre el papel de los proveedores de cuidados en la prevención de las caídas de personas mayores de 65 años en centros y en la comunidad. Diseño: Metarresumen de evidencias cualitativas siguiendo el método de agregación. Fuentes de datos: Búsqueda man...

[ES] Objetivo: Revisar la documentación científica relacionada con la calidad de vida de las personas adultas con nutrición parenteral ingresadas en hospitalización domiciliaria. Método: Revisión crítica y sistemática. Los datos se obtuvieron de la consulta a las siguientes bases de datos bibliográ...

To determine the impact of the Best Practice Spotlight Organization® initiative on nurses' perception of their work environment and their attitudes to evidence-based practice. Quasi-experimental, multicentre study. The intervention is the participation in Best Prectice Spotilight Organizations to i...

INTRODUCTION: In Spain, one third of all children and two-thirds of adults suffer from excess weight, a condition that generates a direct excess medical cost of 2000 million Euros. Obesogenic food environments cause obesity by promoting the consumption of sugar-sweetened beverages and ultra-process...

This study analyzes the association of excessive energy intake and caloric restriction with breast cancer (BC) risk taking into account the individual energy needs of Spanish women. We conducted a multicenter matched case-control study where 973 pairs completed lifestyle and food frequency question...