Spanish Children (spanish + child)

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Heterozygous glucokinase mutations and birth weight in Spanish children

DIABETIC MEDICINE, Issue 5 2010
J. De Las Heras
No abstract is available for this article. [source]


Stabilization of asthma prevalence among adolescents and increase among schoolchildren (ISAAC phases I and III) in Spain,

ALLERGY, Issue 12 2004
L. García-Marcos
Background:, Most studies show a steep increase in asthma prevalence in the last decades, although few studies had applied the same methodology. Recent reports point out the possibility that the epidemic has come to an end. We have studied the prevalence of asthma in a very large sample of children, repeating the study eight years apart. Methods:, Repeated cross-sectional studies using the International Study of Asthma and Allergies in Childhood (ISAAC) protocol in a sample of Spanish schoolchildren 6,7 (parent-reported) and 13,14 (self-reported) years old in 1994,95 (phase I) and 2002,2003 (phase III). The number of participants was 42 417 in phase I and 42 813 in phase III. The participation rate was over 87% (13,14 years) and 70% (6,7 years). Results:, The prevalence of wheezing in the previous year in children aged 13,14 years was 9.0 and 9.3% for boys and 9.6 and 9.2% for girls for phases I and III, respectively. Children 6,7 years of age showed a substantial increase in wheezing in the previous year (7.0 and 10.7% for boys and 5.3 and 8.2% for girls). Other symptoms and severity indexes followed the same patterns. Conclusions:, In the last 8 years, the prevalence of asthma has not changed in 13,14-year-old Spanish children but has increased substantially in 6,7-year olds. [source]


Use of the Kidcope to identify socio-economically diverse Spanish school-age children's stressors and coping strategies

CHILD: CARE, HEALTH AND DEVELOPMENT, Issue 6 2009
N. Pereda
Abstract Background The process by which children cope with stressful events is a very relevant topic. However, few systematic efforts have been made to design age-specific measures. Methods This study examined problems commonly experienced by children, ages between 7 and 12 years, from two different sources: a primary school mainly enrolling families of medium socio-economic status, and an after-school social care centre from a socially and economically deprived neighbourhood. Data were obtained using the younger version of the Kidcope. Results Almost 55% of the sample reported a problem related to others with no differences observed in age, gender or school group. The strategies that children considered the most effective were ,social support' (35%), ,emotional regulation' (33%) and ,wishful thinking' (32%). The children from disadvantaged backgrounds reported different problems mainly related with ,victimization and violence', ,moving house' and conflicts with ,norms and rules' and tended to use avoidant strategies to face them, which could be related to the perception of uncontrollability of these stressors. Conclusions This study reported the first descriptive results in the type of problems and coping strategies of two different social groups of Spanish children using the Kidcope. The Kidcope can be useful to screen children for coping abilities at an early age living under stressful conditions in underprivileged sectors of society. [source]


Antibiotic susceptibility and molecular epidemiology of nasopharyngeal pneumococci from Spanish children

CLINICAL MICROBIOLOGY AND INFECTION, Issue 8 2008
D. Sánchez-Tatay
Abstract Nasopharyngeal pneumococci were collected from 635 Spanish children aged 6 months to 6 years attending four primary healthcare centres (n = 276) or two hospital emergency rooms (n = 359); 36% of the children had received ,1 dose of pneumococcal conjugate vaccine (PCV7). Overall, the carriage rate of Streptococcus pneumoniae was 31%, with no significant differences in carriage rates according to setting. Colonization with vaccine serotypes was significantly associated with the absence of PCV7 immunization (29.4% vs. 5.9%, p <0.001). Forty-seven per cent of all isolates were penicillin- and/or erythromycin-non-susceptible; 13 international antibiotic-resistant clones were represented among non-susceptible pneumococci and were similarly distributed among vaccine and non-vaccine serotypes. [source]


High seroprevalence of Pneumocystis infection in Spanish children

CLINICAL MICROBIOLOGY AND INFECTION, Issue 11 2004
N. Respaldiza
Abstract Pneumocystis infection occurs worldwide, and most individuals test seropositive for Pneumocystis early in childhood. Little is known about the epidemiology of this infection in western Europe. The seroprevalence of Pneumocystis infection in 233 Spanish children was determined in a community study by immunoblot analysis of sera. The overall seroprevalence was 73%, with an age-related increase from 52% at 6 years to 66% at 10 years and 80% at 13 years. The data indicated a high seroprevalence of Pneumocystis infection in healthy Spanish children, thereby demonstrating that this pathogen is widespread in southern Spain. [source]