• Voices of Polymedicated Older Patients: A Focus Group Approach 

  Plácido, Ana Isabel; Herdeiro, Maria Teresa Ferreira; Simões, João Lindo; Amaral, Odete; Figueiras Guzmán, Adolfo; Roque, Fátima (MDPI, 2020)

  Polypharmacy in older adults is frequently associated with incorrect management of medicines, which causes drug-related problems and, subsequently, poor health outcomes. Understanding why older adults incorrectly manage ...

• Assessment of the Economic and Health-Care Impact of COVID-19 (SARS-CoV-2) on Public and Private Dental Surgeries in Spain: A Pilot Study 

  Chamorro Petronacci, Cintia Micaela; Martín Carreras-Presas, Carmen; Sanz Marchena, Adriana; Rodríguez Fernández, María de la Almudena; Suárez Quintanilla, José María; Rivas Mundiña, Berta; Suárez Quintanilla, Juan Antonio; Pérez-Sayáns García, Mario (MDPI, 2020)

  Objectives: The COVID-19 (SARS-CoV-2) pandemic is an ongoing public health challenge, also for the dentistry community. The main objective of this paper was to determine the economic and health-care impact of COVID-19 on ...

• Brief Psychological Intervention Through Mobile App and Conference Calls for the Prevention of Depression in Non-Professional Caregivers: A Pilot Study 

  Otero Otero, Patricia; Hita Millán, Isabel del Mar; Torres Iglesias, Ángela Juana; Vázquez González, Fernando Lino (MDPI, 2020)

  Despite its potential, no intervention aimed at non-professional caregivers administered through a smartphone app has been proven to prevent depression. The objective of this pilot study was to evaluate the efficacy and ...

• Analysis of the Components of a Cognitive-Behavioral Intervention for the prevention of Depression Administered via Conference Call to Nonprofessional Caregivers: A Randomized Controlled Trial 

  Vázquez González, Fernando Lino; López Ares, Lara; Torres Iglesias, Ángela Juana; Otero Otero, Patricia; Blanco Seoane, Vanessa; Díaz Fernández, Olga; Páramo Fernández, Mario (MDPI, 2020)

  Effective and accessible interventions for indicated prevention of depression are necessary and lacking, especially for informal caregivers. Although telephone-based interventions could increase the accessibility for ...

• CT Radiomics in Colorectal Cancer: Detection of KRAS Mutation Using Texture Analysis and Machine Learning 

  González Castro, Víctor; Cernadas García, Eva; Huelga Zapico, Emilio; Fernández Delgado, Manuel; Antúnez López, José Ramón; Souto Bayarri, José Miguel (MDPI, 2020)

  In this work, by using descriptive techniques, the characteristics of the texture of the CT (computed tomography) image of patients with colorectal cancer were extracted and, subsequently, classified in KRAS+ or KRAS-. ...

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