Publications by authors named "Nuria Perulero"
Objective: Estimate the prevalence and incidence of Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) and analyze variations in its treatment across Spain.
Method: Analyses were performed using IQVIA's clinical practice RealWorld Database, the electronic medical records of some 1 million patients from 2013 to 2018. MPH treatment was assessed using the Defined Daily Dose (DDD), MPH sales were extracted from IQVIA's Sell-Out database and the number of active psychiatrists from IQVIA's OneKey Database.
Background: A new nonavalent human papillomavirus (HPV) vaccine that includes genotypes 6/11/16/18/31/33/45/52/58 has been recently approved in Spain. A previous study has shown that attributable fraction of HPV related diseases in Spain is consistent with that reported in European and global studies. The aim of the present study was to estimate the annual direct costs associated to the following HPV-related diseases: genital warts, high grade precancerous lesions and cancer of cervix, vulva, vagina, anus and penis and head and neck cancer, caused by genotypes included in the nonavalent (9vHPV) and quadrivalent vaccines (4vHPV), in Spanish men and women.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFObjectives: The present study aims to prospectively evaluate quality of life (QoL) of women using 52-mg levonorgestrel intrauterine system (LNG-IUS) for contraception determined through the Sociedad Española de Contracepción (Spanish contraception Society) (SEC)-QoL, a questionnaire specifically designed to assess the impact of contraceptive methods on QoL of fertile women.
Study Design: We conducted a prospective observational multicenter study of 201 reproductive age women who initiated the LNG-IUS for contraception. Sociodemographic and clinical data were collected at baseline and 12 months afterwards.
Objectives: Develop and validate a Spanish society of contraception quality-of-life (SEC-QOL) questionnaire to assess the impact of contraceptive methods on the health-related quality of life (HRQOL) of women.
Methods: SEC-QOL was developed following a standardized procedure including review of the literature, interviews with contraception users, and the administration of a pilot questionnaire to 187 women. SEC-QOL consists of 19 items and includes five dimensions.
[Development and validation of a new questionnaire to assess health care satisfaction and the device in stomized patients: espejo questionnaire].
Rev Enferm
May 2010
Objectives: To develop a questionnaire to measure the satisfaction of stomatised patients with healthcare professionals and with the stomal device.
Methods: An initial review of the literature was performed and in meetings with experts, the most relevant items were selected. In a pilot study with patients that had been recently stomatised (three months from intervention), the comprehensibility and discriminatory ability of each item was tested.
Aims: To assess the performance of AF-QoL, a quality of life questionnaire for patients with atrial fibrillation (AF).
Methods And Results: Observational, prospective, multicentre study in 29 Spanish centres. Three patients' groups were identified at baseline visit: AF patients receiving a new therapeutic intervention according to physician criteria (intervention group); AF clinically stable patients according to physician evaluation (clinically stable group); and patients in a stable condition for more than 1 year after a myocardial infarction (control group).
Introduction: The objective of the current study was to assess patient involvement in adjuvant chemotherapy choice, reasons for treatment choice and satisfaction with the chosen treatment, given that improvement in breast cancer survival has been accompanied by a greater demand for disease information from patients.
Material And Methods: An epidemiologic, prospective, multicentre study was conducted with patients aged over 18 diagnosed with breast cancer stages I, II and III. The study, which was conducted prior to these patients initiating adjuvant chemotherapy, was based on a baseline visit and a follow-up visit.
Background: The Asthma Control Questionnaire (ACQ) has not been validated in the Spanish population, and the fact that it requires spirometry poses an important limitation on its widespread use in the primary care setting in Spain.
Objective: The aim of this study was to evaluate the psychometric properties of the Spanish version of the ACQ.
Methods: In this multicenter, prospective study, consecutive adult patients with persistent asthma were recruited at 62 respiratory and allergy units across Spain.
Background And Objective: Although the use of the androgen deprivation in advanced prostate cancer (APC) is extended, the impact of one of its frequent secondary effects, hot flashes, remains not deeply studied. Our aim is the design and validation of a specific questionnaire to evaluate the impact of hot flashes in APC patients with hormonal ablative treatment.
Patients And Method: Observational, prospective, multicenter study of 496 patients with APC, who were included in one of 2 groups -A (reliability): 56 patients without expected significative state changes; and B (sensitivity): 440 patients, who were either naïve or under changes in hormonal therapy because of intolerance or disease progression-, during 9 months.
Background And Objective: Our goal was to validate the Spanish version of the Brief Pain Inventory (BPI) questionnaire used to measure the intensity of oncological pain and its impact on activities of daily living in patients with cancer.
Patients And Method: Patients with oncological pain were consecutively included in the study. These patients filled up the Spanish version of the BPI questionnaire (CBD) and the Rotterdam Symptom Checklist (RCSL) during the inclusion visit and again after 3-5 days (patients with clinically stable oncological pain) or after one month (patients with unstable oncological pain).