Risk factors for mortality among people with diabetes in Spain: The DIMORTES study.

Introduction: Diabetes mellitus (DM) is a common chronic disease with an increasing global prevalence.

Objectives: The objective of this study was to analyse all-cause mortality and its associated factors in people with DM in Spain.

Methods: We conducted a population-based retrospective study based on the 2011/2012 Spanish National Health Survey and the Spanish national death register, with six years of follow-up.

Analysis of missing data in electronic health records of people with diabetes in primary care in Spain: A population-based cohort study.

Introduction: Researchers conducting studies based on electronic health records (EHRs) often have to deal with missing data. We aimed to analyze patterns of missing data in lipid profile, sociodemographic variables and risk factors contained in the EHRs of the CARDIABETES project and compare different strategies for addressing the issue.

Methods: We conducted a retrospective cohort study of people with diabetes, based on EHRs in the Spanish Pharmacoepidemiological Research Database for Public Health Systems (BIFAP).

The impact of chronic diseases on all-cause mortality in Spain: A population-based cohort study.

Objective: Our study aimed to assess the association between all-cause mortality and the most prevalent chronic diseases in Spain, including diabetes mellitus.

Design: Population-based retrospective cohort study. SITE: Spanish population (Spanish National Health Survey).

External validation of the FAscore scale to evaluate the risk of atrial fibrillation in patients with arterial hypertension.

Background And Aim: To use a risk scale or predictive model outside the population of origin, it is necessary to evaluate the predictive indicators through external validation. The aim was to validate the FAscore, originally constructed in hypertensive patients in primary care in the Valencian Region, in an external cohort with hypertension in primary care in the Basque Country.

Methods: A retrospective cohort study was designed to perform an external validation of the FAscore app in patients affiliated with 26 health centers in the municipality of Bilbao.

[When should a patient with obesity be referred to endocrinology? Current indications for bariatric surgery].

Bariatric surgery (BS) has been shown to be effective and efficient, but only 1% of selected patients will ever receive it. Compared to medical treatment of obesity, BS has demonstrated greater long-term sustained weight loss, a reduction in both total and cardiovascular (CV) mortality, improvement or remission of CV risk factors and other comorbidities associated with obesity, as well as improved mobility and quality of life. BS presents similar risks to other abdominal surgeries, with obesity as an added risk factor.

Cross-Cultural Adaptation and Validation of the Perception of the Doctor-Patient Relationship (PREMEPA) Questionnaire in Chronic Multi-Pathological Patients.

Objective: To conduct a cross-cultural adaptation and validation in Primary Care of the PREMEPA doctor-patient relationship perception questionnaire.

Design: Descriptive, cross-sectional study, using self-administered questionnaires. Qualitative validation: an adapted version of the original questionnaire, was adapted to our culture.

Design and validation of a new questionnaire with a gender perspective to measure medication adherence for secondary prevention of ischaemic heart disease: study protocol.

Introduction And Objectives: Only about 50% of chronic patients in high-income countries adhere to their treatment. There are methods to measure medication adherence but none of them can be considered optimal. This study will aim to design and validate a questionnaire to measure medication adherence in patients with ischaemic heart disease using a direct method as a gold-standard adherence measure and taking into account the gender perspective.

Adherence and Persistence to Basal Insulin Among People with Type 2 Diabetes in Europe: A Systematic Literature Review and Meta-analysis.

Introduction: Diabetes is associated with a number of complications, particularly if glycaemic targets are not achieved. Glycaemic control is highly linked to treatment persistence and adherence. To understand the burden of poor persistence and adherence, this systematic literature review identified existing evidence regarding basal insulin adherence/non-adherence and persistence/non-persistence among people with diabetes in Western Europe (defined as the UK, France, Spain, Switzerland, the Netherlands, Ireland, Austria, Portugal, Denmark, Norway, Sweden, Finland, Italy, Germany, Iceland and Belgium).

Diabetes mellitus as a cause of premature death in small areas of Spain by socioeconomic level from 2016 to 2020: A multiple-cause approach.

Objective: This study aimed to assess premature mortality due to Diabetes in small areas of Spain between 2016 and 2020, and its relationship with socioeconomic level and the immediate cause of death. As a secondary objective, we evaluated the effect of the Covid 19 pandemic.

Methods: This was an ecological study of premature mortality due to Diabetes from 2016 to 2020, with a focus on small areas.

Opinions and perceptions of patients with cardiovascular disease on adherence: a qualitative study of focus groups.

Background: Cardiovascular diseases are becoming more frequent throughout the world. Adherence to both pharmacological and non-pharmacological treatment, as well as lifestyles, is important for good management and control of the disease. This study aims to explore the opinions and perceptions of patients with ischemic heart disease on the difficulties associated with therapeutic adherence.

Multicausal analysis of mortality due to diabetes mellitus in Spain, 2016-2018.

Objectives: This study aimed to assess multicausal mortality due to diabetes from 2016-2018 in Spain. Specific objectives were to quantify the occurrence of diabetes as an underlying cause or as any registered cause on the death certificate.

Materials And Methods: A cross-sectional descriptive study taking a multicausal approach.

Multidisciplinary Panel Consensus for the Management of Patients with Type 2 Diabetes: A Delphi Study.

