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Miravitlles M, García-Rivero JL, Ribera X, Galera J, García A, Palomino R, Pomares X. Exercise capacity and physical activity in COPD patients treated with a LAMA/LABA combination: a systematic review and meta-analysis. Respir Res 2022; 23:347. [PMID: 36522735 PMCID: PMC9753337 DOI: 10.1186/s12931-022-02268-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/26/2022] [Accepted: 11/29/2022] [Indexed: 12/23/2022] Open
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BACKGROUND Persistent airflow limitation and dyspnoea may reduce chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) patients exercise capacity and physical activity, undermining their physical status and quality of life. Long-acting muscarinic antagonists and long-acting beta-2 agonists (LAMA/LABA) combinations are amongst moderate-to-severe COPD recommended treatments. This article analyses LAMA/LABA combinations effect on COPD patients exercise capacity and physical activity outcomes. METHODS A systematic review and meta-analysis of double-blind randomized controlled trials comparing LAMA/LABA combinations against monotherapy or placebo was conducted. RESULTS Seventeen articles were identified (N = 4041 patients). In endurance shuttle walk test and constant work rate cycle ergometry, LAMA/LABA combinations obtained better results than placebo, but not monotherapy, whereas in 6-min walking test, results favoured LAMA/LABA over monotherapy (four studies), but not over placebo (one study). Moreover, LAMA/LABA combinations obtained better results than placebo in number of steps per day, reduction in percentage of inactive patients and daily activity-related energy expenditure, and better than monotherapy when measuring time spent on ≥ 1.0-1.5, ≥ 2.0 and ≥ 3.0 metabolic equivalents of task activities. CONCLUSIONS LAMA/LABA combinations in COPD patients provided better results than monotherapy or placebo in most exercise capacity and physical activity outcomes.
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- Marc Miravitlles
- Pneumology Department, Hospital Universitari Vall d’HebronVall d’Hebron Institut de Recerca, Vall d’Hebron Barcelona Hospital Campus, Pg. Vall d’Hebron 119-129, 08035 Barcelona, Spain
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- grid.411325.00000 0001 0627 4262Pneumology Department, President of ACINAR, Hospital Universitario Marqués de Valdecilla, Santander, Spain
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- grid.488221.50000 0004 0544 6204Boehringer Ingelheim España S.A., Barcelona, Spain
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- grid.7080.f0000 0001 2296 0625Pneumology Department, Hospital de Sabadell, Hospital Universitari Parc TaulíInstitut Investigació i Innovació Parc Taulí I3PT, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, Sabadell, Spain
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Carrera D, de la Flor M, Galera J, Amillano K, Gomez M, Izquierdo V, Aguilar E, López S, Martínez M, Martínez S, Serra J, Pérez M, Martin L. Validación de la biopsia selectiva del ganglio centinela en mujeres con cáncer de mama N1-2 con respuesta axilar completa tras la neoadyuvancia. Estudio multicéntrico en la provincia de Tarragona. Rev Esp Med Nucl Imagen Mol 2016; 35:221-5. [DOI: 10.1016/j.remn.2015.12.007] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/09/2015] [Revised: 12/14/2015] [Accepted: 12/19/2015] [Indexed: 02/06/2023]
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Balaña M, Galera J, López-Góngora M, Escartín A, Izquierdo G, Borges M, Garcia E. Cognitive Impairment and Health Related Quality of Life in Relapsing Remitting Multiple Sclerosis. Value Health 2014; 17:A403. [PMID: 27200969 DOI: 10.1016/j.jval.2014.08.925] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/05/2023]
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- M Balaña
- Novartis Farmaceutica, Barcelona, Spain
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- Novartis Farmaceutica, Barcelona, Spain
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- Hospital Santa Creu i Sant Pau, Barcelona, Spain
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- Hospital Universitario Virgen Macarena, Sevilla, Spain
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- Hospital Universitario Virgen Macarena, Sevilla, Spain
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- Novartis Farmaceutica, Barcelona, Spain
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Vennera MDC, Picado C, Herráez L, Galera J, Casafont J. Factors associated with severe uncontrolled asthma and the perception of control by physicians and patients. Arch Bronconeumol 2014; 50:384-91. [PMID: 24773754 DOI: 10.1016/j.arbres.2014.03.002] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/19/2013] [Revised: 02/05/2014] [Accepted: 03/13/2014] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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INTRODUCTION Despite current treatments, more than half of patients with asthma are not controlled. The objective was to evaluate the correlation between control perceived by patients and physicians, compared with control evaluated according to criteria of the Spanish Guidelines for Asthma Management (GEMA), and to investigate the factors associated with that control. METHODS Multicenter, cross-sectional, observational study including 343 patients with severe persistent asthma according to GEMA criteria seen in the Department of Pulmonology and Allergology. The correlation between asthma control perceived by the patient, the physician and according to clinical judgment based on the GEMA criteria was calculated, and a multivariate analysis was used to determine variables related to the perception of asthma control. RESULTS According to GEMA criteria, only 10.2% of patients were well controlled, 27.7% had partial control and 62.1% were poorly controlled. Both the physicians and the patients overestimated control: 75.8% and 59.3% of patients had controlled asthma according to the patient and the physician, respectively, and were not controlled according to GEMA (P<.0001). Patients with uncontrolled asthma according GEMA had higher body mass index (P=.006) and physical inactivity (P=.016). Factors associated with a perceived lack of control by both physicians and patients were: nocturnal awakenings (≥ 1 day/week), frequent use of rescue medication (≥ 5 days/week) and significant limitation in activities. Discrepant factors between physicians and patients were dyspnea and emergency room visits (patients only), FEV1 ≤ 80% and a poorer understanding of the disease by the patient (physicians only). CONCLUSIONS Only 10% of patients with severe asthma evaluated in this study are controlled according to GEMA criteria. Patients and physicians overestimate control and the overestimation by patients is greater. Physical inactivity and obesity are associated with a lack of control according to GEMA.
