Publications by authors named "Irene Marcilla-Toribio"

Article Synopsis
  • - The study examines how Long COVID patients in Spain perceive their healthcare, aiming to identify their needs and pinpoint areas for improvement in treatment.
  • - Through interviews with 27 participants, mostly women with significant Long COVID symptoms, key themes emerged around health challenges during the initial infection, patient perceptions of healthcare, and requests for better care quality.
  • - Findings underscore the need for timely access to treatment, empathetic healthcare services, and specialized Long COVID units, highlighting the importance of a patient-centered, multidisciplinary approach to enhance care for these patients.
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Introduction: Effective implementation of strategies to promote health and prevent noncommunicable illnesses requires a profound understanding of the interaction between the individual and society. This study brings to health research the consideration of psychosocial factors that influence the maintenance and change of health behaviors and conduct. From a primary care perspective, it is crucial to propose a biopsychosocial approach for the development of health promotion and self-care programs that embrace personal aptitudes as a relevant individual aspect.

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Introduction: Long COVID patients experience a decrease in their quality of life due to the symptomatology produced by the disease. It is also important to understand how long COVID affects both men and women. The objective of this study is to examine the impact of long COVID symptomatology on the quality of life of Spanish adults from a gender perspective.

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Introduction: The post-acute (long) COVID-19 Quality of Life instrument is the only specific instrument designed to assess the quality of life in long COVID patients. The present study aims to make a transcultural adaptation and validation into Spanish of the disease-specific (long COVID) quality of life instrument, post-acute (long) COVID-19 Quality of Life, to have a tool for objective measurement of quality of life in this population.

Methods: A descriptive cross-sectional study was divided into two phases.

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Breastfeeding is a complex process influenced by different personal and social factors which will determine both the initiation and the resilience for its maintenance. The aim is to identify the beliefs and expectations of mothers concerning breastfeeding to determine the perception of their self-efficacy and the influence on the management of their babies' feeding. A qualitative study through semi-structured interviews was carried out.

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