Quality of Life and Related Factors in Patients Undergoing Renal Replacement Therapy at the Hospital General Universitario de Ciudad Real: Cross Sectional Descriptive Observational Study.

The aim of the present study was to determine the relationship between the quality of life of patients on renal replacement therapy and the Symptomatology they presented. Cross-sectional descriptive observational study: quality of life was assessed by means of the KDQOL-SF questionnaire, Symptomatology by the Palliative Care Outcome Scale-Symptoms Renal questionnaire, and sociodemographic and clinical data of patients in the Hemodialysis Unit (HD) of the Hospital General Universitario de Ciudad Real (HGUCR) by means of personal interviews and clinical history data. : A total of 105 patients participated in the study, 63 (60.

Evaluating and Handling the Pain of People With Intellectual Disability.

Anecdotal reports have suggested people with intellectual disabilities experience more pain than the general population due to additional co-morbidities and secondary conditions. This multicenter comparative cross-sectional study aimed to evaluate the prevalence, factors, and treatment modalities in people with intellectual disabilities (PID) as observed by their caregivers and reported through distributed questionnaires. The study sample included 130 PID users of centers in Ciudad Real (Spain).

[Hospital admissions and morbidity in people with intellectual developmental disorders].

Objective: People with intellectual developmental disorders (IDD) have worse health statuses in comparison with general population. The objective of this paper is to compare access and hospital morbimortality in people with IDD and general population.

Material And Methods: We conducted a retrospective cross-sectional analytical study and analyzed data on admissions and discharges between IDD patients and the rest of them, in Ciudad Real, España.

[Falls in people with intellectual disability: can we anticipate and prevent them?].

Objective: Falls are the second leading cause of accidental or unintentional injury deaths worldwide, also, falls generate severe disabilities, institutionalization and increase healthcare costs. People with intellectual disabilities (ID) fall over frecuently. It's due to they are usually sicker than the rest of the population, and for environmental, professional and organizational factors.