7% of patients in home palliative care have a desire to advance death

A study with 43 PADES teams in Catalonia analyzed the desire to advance death in about 1,700 patients. The main reasons are spiritual discomfort, especially related to the lack of meaning and connection, psycho-emotional discomfort and ethical discomfort.

Fotografía del Banco dr Imágenes Enfermeras. Autoría: Ariadna Creus i Àngel García

Consult the latest scientific publications of the IDIAPJGol

Check the latest articles published in scientific journals by our researchers. 

We tested new FFP2 masks at the Real World Lab

Within the framework of the Real World Lab (RWL), an initiative of the IDIAPJGol Innovation Commission to validate and test new solutions within the health sector, a qualitative and quantitative methodology study and an economic evaluation study have been developed with the objective of to analyze the differences between the FFP2 Proveil® mask (developed by the CSIC and Bionicia and marketed by the Tarragona company Gomà-Camps) and the standard FFP2 used in Primary Care Centers.

The researcher Laura Medina Perucha obtains a Sara Borrell scholarship granted by the Carlos III Health Institute

This aid, the first of its kind for an IDIAPJGol professional, will allow the researcher's training to be perfected.

CAMFiC receives the Cross of Sant Jordi

The Catalan Society of Family and Community Medicine, a scientific society in Catalonia with more than 4,700 associated family doctors, has been one of the institutions awarded this year with the Cross of Sant Jordi.

Vall d'Hebron and IDIAP Jordi Gol collaborate for research on cardiovascular diseases and diabetes

Today, November 30, a conference was held to present the main lines of research in which both institutions collaborate in this field.