Publications by authors named "Maria Del Carmen Saenz Gonzalez"
Objective: To measure health-related quality-of-life (HRQL) among people with intellectual disabilities in the province of Salamanca, Spain.
Methods: A population-based, cross-sectional descriptive study. The SF-36 Health Survey, adapted and validated for the Spanish population, was selected and administered to 265 people with intellectual disabilities in the province of Salamanca, Spain.
Objectives: To assess the frequency of adverse events (AE) in an intensive care unit (ICU), to detect where they occur, to grade the confidence that an AE is due to medical management and if it is avoidable, to assess their consequences and to determine which patient factors are associated with AE.
Material And Method: We performed a prospective cohort study from October 2005 to May 2006 in the adult ICU at Hospital Universitario, Salamanca. Each day a physician reviewed all patients' medical records.
Objectives: Infectious diseases have traditionally been one of the leading causes of death in developed countries. The objectives of this research were to: 1) quantify the importance of infectious diseases as a cause of premature mortality in Spain between 1908 and 1995, and 2) determine the frequency and distribution of the infectious diseases with the greatest impact on premature death.
Methods: The study was carried out based on data on mortality from infectious causes published by the National Institute of Statistics in the Movimiento natural de la población (Natural Movement of the Population) for the study period.