Long-Term Patient Symptoms and Quality of Life in Adults After COVID-19: A Real Life Study.

Objective: To characterize long-term patient-reported symptoms and quality of life, in adults after COVID-19.

Material And Methods: Cross-sectional study in Cantabria (Northern Spain) including adults with PCR-confirmed SARS-CoV-2 infection ( = 694) with a time period between 4.7 and 24 month post-SARS-CoV-2 diagnosis, and their close contacts ( = 663) (PCR negative and without suspected infection) obtained from simple random sampling of a total of 47,773 cases and 94,301 close contacts.

Healthcare-associated infections by multidrug-resistant bacteria in Andalusia, Spain, 2014 to 2021.

BackgroundMultidrug-resistant (MDR) bacteria are among chief causes of healthcare-associated infections (HAIs). In Spain, studies addressing multidrug resistance based on epidemiological surveillance systems are lacking.AimIn this observational study, cases of HAIs by MDR bacteria notified to the epidemiological surveillance system of Andalusia, Spain, between 2014-2021, were investigated.

Epidemiologic Features and Control Measures during Monkeypox Outbreak, Spain, June 2022.

During June 2022, Spain was one of the countries most affected worldwide by a multicountry monkeypox outbreak with chains of transmission without identified links to disease-endemic countries. We provide epidemiologic features of cases reported in Spain and the coordinated measures taken to respond to this outbreak.

[Field epidemiology in times of COVID-19: challenges for public health services. SESPAS Report 2022].

During the COVID-19 crisis, local epidemiology units have been forced to manage an increasing number of cases, contacts and outbreaks for which they were not previously prepared or staffed. Under normal circumstances, the efficient study and control of outbreaks and public health alerts requires human and material resources, situation analysis to identify possible causes and present recommendations, coordination with other health system structures, as well as the providing a written report including control and prevention measures implemented and their results or other recommendations. The field study of outbreaks has been systematized in a way that has made it possible to implement quick and effective measures, for the interruption of transmission chains and management of risk situations.

[Los determinantes sociales de la salud en España (2010-2021): una revisión exploratoria de la literatura.].

Objective: Los determinantes sociales de la salud (DSS) son los ejes en torno a los cuales se articulan las desigualdades sociales en salud. El estudio de dichas diferencias entre grupos sociales resulta fundamental para el abordaje de las inequidades. El objetivo de esta revisión fue estudiar las aportaciones realizadas en la investigación sobre el efecto de los DSS en la salud o sus factores intermedios en la población española desde el año 2010 hasta 2021.