Longitudinal Study of the Mental Health, Resilience, and Post-Traumatic Stress of Senior Nursing Students to Nursing Graduates during the COVID-19 Pandemic.

This study analyzed changes in the psychological health of students who were in the final year of their nursing degree during the COVID-19 pandemic and later served as nursing professionals in hospitals. Methods: A prospective longitudinal study was conducted over two periods of time (the first in April 2020 and the second 6 months later, in December 2020) with 296 students for a T0 baseline (rate response 68.83%) and 92 students for a T1 post-test sample (response rate 31.

A Retrospective Nationwide Non-Interventional Study of an Aqueous Sublingual Immunotherapy Formulation Administered with a 200-µL Dosing Pump.

Background: Convenient dosing is a key component of treatment adherence and thus efficacy and safety. Aqueous sublingual immunotherapy (SLIT) formulations can be administered with a dosing pump that delivers 200 µL of volume per actuation.

Objective: The objective of this study was to describe the use of Staloral 300 Rapid in its new dosing pump presentation and to evaluate the safety and satisfaction from both the patient and doctor.

Health-Related Quality of Life in Levothyroxine-Treated Hypothyroid Women and Women without Hypothyroidism: A Case-Control Study.

Unlabelled: The use of levothyroxine is not always related to the elimination of the symptoms of hypothyroidism. The aim of this study is to compare the health-related quality of life (HRQOL) of a group of hypothyroid women under levothyroxine treatment with that of a group of non-hypothyroid women.

Methodology: A case-control study was performed.

Validation of the DECA criteria for allergic conjunctivitis severity and control.

Background: Allergic conjunctivitis (AC) is usually associated to allergic rhinitis (AR), but the severity and control of ocular symptoms should be assessed independently to improve diagnosis and treatment. The criteria from the Spanish consensus document on allergic conjunctivitis (DECA) aimed to be used as a patient-reported instrument for AC management. Here we validate these criteria for classifying AC severity and defining its control following COSMIN guidelines recommendations.

Sexual Function in Levothyroxine-Treated Hypothyroid Women and Women without Hypothyroidism: A Case-Control.

Levothyroxine is the most common treatment to normalize thyroid hormones levels and to reduce primary hypothyroidism symptoms. To assess sexual function in women with levothyroxine-treated hypothyroidism and women without hypothyroidism. Methods: A case-control study was performed with 152 women with levothyroxine-treated hypothyroidism and 238 women without hypothyroidism.

Mood Disorders in Levothyroxine-Treated Hypothyroid Women.

: Hypothyroidism has several symptoms (weight gain, arrhythmias, mood changes, etc.). The aims of this study were (1) to assess the prevalence of anxiety and depression in levothyroxine-treated hypothyroid women and in women without hypothyroidism; (2) to identify variables associated with anxiety and depression.

Adaptation to Spanish and Validation of the Rhinitis Control Assessment Test questionnaire.

Background And Objective: The Rhinitis Control Assessment Test (RCAT) is a patient-based questionnaire that is widely used to evaluate control of rhinitis. Objective: To develop and validate a Spanish version of the RCAT (RCATe).

Methods: After translation and cultural adaptation of the original RCAT, this multicenter, observational, prospective study evaluated the properties/attributes of the RCATe by assessing its validity, reliability, responsiveness, effect size, minimal important difference and cut point.

Position paper on nasal obstruction: evaluation and treatment.

Nasal obstruction (NO) is defined as the subjective perception of discomfort or difficulty in the passage of air through the nostrils. It is a common reason for consultation in primary and specialized care and may affect up to 30%-40% of the population. It affects quality of life (especially sleep) and lowers work efficiency.

Prospective validation of a lymphocyte infiltration prognostic test in stage III colon cancer patients treated with adjuvant FOLFOX.

Background: The prognostic value of lymphocyte infiltration (LI) of colorectal carcinoma (CC) has been demonstrated by several groups. However, no validated test is currently available for clinical practice. We previously described an automated and reproducible method for testing LI and aimed to validate it for clinical use.

