FRAGICAP

Research Group for the prevention, diagnosis and management of fragility and functional decline, both physical and cognitive in the elderly

The FRAGICAP group, fragility in Primary Care, is made up of primary care physicians and nurses, clinical psychologist and epidemiologist. The research lines are: Detection of fragility: prognostic factors and screening tools; Multifactor interventions for the prevention of fragilty and disability; Home care, caregivers and mistreatment in the elderly; Cognitive impairment The group collaborates with geriatricians from the University College of Cork. The members of the group have 14 publications in the last three years.

The group participates in the following projects

PI: Violán Fors, Concepció. Construcción y validación de un Score predictivo de riesgo de institucionalización, ingresos hospitalarios y mortalidad, en mayores de 65 años con multimorbilidad y fragilidad. Funding: Instituto de Salud Carlos III. Duration: 2020 - 2022

PI: Canivell Fusté, Silvia. Influencia del tratamiento antidiabético en el desarrollo de deterioro cognitivo en los pacientes diabéticos tipo 2 en Barcelona. Funding: ICS - Institut Català de la Salut. Duration: 2019 - 2021

PI: Orfila Pernas, Francesc. Incidència i evolució de la infecció per sars-cov2 en població major de 64 anys segons nivells de fragilitat. Funding: ICS - Institut Català de la Salut. Duration: 2020

PI: Orfila Pernas, Francesc. Evaluación e intervención multimodal centrada en el paciente anciano en riesgo de resultados adversos, fragilidad y declive funcional en la comunidad. Proyecto CARTS. Funding: Instituto de Salud Carlos III. Duration: 2017 - 2020

The group participates in the following publications

Cegri F, Orfila F, Abellana RM, Pastor-Valero M. The impact of frailty on admission to home care services and nursing homes: eight-year follow-up of a community-dwelling, older adult, Spanish cohort. BMC Geriatr. 2020 08; 20(1):281. doi:10.1186/s12877-020-01683-9. Epub 2020 Aug 06. pmc:PMC7412800. PMID:32762773. IF: 3,077.

Soldevila N, Vinyoles E, Tobias A, Banegas JR, De La Sierra A, Gorostidi M, Segura J, De La Cruz JJ, Muñoz-Pérez MA, Querol X, Ruilope LM. How do ultrafine particles in urban air affect ambulatory blood pressure?. J. Hypertens.. 2020 May; 38(5):845-849. doi:10.1097/HJH.0000000000002343. PMID:31977571. IF: 4,171.

Indicators

Indicator

2020

Researchers with PhD

6

Total number of projects in which group members have participated

4

Total number of projects in which the PI of the project has belonged to the group

2

Total Funding

76.835 €

Scientific publications in indexed journals

2

Total Impact factor

7,25

Nº of articles in Q1 journals

2

Q1 IF

7,248

Nº of articles in Q2 journals

0

Q2 IF

 
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