Individuals With SARS-CoV-2 Infection During the First and Second Waves in Catalonia, Spain: Retrospective Observational Study Using Daily Updated Data.

Background: A description of individuals with SARS-CoV-2 infection comparing the first and second waves could help adapt health services to manage this highly transmissible infection.

Objective: We aimed to describe the epidemiology of individuals with suspected SARS-CoV-2 infection, and the characteristics of patients with a positive test comparing the first and second waves in Catalonia, Spain.

Methods: This study had 2 stages.

[Assessment of a chronic care program in Gerona (CRONIGICAT)].

Objective: To determine the utility and viability of a chronic care program.

Design: Cross-sectional descriptive study with qualitative and quantitative evaluation.

Setting And Participants: 26 primary care teams (PCT) from the Catalan health service of Gerona.

[Final results of a multifactorial and community intervention study for the prevention of falls in the elderly].

Objective: To evaluate the effectiveness of a multifactorial and community intervention programme to decrease the number of falls and their complications in the >or=70 years population in a community.

Design: Multicentre, community intervention study, with no random assignment and with controls.

Setting: Two basic health areas in the province of Girona (Spain).

[Self-audit and tutor accreditation].

Objective: To describe the experience of using self-audit (SA) as a means of accrediting family and community medicine tutors, to analyse the knowledge that the tutors have on this self-assessment methodology, and to record their opinions on this method.

Design: Retrospective descriptive study and analysis of an opinion questionnaire.

Setting: Family and community medicine teaching units (TU) in Catalonia.