Angel Gasch

University of Zaragoza | UNIZAR · Department of Phisiatry and Nursing

Men who have sex with men are at increased risk of acquiring sexually transmitted infections. Although behavioral and contextual interventions have improved, infections are still spreading. A new focus is needed regarding the influence of sexual compulsivity and gender self-identification. The objective was to explore the relationship between SC an...

This study aims to describe a local community expert’s perspective on the identification of and access to children’s health assets and to gather proposals to promote children’s health and well-being within their community. The health asset approach is essential for health promotion, and there is evidence of its benefits to individuals’ or communiti...

Objective In this study we explore anxiety and fear of COVID-19 in women in the process of pregnancy during lockdown due to the SARS CoV-2 pandemic and their relationship with sociodemographic and clinical factors in a tertiary referral level hospital. Method A descriptive cross-sectional study was carried out in pregnant women at the Lozano Blesa...

Background Social Prescribing is a Primary Health Care service that provides people with non-clinical care alternatives that may have an impact on their health. Social Prescribing can be more or less formal and structured. Social Prescribing Schemes are formal Social Prescribing of health assets by Primary Health Care teams in coordination and foll...

Men who have sex with men (MSM) experience a high degree of discrimination and marginalization in Senegal. Homophobia is pervasive in Senegalese society at the cultural, religious, and political levels. Its effects are reflected in the disproportionately high levels of depression, anxiety, and substance abuse among men who have sex with men when co...

Introduction: Subjective memory complaints (SMCs) in elderly adults could express cognitive decline in the future. A consensus has been reached about how these SMC relate to mood variables, but further research is required to determine which socio-demographic, cognitive, functional and occupational factors will act as predictors in elderly adults....

Resumen En mayo de 2022 se detectaron las primeras cadenas de transmisión de la viruela del mono fuera de los países endémicos. Este brote presenta características clínicas y epidemiológicas diferentes de las observadas en los brotes anteriores, con un mayor impacto en el grupo de hombres que tienen sexo con hombres. El abordaje de brotes epidémico...

Resumen Objetivo Analizar la implementación de la «Guía de recomendación de activos para la salud en atención primaria Aragón». Diseño Estudio observacional, descriptivo, transversal. Emplazamiento Ciento veintitrés equipos de atención primaria aragoneses. Participantes Recomendaciones de Activos para la Salud realizadas con el protocolo «Recom...

Introducción: Las personas lesbianas, gays, bisexuales y transexuales (LGBT) se enfrentan a barreras en el acceso a una asistencia médica adecuada. El objetivo de este estudio es evaluar el grado de preparación y comodidad autopercibido del estudiantado de Medicina y los factores que más han determinado su aprendizaje. Métodos: En 2019 se realizó...

Aim: To identify, describe and analyse the gender perspective in the use of the diagnoses contained in the NANDA-I taxonomy in observational studies published in the scientific literature. Design and methods: A systematic review has been conducted spanning from 2002 to 2020. The most frequent NANDA-I nursing diagnoses in care plans reported in o...

Objective: To measure the knowledge and attitudes of Catalan nursing students regarding lesbian, gay, bisexual, trans and intersex (LGBTI) patients, as well as their perception of specific training in this area, according to their internship modalities, sociodemographic circumstances and academic background during the COVID-19 pandemic. Backgroun...

The Sexual Compulsivity Scale (SCS) has been translated, adapted and validated in general Spanish population, making its application difficult in certain groups, such as men who have sex with men (MSM). This paper evaluates the psychometric properties of the SCS in a sample of MSM in Spain. The SCS was administered to 881 participants. The factoria...

Aim Analyze the relationship between attendance times and health outcomes of people with ischemic stroke treated with intravenous fibrinolysis, comparing those attended from the emergency units of 061 ARAGON with those arriving by other means. Method Cross-sectional, retrospective, descriptive and association study based on a consecutive series of...

Promoting the adoption of healthy habits represents a great challenge for health and education professionals. In this sense, childhood and adolescence are propitious times for the acquisition and consolidation of behaviors and skills, being that numerous and different determinants act in the genesis of behavior. The purpose of this study was to tes...

