Publications by authors named "Lucia Diez Ganan"
Objective: Asthma is an important public health issue. The goal of this study is to analyse the trends in self-reported asthma prevalence in the Madrid Region and its association with socio-demographic and health factors.
Methods: Data from the "Non-Communicable Disease Risk Factor Surveillance System" in adult population (SIVFRENT-A) 1996-2013 were used.
Background: Dating violence in young adults is an important public health issue because of its magnitude and impact on health. The goal of this study is to determine the prevalence 12 months before the survey by sex and its association with socio-demographic and health risk behavior.
Methods: Data were drawn from the Non-communicable Disease Risk-Factor Surveillance System in young people (Spanish acronym, SIVFRENT-J), on a representative sample of students of the fourth-year of secondary education (15 to 16 years) in Madrid Region.
We evaluated the impact of a smoking ban in schools and of school-based smoking prevention and control policies on adolescent smoking. Annual surveys carried out between 2001 and 2005 that were representative of students in the 4th year of secondary education in the Madrid region, with 203 schools and 9127 students participating. The student questionnaire gathered information about personal and family variables.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFIntroduction: Despite regulations, tobacco consumption in schools is still very common. The objective was to evaluate the relationship of personal, family, and school-level contextual factors with smoking on school premises.
Methods: A representative survey was undertaken of students in the 4th year of secondary education in the Madrid region (Spain), including 79 schools and 3,622 individuals.
Objective: To estimate the prevalence and correlates of skin cancer-related behaviors in a representative sample of the population of the region of Madrid (Spain).
Methods: We performed a cross-sectional study based on a telephone survey. A total of 2,007 participants aged 18-64 years completed a questionnaire that included items on knowledge about the risk of skin cancer, sun exposure, the use of ultraviolet (UV) lamps and sunburn during the previous year.
Background And Objective: This study estimates smoking-attributable mortality in Spain in 2006.
Population And Method: Source data included 1) smoking prevalence in Spain; 2) deaths occurred in Spain; and 3) relative risks of mortality by tobacco-caused diseases drawn from the Cancer Prevention Study II. All data corresponded to individuals aged 35 years and older.
Background: [corrected] In order to ascertain the food intake and nutritional situation of the children of the Community of Madrid, on which no updated information was available, the Institute of Public Health conducted the 2001/2001 Children's Nutrition Survey of the Community of Madrid (CNSCM). This study offers an analysis of the CNSCM that describes and evaluates the food, energy and nutrient intake of this segment of the population.
Methods: Cross-sectional survey on a representative sample of children aged 5-12 years from the Community of Madrid.
Background: The initial evaluations of the introduction of legislation that regulates smoking in enclosed public places in European countries, describe an important effect in the control of exposure to environmental tobacco smoke. However, the evidence is still limited. The objective of this study is to estimate the short-term effects of the comprehensive "Tobacco control law" introduced in Spain on January 2006, which includes a total ban of smoking in workplaces and a partial limitation of smoking in bars and restaurants.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFObjective: To examine the relationship between the clustering of behavioural risk factors and compliance with clinical preventive practices.
Method: Cross-sectional study using a telephone interview of a sample of 16043 persons, representative of the population aged 18-64 years in the Madrid Region (Spain). The criteria for providing clinical preventive services were based on recommendations issued by the Spanish Society for Family and Community Medicine.
Objectives: To describe the clustering of behavior-related risk factors in the adult population of the Autonomous Community of Madrid (Spain) and evaluate the association between the level of aggregation of these factors and suboptimal subjective health.
Methods: Data were drawn from the Non-communicable Disease Risk-Factor Surveillance System (Sistema de Vigilancia de Factores de Riesgo asociados a Enfermedades No Transmisibles [SIVFRENT]). We studied the associations between smoking, high-risk alcohol consumption, leisure-time sedentariness and unbalanced diet in 16,043 persons aged 18-64 years and compared the observed against the expected proportions.
Background And Objective: Certain diseases related to smoking have recently decreased in Spanish adults. This study estimated the burden of smoking-attributable mortality in Spain currently and in previous years.
Population And Method: Smoking prevalence and mortality in Spain, and relative risks for death from the Cancer Prevention Study II were used to estimate tobacco-attributable mortality in the Spanish population aged 35 years and over.
Background: This study examined the effectiveness and equity of serum cholesterol and blood pressure testing in Spain.
Methods: Data were taken from a household survey of 3680 persons of the Basque Country, a region in northern Spain. Analyses were performed using logistic regression, controlling for need, equity, and predisposing factors for serum cholesterol and blood pressure testing.
Background: To examine the relationship of subjective health with time since smoking cessation and amount and duration of tobacco consumption among male ex-smokers.
Methods: Pooled analysis of three household interview surveys conducted in 1993 (n = 8,494), 1995 (n = 2,556), and 1997 (n = 2,624) on samples representative of the noninstitutionalized population aged 16 and over in Spain.
Results: After controlling for the main confounders, ex-smokers with smoking burden < or =13 pack-years had a lower frequency of suboptimal health (fair, poor, or very poor) than current smokers (OR, 0.
This study assessed a training programme attended by 25 observers, intentionally chosen for their lay status, who were invited to participate in a prevalence of hypertension study. The results highlight the fact that the 14 trainee observers finally selected were comparable to professionals in terms of both the estimated validity of the blood pressure measurement [the mean difference (standard deviation) compared with the expert being -0.4 (1.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFBackground: This study describes the sociodemographic characteristics, health-related lifestyle, and history of tobacco consumption of the occasional smokers in Spain, and examines whether they show differences against daily smokers.
Methods: Data were obtained from the National Health Survey of Spain, carried out in 1993 through household interviews on a sample representative of the non-institutionalised population aged 16 year and older. Analyses were performed with logistic regression and adjusted for sociodemographic, health-state and life-style variables.
Objective: To analyze the association of work-related physical activity (WRPA) and leisure-time physical activity (LTPA) with body mass index (BMI) and obesity in the Spanish adult population aged 20 to 60 years.
Research Methods And Procedures: The data were taken from the 1993 Spanish National Health Survey. We analyzed a sample of 12,044 men and women representative of the Spanish population aged 20 to 60 years.