Publications by authors named "Marta Carolina Ruiz-Grao"
Objective: To determine the effects of multidisciplinary home-based interventions delivered by multidisciplinary teams to prevent adverse events (mortality, emergency visits, and hospital readmissions) and improve quality of life (QoL) among frail older adults.
Methods: A systematic search of PubMed/MEDLINE, Scopus, the Cochrane Central Register of Controlled Trials, Web of Science, and the Cumulative Index to Nursing and Allied Health Literature was conducted until November 2023. The Risk of bias of the randomized controlled trials was assessed via the Cochrane risk of bias tool (RoB 2.
Effect of exercise interventions on oxygen uptake in people with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease: A network meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials.
Ann Phys Rehabil Med
November 2024
Background: Although aerobic training leads to physiological improvements in people with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), measured by the VO2 peak, there is no evidence as to which type of physical exercise intervention is the most effective in improving the VO peak or max.
Objective: A network meta-analysis (NMA) was performed to determine the effects of different physical interventions on oxygen uptake in people with COPD.
Methods: A literature search was performed from database inception to February 2024.
Background/objetives: Multicomponent exercise programs have been demonstrated to prevent falls in older adults. However, the underlying responsible mechanisms are not clear. We aimed to analyze the association between changes in the limits of stability (LOS) as a relevant balance component, and falls occurrence during a multicomponent physical exercise program.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFObjectives: To determine whether the interaction between frailty status and depression risk is associated with hospitalization density in older adults.
Methods: Ongoing cohort study in 794 subjects aged over 70 years from Albacete (Spain). Data were collected on depression risk, frailty, hospitalizations, and covariates.
Background: Halfway through the 2019−2020 academic year, the entire university system was affected by an exceptional situation caused by the COVID-19 pandemic. Online learning was globally implemented for all degrees to finish the course and to meet academic objectives. This unforeseen change in teaching and subsequent evaluations meant teachers and students had to invest significant effort.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFPredictive Model of Quality of Life in Patients with Parkinson's Disease.
Int J Environ Res Public Health
January 2022
Unlabelled: Parkinson's disease is a chronic, progressive, and disabling neurodegenerative disease which evolves until the end of life and triggers different mood and organic alterations that influence health-related quality of life. The objective of our study was to identify the factors that negatively impact the quality of life of patients with Parkinson's disease and construct a predictive model of health-related quality of life in these patients.
Methods: An analytical, prospective observational study was carried out, including Parkinson's patients at different stages in the Albacete Health Area.
Introduction: Monitoring type 1 diabetes (T1D) trends across most European countries using objectively measured data and how this incidence has evolved over the past three decades should be considered a public health priority. This study protocol provides a standardised and transparent methodology to assess TD1 trends among 0-14-year-old children and adolescents across Europe from 1994 to 2021.
Methods And Analysis: This protocol is guided by the Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis Protocols and the Cochrane Collaboration Handbook.
Background: Increasingly, health professionals and patients have begun to be involved in eHealth interventions to assist in the self-management of hypertension. Therefore, this study was aimed at comparing the effect of different types of eHealth interventions (phone calls, blood pressure telemonitoring, emails, web-site, smartphone-app, short message service (SMS) and more than two eHealth interventions) on reducing systolic and diastolic blood pressure, increasing adherence to medication treatment, improving physical activity compliance, controlling blood pressure, and improving quality of life (QoL).
Methods: A systematic search in MEDLINE (via PubMed), EMBASE, Cochrane Central Register of Controlled Trials, and Web of Science databases was conducted to identify experimental studies addressing the effect of eHealth interventions on the self-management of hypertension.
The main objective of this study was to estimate the association between nut consumption and body composition-related measures and to examine whether this relationship is mediated by cardiorespiratory fitness (CRF) and the muscle strength index (MSI) in young adults. A cross-sectional study involving college students ( = 354) aged 18-30 years from a Spanish public university was conducted. Body composition and fitness components were assessed using standard methods.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFArterial stiffness has been shown to be a subclinical marker associated with cardiovascular disease. Meanwhile, long-term exercise has been demonstrated to reduce arterial stiffness, providing a decrease in cardiovascular risk. However, the acute effect of exercise on arterial stiffness is unclear.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFBackground/objectives: To assess whether gait plasticity and gait reserve, valid measures of gait adaptation to environmental stressors, are associated with frailty.
Design: Cross-sectional sub-analysis of the FISTAC study (Identification of the Physical Attributes of the Fear of Falling Syndrome).
Setting: Community-dwelling women from the Falls Unit of a Geriatrics Department.
Objectives: To investigate if depression risk modifies the association between frailty and mortality in older adults.
Design: Ongoing cohort study.
Setting: Albacete city, Spain.