Publications by authors named "X Corbella"
Aims: There is little information about the influence of gender on quality of life (QoL) in heart failure. The purpose of this study was to evaluate whether the health-related QoL gap between men and women can be explained by the interaction between psychosocial factors and clinical determinants in a real-word cohort of patients with chronic heart failure.
Methods And Results: We conducted a single-centre, observational, prospective cohort study of 1236 consecutive patients diagnosed with chronic heart failure recruited between 2004 and 2014.
Direct health costs of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis in a multidisciplinary ALS unit in Catalonia (Spain).
Amyotroph Lateral Scler Frontotemporal Degener
February 2023
Our research project computed the direct health costs of patients with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) in a Spanish multidisciplinary unit and explored the main factors associated. Besides analyzing a context with universal health care provision, we used an administrative health care dataset from the most crucial center unit treating ALS in Catalonia (80% of total patients). Our results show that the direct health cost of caring for an ALS patient in our unit was 5,158€per patient/year.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFBackground: The potential positive effect of electronic health (eHealth)-based heart failure (HF) monitoring remains uncertain mainly in the 'low literacy' or 'computer or digital illiterate' patients. The aim of this study was to determine the effectiveness of a telemedicine (TM)-based managed care solution across literacy levels and information and communications technology (ICT) skills.
Methods: We performed a sub-analysis on the basis of two literacy domains encompassed in the definition of 'eHealth literacy' to the HF-patients included in the 'insuficiència Cardíaca Optimització Remota' (iCOR) randomized study comparing TM vs.
Background: Sarcopenia may be more present in older adults with diabetes (DM). Accordingly, we evaluated the prevalence of sarcopenia and its associated risk factors among community-dwelling older adults with DM.
Methods: A cross-sectional analysis of older people living in the community was carried out.
Article Synopsis
- Rosai-Dorfman-Destombes disease (RDD) is a rare condition characterized by painless swollen lymph nodes, fever, and weight loss, often affecting other organs such as skin and bones.
- The disease may mimic relapsing polychondritis and can sometimes go into spontaneous remission, but severe cases often require treatment with medications like prednisone or methotrexate.
- A case study of a 37-year-old woman showed that the MEK inhibitor cobimetinib led to a rapid and complete response in her extensive RDD, suggesting targeted therapies could be a promising treatment option for severe cases.