Association of General and Abdominal Obesity With Hypertension, Dyslipidemia and Prediabetes in the PREDAPS Study.

Introduction And Objectives: Some anthropometric measurements show a greater capacity than others to identify the presence of cardiovascular risk factors. This study estimated the magnitude of the association of different anthropometric indicators of obesity with hypertension, dyslipidemia, and prediabetes (altered fasting plasma glucose and/or glycosylated hemoglobin).

Methods: Cross-sectional analysis of information collected from 2022 participants in the PREDAPS study (baseline phase).

Continued smoking abstinence in diabetic patients in primary care: a cluster randomized controlled multicenter study.

Aims: To assess the effectiveness of an intensive smoking cessation intervention based on the transtheoretical model of change (TTM) in diabetic smokers attending primary care.

Methods: A cluster randomized controlled clinical trial was designed in which the unit of randomization (intervention vs. usual care) was the primary care team.

The impact of a programme to improve quality of care for people with type 2 diabetes on hard to reach groups: The GEDAPS study.

Aims: We investigated whether a continuous quality improvement programme in primary care for people with type 2 diabetes led to better care and outcomes in hard to reach groups.

Methods: GEDAPS was implemented in Catalonia, Spain between 1993 (n=2239) and 2002 (n=5819). Process (e.

Chronic kidney disease in the type 2 diabetic patients: prevalence and associated variables in a random sample of 2642 patients of a Mediterranean area.

Background: Kidney disease is associated with an increased total mortality and cardiovascular morbimortality in the general population and in patients with Type 2 diabetes. The aim of this study is to determine the prevalence of kidney disease and different types of renal disease in patients with type 2 diabetes (T2DM).

Methods: Cross-sectional study in a random sample of 2,642 T2DM patients cared for in primary care during 2007.

Trends in chronic complications of type 2 diabetic patients from Spanish primary health care centres (GEDAPS study): ten year-implementation of St. Vincent recommendations.

Aims: To assess the implementation of St. Vincent recommendations in Catalonia (Spain) between 1993 and 2003 following a program of Continuous Quality Improvement.

Methods: 65 health centres (433 health professionals) took part in the study.

Multifactorial control and treatment intensity of type-2 diabetes in primary care settings in Catalonia.

Background: Many studies on diabetes have demonstrated that an intensive control of glycaemia and the main associated risk factors (hypertension, dislipidaemia, obesity and smoking) reduce cardiovascular morbi-mortality. Different scientific societies have proposed a multifactorial approach to type 2 diabetes.The objective of this study was to identify the degree of control of glycosylated haemoglobin (HbA1c) and of cardiovascular risk factors in type 2 diabetic patients, using the GedapS 2004 guidelines, and to analyse the type and intensity of drug treatment.

Cluster randomized trial in smoking cessation with intensive advice in diabetic patients in primary care. ITADI Study.

Background: It is a priority to achieve smoking cessation in diabetic smokers, given that this is a group of patients with elevated cardiovascular risk. Furthermore, tobacco has a multiplying effect on micro and macro vascular complications. Smoking abstinence rates increase as the intensity of the intervention, length of the intervention and number and diversity of contacts with the healthcare professional during the intervention increases.