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- María del Carmen Vennera
- Servei de Pneumologia, Hospital Clínic, Universitat de Barcelona, Barcelona, España; Instituto de Investigaciones Biomédicas August Pi i Sunyer (IDIBAPS), Barcelona, España; Centro de Investigaciones Biomédicas en Red de Enfermedades Respiratorias (CIBERES), Barcelona, España.
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- Servei de Pneumologia, Hospital Clínic, Universitat de Barcelona, Barcelona, España; Instituto de Investigaciones Biomédicas August Pi i Sunyer (IDIBAPS), Barcelona, España; Centro de Investigaciones Biomédicas en Red de Enfermedades Respiratorias (CIBERES), Barcelona, España
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- Novartis Farmacéutica S.A., Barcelona, España
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Miravitlles M, Ferrer J, Baró E, Lleonart M, Galera J. Differences between physician and patient in the perception of symptoms and their severity in COPD. Respir Med 2013; 107:1977-85. [PMID: 23890959 DOI: 10.1016/j.rmed.2013.06.019] [Citation(s) in RCA: 45] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/22/2013] [Revised: 06/10/2013] [Accepted: 06/25/2013] [Indexed: 10/26/2022]
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Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD) impairs quality of life and presents symptoms that affect the lives of patients. Our study analysed the degree of concordance between the patients and their pulmonologists in the perception of the severity of symptoms. A cross-sectional, descriptive, multicentre study was conducted in patients with COPD. From a list of 10 symptoms (cough, dry mouth, chest pain, expectoration, wheezing/whistling in the lungs, depression/sadness/discouragement, fatigue/tiredness/general lack of energy, anxiety/nervousness, breathlessness/shortness of breath upon exertion and difficulty sleeping/sleep disorders) each investigator and patient assessed those which, in their opinion, most concerned or affected the patient. A total of 450 patients were included in the study (91.3% males, 66.7 years old (SD = 10.2), FEV1(%) 51.7% (SD = 12.7%)). At an aggregate level, breathlessness/shortness of breath, fatigue/tiredness and coughing were identified by patients and physicians as being the most relevant symptoms. However, according to the concordance analysis conducted with individual pairs (each pulmonologist with his/her patient), only 52.8% coincided when identifying the symptom that most concerned or affected the life of the patient. The concordance analysed by the Kappa index between patients and physicians was poor (<0.42). The degree of physician-patient concordance was greater in patients with more severe COPD. The patients and their pulmonologists identified the same three main symptoms of COPD but showed low concordance when assessing the impact of the symptoms of the illness.
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- Marc Miravitlles
- Servei de Pneumologia, Hospital General Universitari Vall d'Hebron, Ciber de Enfermedades Respiratorias (CIBERES), Barcelona, Spain.
