[Clinical management of patient with benign prostatic hyperplasia in Spain]. / Manejo asistencial del paciente con hiperplasia benigna de próstata en España.
Actas Urol Esp
; 35(10): 580-8, 2011.
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ABSTRACT
OBJECTIVES:
To identify clinical management of benign prostatic hyperplasia (BPH) in Spain and its associated health care resources. MATERIAL ANDMETHODS:
A qualitative cross-sectional study was conducted through telephone interviews to general practitioners (GP) and urologists. Information about diagnosis, pharmacologic treatment and follow-up was collected. Results were clustered according to the key variables considered as drivers of clinical practice patterns BPH diagnosis, severity classification, treatment initiation and follow up of patients.RESULTS:
153 GP and 154 urologists participated in the study. 7 different clinical patterns were identified in primary care (PC). Resource use during diagnosis is relatively homogeneous, reporting a range of 2.0 to 2.6 visits employed and being the most frequent test performed PSA and urine test. Follow-up is heterogeneous; frequency of follow-up visits oscillates from 3.2 to 7.0 visits/patient/year and type of tests performed is different among patterns and within the same pattern. In Urology, 3 clinical patterns were identified. Resource use is homogeneous in the diagnosis and in the follow-up; urologists employed 2 visits in diagnosis and a range of 2.1 to 3.2 visits/patient/year in the follow-up. The most frequent tests both in diagnosis and follow-up are PSA and digital test.CONCLUSIONS:
BPH management shows variability in PC, identifying 7 different clinical practice patterns with different resource use during the follow-up among patterns and within the same pattern. The implementation of clinical guidelines could be justified to reduce heterogeneity.
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Coleções:
01-internacional
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MEDLINE
Assunto principal:
Atenção Primária à Saúde
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Hiperplasia Prostática
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Urologia
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Padrões de Prática Médica
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Gerenciamento Clínico
Tipo de estudo:
Diagnostic_studies
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Guideline
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Observational_studies
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Prevalence_studies
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Prognostic_studies
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Qualitative_research
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Risk_factors_studies
Limite:
Adult
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Female
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Humans
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Male
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Middle aged
País/Região como assunto:
Europa
Idioma:
Es
Revista:
Actas Urol Esp
Ano de publicação:
2011
Tipo de documento:
Article