Resumen Objetivo Analizar la relación entre tiempos de asistencia y resultados de salud de las personas con ictus isquémico tratadas con fibrinólisis intravenosa, comparando las atendidas desde las unidades de Emergencias del 061 ARAGÓN con los que llegan por otros medios. Método Estudio transversal, retrospectivo, descriptivo y de asociación a p...

This is an advocacy report produced in the context of the BCA-WA-ETHICS II project. It aims to spread awareness about the research ethics violations that have been taking place in the African continent. The article provides recommendations and practical guidelines on how to implement best practices and take into account the lessons learned from the...

The prevalence of pediatric respiratory diseases in Spain is 23%. Inhalation is the preferred route of administration but there are frequent errors in the performance of the inhalation technique leading a poor control of the disease. The aim of this research was to detect errors in the execution of the inhalation technique at a Pediatric Pulmonolog...

Objective To know the characteristics of the studies that have paid attention to women who have sex with women (WSW) and to identify possible gaps in the interest of comprehensive sexual health in WSW. Method A scoping review on sexual health on WSW was conducted from 2000 to 2019. Papers with lack of focus on sexual health on WSW were excluded an...

Background There is insufficient evidence about the impact of health promoting schools on the student’s health and academic performance. The aim of this study was to compare the life skills, lifestyle habits and academic performance of 7 th and 8 th grade students registered in health promoting and non-health promoting schools in the Autonomous Com...

The growing popularity of Grindr, as well as of other dating apps, has brought millions of people closer together and have facilitated how people look for a sexual partner. Aim: To describe prevalence of Sexually Transmitted Infections (STIs) according to usage Grindr patterns among the Spanish Men how have Sex with Men (MSM) population. Aim: To de...

Background Traditional gender roles (GRs) have a considerable influence on relationships among couples. These can lead to negative health effects in women; however, their impact on intimate partner violence (IPV) has been less explored, especially among younger women. Objective To explore the association between traditional GRs and several indicat...

The aim of this study was to analyze university Health Sciences students' self-perception regarding gender stereotypes, and to explore whether there was any association between gender stereotypes and clinical/socio-demographic variables. Methods: This cross-sectional study was conducted with a sample of 252 university students who completed a sel...

A healthy lifestyle is important to the present and future development and health of school age people. This study aims to analyze the relationship between daily lifestyle habits and academic performance in a sample of adolescents from the autonomous community of Aragon (Spain). We performed a cross-sectional study to analyze the lifestyle habits a...

Resumen Los sistemas de salud y la formación de profesionales parten del binarismo de género. En las diferentes etapas del ciclo vital existen situaciones que provocan inequidades, falta de oportunidades y riesgos para la salud de las personas lesbianas, gais, bisexuales, trans e intersex (LGBTI). Este trabajo pretende explorar la necesidad de incl...

Objective The aim of this study was to study the association between pregnancy-related anxiety in women, screened during the third trimester, and companionship during their hospitalization. Method A case-control study was conducted in which 80 pregnant women over the age of 18 years, at 28 weeks and beyond, and without any diagnosed physical and/o...

Comunicación en las XIX Jornadas de Trabajo Sobre Calidad en Salud. XVII Congreso de la Sociedad Aragonesa de Calidad Asistencial. PRÁCTICAS SEXUALES Y RIESGO DE HEPATITIS A EN HOMBRES QUE TIENEN SEXO CON HOMBRES: UNA ACTUALIZACIÓN NECESARIA. Resumen: OBJETIVOS: Durante 2017, se observó un incremento desproporcionado de casos de Hepatitis A entre l...

Participación en Simposio: La Salud de las personas LBGTI+ desde un enfoque Comunitario y de Salud Pública, en el II Congreso Internacional de Sexualidad: Expresando la diversidad.

Background: Sitting time has negative effects on health, increasing the risk of obesity, osteoporosis, diabetes, and cancer. Thus, primary health care education interventions aimed to reduce sitting time and sedentary behavior could have beneficial effects on people's health and wellbeing. The purpose of this study was to assess the effectiveness...

