Physical activity and sedentary behaviour in patients admitted with COPD: Associated factors.

Aim: To establish amongst a cohort of patients admitted with Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease which factors were associated with their level of Physical Activity and Sedentary Behavior prior to the admission event.

Methods: Prospective observational cohort study. Nine Spanish hospitals participated.

Variables related to health-related quality of life among breast cancer survivors after participation in an interdisciplinary treatment combining mindfulness and physiotherapy.

Background: Breast cancer diagnosis and treatment increase the potential psychological impact on breast cancer survivors (BCS). The objective of this study was to assess the effects of an interdisciplinary intervention during follow-up in BCS and identify variables related to improvements in HRQoL.

Materials And Methods: In a non-randomised quasi-experimental design performed on an outpatient basis in a hospital gynaecology and oncology unit, 60 BCS were assigned to an interdisciplinary experimental group (EG) or a usual care group (CG).

Change in physical activity related to admission for exacerbation in COPD patients.

Introduction: The aim of this study was to determine the impact of hospitalizations on levels of physical activity (PA) and whether other factors were associated with subsequent changes in PA.

Methods: Prospective observational cohort study with a nested case-control study, with follow-up 60 days from the index hospital admission. Nine hospitals participated in the study.

Anxiety, depression, health-related quality of life, and mortality among colorectal patients: 5-year follow-up.

Purpose: Health-related quality of life (HRQoL) measurement represents an important outcome in cancer patients. We describe the evolution of HRQoL over a 5-year period in colorectal cancer patients, identifying predictors of change and how they relate to mortality.

Methods: Prospective observational cohort study including colorectal cancer (CRC) patients having undergone surgery in nineteen public hospitals who were monitored from their diagnosis, intervention and at 1-, 2-, 3-, and 5-year periods thereafter by gathering HRQoL data using the EuroQol-5D-5L (EQ-5D-5L), European Organization for Research and Treatment of Cancer's Quality of Life Questionnaire-Core 30 (EORTC-QLQ-C30), and Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale (HADS) questionnaires.

Predictors of short-term COPD readmission.

COPD readmissions have a great impact on patients' quality of life and mortality. Our goal was to identify factors related to 60-day readmission. We conducted a prospective observational cohort study with a nested case-control study, with 60 days of follow-up after the index admission.

Effect of comorbidities on long-term outcomes of colorectal cancer patients.

Objective: The objective of this work is to evaluate the association of comorbidities with various outcomes in patients diagnosed with colon or rectal cancer.

Methods: We conducted a prospective cohort study of patients diagnosed with colon or rectal cancer who underwent surgery. Data were gathered on sociodemographic, clinical characteristics, disease course, and the EuroQol EQ-5D and EORTC QLQ-C30 scores, up to 5 years after surgery.

Complications and diagnostic accuracy of CT-guided 18G tru-cut versus end-cut percutaneous core needle biopsy of solitary solid lung nodules.

Purpose: Percutaneous biopsy has demonstrated high accuracy in diagnosis of lung nodules, but the technique is not innocuous and a yield decrease in lesions smaller than 20 mm has been reported. We carried out a prospective study to evaluate and compare the complications and efficacy of percutaneous core needle biopsy (CNB) of solitary solid lung nodules, which were performed with two types of automatic guns.

Methods: 330 consecutive CT-guided CNB were included.

Quality Indicators and Outcomes in a Prospective Cohort of Colorectal Cancer Patients.

Background: Some quality indicators of proper health care in patients with colorectal cancer have been established.

Aims: Our goal was to evaluate the relationship between performing of certain procedures or treatments, included as quality indicators, and some outcomes of indicators in the follow-up of colorectal cancer patients.

Methods: This was a prospective cohort study of patients diagnosed with colorectal cancer that underwent surgery and were followed at 1, 2, 3, and 5 years.

Classification of subtypes of patients with eating disorders by correspondence analysis.

Background: Grouping eating disorders (ED) patients into subtypes could help improve the establishment of more effective diagnostic and treatment strategies.

