José Félix Reyes Rodríguez, Sonia González-Casanova González
{"title":"[Primary Health Care, adequacy of quotas and Family Care Units. A flexible model according to complexity and sociodemographic characteristics].","authors":"José Félix Reyes Rodríguez, Sonia González-Casanova González","doi":"","DOIUrl":"","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Objective: </strong>COVID-19 has evidenced the importance of a Primary and Community Care (PCC), able to respond in the front line with capacity and adaptation to health and social crises. In order to reinforce its role, the Strategic Framework for Primary and Community Care was created in 2019, and one of its lines of action is to consolidate a budgetary and human resources policy. This translates into the Primary Care Action Plan 2022 and 2023, which includes the adequacy of HHRR based on the morbidity attended, health outcomes and sociodemographic characteristics. For this purpose, the development of the model for its calculation is urged. The objective of this paper was to offer a model as a guideline for the adequacy of the needs of Family Care Units (FAU).</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>The study was carried out in the Tenerife Health Area, which has 41 ZBS with 97 health care centers. The variables weighted in the model were: percentage of people over 65 years of age; utilization index; complexity by GMA (Adjusted Morbidity Groups) and frequentation. An Adequate Quota Index was calculated to establish the quota for each health care center between 1,200 and 1,600 per UAF and projection to 2025.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>The total need for UAF increase was 62, compared to 57 with the capita criterion of 1,500, at the extremes of the model range there were 12 centers of 1,200 and 11 of 1,600.</p><p><strong>Conclusions: </strong>In a very heterogeneous Health Area, the model achieves a more equitable allocation without increasing in practice the need for FAUs compared to the capitated criterion.</p>","PeriodicalId":94199,"journal":{"name":"Revista espanola de salud publica","volume":"98 ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-07-17","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC11571914/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142006229","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Laura Cambra-Rufino, Fernando Ibarrola-Leiva, José León Paniagua-Caparrós
{"title":"[What about extending Specialised Health Training to architecture and engineering?]","authors":"Laura Cambra-Rufino, Fernando Ibarrola-Leiva, José León Paniagua-Caparrós","doi":"","DOIUrl":"","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Projects and construction management in healthcare facilities are usually assigned to architectural firms and engineering companies with previous experience. However, there is no evaluation system to ensure their level of competence in the healthcare sector. In the past, this was also the case for clinicians when they were self-appointed specialists without any supervision. Currently, the Specialised Health Training (SHT) programme in Spain is the only official specialisation pathway and consists of a period that combines training and paid healthcare practice. Similarly, but from Argentina, hospital residencies in architecture have been carried out for specialised postgraduate training. The aim of this article was to show the experience in Argentina and to propose the extension of the SHT in Spain. Our proposal consists of a programme of residencies in architecture and engineering to be developed in healthcare centres. We believe that this initiative has great potential to address health from its multiple disciplines and to reinforce the maturity of a National Health System in constant change.</p>","PeriodicalId":94199,"journal":{"name":"Revista espanola de salud publica","volume":"98 ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-07-03","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC11567643/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142006230","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Lidia Martínez de Sus, Sandra Calvo, Carolina Jiménez-Sánchez, Ricardo Ros Mar, Iva Marques-Lopes
{"title":"[Relación entre el estado ponderal y la postura del pie en escolares españoles: estudio transversal].","authors":"Lidia Martínez de Sus, Sandra Calvo, Carolina Jiménez-Sánchez, Ricardo Ros Mar, Iva Marques-Lopes","doi":"","DOIUrl":"","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Objective: </strong>Childhood flatfoot and overweight can affect children's quality of life and influence their development, increasing the risk of musculoskeletal problems in adulthood. There is evidence linking overweight to the development of childhood flatfoot. The aim of the study was to assess the relationship between the weight status of school children and their foot posture and to determine whether there are differences between both sexes.