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Pérez-Ruiz F, Viana R, Galera J. THU0529 Assessment of the Autoinflammation Impact in Gouty Patients in Spain. Ann Rheum Dis 2013. [DOI: 10.1136/annrheumdis-2013-eular.1057] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/04/2022]
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Miravitlles M, Sicras A, Crespo C, Cuesta M, Brosa M, Galera J, Lahoz R, Lleonart M, Riera MI. Costs of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease in relation to compliance with guidelines: a study in the primary care setting. Ther Adv Respir Dis 2013; 7:139-50. [PMID: 23653458 DOI: 10.1177/1753465813484080] [Citation(s) in RCA: 32] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/16/2022] Open
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BACKGROUND The aim of this study was to analyse the economic impact of nonadherence to the Global Initiative for Obstructive Lung Disease (GOLD) guidelines in patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD). METHODS A retrospective analysis was carried out on a claim database. Patients aged at least 40 years with a diagnosis of COPD were eligible for this analysis. Demographics, medical data and use of resources were collected and direct and indirect costs were analysed (from January 2008 to June 2009). A probabilistic multivariate sensitivity analysis of avoided costs was carried out. All results are presented in annualized form and costs are expressed in Euros (2009). RESULTS A total of 1365 patients were included, 79.5% were men. The mean age (±standard deviation) was 71.4 (±10.3) years, the mean forced expiratory volume in 1 s (FEV1) was 65.3% and they had a COPD history of 5.5 (±2.9) years. Patients were divided into an adherent group and a nonadherent group depending on whether therapeutic recommendations according to severity defined in the GOLD guidelines (2007) were followed. Patients in both groups were also classified as having stage II (FEV1 < 80% and < 50%) or stage III disease (FEV1 < 50% and ≥ 30%). The total annual drug cost per patient in the nonadherent group was €771.5 while it was only €426.4 for the adherent group. The average direct cost per patient per year in the nonadherent stage II group was €1465 (±971) and it rose to €2942 (±1918) for patients in the nonadherent group with stage III disease. The potential saving from the implementation of the GOLD guidelines in stage II COPD amounted to €758 per patient per year (68% saving on drug cost). In contrast, the cost for patients with stage III disease was higher in the adherent group versus the nonadherent group (€2468). CONCLUSIONS The cost of COPD may vary according to compliance with the GOLD guidelines. The cost observed for patients with stage II disease is higher than expected in patients who adhere to treatment, but patients with stage III disease treated according to the GOLD guidelines had significantly higher treatment costs.
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- Marc Miravitlles
- Pneumology Department, Hospital Universitari Vall d'Hebron, Pg. vall d'Hebron 119-129, 08035 Barcelona, Spain.
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Galera J, Turon X, Uriz MJ, Becerro MA. Microstructure variation in sponges sharing growth form: The encrusting demospongesDysidea avaraandCrambe crambe. ACTA ZOOL-STOCKHOLM 2013. [DOI: 10.1046/j.1463-6395.2000.00041.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022]
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Miravitlles M, Iriberri M, Barrueco M, Lleonart M, Villarrubia E, Galera J. Usefulness of the LCOPD, CAFS and CASIS scales in understanding the impact of COPD on patients. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2012; 86:190-200. [PMID: 23037958 DOI: 10.1159/000341175] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/26/2012] [Accepted: 06/13/2012] [Indexed: 11/19/2022]
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BACKGROUND The Living with COPD (LCOPD), COPD and Asthma Fatigue Scale (CAFS), and COPD and Asthma Sleep Impact Scale (CASIS) are instruments developed to assess the overall impact of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) on daily life, fatigue, and sleep impairment, respectively. OBJECTIVES To assess the usefulness of these instruments and to identify factors associated with the concepts they measure. METHOD The questionnaires were administered to patients with moderate to severe COPD. Descriptive analyses of sociodemographic and clinical data were performed, and bivariate and multivariate analyses were used to identify factors associated with the overall impact of COPD on patients' lives, fatigue, and sleep impairment. RESULTS A total of 408 patients was included (mostly males, 91.2%), with an average age of 68 years (SD = 9.3). Statistically significant differences were observed in the scores of the three questionnaires with regard to level of education, presence of chronic cough or expectoration, level of dyspnea, number of exacerbations, physical activity level, presence of depression and anxiety, and number of treatments indicated for COPD. The LCOPD and CAFS questionnaires also discriminated between different levels of airflow obstruction and, in the case of CAFS, age and gender. Linear regression showed that level of dyspnea, physical activity, and presence of anxiety were significantly related to the LCOPD, CAFS and CASIS scores. The presence of depression was significant in the LCOPD and CAFS questionnaires and chronic cough was significant in the CAFS questionnaire. CONCLUSIONS The LCOPD, CAFS, and CASIS instruments are valid and useful in understanding the overall impact of COPD on daily life, fatigue, and sleep impairment in patients with moderate to severe COPD.
