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A Arillo Crespo

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PubMed2001

[Support intervention in grieving patients].

OBJECTIVES: Principal: to describe the characteristics of grievers in an urban area. SECONDARY: To describe the risk factors for pathological grief, and the distribution of those cases of grief which are resolved and those tending to become chronic. DESIGN: Descriptive study. SETTING: Txantrea Health Centre, Pamplona. PATIENTS: Consecutive sampling of all the family members of people who died between January and July 1999. In 4 basic care units, a grief-monitoring procedure was followed with 62 bereaved persons for 8 months. In the 8 other basic care units, the 21 bereaved people recruited formed a control group. INTERVENTION: Initial interview with risk factors of pathological grief described in the PAPPS. Periodical consultations for help. Final interview with test from the Texas Revised Inventory of Grief Manual to determine the evolution of grief. MEASUREMENTS AND MAIN RESULTS: Over 90% had some risk factor. Considerable numbers were self-aware of difficulty in overcoming earlier grief. Over 50% did not attend even half their appointments, which was related to low income (p < 0.005) and background of depression (p < 0.04). Low income was related to worse evolution of grief (p < 0.01). There were high proportions of prolonged and delayed grief, without any differences found between the intervention and control groups. CONCLUSIONS: There were large numbers of bereaved people with risk factors, frequent failure to adhere to the proposed programme, and a high number of cases of lengthy and delayed grief.

Adult↗
PubMed1999

[The factors related to eating behaviors in a juvenile urban population].

OBJECTIVE: To find certain personal and social factors relating to the attitudes to food and the nutritional habits of young people. DESIGN: Observational, crossover study with randomised distribution. SETTING: Txantrea, a quarter of Pamplona with 20,578 inhabitants and with 1739 14 to 19-year olds in school. PARTICIPANTS: Sample of 465 people between 14 and 19, randomised and stratified for age. RESULTS: Under the life-style heading, 69% (64.3-73) tried to eat a varied diet; 56% (51.3-60.5) took part in the choice of family meals; and 52% (47, 3-56.3) ate snacks. On personal questions, 67% (62.3-71.1) said they had quite a lot or a lot of interest in diet; 50% (45.3-54.5) said they were quite concerned or very concerned about their diet; 22% (18.3-25.9) thought themselves obese or slightly obese, whereas 8% (5.7-10.9) were in fact obese. 71% (66.7-74.9) were satisfied with their physique. 28% (24.1-32.2) had been on a diet. 81% (76.7-84.6) thought that young people gave a lot or quite a lot of importance to their physique. 78% (73.9-81.4) thought that the communication media had a lot or quite a lot of influence on the life-styles of young people. On education and information, 33% (28.7-37.3) thought they were well-informed on dietary questions, basically by the family. 38% (33.5-42.3) thought they were good or very good at cooking. 58% (53.3-62.3) said they were available for training in nutrition. The people with more interest in nutritional questions were more concerned and better informed. Being female was associated with: more interest and concern, having followed a diet, the view that the media had a big influence, feeling pressured by the family to eat more and availability for education. Being male was associated with: satisfaction with their physique, and thinking they were very thin, thin or balanced. CONCLUSIONS: Critical attitudes to the influence of the media were seen. There was a lot of concern about, and interest, in, nutrition. There was also quite a lot of not very healthy behaviour.

Adolescent↗
PubMed1998

[Prevalence of mental diseases in women of an urban area].

OBJECTIVES: The main aim was to calculate the prevalence of mental pathology in women between 18 and 70 in a Health District of Pamplona; second, to describe comorbidity and to analyse how mental pathology was recorded in the clinical histories. DESIGN: An observational crossover study with randomised selection. SETTING: A community study in the Txantrea quarter of Pamplona, covering 21,590 inhabitants, with 7605 women between 18 and 70. PATIENTS: Randomised sample, stratified by age, of 237 women between 18 and 70 taken from the 1991 Census. MEASUREMENTS AND RESULTS: In a face-to-face interview at the Health Centre, the DIS Questionnaire, which diagnoses mental illness, was administered to all participants. A check was made to see if mental pathology was recorded in their clinical history. The prevalence of mental illnesses, mainly Phobias and Depression, in the "last year of life" was 33.3% (27.5-39.5), which fell to 24.9% (19.7-30.7) when tobacco abuse was excluded. The most common pathologies were: Depression (17.3%), Tobacco dependency (17.3%), simple Phobia (14.8%), Agoraphobia (13.5%), social Phobia (8.9%) and post-traumatic stress (8.0%). CONCLUSIONS: Understanding the high psychological morbidity in these urban women can contribute to the development of Mental Health Promotion and Prevention Programmes and foment fuller mental health training for Primary Care professionals.

Adolescent↗