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>A cross-sectional study (2021) in a sample of schoolchildren (n=296, 153 boys and 143 girls, mean age 8.5±2.7) from Colegio San Agustín in Zaragoza was carried out. Foot posture was assessed according to the foot postural index, and weight status was obtained using the body mass index according to the criteria of the International Obesity Task Force. The correlation between weight status and foot posture was analyzed using Spearman's coefficient. The Chi-square test was used to determine the differences between the variables according to sex.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>Weight status showed no correlation with foot posture in boys (right foot p=0.095; left foot p=0.067) and girls (right foot p=-0.04; left foot p=0.008). Boys had a higher prevalence of flat feet than girls (boys foot posture index=8; girls foot posture index=7; right foot p<0.036; left foot p<0.009). Boys had higher prevalence of overweight than girls (28.75; 18.18, p<0.027).</p><p><strong>Conclusions: </strong>Weight status has no effect on foot posture. The male gender could predispose to the development of flat feet and overweight in childhood.</p>","PeriodicalId":94199,"journal":{"name":"Revista espanola de salud publica","volume":"98 ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-06-19","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC11571901/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141428597","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Mª Guadalupe Fontán Vinagre, Antonio López Peláez, Diego Ayuso Murillo, María Enríquez Jiménez, Roberto Guerrero-Menéndez, Silvia Domínguez Fernández
{"title":"[Abordaje y atención a la cronicidad con tecnologías digitales en las políticas sanitarias en España].","authors":"Mª Guadalupe Fontán Vinagre, Antonio López Peláez, Diego Ayuso Murillo, María Enríquez Jiménez, Roberto Guerrero-Menéndez, Silvia Domínguez Fernández","doi":"","DOIUrl":"","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Objective: </strong>From the healthcare policies that support Public Health strategies, technology implementation in healthcare is an innovative element to address chronicity. Its introduction is not uniform across Spain, despite of the existence of digital strategic implementation and national chronicity plans. The aim of this paper was to explore the current deployment of autonomic strategies for chronicity and the implementation of digital tools for telemonitoring and user support.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>A descriptive cross-sectional study was conducted through documental review of autonomous strategies in digital health and chronicity care, available until 2020. Consequently, a consultation was carried out to eighteen experts addressing autonomic availability, benefits and barriers to healthcare digitalization.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>The expert consultation revealed that, in fifteen autonomous communities, the use and the enhancement of digital technologies were addressed and in nine the focus was on promoting digital transformation. Eleven communities are working on updates, fourteen have health-related digital applications, thirteen allow users checking their test results, ten allow them to carry out administrative procedures, nine deliver patient support resources, and three provide telematic communication channels. 38.89% of the consulted refered not knowing about the existence of any follow-up and monitoring programs in their community. The 60% identified a gap in digital competencies among citizens and the lack of resources, as main barriers to implementation.</p><p><strong>Conclusions: </strong>There exists disparity in the update of strategies to address chronicity and the introduction of digital technologies. Many of them are currently updating, which is an opportunity to provide efficient responses that incorporate digital tools.</p>","PeriodicalId":94199,"journal":{"name":"Revista espanola de salud publica","volume":"98 ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-06-14","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC11571956/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141428595","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Josep M Suelves Joanxich, Eneko Barberia Marcalain, Josep M Casadesús Valbí, Marisa Ortega Sánchez, Alexandre Xifró Collsamata
{"title":"[Drowning mortality in Catalonia (2019-2022)].","authors":"Josep M Suelves Joanxich, Eneko Barberia Marcalain, Josep M Casadesús Valbí, Marisa Ortega Sánchez, Alexandre Xifró Collsamata","doi":"","DOIUrl":"","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Objective: </strong>Data on drownings tend to underestimate mortality from this cause. The objective of this study was to describe fatal drownings recorded in Catalonia between 2019 and 2022 through forensic sources, present their characteristics, and assess the utility of this information for monitoring drowning mortality.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>A retrospective observational study based on the register of judicial deaths from the Institute of Legal Medicine and Forensic Sciences of Catalonia was carried out. Data on medicolegal aetiology, aquatic environment, age, gender, date of death, and municipality of origin were analysed. Statistical analysis was based on the comparison of proportions test based on Chi-square for categorical variables and the Mann Whitney U test for the comparison of numerical variables.