Síndrome de Wiskott-Aldrich en España: incidencia, mortalidad y sesgo de género durante 21 años.

Antecedentes: El síndrome de Wiskott-Aldrich (SWA) es un raro trastorno ligado al cromosoma X que se considera que afecta predominantemente a varones.

Objetivo: El objetivo de este estudio consistía en investigar la incidencia y la mortalidad intrahospitalaria del SWA en España, así como el sesgo de género.

MÉtodos: Se llevó a cabo un estudio epidemiológico retrospectivo poblacional en 97 pacientes con SWA diagnosticados en hospitales españoles entre 1997 y 2017, utilizando para ello datos del Sistema Nacional de Vigilancia de Datos Hospitalarios.

Comparative study of the perceived quality of life of patients in treatment for cocaine and heroin dependence in Spain: differences by gender and time in treatment.

This is a cross-sectional study in which we compared the perceived quality of life (QoL) of patients receiving outpatient treatment for cocaine (n = 727) and heroin dependence (n = 469), by analyzing differences by gender and time in treatment. Participants were recruited from addictive behavior centers in Spain in 2004. The World Health Organization Quality of Life Assessment Instrument (WHOQOL-Bref) was used as a measure.

Predictors of driving after alcohol and drug use among adolescents in Valencia (Spain).

Background: Driving under the influence of alcohol and drugs has been identified as a risk factor for road traffic crashes. We have assessed the prevalence and predictor factors for driving after alcohol and drug use by adolescents.

Methods: A cross-sectional survey involving 11,239 students aged 14-18 years from 252 private and public schools in the Valencia region of Spain was conducted.

[Christmas work dinners. A pattern of recreational use of alcohol and other drugs?].

The aim of this study was to develop an exploratory approach to characterizing the pattern of recreational abuse of alcohol and other drugs abuse at Christmas work dinners. An adaptation of the rapid assessment methodology RARE was carried out through the combination of quantitative (rapid assessment surveys, n=444) and qualitative (observations and semistructured interviews, n=8) techniques. The fieldwork was carried out at 13 restaurants in Valencia and Alicante (Spain) in December 2007.

[Hospital admissions for infectious diseases: 1999-2003 incidence in one health district in the autonomous community of Valencia, Spain].

Background: . Infectious diseases are still currently one of the leading causes of death and illness. Their dynamic nature justifies the epidemiological study thereof.

[Gender and accessibility barriers to treatment in alcohol abuse patients in the Autonomous Region of Valencia].

Introduction: This study aimed at identifying the factors that contribute to delaying the access of alcohol abuse patients to specific treatment centres in the Autonomous Region of Valencia (Spain).

Method: 563 patients from Addictive Behaviours Units (UCA) and Alcohology Units (UA) were interviewed. A survey was conducted which included items on previous requested treatment in other centres and on barriers of accessibility to treatment in specific ambulatory centres.