Browsing by Author "Pont Acuña, Àngels"

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  • Assessing oral health-related quality of life in children and adolescents: a systematic review and standardized comparison of available instruments
    Zaror, Carlos; Pardo Cladellas, Yolanda; Espinoza-Espinoza, Gerardo; Pont Acuña, Àngels; Muñoz-Millán, Patricia; Martínez-Zapata, María José; Vilagut Saiz, Gemma, 1975-; García Forero, Carlos; Garin Boronat, Olatz, 1979-; Alonso Caballero, Jordi; Ferrer Forés, Maria Montserrat (Springer, 2018)
    OBJECTIVES: To obtain a systematic and standardized evaluation of the current evidence on development process, metric properties, and administration issues of oral health-related quality of life instruments available for ...
  • Comparative effectiveness research in localized prostate cancer: a 10-year follow-up cohort study
    Garin Boronat, Olatz, 1979-; Suárez Novo, José Francisco; Guedea, Ferrán; Pont Acuña, Àngels; Pardo Cladellas, Yolanda; Goñi, Alai; Mariño, Alfonso; Hervás, Asunción; Herruzo, Ismael; Cabrera Roldán, Patricia; Sancho-Pardo, Gemma; Ponce de León, Javier; Macías, Víctor; Gutiérrez, Cristina; Castells Esteve, Manel; Ferrer, Montserrat; Multicentric Spanish Group of Clinically Localized Prostate Cancer (Elsevier, 2021)
    Purpose: Long-term comparative effectiveness research on localized prostate cancer treatments is scarce, and evidence is lacking especially for brachytherapy. The aim of this study was to assess the long-term impact of the ...
  • Comparison of quality of life after stereotactic body radiotherapy and surgery for early-stage prostate cancer
    Katz, Alan; Ferrer Forés, Maria Montserrat; Alonso Caballero, Jordi; Becerra Bachino, Virginia, 1975-; Cunillera, Oriol; Garin Boronat, Olatz, 1979-; Pardo, Yolanda; Pont Acuña, Àngels; Multicentric Spanish Group of Clinically Localized Prostate Cancer (BioMed Central, 2012)
    BACKGROUND: As the long-term efficacy of stereotactic body radiation therapy (SBRT) becomes established and other prostate cancer treatment approaches are refined and improved, examination of quality of life (QOL) following ...
  • Economic evaluation of treatments for patients with localized prostate cancer in Europe: a systematic review
    Becerra Bachino, Virginia, 1975-; Ávila Pacheco, Mónica Marcela, 1984-; Jiménez Conde, Jordi; Cortes-Sanabria, Laura; Pardo Cladellas, Yolanda; Garin Boronat, Olatz, 1979-; Pont Acuña, Àngels; Alonso Caballero, Jordi; Cots Reguant, Francesc; Ferrer Forés, Maria Montserrat; Multicentric Spanish Group of Clinically Localized Prostate Cancer (BioMed Central, 2016)
    Background: Our objective was to assess the efficiency of treatments in patients with localized prostate cancer, by synthesizing available evidence from European economic evaluations through systematic review. Methods: ...
  • EuroQol (EQ-5D-5L) validity in assessing the quality of life in adults with asthma: cross-sectional study
    Hernández, Gimena; Garin Boronat, Olatz, 1979-; Dima, Alexandra L.; Pont Acuña, Àngels; Martí-Pastor, Marc; Alonso Caballero, Jordi; Van Ganse, Eric; Laforest, Laurent; Bruin, Marijn de; Mayoral, Karina; Serra-Sutton, Vicky; Ferrer Forés, Maria Montserrat; ASTRO-LAB group (JMIR Publications, 2019)
    BACKGROUND: The EuroQol-5 Dimension (EQ-5D), developed in 1990, is a most widely used generic tool to measure the health-related quality of life (HRQoL) and considered suitable for patients with asthma. In 2009, the EuroQol ...
  • Five-year quality of life in patients with high-risk localized prostate cancer treated with external beam radiotherapy alone versus external beam radiotherapy with high-dose-rate brachytherapy boost: a prospective multicenter study
    Martínez, Evelyn; Garin Boronat, Olatz, 1979-; Pardo Cladellas, Yolanda; Fernández, Pablo; Guix, Benjamin; Gutiérrez, Cristina; Boladeras, Ana; Ferrer, Ferran; Hernández, Tania; Ayala, Adriana; Egiguren, Mikel; Fernández, Gema; Muñoz, Víctor; Macías, Víctor; Pera, Joan; Pont Acuña, Àngels; Ferrer, Montserrat; Guedea, Ferrán (Termedia Publishing, 2021)
    Introduction: Brachytherapy (BT) and external beam radiation therapy (EBRT) are effective treatments for high-risk prostate cancer (PCa). However, the impact of these treatments on health-related quality of life (HRQL) ...
