Daniel Angel

• Phd
• Professor at Saint Anthony Catholic University

Proyecto de Investigación: Importancia del registro de pérdidas de sesiones de tratamiento. Un análisis desde la perspectiva de la calidad asistencial.

The school is a favorable environment for the development of interventions to prevent obesity. The objective of this systematic review is to evaluate the effects of school-based food and nutrition education interventions on adolescent food consumption. The literature search was conducted on databases: MEDLINE/PubMed, Embase, Scopus, ERIC, Science D...

Objective The purpose of this review was to identify quality indicators described in the literature that may be used as quality measures in hospital physical therapy units. Methods The following sources were searched for quality indicators or articles: Web of Science, MEDLINE, IBECS, Latin American & Caribbean Health Sciences Literature, Cumulativ...

Objective: To develop risk-adjusted models for two quality indicators addressing surgical site infection (SSI) in clean and colorectal surgery, to be used for benchmarking and quality improvement in the Spanish National Health System.Study. Design: A literature review was undertaken to identify candidate adjustment variables. The candidate varia...

Abstract: The aim of this study was to analyze the evidence available in the literature about the effects of exercise on brain-derived neurotrophic factor levels in adolescents. The literature searches were conducted in PubMed, Embase, Scopus, ScienceDirect, Web of Science, SportDiscus, the Cochrane Central Register of Controlled Trials (CENTRAL) a...

Background: Nutrition is an important modifiable factor in combating overweight and obesity among adolescents. School has been indicated as an effective environment for influencing eating behavior; however, recent reviews assessing school-based interventions specifically for adolescents are scarce. Therefore, we propose the present systematic revie...

Backoground: Evidence available in the literature suggests that physical exercise increases the release of brain-derived neurotrophic factor (BDNF) in humans and may possibly be related to improvements in executive function. However, studies of this phenomenon in adolescents are still scarce. The objective of this work is to describe the protocol f...

Backoground: Evidence available in the literature suggests that physical exercise increases the release of brain-derived neurotrophic factor (BDNF) in humans and may possibly be related to improvements in executive function. However, studies of this phenomenon in adolescents are still scarce. The objective of this work is to describe the protocol...

Objective: Develop and pilot indicators of quality of care to neonates with relevant conditions in Mexico (prematurity, neonatal sepsis, perinatal asphyxia, and intrauterine hypoxia). Materials and methods: Own indicators were built based on key recommendations of national clinical practice guidelines and indicators found in international reposi...

Análisis de los procesos de gestión de la calidad y resultados de evaluación de indicadores de calidad de la atención en 28 hospitales, en relación con dos padecimientos rastreadores del Seguro Médico Siglo XXI (SMSXXI): asfixia perinatal e hipoxia intrauterina (CIE 10 P21 y P20); y dos del Fondo de Protección contra Gastos Catastróficos (FPGC): se...

Objectives This study was designed to address the current relative void of valid measures by developing evidence‐based quality indicators for pain management of chronic non‐malignant pain. Methods We performed a 10‐year literature search to identify guidelines and review articles on chronic pain management to identify evidence‐based recommendation...

At present there is a lack of appropriate quality measures for benchmarking in general surgery units of Spanish National Health System. The aim of this study is to present the selection, development and pilot-testing of an initial set of surgical quality indicators for this purpose.

En la actualidad no se dispone de un conjunto adecuado de indicadores para benchmarking en las unidades de cirugía general del Sistema Nacional de Salud. Este trabajo presenta la selección, el desarrollo y los resultados del estudio piloto de un primer grupo de indicadores para esta finalidad.

Objectives: Efforts have been made to standardise evidence-based practice, but clinical practice guidelines do not always follow strict development methods. The objective of this review is to identify the current guidelines, analyse the variability of its recommendations and make a synthesis for clinical practice. Material and methods: a systema...

Objective: Although several clinical practice guidelines have been developed in the last decades, cancer pain management is still deficient. The purpose of this work was to carry out a comprehensive and systematic literature review of current clinical practice guidelines on cancer pain management, and critically appraise their methodology and cont...

Se realizó una revisión sistemática de guías de práctica clínica basadas en evidencia que tuvieran recomendaciones explícitas sobre el tratamiento del dolor lumbar crónico, con el objetivo de analizar su contenido y proveer una síntesis que sirviese para su traslación a la práctica. Las recomendaciones se analizaron y clasificaron según el tipo de...

Abstract This paper presents a systematic review of clinical practice guidelines based on evidence, with explicit recommendations on the treatment of chronic low back pain. The main objective was to analyze their content and provide a synthesis in order to improve the translation of this evidence into practice. The recommendations were analyzed and...

Background Pain is among the most important symptoms in terms of prevalence and cause of distress for cancer patients and their families. However, there is a lack of clearly defined measures of quality pain management to identify problems and monitor changes in improvement initiatives.Methods We built a comprehensive set of evidence-based indicator...