Trend and Seasonality of Hip Fractures in Catalonia, Spain: Exploring the Influence of Climate.

To describe the secular trend and seasonality of the incidence of hip fracture (HF) and its relationship with climatic variables during the period 2010-2019 in Catalonia in people aged ≥ 65 years. The results were analyzed by sex, age groups (65-74, 75-84, and ≥ 85), and types of fracture (extracapsular and intracapsular). Data on sex, age, type of fracture, year, and month of hospitalization of patients admitted with a diagnosis of HF between January 1, 2010 and December 31, 2019 were collected.

Impact of major osteoporotic fractures on the use of healthcare resources in Catalonia, Spain.

Objectives: To estimate the impact of first major osteoporotic fractures (MOF) on health resource use and healthcare expenditures in people aged ≥50 years in Catalonia, Spain.

Design: Observational, retrospective study. The Catalan Health Surveillance System (CHSS) registry was used to obtain sociodemographic, clinical and expenditure data from all public centres in Catalonia (Spain).

Effects of COVID-19 confinement on the incidence and mortality of major osteoporotic fractures: an observational study in Catalonia, Spain.

Unlabelled: There is little information on how the COVID-19 lockdown influenced the epidemiology of major osteoporotic fractures (MOF). We analyzed the incidence and mortality of MOF in 2020 compared with 2018-2019 in Catalonia, Spain. The incidence of MOF decreased steeply, and post-fracture mortality increased during the lockdown and throughout 2020.

Epidemiology of major osteoporotic fractures: a population-based analysis in Catalonia, Spain.

Purpose: The aim of this study was to estimate the incidence of major osteoporotic fractures in Catalonia, Spain, in 2018 and 2019 and their association with age, sex, income, climate and a set of comorbidities.

Methods: Data on age, sex, smoking, alcohol abuse, comorbidities (obesity, Parkinson's disease, arthritis, chronic kidney disease, hepatic cirrhosis, diabetes, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, dementia, cerebrovascular disease, hyperthyroidism, multiple myeloma and epilepsy) and income levels in people aged ≥ 50 years with a new diagnosis of major osteoporotic fractures in 2018 and 2019 were collected from the Catalan Health Surveillance System (CHSS). Climatological variables were obtained from the Catalan Meteorological Service.

Impact of school-based nutrition and physical activity intervention on body mass index eight years after cessation of randomized controlled trial (AVall study).

Background & Aims: The prevalence of obesity and overweight among children is increasing, representing a new and pressing societal problem. Excess weight in childhood is an independent risk factor for adult obesity. Although school-based interventions are generally considered effective in the short term, few studies analyze their longterm impact.

Does health education affect BMI? Evidence from a school-based randomised-control trial.

We examine the effects of a comprehensive school-based health education programme (introducing healthy habits in the curriculum) to combat childhood obesity in the mid-size urban city of Granollers (Catalonia, Spain). The intervention was carried out between 2006 and 2008. New anthropometric measurements were obtained in 2008, 2010 and 2012.

[Healthcare impact of introduction of thyroid ultrasound in a thyroid nodule pathology unit].

Introduction: Worldwide incidence of thyroid cancer has increased in recent decades.

Objective: To provide evidence of the diagnostic and care efficiency of a monographic thyroid nodule clinic integrating clinical examination, ultrasound examination, and cytology with on site evaluation.

Patients And Methods: Patients attending the monographic thyroid nodule clinic from January 2004 to June 2010.

Medium-term evaluation of an educational intervention on dietary and physical exercise habits in schoolchildren: the Avall 2 study.

Objective: To assess whether the benefits seen in nutrition, physical activity. and body mass index were maintained at 2 years of completion of the educational intervention.

Material And Methods: An experimental, longitudinal, 4-year, two-arm, parallel study with cluster randomization to assess an intervention program aimed at children in their first year of primary schooling attending schools in the city of Granollers.

Assessment of a school-based intervention in eating habits and physical activity in school children: the AVall study.

Background: Obesity has become a global public health problem, which also affects children. It has been proposed that the educational interventions during childhood could be a key strategy in the prevention of obesity.

Objective: To evaluate the efficacy of an intervention on food habits and physical activity in school children.

[Weight, dietary patterns and exercise habits in first-year primary school children: the AVall study].

Objective: To evaluate weight, dietary patterns and exercise habits in children attending the first year of primary school in the city of Granollers (Spain).

Methods: We performed a cross-sectional study of children enrolled in the schools of the city of Granollers. All the children were born in 2000.