Girolamo, Giovanni De CORA, Vilagut, Gemma, Alonso, Jordi, Graaf, Ron De, ...
Few data are available to estimate the prevalence of eating disorders (EDs) and their correlates in the community. This paper reports data on EDs obtained in the framework of the ESEMeD project,...
Alonso, Jordi, Croudace, Tim, Brown, Jacqueline, Gasquet, Isabelle, Knapp, Martin, Suarez, David, ...
Objectives: We investigated the association between continuous antipsychotic use and health-related quality of life (HRQL) 3-year change in the European Schizophrenia Outpatients Health Outcomes...
Mental disorders among persons with diabetes--results from the World Mental Health Surveys (2008)
Korff, Michael Von, Alonso, Jordi, Angermeyer, Matthias C, Anthony, James, Bromet, Evelyn, ...
OBJECTIVE: To estimate 12-month prevalence rate of mood, anxiety, and alcohol-use disorders among community samples of diabetic persons. We assess whether associations of specific mental disorders...
Childhood Adversity, Early-Onset Depressive/Anxiety Disorders, and Adult-Onset Asthma (2008)
Von Korff, Michael, Alonso, Jordi, Angermeyer, Matthias C, Benjet, Corina, ...
Objectives: To investigate a) whether childhood adversity predicts adult-onset asthma; b) whether early-onset depressive/anxiety disorders predict adult-onset asthma; and c) whether childhood...
Vilagut, Gemma, Martinez, Montserat, Bonnewyn, Anke, De Graaf, Ron, ...
Objective: To examine the association between body mass, mental disorders, and functional disability in the general population of 6 European countries. Method: Data (n = 21 425) were derived from the...
Bonnewyn, Anke, De Girolamo, Giovanni, Gasquet, Isabelle, Kovess, Viviane, ...
OBJECTIVE: To examine factors associated with the use of antidepressants (AD) and benzodiazepines (BZD) in 6 European countries. METHODS: A cross-sectional, population-based study was conducted in:...
Comorbid painful physical symptoms and anxiety: prevalence, work loss and help-seeking (2008)
Bonnewyn, Anke, De Graaf, Ron, Haro, Josep Maria, Alonso, Jordi
BACKGROUND: There is evidence that painful physical symptoms (PPS) are increased in patients with anxiety disorder (AD). This survey reports the 12-month prevalence and sociodemographic...
Matschinger, Herbert, Bernert, Sebastian, Alonso, Jordi, Brugha, Traolach S, Bruffaerts, Ronny, ...
OBJECTIVE: The aim of the study was to test the homogeneity of the association between adverse parenting and anxiety disorders within these disorders as well as among six European countries. METHOD:...
D4.2 Evaluation of cycle 1 pilots (2008)
Moghnieh, Ayman, Hernández-Leo, Davinia, Navarrete, Toni, Blat, Josep, Santos, Patricia, Alonso, Jordi, ...
This report describes the efforts in cycle 1 pilots to evaluate the concept of TENCompetence and its first-release system implementation. Cycle 1 pilots are framed in two different domains: Digital...
Pueyo, María-Jesús, Serra-Sutton, Vicky, Alonso, Jordi, Starfield, Barbara, Rajmil, Luis
Abstract Background Analyzing social differences in the health of adolescents is a challenge. The accuracy of adolescent's report on familial socio-economic position is unknown. The aims of the study...
Aguilar-Gaxiola, Sergio, Alonso, Jordi, Angermeyer, Matthias C, Borges, Guilherme, Bromet, Evelyn J, ...
BACKGROUND: Mental disorders are major causes of disability worldwide, including in the low-income and middle-income countries least able to bear such burdens. We describe mental health care in 17...
Berra, Silvina, Ravens-Sieberer, Ulrike, Erhart, Michael, Tebé, Cristian, Bisegger, Corinna, Duer, Wolfgang, ...
Abstract Background The objective of the present study was to compare three different sampling and questionnaire administration methods used in the international KIDSCREEN study in terms of...
Comorbid painful physical symptoms and depression: prevalence, work loss, and help seeking (2006)
Bonnewyn, Anke, Brugha, Terry, De Graaf, Ron, Alonso, Jordi
BACKGROUND: Painful physical symptoms (PPS) are frequent in patients with Major Depressive Episode (MDE). Here, the 12-month prevalence and sociodemographic characteristics of PPS were examined...
OBJECTIVE: The study aimed to answer the following questions: Are there any rural-urban differences in mental health, once sociodemographic variables are controlled for, and are any of these...
López Revuelta, Katia, García López, Fernando J., De Álvaro Moreno, Fernando, Alonso, Jordi
Background. Health-related quality of life may affect morbidity and survival in end-stage renal disease, but it is not clear whether coexisting comorbidity and other known prognostic variables could...
López Revuelta, Katia, García López, Fernando J., De Álvaro Moreno, Fernando, Alonso, Jordi
Background. Health-related quality of life may affect morbidity and survival in end-stage renal disease, but it is not clear whether coexisting comorbidity and other known prognostic variables could...
