Pilar Roura

• Institut Català de la Salut

Diabetes Res Clin Pract. 2015 Jan;107(1):94-103. doi: 10.1016/j.diabres.2014.09.009. Epub 2014 Sep 30. Abstract AIMS: To assess the effectiveness of an intensive smoking cessation intervention based on the transtheoretical model of change (TTM) in diabetic smokers attending primary care. METHODS: A cluster randomized controlled clinical trial was d...

To assess the effectiveness of an intensive smoking cessation intervention based on the transtheoretical model of change (TTM) in diabetic smokers attending primary care. A cluster randomized controlled clinical trial was designed in which the unit of randomization (intervention vs. usual care) was the primary care team. An intensive, individualize...

Background: Control of glycaemic levels as well as cardiovascular risk factors (CVRF) is essential to prevent the onset of complications associated with type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM). Aim: To describe the degree of glycaemic control and CVRF in relation to diabetes duration. Patients and methods: Multicentre cross-sectional study in T2DM pat...

Aims We investigated whether a continuous quality improvement programme in primary care for people with type 2 diabetes led to better care and outcomes in hard to reach groups. Methods GEDAPS was implemented in Catalonia, Spain between 1993 (n = 2239) and 2002 (n = 5819). Process (e.g. education), intermediate (e.g. HbA1c) and final (e.g. retinopa...

Objective: To assess clinical inertia, defined as failure to intensify antidiabetic treatment of patients who have not achieved the HbA1c therapeutic goal (≤7%). Research design and methods: Multicenter cross-sectional study. Clinical inertia was assessed in a random sample of type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM) patients seen in primary care centers...

Background Kidney disease is associated with an increased total mortality and cardiovascular morbimortality in the general population and in patients with Type 2 diabetes. The aim of this study is to determine the prevalence of kidney disease and different types of renal disease in patients with type 2 diabetes (T2DM). Methods Cross-sectional stud...

Table S2. Classification of patients with creatinine and albumin excretion rateavailable according to KDIGO 2009.

List of participating investigators in the GEDAPS 2007 Evaluation.

To assess the evolution of type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM) quality indicators in primary care centers (PCC) as part of the Group for the Study of Diabetes in Primary Care (GEDAPS) Continuous Quality Improvement (GCQI) programme in Catalonia. Sequential cross-sectional studies were performed during 1993-2007. Process and outcome indicators in random...

To obtain adapted versions for the Spanish population of a specific version of the Revised Illness Perception Questionnaire Revised (IPQ-R(e)) and the Brief Illness Perception Questionnaire (BIPQ), conceptually and linguistically equivalent to the original questionnaires. Cultural adaptation of questionnaires: linguistic validation. Five primary ca...

To assess the implementation of St. Vincent recommendations in Catalonia (Spain) between 1993 and 2003 following a program of Continuous Quality Improvement. 65 health centres (433 health professionals) took part in the study. From 1993 to 2003, 34 workshops on consensus guidelines and feedback referring to the variables that needed to be improved...

Clinical and analytical characteristics in the DM2VALLES study population. SD: Standard deviation, BMI: Body mass index; SBP: Systolic blood pressure; DBP: Diastolic blood pressure.

Treatment intensity and the presence of target organ damage and/or clinical cardiovascular disease in the DM2VALLES study population. 1Chi-squared test; DM: Diabetes Mellitus; AHT: Arterial hypertension; TOD + CCD: target organ damage and/or clinical cardiovascular disease.

Treatment for the cardiovascular risk factors in the DM2VALLES study population. ASA: Acetylsalicylic acid; ARB: Angiotensin-II receptor blockers; ACEI: Angiotensin converting enzyme inhibitors.

Factors associated with glycosylated haemoglobin control in the DM2VALLES study population. 1Chi-squared test; 2Mann-Whitney U test; BMI: Body mass index; HbA1c: Glycosylated haemoglobin; SBP: Systolic blood pressure; DBP: Diastolic blood pressure; CVR: Cardiovascular risk; DM2: Diabetes mellitus type 2.

Many studies on diabetes have demonstrated that an intensive control of glycaemia and the main associated risk factors (hypertension, dislipidaemia, obesity and smoking) reduce cardiovascular morbi-mortality. Different scientific societies have proposed a multifactorial approach to type 2 diabetes.The objective of this study was to identify the deg...

It is a priority to achieve smoking cessation in diabetic smokers, given that this is a group of patients with elevated cardiovascular risk. Furthermore, tobacco has a multiplying effect on micro and macro vascular complications. Smoking abstinence rates increase as the intensity of the intervention, length of the intervention and number and divers...

In May 1989 and June 1990, consensus conferences of treatment of hypertension and hypercholesterolemia respectively were held in Spain, at the General Division of Health Planning from the Ministry of Health. The objective of this article is to assess the effect of such conferences of physicians' knowledge, attitudes and practices. Cross-sectional t...

To determine the percentages of total, simple and complex carbohydrates (CH) in the diet of a group of type II diabetics and to compare them with the recommended standards. Crossover study. Primary Care Centre at Ciutat Badia. Target population: 436. Sample: 205. Exclusions and drop-outs: 63. Habitual intake was calculated by means of three dietary...