Month: October 2011

Study on the impact of pain on the quality of life and the use of health resources in Spain

-this article concludes that the pain is in Spain infratratado, thereby increasing the suffering of patients with pain, as well as the use of health resources

-60.4% of Spaniards who do not suffer pain appreciate their quality of life as good or even as a very good, compared to only 23.4% of Spaniards who suffer pain her appraised as good

-this articlebased on data from the study carried out by Kantar Health, is published in the latest issue of the journal “ Journal of Medical Economics ”. It is shows that people with pain receive worse their State of health, both physical and emotional, coming to affect them negatively its ability to work

– also concludes that a better understanding and treatment of pain could reduce current health expenditures. Early detection and adequate treatment could avoid that pain become chronic

Discusses the incidence of pain in the emotional and physical health. 16.1% Of patients with pain valued their physical health as poor, while only 2.09% of patients evaluated it negatively. Dr. César Margarit, the pain unit of the University General Hospital of Alicante and member of the Committee of experts of PAIN CHANGE adds that “ the quality of life both in the physical dimension as mental patients with pain is worse than some chronic diseases such as atrial fibrillation and even some types of cancer ”.

With regard to its impact on the emotional level, 11.7% of patients with pain rated his emotional state as bad, whereas only 5% of patients without pain chose this option.

This study also refers to the direct relationship between chronic pain and the use of health resources, determining that people who suffer pain use more frequently than those who do not have them. In fact, the pain is a determining factor when visiting a doctor, the emergency room or hospital admission.

As primary care, pain is a factor almost double the visits to the doctor. “ 60.4% Of patients with pain used the first level of care five or more times in the past six months, compared to 34% of patients without pain ”, as points out Concha Dr. Perez, of the unit for University Hospital pain of the Princess and a member of the Committee of experts of CHANGE PAIN. The same applies to the rooms of emergency, where the number of visits by the Spanish who suffer pain is more than double. While 3.6% of the patients without pain visited er twice in the past six months, patients with pain attended this service 8.2%.

In response to hospital admissions, 9.5 per cent of patients with pain were admitted at least once during the past six months, while only 5.7 per cent of the patients without pain were hospitalized. In this way shows that people who suffer pain are hospitalized twice times that persons who do not suffer.

-Pain intense & use resources health

as intense pain, data collected in this book reveal that the visits to the doctor of those patients who suffer from increasing by 184% with regard to those who suffer no pain. If in addition this intense pain faces on a daily basis, this increase is 208,8%. As for stays in emergencies, its increase is 253,3% and % 373 if severe pain suffers daily. If we look at the data thrown on hospital admissions, it shows how the increase is 305,0%, and if it is severe pain is daily, the figure increases to 348,5%.

-The study’s other conclusions

publication “ Pain, Health related quality of life and healthcare resource utilization in Spain ” collects, at the same time two important conclusions about the pain. First it says that both the intensity and frequency are determinants of pain, and that this reality is not adequately considered. In addition, reflected that chronic pain is still in many cases infratratado, thereby increasing the suffering of the people with this disorder, as well as the use of health resources. For this reason the treatment of pain must be valued as a Fundamental human right and thus has been considered by our European authorities and endorsed by the UN.

a better understanding, diagnosis and treatment of pain could reduce the use of health resources and therefore a reduction in current expenditures, because early detection and adequate treatment could avoid that pain become chronic. In this sense, this study identified as a priority need a better assessment of pain and its actual health care costs. This could help to generate a strong reduction in the use of resources of the national health system short term.

– do know that pain …
… had a negative impact on the quality of life of patients?

-more than half of the people with pain intense (53%) recognize that they have been forced to reduce or limit their normal social activities

– do know that the? PAIN …
… is closely linked to the labour productivity low?

-39.4% of people who suffer severe pain are absent from their jobs, compared to 3.3% of the population who do not suffer pain.

Spain, 2011-October The XXXI Congress Regional of the Association society Extremadura of Cardiology held in Cáceres, Extremadura Hotel, during the 7 and 8 October. The Congress will focus on two key issues, cardiovascular disease (CVD) in women, which presents symptoms different from that of men; and the treatment of diseases hypocaloric, excess lipids in the blood, with the evolution of hipolipemientes drugs.

