Background: In Mexico, the economic burden of medical care for patients with atopic dermatitis is unknown.
Objective: To determine the annual direct medical costs of the treatment for patients with moderate to severe atopic dermatitis who receive medical attention at "Instituto de Seguridad y Servicios Sociales de los Trabajadores del Estado" (Institute for Social Security and Social Services for State Workers, better known as ISSSTE), as well as the main variables associated with it.
Methods: A multicenter, retrospective cohort study.
Rep Pract Oncol Radiother
November 2015
Aim: To assess the prevalence of metabolic syndrome (MetS) and osteoporosis in patients with prostate cancer (PCa) treated with radical radiotherapy (RT) with or without androgen deprivation therapy (ADT).
Background: Worldwide, the prevalence of MetS is estimated to range from 20% to 25% of the adult population. However, prevalence rates are much higher in PCa patients (pts) who undergo ADT.
Objectives: To estimate the prevalence of depressive symptoms in people older than 64 and to analyze their association with sociodemographic factors, frailty markers, and disabling diseases.
Methods: A survey-based, cross-sectional descriptive study was carried out. The sample was composed of 417 elderly people living in Guadalajara (Spain), selected on the basis of health cards.
Objective: To study fragile elderly people in the population, their characteristics and their distribution according to fragility markers.
Design: Cross-sectional, descriptive study using a survey.
Setting: Primary care.