[Effect of gender equality on mortality from non-communicable diseases].

Objective: Relate gender inequalities with the probability of mortality from non-communicable diseases (NCD), in the countries of the world from the year 2000 to 2019, to detect the progress of Target 3.4 of the Sustainable Development Goal 3, to reduce NCD by one third between the ages of 30 and 70 by 2030.

Method: Exploratory ecological study on the association between the probability of death from NCD and the gender inequality index (GII) at the global level in 2000, 2015 and 2019.

[Response to the COVID-19 Health Crisis from a Gender Perspective: Lessons Learned].

Objective: To delve deeper from a gender perspective into the lessons learned during the COVID-19 pandemic to address future health crises.

Method: Study with key informants with experience in public health and gender from the Ministerio de Sanidad, ministries of the autonomous communities, Institut Català de la Salut, Hospital de La Princesa, Escuela Andaluza de Salud Pública and Universidad País Vasco.

Source Of Information: individual open-ended questionnaire on health and health inequalities/gender inequalities related to COVID-19.

Psychological burden and quality of life in newly diagnosed inflammatory bowel disease patients.

Objective: Psychological factors, such as stress, anxiety, and depression, are frequently related to inflammatory bowel disease (IBD). However, few studies have examined these factors in patients newly diagnosed with IBD. The aim of the present study was to test the psychological burden in patients with a recent diagnosis of IBD and the factors related to this psychological burden.

[Morbidity due to chronic diseases and their health care in Asturias: a gender analysis].

Objective: To determine gender differences in the magnitude and complexity of chronic diseases and gender inequalities in health care in the adult population of Asturias in 2022.

Method: A cross-sectional population study in people (>14 years) with at least one diagnosis of chronic disease (780,566 inhabitants).

Sources Of Information: computer program for morbidity groups (Ministry of Health), Electronic medical record of primary care and hospital.

[Primary care pathways and locations during the pandemic in a rural area of Alicante].

This paper describes the means of health care used in a primary health care centre (PHCC) in a rural area to care for patients during the COVID-19 pandemic. After conducting a cross-sectional study using health questionnaire with 243 patients (100 COVID-19 and 143 other pathologies), we observed that general medical care was 100% by telephone, and little use was made of the portal for citizen information and appointment requests of the Conselleria de Sanitat de la Comunidad Valenciana. Nursing attended 100% by telephone, as did the PHCC doctors and the PHCC emergencies; in the case of taking samples, blood samples and wound care it was face-to-face (men 91%, women 88%), and at home (9% and 12%).

Gender Biases and Diagnostic Delay in Inflammatory Bowel Disease: Multicenter Observational Study.

Background: Female gender could be a cause of diagnostic delay in inflammatory bowel disease (IBD). The aim of this study was to investigate the diagnostic delay in women vs men and potential causes.

Methods: This multicenter cohort study included 190 patients with recent diagnosis of IBD (disease duration <7 months).

Promoción de salud más allá de los estilos de vida saludables: propuestas de actuación en una universidad chilena.

Las intervenciones centradas en cambios de conducta, sumadas a la escasa evidencia de mapeo y dinamización de activos en Universidades Promotoras de Salud (UPS), hacen necesario potenciar enfoques integrales y sistémicos que contribuyan al bienestar y empoderamiento de sus integrantes. El objetivo de este artículo es explorar propuestas de acción que contribuyan a fortalecer activos en una comunidad universitaria chilena. Se desarrolló un estudio cualitativo con 72 hombres/77 mujeres (estudiantes, trabajadores, jubilados y exestudiantes).

Effect of conservative treatment of pelvic floor dysfunctions in women: An umbrella review.

Objective: Due to their high worldwide prevalence, pelvic floor dysfunctions (PFD's) are a public health problem. There is high heterogeneity in the types and effectiveness of conservative treatment. The objective was to analyze the scientific evidence on conservative treatment of PFDs in women.

Healthcare professionals' experiences and perceptions regarding health care of indigenous pregnant women in Ecuador.

Background: Pregnancy is an important life experience that requires uniquely tailored approach to health care. The socio-cultural care practices of indigenous pregnant women (IPW) are passed along the maternal line with respect to identity, worldview and nature. The cultural differences between non-indigenous healthcare professionals (HPs) and IPW could present a great challenge in women's health care.

[Gender blindness in medical textbooks: the case of leukemias].

Objective: To analyse the existence of sex-differences in the content on leukemias in the Haematology and Internal Medicine textbooks recommended in the Medical Degrees, 2019-2020, by comparison with the sex-differences recognized in the scientific literature.

Method: Manifest content analysis of the content of chapters on leukemias in the books on hematology and internal medicine, clinical haematology and haematology undergraduate. Analysis categories: epidemiology, etiopathogenesis, diagnosis, treatment and prognosis of leukemias.

Evolution of the emotional impact in patients with early inflammatory bowel disease during and after Covid-19 lockdown.

Background: Patients with inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) are vulnerable to some psychological disorders. Here we describe the psychological impact of a COVID-19 pandemic lockdown in patients with IBD.

Methods: This multicenter prospective cohort study included 145 patients recently diagnosed with IBD.

Asset map in a Chilean Health Promoting University: 'a strategy for revitalization'.

Health Promoting Universities (HPUs) are more likely to perform actions intended to change habits and increase personal empowerment, than they are to develop community actions. The objective of this research is to create an asset map to visualize collective actions in a Chilean HPU. A qualitative study, based on the ABCD model was conducted.

Reviewing Disease Activity Indices in Spondyloarthritis From the Sex Perspective: A Systematic Review and Metaanalysis.

Objective: To determine whether the Bath Ankylosing Spondylitis Disease Activity Index (BASDAI) and the Ankylosing Spondylitis Disease Activity Score (ASDAS) exhibited differences between women and men.

Methods: We systematically searched MEDLINE, Embase, Web of Science, and other sources in English or Spanish from January 1, 1995, to July 31, 2020, to assess the differences according to sex in BASDAI and ASDAS. We performed a comparative analysis by sex using test and mean difference by sex metaanalyses for BASDAI and ASDAS, as well as a random-effects model using the inverse-variance method.

Gender bias in therapeutic effort: from research to health care.

There are relevant dimensions from a gender perspective related to  therapeutic effort. To illustrate and discuss possible gender bias related  to medicines, through the consumption analysis in women, the  prescription of biological drugs according to sex, the potential gender  inequality in adverse drug reactions, and research with clinical trials, as  well as the decisions of international institutions in the marketing of  medicinal products. There is greater tendency to prescribe pain  relievers, regardless of pain, and drugs for low intensity depressive  symptoms in women than in men.

[Health statistics and invisibility by sex and gender during the COVID-19 epidemic].

Reports on COVID-19 from the Spanish Health Ministry are valuable, but incomplete, with the perverse effect that the susceptibility to COVID-19 by sex is unclear. Prevalence of COVID-19 by sexes differs between countries. The trend in Spain shows an unequal pattern, initially more frequent in men, but women outnumbered them from March 31, after two weeks lockdown.