Research area: Health Services Research

Description

Multidisciplinary group constituted by primary care professionals, pharmacists, statisticians and members of the Catalan Institute of Physical Education. The GRETAP Group has studied pharmacological and non-pharmacological therapies in the general population since 2007. Professionals from the University of Lleida, the Institute of Biomedical Research of Lleida and the Epidemiology Unit of the Catalan Health Department also collaborate with the GRETAP Group. The main areas of research are prevalence, efficiency, cost and adherence to pharmacological and non-pharmacological therapies.

Research Lines

Applicability of the study of exposure to drugs in a population; Treatment adherence; Changes of diseases over time; Health Inequality; Efficiency and cost-effectiveness of new therapies; Drug monitoring; Efficiency and cost-effectiveness of various non-pharmacological therapeutic interventions.

Members

Projects

Group projects:

PI: Mauricio Puente, Dídac. Estudio transversal para analizar la epidemiología de la DM1 con la base de datos SIDIAP. eControl epiDM1. Funding: Lilly, S.A. Duration: 2016 - 2018

PI: Mata Cases, José Manuel. Prevalence of comorbidities among type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM) patients in Spain. Funding: Merck Sharp & Dohme de España, S.A. Duration: 2016 - 2018

PI: Verdú Rotellar, José María. Estratificación pronóstica de la insuficiencia cardiaca descompensada en atención primaria: Estudio HEFESTOS. Funding: Instituto de Salud Carlos III. Duration: 2015 - 2017

PI: Muñoz Pérez, Miguel Angel. Factores pronósticos de mortalidad a corto plazo en enfermos con Insuficiencia cardiaca avanzada: Estudio HADES. Funding: IDIAP Jordi Gol. Duration: 2015 - 2017

PI: Yuguero Torres, Oriol. Estudio de la empatía de los médicos y enfermeras de Atención Primaria de la Región Sanitaria de Lleida y su relación con las variables clínicas. Funding: ICS - Institut Català de la Salut. Duration: 2014 - 2017

PI: Muñoz Pérez, Miguel Angel. Epidemiology of Heart Failure in Catalonia: a cohort study. Funding: Novartis Pharma AG. Duration: 2015 - 2016

PI: Real Gatius, Jordi. Estrategias de emparejamiento de muestras (matching) para eliminar la confusión en los estudios observacionales: Aplicación en farmacoepidemiología con grandes bases de datos de registros clínicos. Funding: ICS - Institut Català de la Salut. Duration: 2014 - 2016

The group participates in the following projects:

PI: Foguet Boreu, Quintí. Identificación de los patrones de multimorbilidad y la polimedicación asociada, a una muestra poblacional de atención primaria. Funding: Instituto de Salud Carlos III. Duration: 2013 - 2016

PI: Teixidó Armengol, Conxita. Evaluación de un programa de intervención familiar en población infantil con sobrepeso u obesidad en relación a la mejora de resultados antropométricos a largo plazo: Ensayo clínico aleatorio controlado. Funding: Instituto de Salud Carlos III. Duration: 2013 - 2016

PI: Martínez Ramos, Elena. Evaluación de la efectividad de una intervención basada en la disminución de las horas de sedestación en pacientes con sobrepeso u obesidad moderada (proyecto SEDESTACTIV). Ensayo clínico aleatorio controlado. Funding: Instituto de Salud Carlos III. Duration: 2012 - 2016

Publications

Group Publications:

Esquerda M, Yuguero O, Viñas J, Pifarré J. The medical empathy, is it born or is it made? Evolution of the empathy in medical students. Atencion primaria / Sociedad Espan?ola de Medicina de Familia y Comunitaria. 2016 Jan; 48(1):8-14. doi:10.1016/j.aprim.2014.12.012. Epub 2015 May 29. Spanish. PMID:26027760. FI: 1,098.

González-de Paz L, Real J, Borrás-Santos A, Martínez-Sánchez JM, Rodrigo-Baños V, Dolores Navarro-Rubio M. Associations between informal care, disease, and risk factors: A Spanish country-wide population-based study. Journal of public health policy. 2016 May; 37(2):173-89. doi:10.1057/jphp.2016.3. Epub 2016 Feb 11. PMID:26865318. FI: 1,652.

Mata-Cases M, Franch-Nadal J, Real J, Mauricio D. Glycaemic control and antidiabetic treatment trends in primary care centres in patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus during 2007-2013 in Catalonia: a population-based study. BMJ open. 2016 Oct; 6(10):e012463. doi:10.1136/bmjopen-2016-012463. Epub 2016 Zer 5. PMID:27707830. FI: 2,562.

Mata-Cases M, Mauricio D, Real J, Bolíbar B, Franch-Nadal J. Is diabetes mellitus correctly registered and classified in primary care? A population-based study in Catalonia, Spain. Endocrinologia y nutricion : organo de la Sociedad Espanola de Endocrinologia y Nutricion. 2016 Nov; 63(9):440-448. doi:10.1016/j.endonu.2016.07.004. Epub 2016 Sep 06. PMID:27613079.

Muñoz MA, Real J, Del Val JL, Vinyoles E, Mundet X, Frigola-Capell E, Llauger MA, Orfila F, Domingo M, Verdú-Rotellar JM. Determinants of survival and hospitalization in older, heart failure patients receiving home healthcare. International journal of cardiology. 2016 Jan; 207:145-149. doi:10.1016/j.ijcard.2016.01.170. pii:S0167-5273(16)30166-8. PMID:26802820. FI: 4,638.

Real J, Cleries R, Forné C, Roso-Llorach A, Martínez-Sánchez JM. Use of multiple regression models in observational studies (1970-2013) and requirements of the STROBE guidelines in Spanish scientific journals. Semergen. 2016 Nov; 42(8):523-529. doi:10.1016/j.semerg.2015.06.020. Epub 2015 Nov 06. Spanish. PMID:26548318.

Real J, Forné C, Roso-Llorach A, Martínez-Sánchez JM. Quality Reporting of Multivariable Regression Models in Observational Studies: Review of a Representative Sample of Articles Published in Biomedical Journals. Medicine. 2016 May; 95(20):e3653. doi:10.1097/MD.0000000000003653. pmc:PMC4902409. PMID:27196467. FI: 2,133.

Santesmases-Masana R, González-de Paz L, Real J, Borràs-Santos A, Sisó-Almirall A, Navarro-Rubio MD. Health literacy in patients with heart failure treated in primary care. Aten Primaria. 2017 Jan;49(1):28-34. doi:10.1016/j.aprim.2016.03.003. Epub 2016 May 25. Spanish. PubMed PMID: 27236716. FI: 1,098.

Yuguero O, Ramon Marsal J, Esquerda M, Vivanco L, Soler-González J. Association between low empathy and high burnout among primary care physicians and nurses in Lleida, Spain. The European journal of general practice. 2016 Oct; doi:10.1080/13814788.2016.1233173. Epub 2016 Zer 10. PMID:27723375. FI: 1,364.

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