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A Montes Martínez

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PubMed2003

[Influence of social support on patients with essential hypertension].

OBJECTIVE: To determine whether social support affects blood pressure control in patients diagnosed with essential Hypertension. DESIGN: Observational, prospective study, with a year's follow-up. SERRING: Mariñamansa-A Cuña Health Centre, Ourense (Galicia), Spain. PARTICIPANTS: 236 patients diagnosed with essential hypertension in health centre controls. MEASUREMENTS: During the one-year follow-up the following clinical variables were measured: age, sex, blood pressure, severity of hypertension, tobacco consumption, alcohol consumption, presence of diabetes mellitus, hypercholesterolaemia, Body Mass Index and compliance with treatment. Social and family variables were: marital status, cultural level, economic and social status, type of family, stressful vital events and social support. RESULTS: Mean age was 63.51 (62.05-64.96); 66.1% were women. Predominant kind of family was nuclear (64.3%). 30.2% had low social network (0-1 social contacts). We found 22% poor functional social support. Social support remained stable throughout the study. Hypertense patients with poor social networks had, after control for possible confusing variables, their systolic pressure 9.59 mm Hg (2.6716,51) and diastolic pressure 4.29 mm Hg (0.448.15) higher than hypertense patients with broader social networks. CONCLUSION: Hypertense patients with a poor social network had higher blood pressure figures than hypertense patients with wider social networks.

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PubMed2003

[Respiratory symptoms and lung function in a geriatric population of a Galician rural community: a pilot study].

INTRODUCTION: Respiratory diseases are a frequent cause of health demands and have a large impact on morbidity and mortality of the Galician population, especially among the older one. Recent work shows that the diagnosis and treatment of these diseases is not optimal. This increases the utilisation of health care resources. MATERIAL AND METHODS: We studied 28 patients of the municipality of Val del Dubra (Northwest Spain) aged between 65 and 74 years. We performed a spirometric exploration and carried out a questionnaire interview on respiratory symptoms, life style, and occupational and health-related antecedents. RESULTS: Among men, 54% of were or are smokers. None of the women ever smoked. Respiratory symptoms were more frequent among women than among men (80% versus 54%). In the spirometric study, the largest volumes and flux are observed among non-smoking males who do not report dyspnea. DISCUSSION: Respiratory symptoms are frequent in the rural population aged between 65 and 74 years. Tobacco consumption is similar to other Spanish communities, but different from that seen in other countries. Male gender, non-smoking status and absence of respiratory symptoms are associated with higher spirometric figures.

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PubMed2002

[Environmental stress and cardiovascular reactivity: the effect of stressful life events on hypertense patients].

OBJECTIVE: To assess the effect of stressful life events (SLE) on the monitoring of patients with essential hypertension. DESIGN: Observational and prospective. SETTING: Primary care. PARTICIPANTS: 236 hypertense patients selected by systematic randomised sampling. MEASUREMENTS: Age, sex, marital status, cultural level, kind of family, presence of SLE, social support, blood pressure, severity of hypertension, tobacco consumption, alcohol, presence of diabetes, hypercholesterolaemia, body mass index, compliance with hypertension treatment. RESULTS. Mean age was 63.51 (62.05; 64.96), with 66.1% being women and 33.9% men. 48.7% of the patients referred to some SLE during the follow-up. These reached a mean of 47.65 (33.16; 62.15) life change units (LCU). Patients with high-impact SLE (>150 LCU) had a significant increase of 10.91 mm Hg (0.43; 21.40) in their systolic blood pressure and of 9.48 beats per minute (3.78; 15.19) in their heart rate, after monitoring for possible factors of confusion. We observed a similar trend for diastolic pressure, but this did not reach statistical significance. CONCLUSION: The presence of SLE has a negative effect on systolic blood pressure in hypertense patients.

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[Oral health in Galician schoolchildren. 1995].

BACKGROUND: To ascertain the condition of the oral hygiene of school children 6 and 12 years of age in Galicia and to assess the degree to which said condition meets the World Health Organization (WHO) oral hygiene objectives for the year 2000. METHODS: Observational cross-sectional study conducted in 1995 on a group of school children 6 and 12 years of age in Galicia selected by means of a multi-stage sampling by conglomerates, stratified by provinces and type of habitat. RESULTS: This study was conducted on 1,288 school age children, 643 in the 6-year-old group and 645 in the 12-year-old group. 46.7% of the 6 year-old children and 64.2% of the 12 year-olds were found to have cavities, which means an oc index of 1.84 and a AOC index of 1.60, respectively. CONCLUSIONS: A trend toward improvement in the oral hygiene of school-age children in Galicia has been found. The oral hygiene-related objectives recommended by the WHO for the year 2000 in the region of Europe have been accomplished, as a result of which further objectives are recommended.

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[Diphtheria and poliomyelitis incidence in Europe].

Vaccinations are considered to be one of the most protitable Public Health activities, given that almost three million deaths and four hundred thousand cases of polyomyelitis paralysis are avoided throughout the world every year. Nevertheless, in under-developed countries, especially Africa, two million children die every year from diseases that can be prevented by vaccination. This article studies the re-emergence in recent years of diphtheria in Eastern European countries (Ukrania, Russia, Belorussia, Poland, ...) and of polyomyelitis in countries with no recorded cases of the disease in many years, such as the Netherlands, Bulgaria or Transcaucasian Republics and Eastern Asian countries formerly of the Soviet Union. An anlaysis is carried out on extent and effects, the factors contributing to re-emergence and preventive measures adopted to minimise outbreaks and avoid further cases.

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