Medical Hydrology and Balneology: Environmental Aspects

Perception and Knowledge about Balneology
therapies in Spanish people attended
in primary care
Barchilón V (1) , Romero R (1) , Martinez J (1) , López E (1) , Lubian M (1) , Hidalgo J (1) ,
Hidalgo M (1) , Garzón M (1) , Carmona C (1)
(1) Health Center, San Fernando, Cádiz, Spain
vbarchilon@gmail.com
Introduction and Objectives
To know the opinion knowledge and perception of Balneology therapies in a
population of Spanish people attended in a primary care office.
Materials and Methods
Transversal descriptive studies.
Location and participates: 117 persons attended in San Fernando’s primary care
office during the first two weeks of April 2012.
We use self-administered questionnaire.
Results
The Characteristics of the population surveyed is 51,7% between 40 and 60
years old, 21,6% between 60 and 80 years old, and over 80 1,7%. Female 73,3%
and 26,7% men.
The word balneology is associated with relaxation by 40,5% and 44% to health
problems.
The majority, 79,3% believe that in a balneology can be treated a lot of problems
and 89,7% believe they would improve their health’s conditions.
48,3% of the population surveyed, think that could be treated of stress and anxiety
with 39,7% of their pain relief.
57,4% answered that they know some balneology, confused by 10,9% with a
spa.
About 80% do not know request for a place in a balneology and 70,3% do not
know that there are administration helps to go to a balneology.
Of the total surveyed population 21,4%have ever gone to a balneology.
Of those who went to some balneology, only 21,7% went with some form of
state financing.
60% of those who came were for pain. Of these, 50% noticed improvement in
their muscle aches and 36,4% of their anxiety. This effect remained a month in
40,0% of the population who had improvement.
Balnea
2012, núm. 6, 442-443
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ISBN: 978-84-669-1887-0
978-84-669-3482-4