Research area: Respiratory

Description

The research group is made up of health professionals belonging to primary health care service centres in Barcelona's Eixample Dreta and the pneumological service of the Hospital Sant Pau. It includes doctors and nurses from primary health care, specialised health care and the rehabilitation service. The group emerged as a consequence of the need to adequately coordinate the available health resources and to establish uniformity and consensus for the activities of the different levels of health care involved in its handling. It originated with the creation of the COPD Process, a multidisciplinary program joining primary and hospital care for the improved treatment of COPD. The group's objective, therefore, is to improve care of respiratory diseases through research into health services and applied clinical research (organisational management models, coordination between health care levels, reduction of variability) in order to improve the handling of these patients and their clinical results.

Research Lines

Study of comorbidity and exacerbations in Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease and early detection, Evaluation of a health education program in asthmatic patients, Validation of an organizational model and a clinical model of screening for the Apnea Hipopnea Sleep Syndrome (SAHS).

Members

Projects

The group participates in the following projects:

PI: Álvarez Ibáñez, MªIsabel. Estudio de la Efectividad de la Vacuna antipertúsica en pacientes atendidos en centros de atención primaria. Estudio de Casos y Controles. Funding: ICS - Institut Català de la Salut. Duration: 2016

PI: Balcells Vilarnau, Ligeia. Anàlisi d'una intervenció del dolor d’esquena des de l'Atenció Primària: programa d’educació sanitària en l'àmbit escolar. Resultats i conclusions preliminars. Funding: ICS - Institut Català de la Salut. Duration: 2016

PI: Simonet Aineto, Pere Josep. Factores predictivos de ingreso hospitalario en las exacerbaciones de EPOC tratadas inicialmente en Atención Primaria. Funding: ICS - Institut Català de la Salut. Duration: 2014 - 2016

PI: Flor Escriche, Xavier. Paquete Mínimo para el Asma (PAMA). Abordaje desde Atención Primaria. Funding: ICS - Institut Català de la Salut. Duration: 2013 - 2016

Publications

The group participates in the following publications:

Flor X, Lamarca L, Méndez J, Álvarez S, Feijoo MV. Asthma, Anxiety and Depression are they walking together? Cross-Sectional Descriptive Study. Archives of Clinical and Experimental Surgery. 2016;2:10-15.

Flor-Escriche X, Méndez-Gómez J, Poblet-Cortés R, Lamarca-Fornell L, Álvarez-Álvarez S, Davies-Daunas SA. Quality of life and associated factors in asthma in a Primary Care Center. Application of the reduced version of the Asthma Quality of Life Questionnaire. Semergen. 2016 Nov; 42(8):538-546. doi:10.1016/j.semerg.2015.12.014. Epub 2016 Feb 06. Spanish. PMID:26858229.

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.

Solano R, Crespo I, Fernández MI, Valero C, Álvarez MI, Godoy P, Caylà JA, Domínguez À. Underdetection and underreporting of pertussis in children attended in primary health care centers: Do surveillance systems require improvement? American journal of infection control. 2016 Nov; 44(11):e251-e256. doi:10.1016/j.ajic.2016.03.033. Epub 2016 May 13. PMID:27184210. FI: 1,995.

Vargas C, Burgos F, Cano I, Blanco I, Caminal P, Escarrabill J, Gallego C, Llauger MA, Miralles F, Solans O, Vallverdú M, Velickovski F, Roca J. Protocol for regional implementation of collaborative lung function testing. NPJ primary care respiratory medicine. 2016 Jun; 26:16024. doi:10.1038/npjpcrm.2016.24. Epub 2016 Jun 02. pmc:PMC4890075. PMID:27251304. FI: 1,149.

Awards:

Best poster. Boehringer Ingelheim. PAquete mínimo para el asMA (PAMA). Abordaje desde atención primaria. Lamarca L, Flor X.

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