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>A total of 310 drownings were recorded, with a mean age of 57.2 years and a male predominance (77.1%). The majority of drownings were unintentional (71.3%), followed by suicides (15.5%), and cases of undetermined intent (12.6%). Compared to intentional drownings, unintentional and undetermined intent drownings had a higher percentage of males than females (81.2% vs. 56%, p<0.001), and fewer cases with Spanish nationality than foreign or undetermined nationality (60% vs. 92%, p<0.001). Middle-aged and older individuals accounted for the majority of deaths, but among unintentional drownings, those recorded in pools included significantly higher percentages of children and adolescents aged zero-fourteen years than those occurring in natural waters.</p><p><strong>Conclusions: </strong>The results highlight the importance of drowning mortality in Catalonia and the need to strengthen preventive activities, especially for children and during episodes of intense heat. Medicolegal sources are useful for monitoring drowning mortality, but it would be beneficial if they incorporated information on variables such as place of residence and nationality.</p>","PeriodicalId":94199,"journal":{"name":"Revista espanola de salud publica","volume":"98 ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-06-05","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC11571907/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141428596","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Javier Ayesta, Armando Peruga, Aarón Rebollar, Noa Rey, Andrés Zamorano, Susana Verdejo, Javier Panero, Julio César Doncel, Andrea Martín, Eva Mª Pérez-Sacristán
{"title":"[What does Harm Reduction in Tobacco Use means to Public Health].","authors":"Javier Ayesta, Armando Peruga, Aarón Rebollar, Noa Rey, Andrés Zamorano, Susana Verdejo, Javier Panero, Julio César Doncel, Andrea Martín, Eva Mª Pérez-Sacristán","doi":"","DOIUrl":"","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Harm reduction is a classic Public Health concept to refer to the reduction of the negative effect of drug use/abuse with a focus on justice and human rights, but the tobacco industry has been perverting this concept for years and using it as a tool for its own marketing. This publication details what real harm reduction action on tobacco use would be, when it should be implemented, and what pillars it should be based on. Different methods of reducing the harmful effects of tobacco and nicotine have been tried and tested over time, but the results have been poor; therefore, smoking cessation by the various officially recognised methods is recommended as a priority objective, using the tools that are truly supported by science. In contrast, it also explains the strategies developed by the industry to manipulate consumers and make them dependent on products that can eventually kill them: from the development of filtered cigarettes to light cigarettes, and from menthol to flavoured vapes. In all cases, they have falsely led people to believe that they were developing less toxic products when they were not. Nowadays, both light and menthol cigarettes are banned in Spain, filters have not reduced risk but increased the use, and vapes try to replace cigarettes with their attractive flavours and their false legend of healthier products when what they are really doing is maintaining the same addiction by changing the object, encouraging dual use, and attracting younger and younger non-smokers. At the same time, a strategy of dividing the opinion of health professionals has been developed, using medical doctors and researchers with recognised conflicts of interest but who manage to confuse consumers. In conclusion, we consider that, although nicotine releasing devices may be useful elements in some particular cases, they are not recommended at the population level as they can promote onset, prevent cessation, as well as maintaining the addictive capacity. The only nicotine products that are recommended are those of pharmacological use approved for the case and provided they are used as a transitional tool to complete cessation.</p>","PeriodicalId":94199,"journal":{"name":"Revista espanola de salud publica","volume":"98 ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-05-28","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC11575274/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141158025","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Juan Carlos Gascó-Laborda, María Gil-Fortuño, Javier Ortiz-Rambla, Noemí Meseguer Ferrer, Óscar Pérez-Olaso, Lledó Lluch-Bacas, Raúl Moya-Malo, Diego Moliner Urdiales, Juan B Bellido-Blasco
