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The cost-effectiveness of a uniform versus age-based threshold for one-off screening for prevention of cardiovascular disease

Investigación, Mujeres EASP

The objective of this article was to assess the cost-effectiveness of screening strategies for cardiovascular diseases (CVD). A decision analytic model was constructed to estimate the costs and benefits of one-off screening strategies differentiated by screening age, sex and the threshold for initiating statin therapy (“uniform” or “age-adjusted”) from the Spanish NHS perspective. The age-adjusted…

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Changes in lifestyle and risk of colorectal cancer in the European Prospective Investigation into Cancer and Nutrition

Artículos Científicos, Cáncer, Investigación, Mujeres EASP

Introduction: We investigated the impact of changes in lifestyle habits on colorectal cancer (CRC) risk in a multi-country European cohort. Methods: We used baseline and follow-up questionnaire data from the EPIC cohort to assess changes in lifestyle habits and their associations with CRC development. We calculated a healthy lifestyle index (HLI) score based on smoking…

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La historia se repite: una ética para dos pandemias

Artículos Científicos, Igualdad, Investigación, Mujeres EASP

La irrupción del virus de la inmunodeficiencia humana (VIH) en la década de los 80 trajo consigo conflictos éticos que supusieron un desafío para la Bioética. Surgieron, entre otros, problemas de confidencialidad, estigmatización, justicia, deber de asistencia y de investigación. Si hasta entonces la reflexión bioética había estado centrada en los conflictos protagonizados por el…

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What affects musculoskeletal risk in nursing assistants and orderlies?

Artículos Científicos, Investigación, Mujeres EASP

BACKGROUND:There are many musculoskeletal disorders in staff members at health centres, given the specific characteristics of their work. OBJECTIVE:The objective was to analyse the postural risk of patient handling tasks performed by nursing assistants and orderlies, as well as task factors, individual or organisational, that may be associated with increased postural risk. METHOD:This is a…

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Association of Sentinel Node Biopsy and Pathological Report Completeness with Survival Benefit for Cutaneous Melanoma and Factors Influencing Their Different Uses in European Populations

Artículos Científicos, Cáncer, Investigación, Mujeres EASP

Objectives: Standard care for cutaneous melanoma includes an accurate pathology report (PR) and sentinel lymph node biopsy (SLNB) for staging clinically node-negative >1 mm melanomas. We aimed to investigate the frequency of these indicators across European countries, also assessing consequences for survival. Methods: We analyzed 4245 melanoma cases diagnosed in six European countries in 2009–2013.…

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Protein and amino acid intakes in relation to prostate cancer risk and mortality—A prospective study in the European Prospective Investigation into Cancer and Nutrition

Artículos Científicos, Cáncer, Investigación, Mujeres EASP

Background The association between protein intake and prostate cancer risk remains unclear. Aims To prospectively investigate the associations of dietary intakes of total protein, protein from different dietary sources, and amino acids with prostate cancer risk and mortality. Methods In 131,425 men from the European Prospective Investigation into Cancer and Nutrition, protein and amino acid…

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Adherence to mediterranean diet and the risk of differentiated thyroid cancer in a European cohort: The EPIC study

Artículos Científicos, Cáncer, Investigación

Background: The Mediterranean diet (MD) has been proposed as a healthy diet with a potential to lower the incidence of several types of cancer, but there is no data regarding thyroid cancer (TC). We investigated the association between MD adherence, and its components, and the differentiated TC risk within the European Prospective Investigation into Cancer…

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Characterization of Cyberbullying Victimization and Perpetration Before and During the COVID-19 Pandemic in Spain

Artículos Científicos, Investigación, Mujeres EASP

Cyberbullying is an extremely damaging form of interpersonal violence. Little is yet known about cyberbullying behaviors in the child and youth population during the COVID-19 pandemic and what effect this reduction in face-to-face social interactions has had on an increase in socialization via the Internet and cyberbullying. The present study is a cross-sectional descriptive study…

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Association of socioeconomic deprivation with life expectancy and all-cause mortality in Spain, 2011–2013

Artículos Científicos, Cáncer, Investigación, Mujeres EASP

Life tables summarise a population’s mortality experience during a time period. Sex- and age-specific life tables are needed to compute various cancer survival measures. However, mortality rates vary according to socioeconomic status. We present sex- and age-specific life tables based on socioeconomic status at the census tract level in Spain during 2011–2013 that will allow…

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Valor de la hemodiálisis concertada y la hospitalaria mediante un análisis de decisión multicriterio

Artículos Científicos, Investigación, Mujeres EASP

Objetivo Evaluar el valor de la prestación de servicios de diálisis concertada frente a la hospitalaria para el tratamiento de la enfermedad renal crónica en España mediante la metodología de análisis de decisión multicriterio. Método Se utilizó el marco de evaluación EVIDEM (Evidence and Value: Impact on Decision Making) para el cálculo del valor estimado…