[Recommendations for Primary Health Care for transgender people]. / Recomendaciones para la atención de la salud en Atención Primaria de las personas transgénero.

The WHO defines Primary Health Care as essential health care, based on practical, scientifically founded and socially acceptable methods and technologies, made available to all individuals and families in the community, through their full participation, and at a cost that the community and the country can bear, at each and every stage of their development, in a spirit of self-responsibility and self-determination. With the intention of fulfilling the basic objective of caring for and promoting health in all the groups that make up our current society, the need arises to focus on certain groups in which the actions of Primary Care are currently consensual or poorly protocolised, as is the case with the health care of transgender people.

Evaluación biopsicosocial y del equilibrio en una intervención en la comunidad con ejercicio en mayores / Biopsychosocial and balance assessment in a community intervention with exercise in older people

Objetivos: Determinar el impacto en el equilibrio estático y dinámico, y en la esfera biopsicosocial, de una intervención en la comunidad basada en ejercicio físico, dirigida a personas mayores de 65 años. Metodología: Se realizó un estudio cuasiexperimental, pretest-postest, para el cual se seleccionó a 20 individuos mayores de 65 años de edad. Los participantes se evaluaron mediante el cuestionario COOP/WONCA, la prueba de estación unipodal y el test Timed Up and Go. La intervención se desarrolló en 16 sesiones con ejercicios de tonificación, movilidad, equilibrio y flexibilidad. Resultados: La intervención se asoció a una mejora del equilibrio estático y dinámico; así como del dolor expresado, del estado de salud referido y de las relaciones sociales. Conclusiones: La intervención en la comunidad con ejercicio físico podría mejorar el equilibrio y la esfera biopsicosocial en pacientes mayores de 65 años, lo que contribuiría a reducir la carga asistencial y a favorecer un envejecimiento activo (AU)

Objectives: To assess the impact, in terms of static and dynamic balance and biopsychosocial factors, of a community-based physical exercise program in community-dwelling older adults. Methods: A quasi-experimental pretest-postest study in 20 community-dwelling, age 65 and older adults. Participants were evaluated using COOP/ WONCA questionnaire, unipedal stance test and Timed Up and Go test. Intervention program consisted of 16 physical exercise sessions (including strength, mobility, balance and flexibility exercises). Results Intervention was associated with an improvement in both static and dynamic balance, expressed pain, health self-assessment, and social interaction. Conclusions: Physical exercise community-based interventions might improve balance and several biopsychosocial factors in community-dwelling older adults. This could contribute to decrease caseload in health-care centers and promote healthy aging (AU)