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OPENCRONIC Study. Knowledge and Experiences of Spanish Patients and Carers about Chronic Disease

Background: Chronic diseases are currently the main cause of morbidity and mortality and represent a major challenge to healthcare systems. The objective of this study is to know Spanish public opinion about chronic disease and how it affects their daily lives. Methods: Through a telephone or online...

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Autores principales: Casariego, Emilio, Cebrián-Cuenca, Ana M., Llisterri, José Luis, Micó-Pérez, Rafael Manuel, Orozco-Beltran, Domingo, Otero-Cacabelos, Mercedes, Román-Sánchez, Pilar, Sáez, Francisco José
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Publicado: MDPI 2018
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6339193/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30586925
http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijerph16010039
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author Casariego, Emilio
Cebrián-Cuenca, Ana M.
Llisterri, José Luis
Micó-Pérez, Rafael Manuel
Orozco-Beltran, Domingo
Otero-Cacabelos, Mercedes
Román-Sánchez, Pilar
Sáez, Francisco José
author_facet Casariego, Emilio
Cebrián-Cuenca, Ana M.
Llisterri, José Luis
Micó-Pérez, Rafael Manuel
Orozco-Beltran, Domingo
Otero-Cacabelos, Mercedes
Román-Sánchez, Pilar
Sáez, Francisco José
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description Background: Chronic diseases are currently the main cause of morbidity and mortality and represent a major challenge to healthcare systems. The objective of this study is to know Spanish public opinion about chronic disease and how it affects their daily lives. Methods: Through a telephone or online survey of 24 questions, data was gathered on the characteristics of the respondents and their knowledge and experiences of chronic diseases. Results: Of the 2522 survey respondents, 325 had a chronic disease and were carers, 1088 had a chronic disease and were not carers, 140 did not have a chronic disease but were carers, and 969 did not have chronic disease and were not carers. The degree of knowledge on these diseases was good or very good for 69.4%, 56.0%, 62.2%, and 46.7%, respectively, for each group. All the groups agreed that chronic diseases mainly affect mood, quality of life and having to make sacrifices. Conclusions: Knowledge about chronic diseases is relatively good, although it can be improved among the Spanish population, especially among patients who report having a chronic disease and play the role of carers. However, it is important to continue maintaining the level of information and training concerning these diseases.
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spelling pubmed-63391932019-01-23 OPENCRONIC Study. Knowledge and Experiences of Spanish Patients and Carers about Chronic Disease Casariego, Emilio Cebrián-Cuenca, Ana M. Llisterri, José Luis Micó-Pérez, Rafael Manuel Orozco-Beltran, Domingo Otero-Cacabelos, Mercedes Román-Sánchez, Pilar Sáez, Francisco José Int J Environ Res Public Health Article Background: Chronic diseases are currently the main cause of morbidity and mortality and represent a major challenge to healthcare systems. The objective of this study is to know Spanish public opinion about chronic disease and how it affects their daily lives. Methods: Through a telephone or online survey of 24 questions, data was gathered on the characteristics of the respondents and their knowledge and experiences of chronic diseases. Results: Of the 2522 survey respondents, 325 had a chronic disease and were carers, 1088 had a chronic disease and were not carers, 140 did not have a chronic disease but were carers, and 969 did not have chronic disease and were not carers. The degree of knowledge on these diseases was good or very good for 69.4%, 56.0%, 62.2%, and 46.7%, respectively, for each group. All the groups agreed that chronic diseases mainly affect mood, quality of life and having to make sacrifices. Conclusions: Knowledge about chronic diseases is relatively good, although it can be improved among the Spanish population, especially among patients who report having a chronic disease and play the role of carers. However, it is important to continue maintaining the level of information and training concerning these diseases. MDPI 2018-12-24 2019-01 /pmc/articles/PMC6339193/ /pubmed/30586925 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijerph16010039 Text en © 2018 by the authors. Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. This article is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/).
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Cebrián-Cuenca, Ana M.
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Micó-Pérez, Rafael Manuel
Orozco-Beltran, Domingo
Otero-Cacabelos, Mercedes
Román-Sánchez, Pilar
Sáez, Francisco José
OPENCRONIC Study. Knowledge and Experiences of Spanish Patients and Carers about Chronic Disease
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title_full_unstemmed OPENCRONIC Study. Knowledge and Experiences of Spanish Patients and Carers about Chronic Disease
title_short OPENCRONIC Study. Knowledge and Experiences of Spanish Patients and Carers about Chronic Disease
title_sort opencronic study. knowledge and experiences of spanish patients and carers about chronic disease
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6339193/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30586925
http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijerph16010039
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