Aim: To identify clinically meaningful subgroups among subjects with ED using multiple correspondence analysis (MCA).

Methods: A prospective cohort study was conducted of all outpatients diagnosed for an ED at an Eating Disorders Outpatient Clinic to characterize groups of patients with ED into subtypes according to sociodemographic and psychosocial impairment data, and to validate the results using several illustrative variables.

Predictors of mortality of COVID-19 in the general population and nursing homes.

The factors that predispose an individual to a higher risk of death from COVID-19 are poorly understood. The goal of the study was to identify factors associated with risk of death among patients with COVID-19. This is a retrospective cohort study of people with laboratory-confirmed SARS-CoV-2 infection from February to May 22, 2020.

Multicentre prospective study of drug-eluting bead chemoembolisation safety using tightly calibrated small microspheres in non-resectable hepatocellular carcinoma.

Purpose: To assess the safety and tolerability of transarterial drug-eluting bead chemoembolisation (DEB-TACE) using tightly calibrated 100-μm microspheres in hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC).

Method: This multicentre prospective study included 131 patients with a 2-year follow-up. All patients had Child-Pugh scores ≤ B7, a good performance status, and Barcelona Clinic Liver Cancer stage A or B.

Short-term mortality risk score for de novo acute heart failure (ESSIC-FEHF).

Background: Different variables are playing a role in prognosis of acute heart failure.

Objectives: Our purpose was to create and validate a risk score to predict mortality in patients with a first episode of acute heart failure during the first 2 months after the first hospitalization.

Design: This was a prospective cohort study.

Predictors of readmission and reoperation in patients with colorectal cancer.

Purpose: To assess the impact of readmission and reoperation on colon or rectal cancer patients in clinical and patient-reported outcome measures (PROMs) and to identify predictors of these events up to 1 year after surgery.

Methods: Prospective cohort study of patients diagnosed with colon or rectal cancer who underwent surgery at 1 of 22 hospitals. Medical history, clinical parameters, and PROMs were evaluated as possible predictors.

Stage- and age-adjusted cost-effectiveness analysis of laparoscopic surgery in rectal cancer.

Background: It has been argued that laparoscopy should be a standard treatment in rectal cancer due to its greater technical complexity. The objective of this study was to conduct a cost-effectiveness analysis to compare laparoscopy with open surgery for rectal cancer adjusting for age and clinical stage.

Methods: A real-world prospective cost-effectiveness cohort study was conducted with data on costs and effectiveness at individual patient level.

Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease assessment test: usefulness for monitoring recovery and predicting poor course of disease after exacerbations.

Objectives: To assess the usefulness of the chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) assessment test (CAT) for evaluating recovery from an acute exacerbation of chronic COPD. To assess whether the CAT score used along with a COPD exacerbation severity scale can better predict risk of a poor course of disease.

Methods: Prospective multicenter cohort study enrolling patients who attended hospital emergency departments with symptoms of exacerbated COPD.

Predictors of one and two years' mortality in patients with colon cancer: A prospective cohort study.

Background: Tools to aid in the prognosis assessment of colon cancer patients in terms of risk of mortality are needed. Goals of this study are to develop and validate clinical prediction rules for 1- and 2-year mortality in these patients.

Methods: This is a prospective cohort study of patients diagnosed with colon cancer who underwent surgery at 22 hospitals.

Cost-effectiveness analysis of laparoscopic versus open surgery in colon cancer.

Background: Few economic evaluations have assessed laparoscopy for colon cancer. This study aimed to compare the cost-effectiveness of laparoscopic and open surgery for the treatment of colon cancer.

Method: A cost-effectiveness analysis was performed comparing two groups of patients treated according to standard clinical practice (REDISSEC-CARESS/CCR cohort) by laparoscopic or open surgery.

Predictors of mortality during hospitalization and 3 months after discharge in elderly people with and without dementia.

