ABSTRACT
In Navarre, the Smoking Cessation Program (PAF) was launched in 1994, result of the collaboration between Public Health and Primary Care. In 2001 it was integrated into the Tobacco Regional Action Plan, together with the other two lines of action: prevention of smoking initiation and promotion of smoke-free spaces. PAF includes two levels of intervention, a basic and an intensive one, with programmed educational support, individual and group. Medications for smoking cessation have been intermittently subsidized by the Health Department of Navarre. In December 2017, funding of medications for smoking cessation was reintroduced, in the same conditions of any other medication. Treatments are limited to one per patient and year, always including educational support. In 2018, 6139 people benefited from this funding, 50% women and 60% with yearly income lower than 18000 euros. We carried out a preliminary evaluation through a telephone survey. Overall, 35% of participants reported to keep abstinent after one year, 40% among those who also received intensive educational support.
En Navarra el Programa de Ayuda a Dejar de Fumar (PAF) nace en 1994 fruto de la colaboración entre Salud Pública y Atención Primaria y desde 2001 se integra en el Plan Foral de Acción sobre el Tabaco, junto con otras dos líneas de actuación: prevención al inicio y espacios sin humo. El PAF incluye dos niveles de intervención, básico e intensivo, con apoyo educativo programado individual y grupal y periodos de financiación farmacológica. En diciembre de 2017 se reintrodujo la financiación de los fármacos para la deshabituación tabáquica en las mismas condiciones que el resto de medicamentos, limitada a un tratamiento por paciente y año, siempre en el contexto de un programa de apoyo educativo. En 2018 se beneficiaron de la financiación 6.139 personas, la mitad mujeres y 6 de cada 10 con rentas inferiores a 18.000 euros. Los resultados de la evaluación preliminar, realizada mediante encuesta telefónica, muestran una tasa declarada de abandono al año del 35%, que asciende al 40% si se recibe apoyo educativo.
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Health Promotion/methods , National Health Programs , Primary Health Care/methods , Smoking Cessation/methods , Adult , Female , Health Care Surveys , Health Promotion/economics , Health Promotion/statistics & numerical data , Humans , Income , Male , Middle Aged , National Health Programs/economics , National Health Programs/statistics & numerical data , Outcome Assessment, Health Care , Patient Education as Topic/economics , Patient Education as Topic/methods , Poverty , Primary Health Care/economics , Primary Health Care/statistics & numerical data , Program Evaluation , Smoking Cessation/economics , Smoking Cessation/statistics & numerical data , SpainABSTRACT
En Navarra el Programa de Ayuda a Dejar de Fumar (PAF) nace en1994 fruto de la colaboración entre Salud Pública y Atención Primaria y desde 2001 se integra en el Plan Foral de Acción sobre el Tabaco, junto con otras dos líneas de actuación: prevención al inicio y espacios sin humo. El PAF incluye dos niveles de intervención, básico e intensivo, con apoyo educativo programado individual y grupal y periodos de financiación farmacológica. En diciembre de 2017se reintrodujo la financiación de los fármacos para la deshabituación tabáquica en las mismas condiciones que el resto de medicamentos, limitada a un tratamiento por paciente y año, siempre en el contexto de un programa de apoyo educativo. En 2018 se beneficiaron de la financiación 6.139personas, la mitad mujeres y 6 de cada 10 con rentas inferiores a 18.000 euros. Los resultados de la evaluación preliminar, realizada mediante encuesta telefónica, muestran una tasa declarada de abandono al año del 35%, que asciende al 40% si se recibe apoyo educativo. CONCLUSIONES: El PAF en Navarra cuenta con un modelo de intervención una amplia experiencia en la colaboración entre Atención Primaria y Salud Pública, que es necesario mantener y reforzar. La financiación de los fármacos para ayudar a dejar de fumar en el PAF es efectiva. El éxito es mayor si la persona recibe apoyo educativo y contribuye a la equidad ya que favorece el acceso de personas con renta menor. Se vislumbran nuevos retos de futuro en las tres líneas de actuación del plan
In Navarre, the Smoking Cessation Program (PAF) was launched in 1994, result of the collaboration between Public Health and Primary Care. In 2001 it was integrated into the Tobacco Regional Action Plan, together with the other two lines of action: prevention of smoking initiation and promotion of smoke-freespaces. PAF includes two levels of intervention, a basic and an intensive one, with programmed educational support, individual and group. Medications for smoking cessation have been intermittently subsidized by the Health Department of Navarre. In December 2017, funding of medications for smoking cessation was reintroduced, in the same conditions of any other medication. Treatments are limited to one per patient and year, always including educational support. In 2018, 6139 people benefited from this funding, 50% women and 60% with yearly income lower than 18000 euros. We carried out a preliminary evaluation through a telephone survey. Overall, 35% of participants reported to keep abstinent after one year, 40% among those who also received intensive educational support. CONCLUSIONS: PAF in Navarre is an intervention model based on a large experience of collaboration between Primary Care and Public Health, which is necessary to promote. Funding medications for smoking cessation have proved to be effective with in PAF program and it may contribute to equity as it facilitates the access to people with lower income. Success rates are greater receiving educational support. There are new challenges in the future related to all action lines of the Action Plan
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Humans , Male , Female , Adult , Middle Aged , Health Promotion/methods , National Health Programs/economics , National Health Programs/statistics & numerical data , Primary Health Care/methods , Smoking Cessation/methods , Health Care Surveys , Health Promotion/economics , Health Promotion/statistics & numerical data , Income , Primary Health Care/statistics & numerical data , Program Evaluation , Smoking Cessation/economics , Smoking Cessation/statistics & numerical data , Spain , Outcome Assessment, Health Care , Patient Education as Topic/economics , Patient Education as Topic/methods , Poverty , Primary Health Care/economicsABSTRACT
BACKGROUND/OBJECTIVES: The clinical status of older individuals with multimorbidity can be further complicated by concomitant geriatric syndromes. This study explores multimorbidity patterns, encompassing both chronic diseases and geriatric syndromes, in geriatric patients attended in an acute hospital setting. DESIGN: Retrospective observational study. SETTING: Unit of Social and Clinical Assessment (UVSS), Miguel Servet University Hospital (HUMS), Zaragoza (Spain). Year, 2011. PARTICIPANTS: A total of 924 hospitalized patients aged 65 years or older. MEASUREMENTS: Data on patients' clinical, functional, cognitive and social statuses were gathered through comprehensive geriatric assessments. To identify diseases and/or geriatric syndromes that cluster into patterns, an exploratory factor analysis was applied, stratifying by sex. The factors can be interpreted as multimorbidity patterns, i.e., diseases non-randomly associated with each other within the study population. The resulting patterns were clinically assessed by several physicians. RESULTS: The mean age of the study population was 82.1 years (SD 7.2). Multimorbidity burden was lower in men under 80 years, but increased in those over 80. Immobility, urinary incontinence, hypertension, falls, dementia, cognitive decline, diabetes and arrhythmia were among the 10 most frequent health problems in both sexes, with prevalence rates above 20%. Four multimorbidity patterns were identified that were present in both sexes: Cardiovascular, Induced Dependency, Falls and Osteoarticular. The number of conditions comprising these patterns was similar in men and women. CONCLUSION: The existence of specific multimorbidity patterns in geriatric patients, such as the Induced Dependency and Falls patterns, may facilitate the early detection of vulnerability to stressors, thus helping to avoid negative health outcomes such as functional disability.
