Atencion primaria
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Multicenter Study Observational Study
[Nutritional status and associated factors in ambulatory elderly patients].
To analyze the nutritional status (NS) of patients older than 65 years and establish their relationship with sociodemographic and health variables. ⋯ Emphasis should be placed on evaluating NS in patients older than 85 years of age who live in a residence or require home care, since they are the groups at greatest risk of malnutrition.
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Multicenter Study
[Healthcare resources for asthma management at primary care level: Asthmabarometer Project].
The objective of this study was to describe the current provision of basic resources for asthma management in Primary Health Care (PHC). ⋯ Access to certain resources in the care of patients with asthma is limited in aspects of coordination between levels, varied according to Spanish Autonomous Community, and improved in most health resources in Asthma.
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To assess the prevalence of loneliness and social isolation in a population over 65 cared by a urban primary health team and to identify its main characteristics. ⋯ Loneliness and social isolation are of high prevalence. The telephone survey underestimates its prevalence. There are 2profiles of loneliness, one with moderate associated to the socialisation difficulties related to aging and another severe not related to health or to barriers that only can be identified by surveys or clinical interview. Interventions must be targeted to each of these profiles.