The aims of this study were to assess mortality during hospitalization and 3 months after discharge in elderly people with and without dementia, and to identify variables that might predict mortality. A prospective matched cohort study was conducted involving 195 inpatients with dementia and 204 inpatients without dementia. Information on sociodemographic, and clinical data were gathered.

External validity of a prognostic score for acute heart failure based on the Epidemiology of Acute Heart Failure in Emergency Departments registry: the EAHFE-3D scale.

Objectives: To validate the EAHFE-3D scale, based on the Acute Heart Failure in Emergency Departments registry, in a cohort of patients attended for acute heart failure.

Material And Methods: Study of a multipurpose cohort of patients with acute heart failure in 3 hospitals in the Basque Country between 2011 and 2013. We extracted age, baseline New York Heart Association functional class, systolic blood pressure, baseline arterial oxygen saturation, sodium level in blood, and emergency department treatments (noninvasive mechanical ventilation, use of inotropic agents and vasopressors) in order to calculate each patient's EAHFE-3D score.

New psychometric data from the Spanish versions of the Glasgow Dyspepsia Severity Score and the Dyspepsia-Related Health Scale measures.

Background And Objective: There are no structural abnormalities in functional dyspepsia, therefore it is essential to have a viable questionnaire to measure treatment outcome according to patient perception. The aim of the study was to extensively document psychometric characteristics of the Glasgow Dyspepsia Severity Score and the Dyspepsia-Related Health Scale that are currently available in Spanish.

Methods: Patients with functional dyspepsia (n = 158) were recruited from a randomized trial that assessed standard vs.

Outcomes of open versus laparoscopic surgery in patients with rectal cancer.

Purpose: The goal of this study was to compare the effectiveness of laparoscopic with that of open surgery up to 2 years after intervention in patients with rectal cancer.

Methods: This is a prospective cohort study of patients with rectal cancer who underwent surgery (laparoscopic or open) between June 2010 and December 2012 in 22 acute hospitals. Main outcomes were mortality, complications, reoperation, readmission, and patient-reported outcome measures (PROMs), as measured using the EuroQol-5D (EQ-5D), European Organisation for Research and Treatment of Cancer (EORTC) QLQ-Q30 and Q29, the Barthel Index (BI), and the Duke-UNC Functional Social Support Questionnaire at baseline, 1 year, and 2 years after surgery.

Influence of Cardiovascular Risk in the Prediction and Timing of Cardiac Events After Exercise Echocardiogram Testing Without Ischemia.

Introduction And Objectives: There have been no analyses of the influence of cardiovascular risk as a predictor of events in patients with exercise echocardiography (EE) without ischemia. Our objective was to determine the predictors of cardiac events, paying special attention to cardiovascular risk.

Methods: This study included 1640 patients with EE without ischemia.

Electromyography-guided hyaluronic acid injection laryngoplasty in early stage of unilateral vocal fold paralysis.

Introduction And Objective: To assess the effectiveness of electromyography-guided hyaluronic acid injection laryngoplasty in the early stage of unilateral vocal fold paralysis in terms of patient recovery from dysphonia and quality of life.

Methods: Between January and December 2014, 28 patients with unilateral vocal fold paralysis underwent electromyography and injection of hyaluronic acid in the thyroarytenoid muscle. We compared the voice handicap index, grade, roughness, breathiness, asthenia, strain scale (GRBAS), videostroboscopic parameters and maximum phonation time assessed before, 15 days and 6 months after the intervention, using the non-parametric Wilcoxon rank test.

Clinical Outcome of Mechanical Thrombectomy for Stroke in the Elderly.

Background: Endovascular revascularization with mechanical devices has proven an effective treatment for proximal occlusions of the major intracranial arteries in stroke patients, but there is only limited information as to whether there should be an age limit for its use. We aimed to evaluate the safety and effectiveness of endovascular revascularization in stroke patients aged 80 years and older, and compare the results with younger patients.

Methods: We prospectively collected 81 consecutive patients subjected to mechanical thrombectomy for proximal occlusion of the anterior circulation during a period of 27 months.