[Content validation of the spanish version of the Long-term Quality of Life Instrument for long-term female breast cancer survivors.].

Objective: The quality of life of women affected by breast cancer diagnosed 5 or more years ago has been relatively unexplored in Spain; there are no instruments for its measurement validated. The objective of the study is to translate into Spanish, culturally adapt and examine the content validity of the Spanish version of the Long-Term Quality of Life Instrument (LTQL).

Methods: The initial translation was performed by two translators with Spanish as their mother tongue carried out the translation of the questionnaire, obtaining two initial versions in Spanish (T1 and T2).

[Differences on postpartum family planning among nursing professionals.].

Objective: In Spain, a total of 95,149 voluntary terminations of pregnancy (VTP) took place only in the year 2019, 90% of them requested by the woman, 53% of whom had at least one child. This situation highlights the relevance of postpartum family planning (PFP) and the work of the professionals in charge of its promotion. The aim of this study was to establish whether midwives and the rest of the nursing professionals regard PFP as an activity to perform within their professional role and how they implement it, as well as to identify their knowledge on it.

Movement artifacts in pediatric cutaneous ultrasonography.

Background: Cutaneous ultrasonography can be challenging in children. We aim to identify the most complicated cases and the best timing for assessment.

Methods: We retrospectively reviewed sonographic exams in pediatric patients from our cutaneous ultrasonography clinic over a two-year period.

Oxytocin Receptor Antagonist (Atosiban) in the Threat of Preterm Birth: Does It Have Any Effect on Breastfeeding in the Term Newborn?

Aim: Oxytocin is a hormone involved in the mechanism of breastfeeding, uterine contractions, and social relationships. Atosiban (competitive oxytocin antagonist) is one of the most commonly used tocolytics for the threat of preterm labor in Europe. The aim of this study is to determinate if the administration of atosiban has any influence in the type of feeding in the term newborn at discharge.

Achievement of cardiometabolic goals in aware hypertensive patients in Spain: a nationwide population-based study.

Despite the importance of achieving cardiometabolic goals beyond blood pressure, in the health of hypertensives, no comprehensive assessment of these characteristics has been performed in whole countries. We studied in 2008-2010 a total of 11 957 individuals representative of the Spanish population aged≥18 years. Information on cardiometabolic characteristics was collected at the participants' homes, through structured questionnaires, physical examination, and fasting blood samples.

Baseline characteristics of patients with chronic kidney disease stage 3 and stage 4 in Spain: the MERENA observational cohort study.

Background: To obtain information on cardiovascular morbidity, hypertension control, anemia and mineral metabolism based on the analysis of the baseline characteristics of a large cohort of Spanish patients enrolled in an ongoing prospective, observational, multicenter study of patients with stages 3 and 4 chronic kidney diseases (CKD).

Methods: Multicenter study from Spanish government hospital-based Nephrology outpatient clinics involving 1129 patients with CKD stages 3 (n = 434) and 4 (n = 695) defined by GFR calculated by the MDRD formula. Additional analysis was performed with GFR calculated using the CKD-EPI and Cockcroft-Gault formula.

Cognitive-emotional hyperarousal as a premorbid characteristic of individuals vulnerable to insomnia.

Objective: To examine whether cognitive-emotional hyperarousal is a premorbid characteristic of middle-aged and young good sleepers vulnerable to stress-related insomnia.

Methods: Self-reported information was collected from two samples of 305 middle-aged and 196 young adults. From those adults, 149 middle-aged (50.

Blood pressure responses in young adults first exposed to high altitude for 12 months at 3550 m.

To determine the changes in blood pressure (BP) and related variables in sea-level young adults with chronic exposure to high altitude, a longitudinal study was performed in male army recruits (n = 346; age 17.9 +/- 0.1 yr; BMI, 22.

Nighttime sleep and daytime functioning correlates of the insomnia complaint in young adults.

The nighttime and daytime correlates of the insomnia complaint (IC) were assessed in an in-class survey on a sample of 1238 first year university students (18.85+/-1.45 years) at the Universidad Autónoma of Madrid, Spain.

Sleep and behavioral correlates of napping among young adults: a survey of first-year university students in Madrid, Spain.

Objective: Between November 2002 and March 2003, the authors assessed the prevalence and correlates of napping among Spanish university students.

Participants: The sample comprised 1,276 first-year university students; the mean age was 18.74 +/- 1.

Insomnia and sleep quality among primary care physicians with low and high burnout levels.

Objective: The aim of this study was to assess insomnia and sleep quality in primary care physicians with low and high burnout scores.

Methods: A representative sample of 240 physicians was drawn from 70 medical centers in Madrid, Spain. Based on quartile splits of the overall index of the Shirom-Melamed Burnout Questionnaire, 55 participants were allocated to a low-burnout group, and 58 were included in a high-burnout group.

Hypertension magnitude and management in the elderly population of Spain.

Objective: The present study assessed the prevalence, awareness, treatment and control of hypertension among the elderly population of Spain.

Design: Based on a nationally representative sample of 4009 individuals aged 60 years, two sets of six blood pressure measurements were obtained by trained observers at each subject's home, using standardized methods. In each set, three mercury-based measurements were alternated with three automated measurements.