[Detection of intimate partner violence in primary care and related factors].

Objective: Intimate partner violence (IPV) against women is a significant public health and human rights problem. Primary care professionals play a key role in detecting and addressing this issue. The aim of this study is to determine the frequency of IPV and its associated factors in primary care by means of a screening questionnaire and to describe the main actions taken in identified cases.

[Factors associated with treatment adherence for tuberculosis infection].

Objective: To analyze adherence to treatment of tuberculosis infection and to identify risk factors for its compliance.

Design: An observational historical cohort study.

Setting: Hospital Universitari Sant Joan d'Alacant (Alicante).

[Social determinants of overweight and obesity in Spain in 2006].

Background And Objective: Obesity in the Spanish adult population has almost doubled from 1987 to 2003. The aim is to update the prevalence of overweight and obesity, and reassess its main social determinants using the National Health Household Survey (ENS) from 2006.

Patients And Methods: Cross sectional study based on the ENS-2006.

[Pre-hospital adverse events: a way to go].

Background: The occurrence of adverse events is a problem at all levels of care and creates a significant burden of morbidity and mortality. In Spain there have been significant investigations of adverse effects (AE) in hospitals and primary care, however, studies of pre-hospital care are not yet developed. The aim of this study was to determine the frequency, type, preventability, severity and impact of "pre-hospital" adverse events, which were detected in the hospitalization index and the comparing those that occurred in ambulatory and non-ambulatory care.

[Lights and shadows in patient safety: study and development of strategies. 2008 SESPAS Report].

Study of the frequency of healthcare-related adverse events (AE) and of their effect on patients and impact on healthcare systems has markedly increased in recent years. Indepth individual analysis of the factors contributing to these events has allowed strategies to prevent or minimize the impact of AE to be developed. However, an epidemiologic perspective is needed to explore possible associations and generalize the recommendations that can be drawn from this type of analysis.

Transvaginal adjustable tape: an adjustable mesh for surgical treatment of female stress urinary incontinence.

After transvaginal adjustable tape, approximately 15% of patients still suffer incontinence, and voiding dysfunction is present in a relatively important number of patients. Transvaginal adjustable tape (TVA) permits postoperative readjustment of tension, suggesting that better results could be obtained. Sixty-four incontinent women received TVA.

[Adverse events in general and digestive surgery departments in Spanish hospitals].

Objective: To determine the incidence of patients with adverse events (AE) in Spanish general surgery units, describe the immediate causes of AE, identify avoidable AE, and determine the impact of these events.

Material And Method: We performed a retrospective cohort study of a randomized stratified sample of 24 hospitals. Six of the hospitals were small (fewer than 200 beds), 13 were medium-sized (between 200 and 499 beds) and five were large (500 or more beds).