{"title":"[Brote de la COVID-19 en una residencia en ancianos correctamente vacunados. Influencia de la inmunidad híbrida en la carga viral, el riesgo de infección y el riesgo de progresión de la enfermedad].","authors":"Juan Carlos Gascó-Laborda, María Gil-Fortuño, Javier Ortiz-Rambla, Noemí Meseguer Ferrer, Óscar Pérez-Olaso, Lledó Lluch-Bacas, Raúl Moya-Malo, Diego Moliner Urdiales, Juan B Bellido-Blasco","doi":"","DOIUrl":"","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Objective: </strong>This study addressed a COVID-19 outbreak in a nursing home, where the residents were vaccinated with two doses of Comirnaty® and thirty of them had previously had the infection. Outbreaks in closed communities are opportunities to study the entire clinical spectrum of the disease and, as in this case, the effect of hybrid immunity on transmission, infection progression and viral load.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>A descriptive and retrospective cohort study in the resident population was carried out. Attack rates were calculated for one of four stages of the disease: infection, symptomatic infection, hospitalization, and death. Relative risks (RR) were then estimated using simple and multivariate Poisson regression for each of these stages.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>The attack rate was 59% (56/95). The clinical spectrum was the same in both sexes. There was a notable protective effect of hybrid immunity against transmission (67%). In terms of progression, those with hybrid immunity had a lower risk of symptomatic infection. Nasopharyngeal viral load was significantly lower in individuals with hybrid immunity and asymptomatic individuals, supporting the idea of lower transmissibility in this group. Age was identified as a risk factor for disease progression. Molecular analysis identified the Delta B.1.617.2 variant in the patients and an air sample, supporting aerosol transmission in closed, poorly ventilated environments.</p><p><strong>Conclusions: </strong>This study provides a comprehensive view of an outbreak in a vaccinated nursing home, highlighting the importance of hybrid immunity. The results support the individual consideration of previous infection history when assessing the risk of COVID-19, contributing to the understanding of the evolution of the pandemic in the future.</p>","PeriodicalId":94199,"journal":{"name":"Revista espanola de salud publica","volume":"98 ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-05-24","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141089572","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Juan Guerrero-Núñez, Dámaris Jofré-Olivares, Francisco Guillén-Grima, Inés Aguinaga-Ontoso, Angélica Bacho-Tapia, Leticia Araya-Moraga, Nicole Iturrieta-Guaita, Loreto Villanueva-Pabón, Marisell Correa-Butrón, María Briones-Lorca, Alicia Parada-Navarro, Christian Hernández-Valenzuela, Manuel Ortiz-Llorenz, Marco Marrodán-García, Daniela Goretta-Sandoval, Claudia Vilches-Arredondo
{"title":"[Literacy in sexual and reproductive health as well as associated variables: multicenter study].","authors":"Juan Guerrero-Núñez, Dámaris Jofré-Olivares, Francisco Guillén-Grima, Inés Aguinaga-Ontoso, Angélica Bacho-Tapia, Leticia Araya-Moraga, Nicole Iturrieta-Guaita, Loreto Villanueva-Pabón, Marisell Correa-Butrón, María Briones-Lorca, Alicia Parada-Navarro, Christian Hernández-Valenzuela, Manuel Ortiz-Llorenz, Marco Marrodán-García, Daniela Goretta-Sandoval, Claudia Vilches-Arredondo","doi":"","DOIUrl":"","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Objective: </strong>Limited Health Literacy implies an insufficient understanding of relevant health information, being associated with various variables. The objective of the study was to measure the prevalence of the level of Limited Sexual and Reproductive Health Literacy (AS-SR), its associated variables and the differences in scores between levels of AS-SR, universities and science of study in Chilean university students.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>A multicenter and cross-sectional study, which applied a validated scale to measure levels of AS-SR, was carried out in a sample of 2,186 Chilean university students, categorizing it as high, medium high, medium low and low. The level of Limited AS-SR was obtained by adding the medium-low and low categories. Tests were carried out: descriptive, psychometric and reliability; association, logistic regression and differences between variables of interest.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>The prevalence of Limited AS-SR was 52.7%. The variables most associated with the level of Limited AS-SR were: low interest in information about health care (OR=2.819; 95% CI: 2.132-3.726), prevention (OR=2.564; 95% CI: 1.941-3.388), sexuality (OR=2.497; 95% CI: 1.807-3.452) and health promotion (OR=1.515; 95% CI: 1.239-1.853); certain sources of Information (OR=1.915; 95% CI:1.614-2.272); low economic income (OR=1.661; 95% CI: 1.361-2.026), among others. There were statistically significant differences in scores between categories of AS-SR levels, universities and study science. The scale had a reliability of 0.940.</p><p><strong>Conclusions: </strong>More than half of the students have Limited AS-SR, mainly associated with low interest in health information. The scale presents excellent psychometric indicators, being recommended for diagnoses of health situations.</p>","PeriodicalId":94199,"journal":{"name":"Revista espanola de salud publica","volume":"98 ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-05-14","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC11571692/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"140924207","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Lucía Carton Erlandsson, Antonio Martín Duce, Raquel de Los Reyes Gragera Martínez, María Sanz Guijo, Alfonso Muriel García, Rubén Mirón González, Crispín Gigante Pérez
