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La calidad en el Bloque Quirúrgico del Hospital Clínico San Cecilio. La perspectiva del cliente interno

Artículos CientíficosPor chigueras 23/12/2016

Objetivo Evaluar la calidad de los servicios prestados por el Bloque Quirúrgico (BQ) del Hospital Clínico Universitario San Cecilio (HUSC), desde el punto de vista del personal sanitario del hospital. Material y métodos Emplazamiento: Andalucía. Participantes: 134 profesionales con contacto con el BQ del HUSC. Instrumento: cuestionario de elaboración propia, con las siguientes dimensiones: accesibilidad,…

La activación de pacientes crónicos y su relación con el personal sanitario en Andalucía

Artículos CientíficosPor chigueras 13/09/2017

Fundamento. Evaluar la (inter)relación entre la activación de pacientes crónicos y su relación con el personal sanitario en Andalucía. Material y métodos. Estudio cuantitativo realizado con 258 pacientes crónicos de la Escuela de Pacientes, que respondieron tras ser contactados por correo electrónico. De ellos, 142 completaron los cuestionarios. Se emplearon los cuestionarios Patient Activacion Measurement (PAM)…

KIM-1 as a Blood-Based Marker for Early Detection of Kidney Cancer: A Prospective Nested Case–Control Study

Artículos CientíficosPor chigueras 20/12/2018

Purpose: Renal cell carcinoma (RCC) has the potential for cure with surgery when diagnosed at an early stage. Kidney injury molecule-1 (KIM-1) has been shown to be elevated in the plasma of RCC patients. We aimed to test whether plasma KIM-1 could represent a means of detecting RCC prior to clinical diagnosis. Experimental Design: KIM-1…

Kaposi sarcoma incidence, survival and trends: Data from the information network on rare cancers in Europe (RARECAREnet)

Artículos CientíficosPor chigueras 18/02/2021

Background This study provides updated information on Kaposi sarcoma (KS) in Europe during 1995–2007 from the RARECARENet project. Methods Data comes from 59 population-based cancer registries in 22 countries. KS was defined as ICD-O-3 morphology code 9140 combined with any topography code. Crude and age-adjusted incidence rates and relative survival for years of diagnosis 2000–2007…

Is low survival for cancer in Eastern Europe due principally to late stage at diagnosis?

Artículos CientíficosPor chigueras 14/05/2018

Background Cancer survival has persistently been shown to be worse for Eastern European and UK/Ireland patients than those of other European regions. This is often attributed to later stage at diagnosis. However, few stage-specific survival comparisons are available, so it is unclear whether poorer quality treatment or other factors also contribute. For the first time,…

Is It Possible to Find Something Positive in Being Confined Due to COVID-19? Implications for Well-Being

Artículos CientíficosPor chigueras 09/12/2020

In relation to COVID-19, little research has focused on the study of variables that affect well-being during this pandemic. The purpose of this research is twofold: (1) to find out if people experiencing a quarantine are able to appreciate any positive aspects of it, and to analyze how these responses are categorized and (2) to…

Investigating the inequalities in route to diagnosis amongst patients with diffuse large B-cell or follicular lymphoma in England

Artículos Científicos, InvestigaciónPor chigueras 25/08/2021

Introduction Diagnostic delay is associated with lower chances of cancer survival. Underlying comorbidities are known to affect the timely diagnosis of cancer. Diffuse large B-cell (DLBCL) and follicular lymphomas (FL) are primarily diagnosed amongst older patients, who are more likely to have comorbidities. Characteristics of clinical commissioning groups (CCG) are also known to impact diagnostic…

Investigar con Éxito en Ciencias de la Salud

Publicaciones EASPPor gfernandez 16/12/2013

Manuel Bobenrieth Astete, editor “Cómo investigar con éxito en ciencias de la salud” es una obra única en su género que descubre los secretos y los trucos de ese complejo arte y ciencia de convertir un problema real por resolver en una solución acabada, mediante la investigación. En esta obra se recoge la extensa…

Investigación cualitativa con Software NVivo. Técnicas conversacionales y narrativas

Publicaciones EASPPor gfernandez 23/11/2018

La investigación cualitativa está en auge en los procesos investigadores de todas las áreas de conocimiento, especialmente en aquellas vinculadas al campo de la Salud y de las Ciencias Sociales. Dirigida a todos aquellos que utilizan el enfoque cualitativo en sus investigaciones, así como estudiantes de máster y doctorado, esta obra viene a llenar un…

Introduction to computational causal inference using reproducible Stata, R, and Python code: A tutorial

Artículos CientíficosPor chigueras 11/11/2021

The main purpose of many medical studies is to estimate the effects of a treatment or exposure on an outcome. However, it is not always possible to randomize the study participants to a particular treatment, therefore observational study designs may be used. There are major challenges with observational studies; one of which is confounding. Controlling…

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