title: [Factors influencing the consequences of disease on urologic patients].
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  This study analyzed various factors that may affect social and personal consequences of disease in urological patients, as well as any possible relationships between these factors and disadvantageous situations they might produce.
  
  
  METHODS
  A two-year retrospective study on patients of the University Hospital of Valladolid was conducted. The material used included a thorough analysis of case histories and questionnaires comprising all factors considered of interest by the most relevant Bodily Harm Valuers. The data obtained were processed and analyzed by the Statistics and Operations Research Departments of the University of Valladolid.
  
  
  RESULTS
  In our study, sex and age were remarkably influential on sexual, economic and disablement damages. The different types of illnesses and the types of operations performed (non-surgical operations presented less consequences than surgical ones), as well as other factors such as distance from the patients' home to hospital, had a statistically significant correlation with the consequences of disease.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  We can detect certain disadvantageous situations through a previous study of the different variables that are collected in case histories, such as social, personal and economic circumstances. Thus, we can plan support programs in the future that will certainly reduce the consequences of disease.
authors.affiliation: Universidad de Valladolid, Hospital Universitario de Valladolid, España.
authors.forename: A D
authors.initials: AD
authors.lastname: Reboto Rodríguez
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Fernández del Busto
authors.forename: J A
authors.initials: JA
authors.lastname: Menéndez Fernández
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D017281:Cost of Illness; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D014570:Urologic Diseases / Q000150:complications / Q000523:psychology
vernacular_title: Estudio de los factores que influyen sobre las consecuencias de la enfermedad en los pacientes urológicos.