{"title":"[Use of social networks as a source of information on health and digital health literacy in the Spanish general population].","authors":"Lucía Carton Erlandsson, Antonio Martín Duce, Raquel de Los Reyes Gragera Martínez, María Sanz Guijo, Alfonso Muriel García, Rubén Mirón González, Crispín Gigante Pérez","doi":"","DOIUrl":"","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Objective: </strong>Social media allows individuals to access a vast amount of health-related information immediately and anonymously, a fact that is turning these platforms into one of the primary sources of reference in this area, especially for younger generations. Given this reality, the objective of determining the impact of social media on digital health literacy in the general Spanish population was proposed.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>A cross-sectional descriptive study was carried out in 2023. Using a non-probabilistic sampling, the population residing in Spain, over eighteen years old, and users of social networks were included, obtaining a sample of 1,307 participants. An adaptation of the validated eHEALS questionnaire on digital health literacy was used. This questionnaire, created in Microsoft Forms, was disseminated through an anonymous link via the research team's social networks and collaborators. A descriptive and inferential statistical analysis was performed using SPSS 22.0, assuming a significance level with a value of p<0.05.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>All participants affirmed having consumed health information through social networks, but 72.1% stated they had actively used these platforms to search for this health information. Regarding digital health literacy, a median score of 24 out of 40 points was obtained on the questionnaire, being significantly higher among those who claimed to use social networks as a source of health information (p=0.0001).</p><p><strong>Conclusions: </strong>Actively employing social media as a source of health information is associated with a higher level of digital health literacy.</p>","PeriodicalId":94199,"journal":{"name":"Revista espanola de salud publica","volume":"98 ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-05-13","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"140913546","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Rosalía Hillers-Rodríguez, Adela San Vicente-Cano, Laura Portabales-Barreiro, Agustín Madoz-Gúrpide
{"title":"[Effects of the COVID-19 pandemic on the mental health of patients with pre-existing psychopathology].","authors":"Rosalía Hillers-Rodríguez, Adela San Vicente-Cano, Laura Portabales-Barreiro, Agustín Madoz-Gúrpide","doi":"","DOIUrl":"","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Objective: </strong>Several studies stated greater impact on mental health among psychiatric population during the first wave of the COVID-19 pandemic. The aim of this paper was to study the pandemic effects more than a year after its outbreak on the mental state of adult patients with pre-existing psychopathology attending a Mental Health Center in Madrid (Spain).</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>A cross-sectional observational study was carried out with a sample of fifty-eight patients using a questionnaire that collected different descriptive variables. Results of the PHQ-9 Depression Scale, the GAD-7 Anxiety Scale, the IES-R Impact of Event Scale-Revised, the Clinical Global Impression scale CGI-GI, and the assessment of the professionals responsible for the patients about their clinical state were also collected. A descriptive analysis and binary logistic regression models were performed.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>There was a prevalence of 70% anxiety, 76% depression and 57% stress due to a stressful event more than one year after the start of the pandemic. Likewise, associations were found between the symptoms and certain clinical, mediating variables and gender.</p><p><strong>Conclusions: </strong>The psychological state of patients with pre-existing psychopathology attended at the Mental Health Center is negatively affected by the COVID-19 pandemic up to a year and a half after its onset.</p>","PeriodicalId":94199,"journal":{"name":"Revista espanola de salud publica","volume":"98 ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-04-25","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC11575393/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"140867976","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}