In order to reduce cardiovascular events (HP) in the global population to have an equivalent reduction in both sexes, however, a number of factors make for women this reduction lower than that of males. On the other hand, hypercholesterolemia is the main risk factor for coronary heart disease.

Opening ceremony

The opening act will include the Minister of health and Social policy, María Jerónima Sayagués, the Mayor of Caceres, Elena Nevado, the managing director of the SES, Albino Navarro, the Manager of the Cáceres-Coria area of health, Francisco Javier Godoy del Olmo, the President of school medical officer, CáceresCarlos r. Arjona, President of the official school of doctors of Badajoz, Peter Hidalgo, and the President of the Extremadura society of Cardiology, José Ramón López Mínguez.

Work tables

In Europe cardiovascular diseases represent 43% of deaths in men and 55% in women. Similarly, the probability of dying after a first heart attack, is almost double that of men. Thus women have a 50% chance of dying while his first heart attack than men, 30 per cent. The main barrier, curiously, is a general feeling that tends to underestimate the true incidence of the problem in women

hours on Friday will feature the presence of Dr Andres Iñiguez Romo, director of the cardiology area of the University Hospital complex of Vigo, and Dr. José Ramón López Mínguez, head of section of hemodynamics of Badajoz and President of the Extremadura society of Cardiology Hospital Infanta Cristina. This working group is intended to alert doctors and patients about the reality of cardiovascular disease, the main causes of death in women over breast cancer.

A number of peculiarities in women, make that there is one knowledge of this reality, late diagnosis of the disease and a delay and sometimes underspending in the most appropriate treatments.

On the other hand, the Saturday worktable will focus on advances in the treatment of hypocaloric, excess fat, and cholesterol and other lipids in the blood. Recent data from the Center for Disease Control and prevention show that 20% of young people between 12 and 19 years are some lipid abnormality and 30% were overweight in which a lipid screening would be justified.

This session will be moderated by Dr. Gonzalo Marcos Cáceres Cardiology section chief, also intervene Dr. Pedro Saez, responsible for the unit lipid of the Mérida Hospital and Dr. Álvarez Sala, head of the unit lipid of hospital Gregorio Marañon from Madrid.

Madrid, October 2011.- The Professor of the Faculty of Medicine of the Universidad San Pablo CEU, Myriam Cabrera Guerra, has ensured that physical therapy offers a wide range of possibilities for treatment for pelvic floor dysfunction.

As pointed out Cabrera, the dysfunction of pelvic floor, such as urinary incontinence, “ are often hidden health problems which impair the quality of life, limited autonomy and have an impact in the field of psycho-social, occupational, emotional and sexual, increased the use of socio-health and family resources, resulting in a great economic expense ”.

Epidemiological data confirm that this condition is becoming a real public health problem, since it is estimated that one of the three most frequent perineal conditions (urinary incontinence, fecal incontinence, and pelvic prolapse) can affect up to one-third of adult women.

As has been explained Cabrera, although males can also be affected by these disease, the woman is undoubtedly the main patient consultation by symptoms related to pelvic floor dysfunction.

Also highlighted sport, constipation, chronic respiratory conditions, work, obesity, and age, among others, as elements of risk that impair the pelvic ground early. However, and taking into account these general risk factors, the main factor that triggers these perineal pathologies is delivery.

In this line, has ensured the perineal re-education covers four areas: Urology, gynaecology and obstetrics, Coloproctology and Fisiosexología. For this reason, it has been said, “ physical therapy offers a wide range of possibilities of treatment with different techniques contribute to improve and cure these diseases ”.

The main thing emphasised Cabrera, is perineal assessment that enables to achieve an accurate diagnosis, to raise the appropriate treatment. “ Techniques are many and varied, and combining them in an appropriate manner can cure or improve up to 80% the pathology ”, pointed out.

CGCFE

The General Council of physiotherapists schools of Spain (CGCFE) is the body that represents more than 40,000 physiotherapists, in Spain, dealing with the common goal of promoting the health of citizens. In addition, orders the profession, guardianship the interests of physiotherapy, as well as its optimal implementation and universalization.

Physiotherapists are health professionals, as foreseen in existing legislation, accredited with the University degree in physical therapy, taught at 43 universities and holders of knowledge and skills designed to benefit the health of the population. Furthermore, there is a greater number of doctorates and masters, to ensure their high qualification.