Atencion primaria
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Randomized Controlled Trial Clinical Trial
[Continuing medical education about the use of antilipemic agents in elderly patients aged 65-75 years].
The objective is evaluating the efficacy of the educative intervention to primary care physicians, about the accurate dyslipidaemia management in population between 65 and 75 years old with hypercholesterolemia. ⋯ The educative session to primary care physicians reinforced with the shipment of the received information, is not likely to relieve the criteria fulfillment rate of accurate management of population between 65 and 75 years old with hypercholesterolemia.
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Comparative Study
[Can we improve the therapeutic management of allergic rhinitis in primary care?].
To evaluate improvement in therapeutic management of allergic rhinitis. ⋯ Ongoing training and routine use of guides to practice enables the therapeutic management of allergic rhinitis in primary care to be improved.
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To assess reliability in terms of inter-observer agreement of blood pressure (BP) readings. Various health professionals and measuring systems. Influence of observer's experience. ⋯ Inaccuracy of the standard BP measurement method (mercury sphygmomanometer) for MDM and CI. Contradictory conclusions according to method of measurement. Differences not clinically acceptable.
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To describe the main characteristics of the diet of Marrocan immigrants in the Autonomous Community of Madrid, and to explore the factors that may influence their selection of foods. ⋯ The factors that have a larger influence in the food consumed are the age of the person, whether the person lives in a couple or not, and whether the person is able to read and write in Spanish. Gender and number of years living in Spain had very limited or no influence in the food items referred to as consumed by the person. Conclusions. The results of our study contrast with findings from studies conducted in other countries. The diet of the immigrants in our study would seem to become more varied and balanced, and therefore improve, with the progression of the acculturation process, with age and in people who live with their partners. People who have migrated recently have a less varied diet and may be proned to suffer nutritional deficiences.