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Directly alcohol-attributable mortality by industry and occupation in a Spanish Census cohort of economically active population
AIMS: To assess disparities in directly alcohol-attributable (DAA) mortality by industry/occupation in Spain during 2002-2011 and the contribution of different socio-demographic factors, including socioeconomic position, to explain such disparity. METHODS: Nationwide cohort study covering 16 millio...
Intimate partner violence against young women: prevalence and associated factors in Europe
BACKGROUND: The magnitude of intimate partner violence (IPV) in young women is a source of increasing concern. The prevalence of IPV has not been analysed in Europe as a whole. The objective was to assess the prevalence and main characteristics of experiencing physical and/or sexual and psychologic...
Using nutrient profiling to prevent misleading food marketing
MadamLyndal Wellardet al. remind us that marketing productswith fruit and vegetable claims is inaccurate and poten-tially misleading if they do not meet nutrient profilingcriteria(1). In a sample of products advertised on televisionin Spain, in 2008, we found that 52 % and 57 % of foodsand beverag...
Reporting guidelines of health research studies are frequently used inappropriately
OBJECTIVES: Appropriate use of reporting guidelines of health research ensures that articles present readers with a consistent representation of study relevance, methodology, and results. This study evaluated the use of major reporting guidelines. STUDY DESIGN AND SETTING: A cross-sectional analysi...
Prevalence, Treatment, and Associated Factors of Hypertension in Spain: A Comparative Study between Populations
The prevalence and related factors of hypertensive subjects according to the resident area (rural versus urban) were investigated in two population-based studies from Spain. Medical questionnaires were administered and anthropometrics were measured, using standardized protocols. Hypertension was di...
Latest trends in Leishmania infantum infection in dogs in Spain, Part I: mapped seroprevalence and sand fly distributions
BACKGROUND: This report describes L. infantum infection seroprevalence in dogs in Spain through data obtained from peer-reviewed literature and a cross-sectional serological survey assessing epidemiological and habitat variables as risk factors for infection. The study also provides preliminary san...
Impact of co-infection by hepatitis C virus on immunological and virological response to antiretroviral therapy in HIV-positive patients
We assessed the effect of co-infection by hepatitis C virus (HCV) on immunological and virological response at 48 weeks from initiation of antiretroviral therapy (ART).We included patients from the Cohort of Spanish HIV Research Network (CoRIS) starting ART between January 2004 and November 2014, h...
Early prevention of diabetes microvascular complications in people with hyperglycaemia in Europe. ePREDICE randomized trial. Study protocol, recruitment and selected baseline data
OBJECTIVES: To assess the effects of early management of hyperglycaemia with antidiabetic drugs plus lifestyle intervention compared with lifestyle alone, on microvascular function in adults with pre-diabetes. METHODS: Trial design: International, multicenter, randomised, partially double-blind, pl...
The time trend temperature-mortality as a factor of uncertainty analysis of impacts of future heat waves
Recently, the paper by Wu et al. (2014), “Estimation and Uncertainty Analysis of Impacts of Future Heat Waves on Mortality in the Eastern United States,” concluded that “the major sources of uncertainty were the relative risk estimates for mortality on heat wave versus non–heat wave days, the RCP s...
Comment on "Using Satellite-Based Spatiotemporal Resolved Air Temperature Exposure to Study the Association between Ambient Air Temperature and Birth Outcomes in Massachusetts"
In a recently published paper using space-time satellite data to determine air temperature (Ta), Kloog et al. concluded that Ta during pregnancy was associated with lower birth weight and shorter gestational age in the study population. The results obtained pointed to associations between Ta and bi...
Finding gene regulatory network candidates using the gene expression knowledge base
BACKGROUND: Network-based approaches for the analysis of large-scale genomics data have become well established. Biological networks provide a knowledge scaffold against which the patterns and dynamics of 'omics' data can be interpreted. The background information required for the construction of s...
Information search behaviour, understanding and use of nutrition labeling by residents of Madrid, Spain
OBJETIVES: To describe the information search behaviour, comprehension level, and use of nutritional labeling by consumers according to sociodemographic characteristics. STUDY DESIGN: Cross-sectional study of consumers recruited in five stores of the main supermarket chains in Madrid: a random samp...
Greater dietary variety is associated with better biochemical nutritional status in Spanish children: the Four Provinces Study
BACKGROUND AND AIM: Although dietary variety has been associated with a better nutritional profile, its possible role in obesity raises doubts about its overall health benefits. In this study, we examined the association between dietary variety and anthropometric variables, food intake and various ...
Drug and alcohol use in Spain: consumption habits, attitudes and opinions
To estimate the lifetime prevalence of drug and alcohol use and its sociodemographic determinants and to investigate opinions towards drug use in Spain, we examined a representative nation-wide sample of 2495 adult Spaniards, males and females, aged 18 y or older, selected by a multistaged random s...
Spanish children's diet: compliance with nutrient and food intake guidelines
OBJECTIVE: To compare the diet of Spanish children against the nutrient and food intake guidelines. To calculate an index of overall diet quality and check its validity against nutrient intake. DESIGN AND SETTING: Cross-sectional study in four cities in Spain, where information on food and nutrient...
Alcohol intake and risk of breast cancer: the euramic study
To evaluate the association of alcohol intake with the risk of breast cancer in post-menopausal women, we analyzed the data from an international case-control study conducted in five European countries (FRG, Switzerland, Northern Ireland, the Netherlands and Spain). Information on alcohol intake wa...
Variedad y diversidad de la dieta de niños españoles: Estudio Cuatro Provincias.
BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVE: Diet variety is claimed for ensuring a healthy eating. Our objective was to analyze the relationship between the variety and diversity of the diet and its nutritional quality among Spanish children. SUBJECTS AND METHOD: Cross-sectional study where information on food and n...
El desarrollo de un proyecto de aprendizaje electrónico: la experiencia de la Escuela Nacional de Sanidad
Objetivo
En este artículo se expone el desarrollo de un modelo de aprendizaje electrónico realizado en la Escuela Nacional de Sanidad por especialistas de diferentes disciplinas (salud pública, pedagogía, informática, administración, gestión y calidad).
Material y métodosEl proyecto se dividió en 4...
Adecuación de ingresos y estancias hospitalarias en pacientes con hernia inguinal sin complicaciones
BACKGROUND: Inguinal hernia uncomplicated in patients aged over 17 years, diagnosis-related group (DRG) 162, generates a substantial number of hospital stays due its high frequency in our country. These stays may not be necessary, and present an important temporal and geographical variability. MATE...
High risk men who have sex with men in Spain are reporting low intentions of actively seeking HIV testing: results from a cross-sectional study
BACKGROUND: We analyse unprotected anal intercourses (UAI) self-reported by a sample of men who have sex with men (MSM), by their future testing intentions and past testing history to identify undertested subpopulations that could be contributing to onward transmission. METHODS: We recruited MSM th...