This is a cross-sectional study of participants from a population census living in the province of Granada (Spain). A total of 1176 persons were contacted, 367 (31%) refused and 54 (6.7%) needed substitution. A final sample of 809 participants (response rate, 69.3%) were screened for mental disorder (MD) using the MINI International Neuropsychiatric Interview, a…
Las técnicas de generación de ideas han sido aplicadas como parte de la metodología utilizada en el abordaje de muchos y diferentes temas de salud y gestión de cuidados. El objetivo de este trabajo es identificar las técnicas más relevantes, resumir sus características principales y su actual aplicación en diferentes áreas de la salud. De…
Objetivo Evaluar el desempeño de la accesibilidad y la longitudinalidad (relación profesional-paciente a largo plazo y atención centrada en la persona) en los Equipos de Atención Primaria (EAP) de Granada desde la perspectiva de sus gestores. Además se intentaron detectar diferencias en el desempeño de estas 2funciones según el entorno del EAP (urbano, periurbano o…
There are both limited and conflicting data on the role of dietary fat and specific fatty acids in the development of pancreatic cancer. In this study, we investigated the association between plasma phospholipid fatty acids and pancreatic cancer risk in the European Prospective Investigation into Cancer and Nutrition (EPIC) cohort. The fatty acid composition was…
Background The incidence of breast cancer has increased since the 1970s. Despite favorable trends in prognosis, the role of changes in clinical practice and the introduction of screening remain controversial. We examined breast cancer trends to shed light on their determinants. Methods Data were obtained for 8502 new cases of breast cancer in women between…
Resumen Se ha formulado la hipótesis de que la disrupción circadiana está relacionada con un mayor riesgo de cáncer. Desde que la Agencia Internacional de Investigación sobre el Cáncer clasificó la disrupción circadiana asociada al trabajo por turnos como “probablemente carcinógeno para los humanos” (Grupo 2A) se han llevado a cabo numerosos estudios para…
Background Within (European) healthcare systems, the predominant goal for pharmaceutical expenditure is cost containment. This is due to a general belief among healthcare policy makers that pharmaceutical expenditure—driven by high prices—will be unsustainable unless further reforms are enacted. Objective The aim of this paper is to provide more realistic expectations of pharmaceutical expenditure for all…
Background & Aims Colorectal cancer located at different anatomical subsites may have distinct etiologies and risk factors. Previous studies that have examined this hypothesis have yielded inconsistent results, possibly because most studies have been of insufficient size to identify heterogeneous associations with precision. Methods In the European Prospective Investigation into Cancer and Nutrition study, we…
Purpose Thyroid cancer (TC) is the most common malignant disease of the endocrine system. The aim of this study was to analyze incidence and mortality trends of TC (C73 according to ICD-O-3) in Granada (Southern Spain) during the period 1985–2013, by sex, age, and histological type. Methods This is a population-based cross-sectional study. Incidence data…
The aim of this study was to analyse health inequalities in the immigrant population in Spain in 2014, while differentiating between immigrant and native‐born men and women. We have designed a cross‐sectional study on the population aged over 15 years resident in Spain and the data were obtained from the 2014 European Health Survey in Spain…