Allergic respiratory disease (ARD), setting forth the basics: proposals of an expert consensus report.

Background: The variability of symptoms observed in patients with respiratory allergy often hampers classification based on the criteria proposed in guidelines on rhinitis and asthma.

Objectives: We assessed specific aspects of allergic respiratory disease (ARD) that are not explicitly addressed in the guidelines in order to issue specific recommendations and thus optimize clinical practice.

Methods: Using the Delphi technique, 40 Spanish allergists were surveyed to reach consensus on 71 items related to ARD.

Estimate of the total costs of allergic rhinitis in specialized care based on real-world data: the FERIN Study.

Background: Despite the socioeconomic importance of allergic rhinitis (AR), very few prospective studies have been performed under conditions of clinical practice and with a sufficiently long observation period outside the clinical trial scenario. We prospectively estimated the direct and indirect costs of AR in patients attending specialized clinics in Spain.

Methods: Patients were recruited at random from allergy outpatient clinics in 101 health centers throughout Spain over 12 months.

Relationship between respiratory and food allergy and evaluation of preventive measures.

Food allergy and respiratory allergy are two frequently associated diseases and with an increasing prevalence. Several reports show the presence of respiratory symptoms in patients with food allergy, while certain foods may be related to the development or exacerbation of allergic rhinitis and asthma. The present update focuses on this relationship, revealing a pathogenic and clinical association between food and respiratory allergy.

Clinical use of oral antihistamines and intranasal corticosteroids in patients with allergic rhinitis.

Background: Second-generation oral antihistamines (AH) and intranasal corticosteroids (ICS) are the most widely used drugs for allergic rhinitis (AR).

Objective: To obtain information on the preferences for and applications of these drugs under conditions of routine clinical practice.

Methods: We performed a multicenter multidisciplinary observational study.

Epidemiology of allergic rhinitis in allergy consultations in Spain: Alergológica-2005.

Background: Allergic rhinitis (AR) is considered to be the most frequent allergic disorder.

Objective: To present the data from the Alergológica-2005 on the characteristics of patients with AR.

Methods: An observational, descriptive, cross-sectional epidemiologic study was performed on 4991 patients consulting for the first time in Allergology services in Spain.

Coexistence of asthma and allergic rhinitis in adult patients attending allergy clinics: ONEAIR study.

Background: Several studies have shown links between the upper and lower airways in allergic patients.

Objectives: This study aimed to evaluate the prevalence of rhinitis in patients with allergic asthma attending allergy outpatient clinics and to examine the interrelationship between both conditions.

Methods: An epidemiological prospective study was carried out during the period 2004-2005 and 170 allergists from all over the country participated.

[The special attention to re-admitted patients can be effective. Cost-benefit analysis of a new health care model].

Background: Patients with chronic conditions are commonly readmitted to hospital. A study was designed to improve their medical care. The cost/benefit analysis is presented to evaluate its efficiency.

[A new model for medical care to multi-admitted patients].

Background And Objective: Patients with chronic conditions are often readmitted to hospital. A study was designed to improve health care to these patients.

Patients And Methods: Patients attended at the Internal Medicine Department of a hospital area who were admitted to hospital at least three times in a year were included in the study.

Prevalence of sensitization to Tetranychus urticae in greenhouse workers.

Background: Tetranychus urticae (TU) is a macroscopic mite which infests a large number of plants of economic interest worldwide. It has recently been described as a cause of occupational allergic disease in greenhouse workers. However, there are no epidemiological data concerning the prevalence of TU allergy in an unselected exposed population.

Occupational allergy in greenhouse workers: sensitization to Tetranychus urticae.

Background: Tetranychus urticae (TU) is a macroscopic mite which is found infesting a large number of plants of economic interest. It has rarely been described as a cause of occupational allergic disease in agricultural workers.

Objective: To describe TU sensitization in greenhouse workers attending the outpatient allergy unit and its clinical associations, and to characterize the allergens involved.