Aim: To reach a multidisciplinary consensus on managing patients with type 2 diabetes among specialists in family medicine, cardiology, endocrinology, internal medicine, and nephrology.

Methods: A two-round Delphi study was conducted using a questionnaire with 68 positive/negative statements distributed in four thematic blocks on diabetes management: early diagnosis and prediabetes, referral criteria, treatment and comorbidities, and clinical management. The expert panel was composed of 105 physicians from different specialties (family medicine, cardiology, endocrinology, internal medicine, and nephrology) with experience in managing patients with diabetes and who were members of a diabetes-related society.

Association of Visiting the Physiotherapist with Mortality in the Spanish General Population: A Population-Based Cohort Study.

: The purpose of this retrospective population-based cohort study was to analyse the association between attendance of physiotherapy with mortality in the Spanish general population and describe the profile of people who do not visit a physiotherapist in Spain. : The data sources were the 2011/2012 National Health Survey (ENSE11) and the national database of death in Spain, and the participants were all adult respondents in the ENSE11. : Of 20,397 people, 1101 (5.

Barriers and solutions for the management of severe hypoglycaemia in people with diabetes in Spain: A Delphi survey.

Background And Objective: Severe hypoglycaemia (SH) imposes a significant burden for people with diabetes (PwD), their caregivers (CGs), and the healthcare system. The study aimed to identify barriers and solutions in the management of SH in PwD in Spain, gathering consensus from physicians and nurses.

Material And Methods: Expert opinion from physicians and nurses who manage PwD was collected via a 2-round online Delphi method.

[Predictive validity of Clinical Risk Groups in chronic patients in primary healthcare].

Objective: To analyse a prediction model for admissions and hospital emergencies based on Clinical Risk Groups, in a population of complex chronic patients demanding primary care.

Design: A multicentric retrospective observational study, of a cohort of chronic patients with comorbidity, from January until December 2013.

Place: The study population was assigned to the Santa Pola and Raval health centres from the Health Department of Elche.

Disease and Economic Burden of Poor Metabolic and Weight Control in Type 2 Diabetes in Spain: A Systematic Literature Review.

Introduction: Poor metabolic control and excess body weight are frequently present in people with type 2 diabetes (PwT2D).

Methods: A systematic literature review was conducted to identify observational studies reporting clinical, economic, and health-related quality of life (HRQoL) outcomes associated with poor metabolic (according to HbA1c, blood pressure [BP] and low density lipoprotein cholesterol [LDL-C] levels) and/or weight control (defined by a body mass index [BMI] ≥ 30 kg/m) in adults with T2D in Spain, including articles published in either Spanish or English between 2013 and 2022 and conference abstracts from the last 2 years.

Results: Nine observational studies were included in the analysis.

Predictive validity of the risk SCORE model in a Mediterranean population with arterial hypertension.

Introduction And Objectives: Hypertension is the most prevalent risk factor globally. Calculation of cardiovascular risk in hypertensive patients before initiation of treatment is recommended. This study aimed to assess the predictive value and clinical utility of the SCORE scale in preventing cardiovascular events and all-cause mortality in patients with hypertension.

Ambulatory management of low-risk febrile neutropenia in adult oncological patients. Systematic review.

Purpose: Recent clinical practice guidelines have recommended ambulatory management of febrile neutropenia in patients with low risk of complications. Although some centers have begun developing management protocols for these patients, there appears to be a certain reluctance to implement them in clinical practice. Our aim is to evaluate the strengths and weaknesses of this strategy according to available evidence and to propose new lines of research.

Design and validation of an adherence scale to oral antineoplastic drugs.

Objective: To design and validate a questionnaire to measure adherence to oral antineoplastic drugs. The availability of a simple, validated tool that can be applied to routine care will make it possible to detect and identify non-adherence in order to establish strategies to improve adherence and optimize the quality of healthcare services.

Method: Validation study of the questionnaire designed to assess adherence to antineoplastic drugs in a sample of outpatients who collect their medication in two Spanish hospitals.

[Translated article] Design and validation of a scale to measure adherence to oral antineoplastic drugs.

Objective: Design and validate a scale to measure adherence to oral antineoplastic drugs. The availability of a simple, validated tool that can be applied to routine care will make it possible to detect and identify non-adherence in order to establish strategies to improve adherence and optimize the quality of healthcare services.

Method: Validation study of the scale designed to assess adherence to antineoplastic drugs in a sample of outpatients who collect their medication in two Spanish hospitals.

The benefits of measuring the size and number of lipoprotein particles for cardiovascular risk prediction: A systematic review and meta-analysis.

Objective: Cardiovascular risk (CVR) is conventionally calculated by measuring the total cholesterol content of high-density lipoproteins (HDL) and low-density lipoproteins (LDL). The purpose of this systematic review was to assess the CVR associated with LDL and HDL particle size and number as determined by nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) spectroscopy.

Material And Methods: A literature search was performed using the electronic databases MEDLINE and Scopus.

Psychometric properties of the Clarke questionnaire for hypoglycemia awareness in the Spanish population with type 2 diabetes.

Objectives: The Clarke questionnaire, validated in Spanish language, assesses hypoglycemia awareness in patients with type 1 diabetes. This study aimed to analyze its psychometric properties in patients with type 2 diabetes (T2DM).

Methods: This was a questionnaire validation study.