Publications by authors named "Nuria Busquet-Sole"
Article Synopsis
- The study focused on assessing the prevalence of seven infections among migrant populations in Catalonia, Spain, including Chagas disease and HIV, using data from primary care facilities.
- Out of 15,780 migrants who visited these centers, 2,410 were tested, resulting in 508 individuals (21.1%) diagnosed with at least one infection, predominantly from Sub-Saharan Africa.
- Specific infection rates were reported, with hepatitis B showing the highest prevalence (25.5%), while tuberculosis had a very low detection rate (0.6%).
Background: Migrants in host countries are at risk for the development of mental health conditions. The two aims of the study were to describe routine diagnoses of mental disorders among migrant patients at primary healthcare level and the associated risk factors, and to test the utility of an innovative migrant mental health assessment by evaluating whether the health professionals followed the recommendations proposed by the clinical decision support system (CDSS) tool.
Methods: A cross-sectional study was carried out in eight primary care centres (PCCs) in four non-randomly selected health regions of Catalonia, Spain from March to December 2018.
Improving the detection of infectious diseases in at-risk migrants with an innovative integrated multi-infection screening digital decision support tool (IS-MiHealth) in primary care: a pilot cluster-randomized-controlled trial.
J Travel Med
November 2022
Background: There are major shortfalls in the identification and screening of at-risk migrant groups. This study aims to evaluate the effectiveness of a new digital tool (IS-MiHealth) integrated into the electronic patient record system of primary care centres in detecting prevalent migrant infections. IS-MiHealth provides targeted recommendations to health professionals for screening multiple infections, including human immunodeficiency virus (HIV), hepatitis B and C, active tuberculosis (TB), Chagas disease, strongyloidiasis and schistosomiasis, based on patient characteristics (including variables of country of origin, age and sex).
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