Influence of primary care professionals on early detection of breast cancer: different perception between family physicians and nursing professionals.

The aim of this study was to assess the level of self-perceived influence on early detection of breast cancer among nurses and family physicians (FP) working in primary care and to identify the factors associated with a lower perception in each group. In the Autonomous Community of Madrid, an online questionnaire on cancer prevention was sent to a random sample of primary care professionals (3586 FP and nurses). The data included sex, age, profession, years in primary care, specific postgraduate training, and opinions and attitudes toward cancer prevention.

Participation and factors associated with late or non-response to an online survey in primary care.

Rationale, Aims And Objectives: Online surveys have several advantages, but a low response rate is common and it is uncertain how results are affected. Response inducement techniques can be used to overcome this problem. The objectives of this study were to describe the percentage of change in the response rate after reminders and to analyse the characteristics associated with non-response and late response based on the survey results, as well as by applying archival and extrapolation techniques.

[Response rates in three opinion surveys performed through online questionnaires in the health setting].

The main advantages of online questionnaires are the speed of data collection and cost savings, but response rates are usually low. This study analyzed response rates and associated factors among health professionals in three opinion surveys in the autonomous region of Madrid. The participants, length of the questionnaire and topic differed among the three surveys.

Pandemic influenza A (H1N1) 2009 in Madrid, Spain: incidence and characteristics in immigrant and native population.

Background: Some immigrants and refugees might be more vulnerable than other groups to pandemic influenza because of pre-existing health and social disparities, migration history and living conditions. The objective of this study was to compare, between the immigrant and autochtonous population, the incidence and characteristics of influenza cases consulting in primary care (PC) and severe influenza cases.

Methods: Descriptive cross-sectional study of influenza episodes registered in PC and severe influenza cases reported between 1 May 2009 and 22 May 2010, by gender and origin.

[Health and its determinants in the immigrant population of the region of Madrid].

Objectives: To describe health status and its determinants in immigrants living in the region of Madrid and to compare these factors with those in the native-born population.

Material And Methods: We performed a descriptive, cross-sectional study based on data from the Madrid Regional Health Survey 2007 (n=12,190). Subjects were classified as native-born or immigrants born in medium-to-low-income countries and with less or more than 5 years of residence in Spain.