Publications by authors named "M A Felicitas Dominguez-Berjon"
Background: Leber hereditary optic neuropathy (LHON) typically presents in young adults as bilateral painless subacute visual loss. Prevalence data are scarce. The aim of this study was to examine the validity of different ascertainment sources used in population-based rare diseases registries to detect cases, and to explore the impact of a capture-recapture method in the estimation of the prevalence of LHON in the Autonomous Community of Madrid (ACM) in 2022.
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- Myotonic dystrophy type I (MDI) is the most prevalent muscular dystrophy in adults, with a study in Madrid finding a prevalence of 14.4 cases per 100,000 inhabitants.
- The research involved 1101 patients and identified key factors affecting healthcare use, including gender and socioeconomic status as indicators for more hospital admissions and healthcare consultations.
- Women were found to have higher consultation rates and being in a lower socioeconomic status correlated with increased healthcare usage, while receiving flu vaccines appeared to lower the likelihood of hospital visits.
Utilisation of primary healthcare services by Sjögren's syndrome patients in the Community of Madrid and associated factors: a population-based cross-sectional study.
Clin Exp Rheumatol
December 2023
Objectives: To describe the utilisation of primary health care (PHC) services and factors associated with its use by patients diagnosed with Sjögren's syndrome (SS).
Methods: Population-based cross-sectional cohort of SS patients in Madrid, Spain (SIERMA). Sociodemographic, diagnostic, clinical and PHC service utilisation variables were studied by bivariate analyses and regression models.
Economic recessions can increase socioeconomic inequalities in health. The objective of this study was to analyze socioeconomic inequalities in small-for-gestational-age (SGA) births before and during the Spanish economic crisis. We conducted an ecological study of trends based on 2 periods before the crisis (1999-2003 and 2004-2008) and another during the crisis (2009-2013).
View Article and Find Full Text PDFObjective: To present the methodology used in the design and implementation of a deprivation index by enumeration district, and to describe the socioeconomic situation of Spain in 2011.
Method: The unit of analysis was the enumeration district (N=35,960). Data came from the 2011 Population and Housing Census of Spain.