  • Health inequalities by sexual orientation: results from the 2016-2017 Barcelona health survey
    Martí-Pastor, Marc; German, Danielle; Pérez Albarracín, Glòria; Bartoll, Xavier; Díez, Elia; Pont Acuña, Àngels; Garin Boronat, Olatz, 1979-; Alonso Caballero, Jordi; Hernández, Gimena; Mayoral, Karina; Zamora, Victor; Vilagut Saiz, Gemma, 1975-; Ferrer Forés, Maria Montserrat (Mary Ann Liebert, Inc, 2022)
    The aim of this study was to assess health inequalities by sexual attraction in the 2016-2017 Barcelona population, stratifying by sex. <b><i>Methods:</i></b> Data came from the 2016-2017 Barcelona Health Survey, where ...
  • Health-related quality of life inequalities by sexual orientation: results from the Barcelona health interview survey
    Martí-Pastor, Marc; Pérez Albarracín, Glòria; German, Danielle; Pont Acuña, Àngels; Garin Boronat, Olatz, 1979-; Alonso Caballero, Jordi; Gotsens Miquel, Mercè, 1983-; Ferrer Forés, Maria Montserrat (Public Library of Science (PLoS), 2018)
    Background: Studies on health-related quality of life (HRQoL) inequalities according to sexual orientation are scarce. The aim of this study was to assess HRQoL inequalities between lesbian, gay, and bisexual (LGB) people ...
  • Impact of asthma on women and men: comparison with the general population using the EQ-5D-5L questionnaire
    Hernández, Gimena; Dima, Alexandra L.; Pont Acuña, Àngels; Garin Boronat, Olatz, 1979-; Martí-Pastor, Marc; Alonso Caballero, Jordi; Van Ganse, Eric; Laforest, Laurent; Bruin, Marijn de; Mayoral, Karina; Ferrer Forés, Maria Montserrat; ASTRO-LAB group (Public Library of Science (PLoS), 2018)
    Background: The aim was to evaluate the impact of asthma on patients’ Health-Related Quality of Life (HRQoL) by comparing asthmatic women and men with reference norms, to examine the factors which contributed to an impaired ...
  • Long-acting beta-agonists plus inhaled corticosteroids safety: a systematic review and meta-analysis of non-randomized studies
    Hernández, Gimena; Ávila Pacheco, Mónica Marcela, 1984-; Pont Acuña, Àngels; Garin Boronat, Olatz, 1979-; Alonso Caballero, Jordi; Laforest, Laurent; Cates, Christopher J.; Ferrer Forés, Maria Montserrat; ASTRO-LAB group (BioMed Central, 2014)
    Background: Although several systematic reviews investigated the safety of long-acting beta–agonists (LABAs) in asthma, they mainly addressed randomized clinical trials while evidence from non-randomized studies has been ...
  • Mapping the patient-oriented prostate utility scale from the expanded prostate cancer index composite and the short-form health surveys
    Zamora, Victor; Garin Boronat, Olatz, 1979-; Pardo Cladellas, Yolanda; Pont Acuña, Àngels; Gutiérrez, Cristina; Cabrera Roldán, Patricia; Gómez-Veiga, Francisco; Pijoán, José Ignacio; Litwin, Mark S.; Ferrer Forés, Maria Montserrat; Multicentric Spanish Group of Clinically Localized Prostate Cancer (Elsevier, 2021)
    Objectives: this study aimed to develop mapping algorithms from the Expanded Prostate Cancer Index Composite (EPIC) and the Short-Form (SF) Health Surveys to the Patient-Oriented Prostate Utility Scale (PORPUS), an econometric ...
  • Measurement properties of the EQ-5D-Y administered through a smartphone app in children with asthma: a longitudinal questionnaire study
    Mayoral, Karina; Garin Boronat, Olatz, 1979-; Lizano-Barrantes, Catalina; Pont Acuña, Àngels; Caballero-Rabasco, María Araceli; Praena-Crespo, Manuel; Valdesoiro-Navarrete, Laura; Guerra, María Teresa; Castillo, José; Mir, Inés de; Tato, Eva; Alonso Caballero, Jordi; Serra-Sutton, Vicky; Pardo Cladellas, Yolanda; Ferrer Forés, Maria Montserrat; ARCA Group (BioMed Central, 2022)
    Background: Asthma impacts children's physical, emotional, and psychosocial Health-Related Quality of Life (HRQL). The EQ-5D-Y is a generic econometric instrument developed to measure HRQL in children. Objective: Evaluation ...