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- Marc Miravitlles
- Institut d'Investigacions Biomèdiques August Pi i Sunyer (IDIBAPS), Hospital Clínic, Ciber de Enfermedades Respiratorias (CIBERES), Barcelona, Spain
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Segura J, Roldán C, Galera J, Naval J. What Do Spanish physicians believe and expect about telemedicine? Results of a Delphi-based survey. Telemed J E Health 2008; 14:42-8. [PMID: 18328024 DOI: 10.1089/tmj.2007.0018] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/18/2023] Open
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The aim of this Delphi-based study was to evaluate the intention of Spanish physicians to accept and use telemedicine as a future useful tool in daily practice. An online Delphi questionnaire was answered by 985 physicians (966 in the second round), representatives from rural and urban areas of the entire country (generalists, internists, cardiologists, endocrinologists, and nephrologists). The participants were 65% males, with a mean age of 46.7 years old and 20.3 years in the profession, mostly coming from primary care centers (91.8%) of urban Spanish areas (72.8%). Some responders (56.4%) reported lack of Internet use at work and 80.2% never participated in a telemedicine project, but 80.9% said they would be interested in participating in the future. As for the benefits of telemedicine, the specialties perceived as the most benefited were cardiology, followed by general medicine, pediatrics, and emergency services. The main reported difficulty for telemedicine implementation was the opinion that patients prefer the physical contact with physicians (77.8% of responders). Interviewed participants expressed strong interest in future telemedicine projects related to online training, distance control of chronic diseases, online communication among specialists, and real-time transmission of images and information. Most Spanish physicians have not implemented telemedicine in clinical practice, but they would be interested in future applications such as on-line training or disease control, although they still prefer physical patient contact.
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- Julián Segura
- Unidad de Hipertensión Arterial, Hospital 12 de Octubre, Madrid, Spain.
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Armario P, Segura J, Vigil L, Galera J, Parody E, M. Ruilope L. Factores y causas de mal control y estrategias de corresponsabilidad médico-paciente en el control de la hipertensión. Resultados de los estudios COROPINA y COREVALUA del programa CORRESPONDE. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2007. [DOI: 10.1016/s0212-8241(07)72440-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/25/2022]
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de la Flor M, Galera J, Miralles R. Análisis de los factores que motivan la reconversión a laparotomía en los quistes de ovario tratados inicialmente por laparoscopia. Clínica e Investigación en Ginecología y Obstetricia 2007. [DOI: 10.1016/s0210-573x(07)74463-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/21/2022]
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Armario P, Segura J, Vigil L, Galera J, Parody E, Ruilope L. Factores y causas de mal control y estrategias de corresponsabilidad médico-paciente en el control de la hipertensión. Resultados de los estudios COROPINA y COREVALUA del programa CORRESPONDE. Hipertensión y Riesgo Vascular 2007. [DOI: 10.1016/s1889-1837(07)71858-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/27/2022]
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Márquez-Contreras E, Martell-Claros N, Gil-Guillén V, de la Figuera-Von Wichmann M, Casado-Martínez JJ, Martin-de Pablos JL, Figueras M, Galera J, Serra A. Efficacy of a home blood pressure monitoring programme on therapeutic compliance in hypertension: the EAPACUM–HTA study. J Hypertens 2006; 24:169-75. [PMID: 16331115 DOI: 10.1097/01.hjh.0000198023.53859.a2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 127] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/26/2022]
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OBJECTIVE To evaluate the efficacy of a programme of home blood pressure measurement (HBPM) on therapeutic compliance in mild-to-moderate hypertension. DESIGN A prospective controlled multicentre clinical trial. SETTING Forty primary care centres in Spain, with a duration of 6 months. PATIENTS A total of 250 patients with newly diagnosed or uncontrolled hypertension were included. INTERVENTIONS The patients were randomly selected and distributed in two groups: (1) the control group (CG) who received standard health intervention; (2) the intervention group (IG): the patients in this group received an OMRON in their homes for a programme of HBPM. MAIN OUTCOME MEASURE Four visits were scheduled, for the measurement of blood pressure (BP). They were provided with an electronic monitor for measuring compliance (monitoring events medication system; MEMS). Therapeutic compliance was defined as a drug consumption of 80-110%. A number of variables were calculated using the MEMS. The mean BP were calculated and the percentage of controlled patients. RESULTS A total of 200 patients completed the study (100 in each group). Compliance was observed in 74 and 92%, respectively, in the CG and IG [95% confidence interval (CI) 63.9-84.1 and 86.7-97.3; P = 0.0001], the mean percentage compliances were 87.6 and 93.5% (95% CI 81.2-94 and 80.7-98.3; P = 0.0001), the percentages of correct days were 83.6 and 89.4%, the percentages of subjects who took the medication at the prescribed time were 79.89 and 88.06%, and the levels of therapeutic cover were 86.7 and 93.1%. The number needed to treat to avoid one case of non-compliance was 5.6 patients. The differences in the mean decreases in BP were significant for diastolic BP, with a greater decrease observed in the IG. CONCLUSIONS An HBPM programme using electronic monitors is effective in improving compliance in arterial hypertension, measured using the MEMS.
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Flor MDL, Miralles R, Galera J, Gutiérrez-Fornés C, Vendrell J. Modulación genética sobre los cambios hemostáticos en la diabetes gestacional. Clínica e Investigación en Ginecología y Obstetricia 2004. [DOI: 10.1016/s0210-573x(04)77325-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/24/2022]
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