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A study of the Catalan Society of Family and Community Medicine examines whether stress shortens life Writing Sunday, March 27, 2011
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The aim of the study, advised by the Research Institute of AP, is to test whether stress and / or depression suffer favor Metabolic syndrome
Barcelona (03/11/1925) .- The Catalan Society of Family and Community Medicine (CAMFiC) has initiated a study to see if the pain makes you sick. The aim of the study, advised by the Institute of Primary Care Research (IDIAP Jordi Gol), is to check whether stress and / or depression suffer favor metabolic syndrome.
Metabolic syndrome is a set of factors that increase cardiovascular risk. These factors are: a waist circumference greater than 102 cm in men or 88 cm in women, have high blood pressure above 130-85, HDL (good cholesterol)
<40 mg / dl en hombres, <50mg/dl en mujeres, tener los triglicéridos superiores a 150mg/dl y / o la glucemia basal por encima de 110mg/dl.
to have metabolic syndrome must have three or more factors at a time, so the person is a cardiovascular risk higher than expected.
Family physicians are closely monitored patients with metabolic syndrome also identified and may have other factors leading to cardiovascular risk and consumption of alcohol or snuff. This study is to determine whether a person who does not seem to suffer a priori metabolic syndrome (because it can not have any of the above factors, or only one) may develop the syndrome if it comes under stress, either by anxiety, depression , stressful life events (such as the loss of a loved one), or poor quality of life. According
Yolanda Ortega, CAMFiC family physician and principal investigator of the project "syndrome is very common and we know its high prevalence, we know that 15 percent of the population will develop it, but know your progress. This study should provide a picture the incidence and profile that marks the evolution of our patients in this syndrome in the field of mental health. In fact, we know that 14 percent of the population currently suffers from depression, and the working hypothesis we have is that this percentage of population, 25 percent will develop metabolic syndrome. "
A large study
The study, currently underway, is performed on a random sample of 738 people at high risk of developing MS, 40 or older who attended an urban primary care center during the past year.
To collect information leverages the research team Regular patient first visit to present the study and requesting their informed consent. The patient is referred for an analytical control. Once the analytical and the results of physical examination, decide if it is included or excluded from the study.
Patients who follow later in the project are given different questionnaires to assess their perception of quality of life, and to measure their anxiety and possible depression. They will be regular monitoring and after a year they will make the analytical and pass the tests to determine their perception of quality of life, and to measure anxiety and depression again.
The results will determine whether patients with anxiety or depression are more likely to develop metabolic syndrome. In this case it is considered that psychological distress would have made these people sick.
Dr. Ortega insists that "the possibility of influencing the detection of mental illness as a preventive measure of new cases of metabolic syndrome will allow us to take preventive action in cardiovascular disease in all its forms."
The project, 'The impact of stress to metabolic syndrome "has been funded by Research Grants awarded by the CAMFIC annually.
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The Medical Association of Madrid calls on the Administration to increase security in the most contentious health centers EP
The aim is to protect, both medical and administrative staff, to the "growing" episodes of violence, as reported by the collegial body in a statement
Madrid (25/03/1911) .- The College of Physicians of Madrid has asked the public administration to increase security in the most contentious health centers to protect both health and administrative staff to the "Growing" episodes of violence, as reported by the collegial body in a statement.
The group of doctors has held an assembly to mark the National Day of Attacks in the health field, where he discussed the problem of assaults on doctors.
Vice President of the College, Dr. Miguel Garcia Alarilla, has detailed that "it is essential first that all schools with a higher risk of conflict have custody as soon as possible and in a second stage, the architectural modifications are made necessary in each of them as panic rooms, security cameras in hallways, etc.. "
He has also proposed the implementation of the measures included in the protocol for action in conflict situations launched the Community of Madrid in 2004 (prior approval by the regional parliament) and helped create the school.
For its part, the vocal and Rural Medical Headlines Medical College of Madrid, Dr. Alberto López Rocha, commented that this protocol "was launched at the time, but is not running."
These regulations include measures such as posters in health centers and hospitals, primary care about the rights and obligations of the patient, provide infrastructure for consultations the doctor to guard against an attack, GPS or even the possibility of being accompanied by police in home care.
"This protocol should be applied to a map" of the most contentious that today there is still no, "said López Rocha, and in 2004 also agreed to perform.
Therefore, Dr. Miguel Garcia Alarilla noted that "from the College of Physicians of Madrid are making great efforts to eradicate this situation and has long been aware of this problem but now is the time for action with concrete measures."
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