Classical test theory versus Rasch analysis for quality of life questionnaire reduction (2003)
Prieto, Luis, Alonso, Jordi, Lamarca, Rosa
Abstract Background Although health-related quality of life (HRQOL) instruments may offer satisfactory results, their length often limits the extent to which they are actually applied in clinical...
Comparison of Performance-based and Self-rated Functional Capacity in Spanish Elderly (1999)
Ferrer, Montserrat, Lamarca, Rosa, Orfila, Francesc, Alonso, Jordi
Recent data have shown differences between Spain and the United States in the prevalence of reported disability among community elderly. Differences in reporting functional capacity by culture may...
Smoking after Age 65 Years and Mortality in Barcelona, Spain (1998)
Sunyer, Jordi, Lamarca, Rosa, Alonso, Jordi
The objective of this study was to assess the risk of dying associated with smoking after the age of 65 years and the benefits of quaitting smoking, taking into account baseline health status. The...
Relationship of Health Behaviours to Five-year Mortality in an Elderly Cohort (1995)
RUIGÓMEZ, ANA, ALONSO, JORDI, ANTÓ, JOSEP M.
To assess the risk of mortality associated with different health behaviours in a Mediterranean elderly population, we have analysed the mortality experience of a cohort of 1219 non-institutionalized...
RE: RISK FACTORS FOR BENIGN PROSTATIC HYPERTROPHY (1994)
Porta, Miquel, Fernandez, Esteve, Alonso, Jordi, Antó, Josep M.
Functional capacity and five-year mortality in a sample of urban community elderly (1993)
RUIGÓMEZ, ANA, ALONSO, JORDI, ANTÓ, JOSEP M.
To assess the validity of a functional status measure in community elderly, 1317 residents of Barcelona, Spain, aged 65 years or over were interviewed at home in 1986 and their vital status was...
Epidemiology of Prostatic Disorders in the City of Barcelona (1992)
FERNANDEZ, ESTEVE, PORTA, MIQUEL, ALONSO, JORDI, ANTÓ, JOSEP M
Fernandez E (Departament d'Epidemiologia i Salut P�blica, Institut Municipal d'Investigaci� M�dica, Universitat Aut�noma de Barcelona, Passeig Maritim 25–29, E-08003 Barcelona, Spain),...
Validity of composite end points in clinical trials
Montori, Victor M, Permanyer-Miralda, Gaietà, Ferreira-González, Ignacio, Busse, Jason W, Pacheco-Huergo, Valeria, Bryant, Dianne, ...
Use of composite end points as the main outcome in randomised trials can hide wide differences in the individual measures. How should you apply the results to clinical practice?
Validity of composite end points in clinical trials
Montori, Victor M, Permanyer-Miralda, Gaietà, Ferreira-González, Ignacio, Busse, Jason W, Pacheco-Huergo, Valeria, Bryant, Dianne, ...
Use of composite end points as the main outcome in randomised trials can hide wide differences in the individual measures. How should you apply the results to clinical practice?
Ferreira-González, Ignacio, Permanyer-Miralda, Gaiet, Domingo-Salvany, Antònia, Busse, Jason W, Heels-Ansdell, Diane, Montori, Victor M, ...
Objective To explore the extent to which components of composite end points in randomised controlled trials vary in importance to patients, the frequency of events in the more and less important...
Methods and representativeness of a European survey in children and adolescents: the KIDSCREEN study
Berra, Silvina, Ravens-Sieberer, Ulrike, Erhart, Michael, Tebé, Cristian, Bisegger, Corinna, Duer, Wolfgang, ...
En: Guix Barcelona 2003, n. 294, mayo ; p. 31-33
Alonso, Jordi, Escola Joan Pelegrí
En: Guix Barcelona 2003, n. 294, mayo ; p. 34-39
WANG, PHILIP S, ANGERMEYER, MATTHIAS, BORGES, GUILHERME, BRUFFAERTS, RONNY, TAT CHIU, WAI, DE GIROLAMO, GIOVANNI, ...
Data are presented on patterns of failure and delay in making initial treatment contact after first onset of a mental disorder in 15 countries in the World Health Organization (WHO)'s World Mental...
KESSLER, RONALD C, ANGERMEYER, MATTHIAS, ANTHONY, JAMES C, DE GRAAF, RON, DEMYTTENAERE, KOEN, GASQUET, ISABELLE, ...
Data are presented on the lifetime prevalence, projected lifetime risk, and age-of-onset distributions of mental disorders in the World Health Organization (WHO)'s World Mental Health (WMH) Surveys....
Cross-cultural adaptation of health measures
Hunt, Sonja M., Alonso, Jordi, Bucquet, Denis, Niero, Mauro, Wiklund, Ingela, McKenna, Stephen
The impact of home hospitalization on healthcare costs of exacerbations in COPD patients
Jaume Puig-Junoy, Alejandro Casas, Jaume Font-Planells, Joan Escarrabill, Carme Hernández, Jordi Alonso, ...
COPD, Healthcare costs, Healthcare delivery, Homecare, Hospitalization,