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Characteristics of patients who died in the hospital emergency service during the SARS-CoV-2 pandemic: a retrospective cohort study in a tertiary hospital in Spain
The objective of this study is to analyze the characteristics of patients who died in the Hospital Emergency Department (HED) of a Spanish third-level hospital, with a special focus on those who died due to SARS-CoV-2. A retrospective cohort study was conducted, including all patients over 18 years old who died in the Hospital Emergency Department (HED) of a Spanish third-level hospital located in Badalona, Spain, from Jun 2019 to Dec 2020. Various sociodemographic, clinical, and diagnostic variables of the patients were analyzed to identify potential risk factors associated with morta lity. During the first wave of the ...
Source: Internal and Emergency Medicine - January 25, 2024 Category: Emergency Medicine Source Type: research

Disruption of diabetes and hypertension care during the COVID-19 pandemic and recovery approaches in the Latin America and Caribbean region: a scoping review protocol
Introduction The COVID-19 pandemic significantly disrupted primary healthcare globally, with particular impacts on diabetes and hypertension care. This review will examine the impact of pandemic disruptions of diabetes and hypertension care services and the evidence for interventions to mitigate or reverse pandemic disruptions in the Latin America and Caribbean (LAC) region. Methods and analyses This scoping review will examine care delivery disruption and approaches for recovery of primary healthcare in the LAC region during the COVID-19 pandemic, focusing on diabetes and hypertension awareness, detection, treatment and ...
Source: BMJ Open - January 22, 2024 Category: General Medicine Authors: Jabakhanji, S. B., Ogungbe, O., Angell, S. Y., Appel, L., Byrne, D., Mehta, R., McCaffrey, J., Rosman, L., Gregg, E. W., Matsushita, K. Tags: Open access, Global health, COVID-19 Source Type: research

[[Translated article]]Quality of Professional Life Among Dermatologists: Impact of the COVID-19 Pandemic and Suggestions for Improvement
CONCLUSIONS: Female dermatologists reported heavier workloads. Heavy caseloads and more remote work were the main changes identified after the COVID-19 pandemic. Heavy caseloads have a significant impact on the QPL of dermatologists in Spain. Reducing caseloads would improve general job satisfaction and quality of care provision.PMID:38242430 | DOI:10.1016/j.ad.2024.01.017 (Source: Actas Dermo-Sifiliograficas)
Source: Actas Dermo-Sifiliograficas - January 19, 2024 Category: Dermatology Authors: A Soto-Moreno C Ure ña-Paniego T Montero-V ílchez M S ánchez-Díaz P D íaz-Calvillo J A Rodr íguez-Pozo A Molina-Leyva A Mart ínez-López A Buend ía-Eisman S Arias-Santiago Source Type: research

Venciendo la Depresi ón: A Pilot Study of Telehealth-Delivered Behavioral Activation for Depressed Spanish-Speaking Latinxs
Behav Ther. 2024 Jan;55(1):164-176. doi: 10.1016/j.beth.2023.05.011. Epub 2023 Jun 7.ABSTRACTLatinxs are substantially impacted by depression. The research literature has documented barriers (e.g., stigma, limited English proficiency, and lack of transportation) contributing to the underutilization of behavioral health services among Spanish-speaking Latinxs (SSLs). Telehealth can be broadly defined as the provision of healthcare information and services through the use of telecommunications technology. Behavioral Activation (BA) has well established empirical support for reducing symptoms of depression among ethnic minori...
Source: Behavior Therapy - January 12, 2024 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Francisco A Reinosa Segovia Lorraine T Benuto Source Type: research

Four cold-causing coronaviruses may provide clues to COVID ’s future
Over a few weeks in November 1889, a respiratory disease attacked half the residents of St. Petersburg, Russia, and it soon began to race through Europe and the rest of the world. Two years later, in a spectacularly detailed book , a British medical officer, H. Franklin Parsons, described what was dubbed the “Russian influenza” epidemic, which raged until 1894. People seemed to spread the disease before developing symptoms, the young did not suffer as much as the old, a dry cough was common among the ill, some had a “perversion of taste and smell,” and deaths rose. Suspicions ran high that a pathogen had ...
Source: Science of Aging Knowledge Environment - January 11, 2024 Category: Geriatrics Source Type: research

Disparities in SARS-CoV-2 Infection by Race, Ethnicity, Language, and Social Vulnerability: Evidence from a Citywide Seroprevalence Study in Massachusetts, USA
ConclusionsThe SARS-CoV-2 IgG seroprevalence in a city with high levels of social vulnerability was 13.1% during the pre-vaccination period of the COVID-19 pandemic. Hispanic individuals and individuals in communities characterized by high SVI were at the highest risk of infection. Public health interventions should be designed to ensure that individuals in high social vulnerability communities have access to the tools to combat COVID-19. (Source: Journal of Racial and Ethnic Health Disparities)
Source: Journal of Racial and Ethnic Health Disparities - January 10, 2024 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Source Type: research

Population-Based Cancer Prevention Education Intervention Through mHealth: A Randomized Controlled Trial
The objective of this study was to gather knowledge on the feasibility of a future cancer prevention education intervention based on the European Code Against Cancer (ECAC), using a population-based mHealth implementation strategy. A type-2 hybrid effectiveness-implementation study was conducted in a sample of the Spanish general population to assess adoption, fidelity, appropriateness, and acceptability of an intervention to disseminate cancer prevention messages, and willingness to consult further digital information. Participation rates, sociodemographic data, mHealth use patterns and implementation outcomes were calcul...
Source: Journal of Medical Systems - January 9, 2024 Category: Information Technology Source Type: research

Exploring Racial Disparities in the 1918 Influenza Pandemic: A Case Study of Durham, North Carolina
This study thus provides an example of how the Black health community has proven an active agent in countering the structural forces driving racial disparities.PMID:38175795 | DOI:10.1093/jhmas/jrad066 (Source: Medical History)
Source: Medical History - January 4, 2024 Category: History of Medicine Authors: Mallory Bryant Jeffrey Baker Source Type: research

Sudden Shift to Telehealth in COVID ‐19: A Retrospective Cohort Study of Disparities in Use of Telehealth for Prenatal Care in a Large Midwifery Service
DiscussionNo differences in the frequency of in-person prenatal care visits suggests that telehealth encounters led to more contact with midwives and did not replace in-person encounters. Spanish-speaking patients were least likely to use telehealth-delivered prenatal care during the pandemic; a small, but significant, proportion of patients had no or few telehealth encounters, and a significant proportion had high use of telehealth. Integration of telehealth in future delivery of prenatal care should consider questions of equity, patient and provider satisfaction, access, redundancies, and provider workload. (Source: Jour...
Source: Journal of Midwifery and Women's Health - December 19, 2023 Category: Midwifery Authors: Denise C. Smith, E. Brie Thumm, Jessica Anderson, Katherine Kissler, Sean M. Reed, Sophia M. Centi, Alyse W. Staley, Teri L. Hernandez, Amy J. Barton Tags: RESEARCH ARTICLE Source Type: research