The burden of non-SARS-CoV2 viral lower respiratory tract infections in hospitalized children in Barcelona (Spain): A long-term, clinical, epidemiologic and economic study.

Background: Viral lower respiratory tract infections (LRTI) are the leading cause of hospitalization in children. In Catalonia (Spain), information is scarce about the burden of viral LRTIs in paediatric hospitalizations. The aim of this study is to describe epidemiological, clinical, virological and economic features of paediatric hospitalizations due to viral LRTI.

Withdrawal of hospital outpatient treatments in severe diseases due to unacceptable toxicity: A retrospective study from the register of patients and treatments.

Aim: To retrospectively analyse hospital outpatient treatment (HOT) withdrawal due to unacceptable toxicity at our hospital. Information regarding unacceptable toxicity leading to treatment withdrawal was recorded.

Methods: HOT interruptions because of unacceptable toxicity were identified from the Register of Patients and Treatments (RPT) (January 2014 to December 2017).

[Adaptation and validation of the CCAENA(©) scale for the measurement of continuity of care between healthcare levels in Colombia and Brazil].

Objective: To adapt and to validate the scale of the questionnaire Continuity of Care between Care Levels (CCAENA(©)) in the context of the Colombian and Brazilian health systems.

Methods: The study consisted of two phases: 1) adaptation of the CCAENA(©) scale to the context of each country, which was tested by two pretests and a pilot test, and 2) validation by means of application of the scale in a population survey in Colombia and Brazil. The following psychometric properties were analyzed: construct validity (exploratory factor analysis), internal consistency (Cronbach's alpha and item-rest correlations), the multidimensionality of the scales (Spearman correlation coefficients), and known group validity (chi-square test).

Development of quality of care indicators from systematic reviews: the case of hospital delivery.

Background: The objective of this research is to generate quality of care indicators from systematic reviews to assess the appropriateness of obstetric care in hospitals.

Methods: A search for systematic reviews about hospital obstetric interventions, conducted in The Cochrane Library, clinical evidence and practice guidelines, identified 303 reviews. We selected 48 high-quality evidence reviews, which resulted in strong clinical recommendations using the Grading of Recommendations Assessment, Development and Evaluation (GRADE) system.

[Design and validation of a questionnaire to measure continuity between care levels from the user's perspective].

Objectives: To design and validate an instrument that measures continuity between levels of care from the user's perspective to be applied in any healthcare system providing a continuum of care.

Methods: 1) A questionnaire for the measurement of continuity of care was designed, based on a literature review, and 2) the questionnaire was validated using an expert group, two pretests and a pilot test to a sample of 200 healthcare users. We assessed the questionnaire's comprehensibility, content validity and interviewer burden, as well as the reliability and construct validity of the scale.