Publications by authors named "Hector Gonzalez-Ordi"

Objective: To analyze the current available evidence on non-pharmacological interventions for increasing the withdrawal of patients with substance use disorder.

Method: A systematic review of randomized clinical trials with a control group has been carried out where a non-pharmacological intervention is carried out in which nurses participate. The search was carried out in Pubmed, Cinahl, Web of Science, Scopus and Cochrane.

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Using humor as a caregiving strategy can help professionals perceive daily and work-related events from a more optimistic and light-hearted perspective. The main objective of this study was to analyze humor styles among health care professionals. A cross-sectional and correlational design was employed.

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Background: To analyze the efficacy of the myofascial approach in patients with clinical anxiety and to study its relationship with associated symptoms.

Methods: Randomized placebo-controlled clinical trial. Thirty-six adult patients with clinical anxiety were randomized to receive the myofascial treatment (n = 18) or placebo (n = 18).

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Aim: The aim of this study is to determine the reliability and validity of the Humour Styles Questionnaire (HSQ) in a sample of Spanish healthcare professionals.

Design: A cross-sectional study.

Methods: The version of HSQ translated into Spanish by Cayssials and Pérez was used to validate on a sample of healthcare professionals (N = 250).

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Symptom feigning and malingering should be evaluated in forensic contexts due to their important socio-economic consequences. Despite this, to date, there is little research in Spain that evaluates its prevalence. The aim of this study was to investigate this issue using the perception of the general population, students, and professionals of medicine and forensic psychology.

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Aim: The objective of this study was to develop an instrument for measuring humor in health professionals.

Methods: Observational, transversal and descriptive study of mixed methodology. The instrument was designed in several phases: literature review, item generation, determination of the scale format, review by the expert panel, pilot study, reevaluation by the expert panel, and test-retest.

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In 2013, a special issue of the Spanish journal published a review on symptom and performance validity assessment in European countries (Merten et al. in , 24(3), 129-138, 2013). At that time, developments were judged to be in their infancy in many countries, with major publication activities stemming from only four countries: Spain, The Netherlands, Great Britain, and Germany.

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Objective: The case of a non-oncological patient at the end of his life, admitted to a Palliative Care Unit (PCU), is presented. After a failed attempt to place a central venous catheter (CVC) and another placement of a peripherally inserted central catheter (PICC), the patient exhibited high anxiety regarding a midline catheter (MC) and refused its placement, even though this was necessary for the administration of intravenous drugs to control dyspnea and other complex symptoms that he presented.

Method: An intervention through clinical hypnosis for successful MC placement and symptom control is described.

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Over the past years, several authors have used voluntary hyperventilation as a method for inducing physiological arousal and the experience of anxiety. The purpose of this investigation is to analyze the relationship between the process of arousal and the experience of anxiety. In order to induce anxiety, two tasks were assigned: hyperventilating and preparing a speech.

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The March 11, 2004, train bombings in Madrid, Spain, caused the largest loss of life from a single terrorist attack in modern European history. We used a cross-sectional random digit dial survey of Madrid residents to assess the prevalence of posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) and major depression in the general population of Madrid 1 to 3 months after the March 11 train bombings. Of respondents 2.

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