Objetivo: el rendimiento académico está asociado con múltiples factores, como una dieta equilibrada y saludable, ejercicio físico regular y un patrón de sueño adecuado. El objetivo de este trabajo fue examinar la asociación entre comportamientos de salud y rendimiento académico en estudiantes de secundaria en una escuela promotora de salud acredita...

Today’s COVID-19 situation can affect university Health Sciences students’ psychological health. This study aimed to analyze the stress caused by the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on Health Sciences students from the University of Zaragoza (Spain) almost 1 year after the pandemic began. This cross-sectional descriptive study was conducted with a...

The health assets (HA; factors or resources that maintain or improves health) approach has hardly been incorporated in occupational therapy, and even less so in research focused on children’s perception. The objective of this study was to provide context-specific empirical evidence regarding children and families’ perception of childhood HA, paying...

Background: Learning and socio-emotional development is promoted through the creation and nurturing of an optimal school climate. This study aims to analyze the relationship between life skills and academic performance in a large sample of adolescents from the autonomous community of Aragón (Spain). Methods: A cross-sectional study was conducted...

Resumen Objetivo Existe evidencia de que la orientación feminista de las personas es un predictor significativo de la concienciación ante la violencia de género y la capacidad de intervenir. El objetivo de este estudio es validar la versión en español de la Feminism and the Women's Movement Scale (FWMS), que evalúa la orientación feminista. Métod...

Objetivo. Identificar la existencia de desigualdades de género en utilización de atención primaria (AP), urgencias y consulta de enfermería. Material y métodos. Estudio transversal, con encuestas nacionales y europeas de salud (2006-2017) de población española de 16 o más años (n=98 929 personas). Se estudió la evolución en el tiempo y la influenc...

The aim of this study was to analyze the correlation between the participants’ self-reported quality of life and their sense of coherence in a sample (n = 85) of patients on treatment with oral antivitamin K anticoagulants. A cross-sectional design was used. The measurement instruments included a questionnaire on sociodemographic variables, the Spa...

Translation and assessment of the psychometric properties of BESTest and Mini-BESTest in Spanish in communitydwelling elderly people

The Balance Evaluation Systems Test (BESTest) and its abbreviated version, the Mini-BESTest are clinical examination of balance impairment, but its psychometric properties have not yet been tested in European Spanish. We aimed to assess the psychometric properties of BESTest and Mini-BESTest in Spanish in community-dwelling elderly people. We desig...

Aim To determine the frequency of and identify risk factors associated with sexual practices leading to hepatitis A infection in the population of men who have sex with men in Spain. Background The increased incidence of hepatitis A as a result of sexual contact among this population is a public health concern and a challenge in controlling sexual...

BACKGROUND Patients with fibromyalgia (FM), often exhibit sedentary behaviors and being overweight or obese places them at greater risk of developing cardiometabolic disease. Position changes have been found to be associated with positive effects on cardiometabolic outcomes in several chronical illness affected populations. OBJECTIVE The aim of th...

Large socioeconomic, gender, and ethnic inequalities exist in terms of childhood obesity worldwide. Children from low socioeconomic status families are more likely to have overweight/obesity and related cardiometabolic problems and future cancer risk. A wider concept are social vulnerabilities defined as social or economic characteristics or experi...

Objective To determine the attitudes towards equality and prevention of gender-based violence, and analyze variables associated with a higher awareness of gender-based violence by students of the health sciences and social work degrees. Method A cross-sectional descriptive study was carried out. The sample consisted of 437 students of the health s...

In this paper, we jointly address two connected issues that should be addressed together more purposefully within both public health policies and programmes: the health and well-being of men and boys, and the focus on equity versus equality from a gender perspective. Awareness of these issues has boosted the debate on the impacts of gender inequali...

Objective: Terminal patients and their relatives must know their real situation, and be treated according to the principle of autonomy, to establish therapeutic objectives adapted each one, according to their needs and decisions. The objective of this study is to identify the sufficient existence of records in the Medical Histories of terminal pat...

