The IDIAP in the media
During 2016 we issued 27 press releases, mainly on results of research projects of the IDIAP.
We issued press releases on items such as paracetamol, arthrosis, contraception, the ARTPER study, the FRIDEX tool to predict risk of osteoporotic fracture, the study on the effectiveness of an intervention on back pain in schools and a new brief test of physical activity validated in Spanish by the Lifestyles Group. We would like to underscore the items discussed in the 20th Anniversary Meeting of the IDIAP (Alzheimer, diets, antipsychotic drugs, antibiotics and multimorbidity) and the press release on the results of the JOITIC study (access of young people to new technologies).
TOTAL IMPACT: 369
We’d like to highlight:
> Watch TV3 News
TV3 news broadcasted the results of the implementation of the FRIDEX risk classification of the FRAX algorithm in primary care, a Catalan adaptation of the FRAX tool of the WHO that predicts risk of osteoporotic fractures in women, a study conducted by the Osteoporosis Research Group (GROIMAP) of the IDIAP Jordi Gol.
> WatchCanal Siete Días Médicos
Siete Días Médicos interviewed Dr. Paul Wallace on occasion of the 20th Anniversary Meeting of the IDIAP. Dr. Wallace, Emeritus Professor at University College London, pioneered the research in Great Britain on the screening and management of patients with risk patterns for alcohol consumption. He currently investigates the use of new technologies for interventions in cases of alcohol abuse.
> WatchSiete Días Médicos
Siete Días Médicos interviewed Dr. Concepció Violan, director of the IDIAP Jordi Gol, on occasion of the IDIAP’S 20th Anniversary.
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> WatchLa Vanguardia and El Periódico
These newspapers published news items on the Alzheimer’s study that concludes that 15% of Alzheimer’s patients live on their own, presented in the IDIAP’s 20th Anniversary Meeting.
> WatchDiario Médico
Diario Médico published a complete news article and an interview with Dr. Mencia Benítez, principal investigator of a study conducted by the IDIAP Jordi Gol that analysed the effect of dispersible paracetamol on blood pressure.
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> WatchAra and Vilaweb
Researchers of the IDIAP Jordi Gol (Catalan Institute of Health), the Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona and the FPCEE Blanquerna have analysed the prevalence and factors associated with the misuse of information and communication technologies (TIC), Internet, smartphones and videogames in teenagers.
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> WatchJano and Gaceta Médica
Researchers of the Lifestyles Group of the IDIAP Jordi Gol have validated a new screening tool of physical activity in primary care. Various media have publicized these news.