Browsing by Subject "Propensity score"

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    Elder abuse among Spanish and Iranian people: new methodological approach to the same old story
    (Springer, 2021-03-30) Maurandi-López, Antonio; Perez-Carceles, M.D.; Didáctica de las Ciencias Matemáticas y Sociales
    Elder abuse continues to be a taboo, mostly underestimated, ignored by societies across the world. Recent systematic reviews and meta-analyses have revealed significant variations in the prevalence of elder abuse, with large geographic variations. This is the first study that compares the prevalence of elder abuse and risk factors between a European and Asian countries and using the same method. Cross-sectional surveys were conducted in Spain and Iran. Eight hundred forty subjects, aged 65 and over, were chosen randomly from patients in primary care health centres. Prevalence of abuse and subtypes and risk factors were obtained using structured interviews. To minimize the potential effects of selection bias, a propensity score matching was performed. Multiple correspondence analysis was used to evaluate the possible relationships among all the variables and to identify specific profiles. Five hundred thirty-two older people remained for the analysis after matching. The prevalence of abuse was 39.1% in Spain and 80.5% in Iran. Elder abuse and its subtypes are significantly more probable in Iran than in Spain. Out of every five elderly people questioned, two in Spain and four in Iran responded affirmatively to a question concerning elder abuse. Multiple correspondence analysis allows the differences between patterns of elder abuse between both populations to be visualized. Elder abuse is a prevalent problem in Spain and Iran. While some characteristics are shared in the pattern of abuse there are different profiles between the two countries. Detecting elder abuse should be a priority objective in clinical and forensic setting.
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    Intracranial pressure monitoring in patients with severe traumatic brain injury: extension of the recommendations and the effect on outcome by propensity score matching
    (Lippincott, Williams & Wilkins, 2022-09) Castaño-León, Ana M.; Gomez, Pedro A.; Jiménez-Roldán, Luís; Paredes, Igor; Munarriz, Pablo M.; Pérez, Irene Panero; Eiriz Fernández, Carla; Posadas Guillermo García; García Pérez, Daniel; Moreno Gómez, Luis Miguel; Sinovas, Olga Esteban; Posadas García, Guillermo; Lagares, Alfonso; Farmacología; Farmacia
    BACKGROUND: Intracranial pressure (ICP) monitoring is recommended for patients with traumatic brain injury (TBI) with a Glasgow Coma Scale (GCS) <9 on admission and revealing space-occupying lesions or swelling on computed tomography. However, previous studies that have evaluated its effect on outcome have shown conflicting results. OBJECTIVE: To study the effect of ICP monitoring on outcome after adjustment of patient’s characteristics imbalance and determine the potential benefit on patients with higher GCS that deteriorates early or in the absence of computed tomography results suggesting high ICP. METHODS: We searched for adult patients with TBI admitted between 1996 and 2020 with a GCS <9 on admission or deterioration from higher scores within 24 hours after TBI. Patients were divided into groups if they fulfilled strict (Brain Trauma Foundation guidelines) or extended criteria (patients who worsened after admission or without space-occupying lesions) for ICP monitoring. Propensity score analyses based on nearest neighbor matching was performed. RESULTS: After matching, we analyzed data from 454 patients and 184 patients who fulfilled strict criteria or extended criteria for ICP monitoring, respectively. A decreased on in-hospital mortality was detected in monitored patients following strict and extended criteria. Those patients with a higher baseline risk of poor outcome showed higher odds of favorable outcome if they were monitored. CONCLUSION: ICP monitoring in patients with severe TBI within 24 hours after injury following strict and extended criteria was associated with a decreased in-hospital mortality. The identification of patients with a higher risk of an unfavorable outcome might be useful to better select cases that would benefit more from ICP monitoring.
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    Inverse probability weighted estimation of social tariffs: an illustration using the SF-6D value sets
    (Elsevier, 2011-12) Méndez Martínez, Ildefonso; Abellán Perpiñán, José María; Sánchez Martínez, Fernando I.; Martínez Pérez, Jorge E.; Economía Aplicada
    This paper presents a novel approach to model health state valuations using inverse probability weighting techniques. Our approach makes no assumption on the distribution of health state values, accommodates covariates in a flexible way, eschews parametric assumptions on the relationship between the outcome and the covariates, allows for an undetermined amount of heterogeneity in the estimates and it formally tests and corrects for sample selection biases. The proposed model is semi-parametrically estimated and it is illustrated with health state valuation data collected for Spain using the SF-6D descriptive system. Estimation results indicate that the standard regression model underestimates the utility loss that the Spanish general population assigns to departures from full health, particularly so for severe departures
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    Surgery for acute subdural hematoma: the value of pre-emptive decompressive craniectomy by propensity score analysis
    (Edizioni Minerva Medica, 2023-02) Castaño León, Ana M.; Gómez, Pedro A.; Paredes, Igor; Munarriz, Pablo M.; Panero, Irene; Eiriz, Carla; García Pérez, Daniel; Lagares, Alfonso; Farmacología; Facultades de la UMU::Facultad de Medicina
    BACKGROUND: Acute subdural hematomas (ASDH) are found frequently following traumatic brain injury (TBI) and they are considered the most lethal type of mass lesions. The decision to perform a procedure to evacuate ASDH and the approach, either via craniotomy or decompressive craniectomy (DC), remains controversial. METHODS: We reviewed a prospectively collected series of 343 moderate to severe TBI patients in whom ASDH was the main lesion (ASDH volumes ≥10 cc). Patients with early comfort measures (early mortality prediction >50% and not ICP monitored), bilateral ASDH or the presence of another intracranial hematoma with volumes exceeding two times the volume of the ASDH were excluded. Among them, 112 were managed conservatively, 65 underwent ASDH evacuation by craniotomy and 166 by DC (103 pre-emptive DC, 63 obligatory DC). We calculated the average treatment effect by propensity score (PS) analysis using the following covariates: age, year, hypoxia, shock, pupils, major extracranial injury, motor score, midline shift, ASDH volume, swelling, intraventricular and subarachnoid hemorrhage presence. Then, multivariable binary regression and ordinal logistic regression analysis were performed to estimate associations between predictors and mortality and 12 months-GOS respectively. The patients’ inverse probability weights were included as an independent variable in both regression models. RESULTS: The main variables associated with outcome were year, age, falls from patient´s own height, hypoxia, early deterioration, pupillary abnormalities, basal cistern effacement, compliance to ICP monitoring guidelines and type of surgical approach (craniotomy and pre-emptive DC). CONCLUSIONS: According to sliding dichotomy analysis, we found that patients in the intermediate or worst bands of unfavorable outcome prognosis seemed to achieve better than expected outcome if they underwent pre-emptive DC rather than craniotomy.