Llevar a cabo un análisis más integral y profundo de las diferencias y desigualdades en salud requiere de una aproximación más amplia al estudio de las masculinidades y la salud de los hombres en el momento actual. Estamos ante un tema cuyo interés ha ido a la par de la creciente preocupación por los riesgos y vulnerabilidades específicas de los ho...

Fundamentos: Los/las pacientes en estado terminal y sus familiares deben conocer su situación y ser tratados según el principio de autonomía, para establecer así objetivos terapéuticos adaptados a cada uno/a de acuerdo a sus necesidades y decisiones. El objetivo de este estudio fue identificar la existencia de registros en las historias clínicas de...

The advances made in incorporating a gender approach into public health policies have stimulated growing interest in the social mechanisms of the study of men’s health. Therefore, a more experiential, gender-based analysis that allows for a better understanding of how ill-health processes and exposure to risk factors are related is required. In thi...

AIM To study the response times of stroke code assistance by care units of 061 ARAGON, analyzing factors involved and their relationship with availability to fibrinolytic treatment in the hyperacute phase. PATIENTS AND METHODS Transversal descriptive study on outpatient care from the registry of cases attended by 061 ARAGON health care units to pa...

177 nantes sociales, con un papel central en las desigualdades sociales en salud. En la actualidad, las personas con sexualidades no normativas siguen sufriendo inequidades. El objetivo de este trabajo es conocer el estado de salud de las personas lesbianas, gays, bisexuales y trans (LGBT) en España, así como las experiencias de discriminación. Mét...

Objective: To analyse experiences and lessons learned in the process of incorporating gender perspective into health sciences degrees in the international arena. Method: Narrative literature review with no date limit. Keywords "curricula", medical education", "nursing education", "health science", "gender education", "gender medicine" and "gende...

Critical thinking in Health Sciences is among the transversal competences in the Nursing Degree. The critical card is a tool of individual learning, designed to develop critical thinking, and set in the process of environmental health learning. Every student must perform the activity to obtain the highest qualification in Community Health Nursing s...

Objective: To analyze the construct validity and the internal consistency of the 12-item Bem Sex Role Inventory (BSRI-12) questionnaire and to study the association between gender stereotypes and sexual risk practices in men who have sex with men (MSM). Methods: Cross-sectional study of 601 MSM who voluntarily and anonymously responded to an onl...

Men who have sex with men (MSM) perform risk practices that pose a challenge to prevention strategies. The aim of this study was to analyse the association between receptive and insertive unprotected anal intercourse (RUAI and IUAI) according to the type of partner and the practice of barebacking with socioeconomic factors. A descriptive study was...

HIV transmission among men who have sex with men (MSM) is still expanding globally. A wide myriad of factors that determine sexual risk practices assumption have been identified. Traditional masculine gender norms have been indicated as a possible determinant of risk practices performance among MSM. To identify how quantitative and mixed research v...

The World Health Organization endorsed voluntary medical male circumcision (VMMC) in 2007 as an effective method to provide partial protection against heterosexual female-to-male transmission of HIV in regions with high rates of such transmission, and where uptake of VMMC is low. Qualitative research conducted in east and southern Africa has focuse...

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Relations between men who have sex with men (MSM) are power relations between different masculinities. A qualitative study with health professionals assisting MSM looked into HIV prevention in Spain. Barriers were observed in the HIV test at three levels: institutions, social and individual. Deficiencies appeared in public policies: lack of knowled...

Justificación: Las competencias relacionales son imprescindibles en Enfermería para conseguir unos cuidados de calidad. Los trabajos sobre la necesidad de visibilización de los Cuidados están cobrando importancia en la teorización del valor de la comunicación y la relación de cuidado en el entorno asistencial. Destacan dos aspectos: herramienta de...

Objective: To verify the usefulness for students using an assessment Invisible Care learning tool. Methods: Evaluation by the students, using questionnaires, the use of an instrument (check list) Invisible Care application in the different phases of the Nursing Process in the practical cases of the subject of Community Nursing 2. Results: The use o...