Parents' perspectives on dental team as advisors to promote HPV vaccination among Spanish adolescents.

Purpose: Human papillomavirus (HPV) is a prevalent sexually transmitted infection responsible for many anogenital and oropharyngeal cancers. Dental care providers have the potential to influence vaccine uptake, yet little is known about how patients perceive their role in HPV education and prevention.

Methods: Parents of adolescents aged 9 to 17 years (n = 375) were recruited from Valdeorras District Hospital (Galicia, Spain) to investigate parents' attitudes concerning the involvement of dental care providers in discussions related to HPV.

Awareness Levels of the Link Between Oropharyngeal Cancer and HPV Infection Among Spanish Women: a Hospital-Based Cross-sectional Study.

Several observational studies have demonstrated the increased awareness of human papillomavirus (HPV) as an etiological factor of oropharyngeal cancers (OPCs). The incidence of OPCs has increased in recent times, particularly among younger women, and the efficacy of the HPV vaccine in preventing these cancers has gained attention among the medical community. The aim of this study was to explore the health literacy of Spanish adult women regarding factors associated with HPV and its link to OPCs, as well as their awareness of the HPV vaccination.

[Survival of patients diagnosed with prostate cancer and monitored in primary care].

Objective: To study survival of patients with prostate cancer and its relationship with diagnostic delay.

Design: Retrospective cohort study.

Setting: Six rural primary care practices.

[Compliance with the metabolic goals in diabetes mellitus treatment in the rural area of Ourense, Spain].

Background: To evaluate the degree to which the metabolic check-up objectives among Type II diabetes patients were met in rural primary care by comparing them to the values recommended by the American Diabetes Association (ADA) and the Diabetes in Primary Care Study Group (GEDAPS).

Methods: Descriptive cross-sectional study. A sample size was calculated based on the glycosolated hemoglobin (HbA1c) test in 119 individuals.

[Impact of the format of presentation of results in clinical trials on the intention of prescription in primary care. A crossed clinical trial in Ourense].

Background: Given that there are different ways of setting out clinical test results, this study is aimed at ascertaining whether the way in which these results are set out has any bearing on the intention to prescribed on the part of Primary Care physicians.

Methods: Randomized, multi-center cross-study. Following a random sampling of Eight Primary Care Teams in the province of Ourense (Spain), two groups of family physicians (nA = 45 and nB = 51) were surveyed by means of a questionnaire on which the data from five published clinical tests (three on heart disease preventation, one on cognitive benefit in a dementia syndrome and another on preventing fractures among the elderly) was shown.