  • Mortality and biochemical recurrence after surgery, brachytherapy, or external radiotherapy for localized prostate cancer: a 10-year follow-up cohort study
    Suárez Novo, José Francisco; Zamora, Victor; Garin Boronat, Olatz, 1979-; Gutiérrez, Cristina; Pont Acuña, Àngels; Pardo Cladellas, Yolanda; Goñi, Alai; Mariño, Alfonso; Hervás, Asunción; Herruzo, Ismael; Cabrera Roldán, Patricia; Sancho-Pardo, Gemma; Ponce de León, Javier; Macías, Víctor; Guedea, Ferrán; Vigués, Francesc; Castells, Manuel; Ferrer Forés, Maria Montserrat; Multicentric Spanish Group of Clinically Localized Prostate Cancer (Nature Research, 2022)
    To compare the effectiveness at ten years of follow-up of radical prostatectomy, brachytherapy and external radiotherapy, in terms of overall survival, prostate cancer-specific mortality and biochemical recurrence. Cohort ...
  • Oral health-related quality of life changes in patients with dentofacial deformities Class II and III after orthognathic surgery: A systematic review and meta-analysis
    Duarte, Valentina; Zaror, Carlos; Villanueva, Julio; Andreo, Matías; Dallaserra, Matías; Salazar, Josefina; Pont Acuña, Àngels; Ferrer Forés, Maria Montserrat (MDPI, 2022)
    Our aim was to assess the impact of combined orthodontic–surgical treatment on patients’ oral health-related quality of life (OHRQoL) according to type of dentofacial deformities, by synthesizing the available evidence. ...
  • Patient-reported outcomes after treatment for clinically localized prostate cancer: A systematic review and meta-analysis
    Ávila Pacheco, Mónica Marcela, 1984-; Patel, Laila; López, Silvia; Cortes-Sanabria, Laura; Garin Boronat, Olatz, 1979-; Pont Acuña, Àngels; Ferrer, Ferran; Boladeras, Ana; Zamora, Victor; Fosså, Sophie D.; Storås, Anne Holck; Sanda, Martin George; Serra-Sutton, Vicky; Ferrer Forés, Maria Montserrat (Elsevier, 2018)
    BACKGROUND: The aim of this systematic review is to assess the impact of primary treatments with curative intention in patients with localized prostate cancer, measured with Patient-Reported Outcomes (PROs), and to examine ...
  • Prospective study of shoulder strength, shoulder range of motion, and lymphedema in breast cancer patients from pre-surgery to 5 years after ALND or SLNB
    Belmonte Martinez, Roser; Messaggi-Sartor, Monique, 1984-; Ferrer Forés, Maria Montserrat; Pont Acuña, Àngels; Escalada, Ferran (Springer, 2018)
    OBJECTIVE: Determine the changes in shoulder strength, shoulder range of motion, and arm volume in breast cancer patients treated with sentinel lymph node biopsy (SLNB) or axillary lymph node dissection (ALND) METHOD: ...
  • Shoulder strength changes one year after axillary lymph node dissection or sentinel lymph node biopsy in patients with breast cancer
    Monleon, Sandra; Ferrer Forés, Maria Montserrat; Tejero Sánchez, Marta; Pont Acuña, Àngels; Piqueras, Mercè; Belmonte Martinez, Roser (Elsevier, 2016)
    OBJECTIVES: To assess the changes in shoulder strength of patients with breast cancer during the first year after surgery; and to compare the effect of sentinel lymph node biopsy (SLNB) and axillary lymph node dissection ...
  • The Inhaler Technique Questionnaire (InTeQ): development and validation of a brief patient-reported measure
    Lizano-Barrantes, Catalina; Garin Boronat, Olatz, 1979-; Dima, Alexandra L.; Van Ganse, Eric; Bruin, Marijn de; Belhassen, Manon; Mayoral, Karina; Pont Acuña, Àngels; Ferrer Forés, Maria Montserrat (MDPI, 2022)
    There is a need for instruments designed for patients with asthma to self-report their performance of inhaling steps. We aimed to develop an accessible and easy-to-use patient-reported tool for inhaler technique assessment, ...
  • Validity of the EQ-5D-5L and reference norms for the Spanish population
    Hernandez, Gimena; Garin Boronat, Olatz, 1979-; Pardo, Yolanda; Vilagut Saiz, Gemma, 1975-; Pont Acuña, Àngels; Suárez, Mónica; Neira, Montse; Rajmil Rajmil, Luis Alberto; Gorostiza, Inigo; Ramallo-Fariña, Yolanda; Cabasés, Juan; Alonso Caballero, Jordi; Ferrer Forés, Maria Montserrat (Springer, 2018)
    BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVE: The EuroQol 5 dimensions 5 levels (EQ-5D-5L) is the new version of EQ-5D, developed to improve its discriminatory capacity. This study aims to evaluate the construct validity of the Spanish version ...