Trait anxiety and self-rated health as predictor variables of medical attention in spanish population

  1. Aparicio García, Marta Evelia 1
  2. Ramos Cejudo, Juan 1
  3. Salguero Noguera, José Martín 2
  4. Sanz Blasco, Rubén 1
  1. 1 Universidad Complutense de Madrid
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    Universidad Complutense de Madrid

    Madrid, España

    ROR 02p0gd045

  2. 2 Universidad de Málaga
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    Universidad de Málaga

    Málaga, España

    ROR https://ror.org/036b2ww28

Revista:
Ansiedad y estrés

ISSN: 1134-7937

Año de publicación: 2011

Volumen: 17

Número: 2-3

Páginas: 125-136

Tipo: Artículo

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Resumen

Comprender los factores que afectan al uso de los servicios médicos es una tarea relevante de cara a mejorar la provisión de los servicios sanitarios. El objetivo del presente estudio fue analizar el efecto de la salud percibida y el rasgo de ansiedad en la predicción de la prevalencia general de visitas así como de los visitadores frecuentes (FAS) en una muestra de población española. Los participantes, 1001 adultos de nacionalidad española seleccionados de forma aleatoria, informaron del número de visitas que realizaron a los servicios de atención primaria y especializada en el último año. La prevalencia general de visitas fue de un 70.7%, con una media de 4.11 visitas por año. Una alta salud percibida se asoció con una menor prevalencia de visitas, mientras que las personas con un alto rasgo de ansiedad tuvieron una probabilidad 2.26 veces mayor de acudir a los servicios sanitarios. En cuanto a los FAS, una peor salud percibida así como un alto rasgo de ansiedad se mostraron como predictores significativos incluso tras controlar el efecto de diferentes variables socio-demográficas. Nuestros resultados añaden evidencias acerca de la importancia de las variables psicológicas a la hora de explicar el uso de los servicios médicos y señalan la importancia de atender las necesidades psicológicas de aquellos usuarios que los visitan con mayor frecuencia.

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