[Abuse of children and adolescence].

Childhood and adolescent abuse (MTIA) is a serious and complex global public health problem with potentially devastating effects on the physical and mental health and well-being of people throughout their lives. This is a health issue that, although it was not recognized until a few decades ago, has very serious consequences on the lives of these future adult children and their families. By adopting various forms and modalities (violence, abuse, neglect and others), it is highly prevalent and has serious repercussions on personal development and both mental and physical morbidity.

Prevalence by health areas of chronic kidney disease in the diabetic population of Extremadura in 2012, 2013 and 2014. An observational study.

Background And Objective: Diabetes mellitus is the leading cause of chronic kidney disease (CKD) in our country. The objective was to estimate the global prevalence and by health areas of CKD in the diabetic population of Extremadura.

Methods: Observational, longitudinal retrospective study in the diabetic population attended in the Extremadura Health System in 2012-2014.

[Prevention of mental health disorders in primary care: Pregnancy in adolescence].

Adolescent pregnancy is generally an unwanted pregnancy, a situation that involves significant biological, psychological and social overloads, with repercussions on the health of the mother and the child. But the psychosocially important fact is that an unwanted pregnancy in its entirety gives rise to the birth of an ambivalently wanted child, a high-risk child. Those born in Spain in 2020 to women under 20 years of age were 8,305, which corresponds to 1.

Prevalence of Chronic Kidney Disease in Patients with Diabetes in Extremadura (Spain) during the Years 2012, 2013 and 2014: An Observational Study.

Diabetes mellitus (DM) is one of the leading causes of chronic kidney disease (CKD). We analyzed the prevalence of CKD in the population with diabetes in Extremadura (Spain). retrospective observational study was carried in the diabetic population attended in the Extremadura Health System in 2012-2014.

[Prevalence and degree of control of cardiovascular risk factors in patients with ischemic cardiopathy of an urban health center.].

Objective: Compliance with the therapeutic objectives recommended in the clinical practice guidelines on cardiovascular prevention and changes in lifestyle, such as smoking cessation, reduce the morbidity and mortality of patients with ischemic heart disease. The objective of this study was to analyze the prevalence and degree of control of the main cardiovascular risk factors in patients with ischemic heart disease.

Methods: A total of 200 patients with ischemic heart disease randomly selected between the years 2008-2018.

[Mental health in epidemics: A perspective from the Spanish Primary Health Care].

The pandemic of the disease known as COVID-19 (acronym for coronavirus disease-2019), which was first detected in the Chinese city of Wuhan in December 2019, has led to an international public health emergency. This due to several reasons (threat to the lives of many people, unprecedented health and socioeconomic crisis, cessation of school and work activities, or the need to adopt extraordinary measures, including quarantining entire cities or countries). The PAPPS Mental Health Group has considered it important to observe, reflect and investigate the phenomena that are occurring, and will occur, in what has possibly been one of the most extensive and radical public health interventions in recent history.

Chronic kidney disease prevalence and cardiovascular risk in a cohort of patients with type 2 diabetes followed for 10 years in Badajoz (Spain). An observational study.

Aims: To estimate the prevalence of chronic kidney disease (CKD), their risk factors the incidence of cardiovascular and coronary events and total and cardiovascular mortality in a cohort of type 2 diabetes (T2DM) patients observed for 10 years in primary care practices in Badajoz, Spain.

Methods: Observational, longitudinal study. A total of 643 patients with T2DM (mean age 64.

Cardiovascular risk and validation of cardiovascular risk prediction functions in a cohort of patients with type 2 diabetes followed for 10 years in Badajoz (SPAIN). AN observational study.

Aims: To analyse whether diabetes behaves as an equivalent of coronary risk and assess the performance of the original and REGICOR Framingham functions in a cohort of patients with type 2 diabetes observed for 10 years in primary care practices in Badajoz, Spain.

Methods: Observational, longitudinal study. A total of 643 patients (mean age 64.

[Predictive variables of serious victims, critical or deceased in traffic accidents in Extremadura, Spain].

Objective: Traffic accidents constitute a public health problem and are the leading cause of accidental death in the world. Analyze if the type of accident, the age of the victim or the attention provided by the emergency medicalized units (UME) are related to the morbidity and mortality due to traffic accidents in Extremadura (Spain) during the years 2012, 2013, 2014 and 2015.

Methods: Descriptive study of the information in the records of the emergency response coordination center 112.

Effectiveness of individual and group multicomponent interventions for smoking cessation in primary care: a quasi-experimental study.

Background: The efficacy of smoking cessation interventions can be quite diverse in day-to-day clinical practice.

Objective: To analyse the effectiveness in smoking cessation of multicomponent interventions carried out in groups or individually in primary care practices.

Methods: A quasi-experimental, multicentre study of 12-month follow-up of patients treated in multicomponent smoking cessation interventions was carried out in Urban health care centres in Sevilla, Spain.

Prevalence of diabetes and frequency of glycated haemoglobin monitoring in Extremadura (Spain) during 2012, 2013 and 2014: An observational study.

Aims: To analyze the prevalence of diabetes and the frequency of haemoglobin A (HbA) monitoring in the population with diabetes in Extremadura (Spain).

Methods: Observational, longitudinal retrospective study in the population attended in the Extremadura Health System in 2012-2014. A total of 403,644 glycated haemoglobin determinations in 189,466 subjects (52.

[Validity and applicability of the mnemonic POUNDing rule in patients with migraine. A descriptive study].

Introduction: In assessing the patient with headache, clinicians are often faced with 2 important questions: Is this headache a migraine? Does this patient require neuroimaging? The aim of this study was to assess the validity and applicability of the mnemonic POUNDing rule in patients diagnosed with migraine.

Patients And Methods: A descriptive, validation study of the POUNDing rule in patients with a diagnosis of migraines and with a brain imaging test (computed tomography or magnetic resonance imaging), in an urban health centre and a neurology clinic of the University Hospital of Badajoz.

Results: A total of 116 patients were included (mean age 45.

Analysis of mobile emergency response unit times in attending traffic accidents in Extremadura, Spain.

Objectives: To analyze the time mobile emergency response units took to attend casualties due to traffic accidents in Extremadura from 2012 to 2015.

Material And Methods: Retrospective descriptive study of information in the records of the emergency response coordination center 112 (ERCC-112) related to traffic accidents attended by mobile units. We compared care times in different situations, taking into consideration the seriousness of casualties.

[Active Smoking and Coronary Risk in a Population of a Spanish Health-Care Centre: An Observational Cohort Study].

Objective: Smoking is a major risk factor for multiple chronic diseases, such as cardiovascular diseases and cancer, and an established risk factor for premature death .The objective was to analyze the association between smoking and total coronary risk (incidence of lethal and non-lethal coronary events) in a cohort of 35-74 years old patients followed for 10 years.

Methods: Longitudinal, observational study of a retrospective cohort followed for ten years in primary care practices in Badajoz (Spain).