TICS-AP

Research Group Information and Communication Technologies in Primary Care

The TICS-AP group is a multidisciplinary group in which nurses, medical doctors and computer engineers. The members of TICS-AP belong to different areas of Primary Care, including management, research and assistance. The group is integrated to the USR- Camp de Tarragona. One of the researchers is the IDIAP Jordi Gol research technician. In addition, they maintain a close collaboration with the Health Agency of Catalonia and with the Rovira i Virgili University. The general objective of the group is to design and develop various interventions that integrate 2.0 tools and ICTs, and evaluate the effectiveness of these interventions to improve the health of patients seen in primary care.

Group projects

PI: Basora Gallisà, Josep. Efecte HALO de l'estudi PREDIMED-PLUS. Funding: Departament de Salut. Duration: 2017 - 2019

PI: Rey Reñones, Cristina. Efectivitat d'una xarxa de voluntaris activats de forma automàtica en la disminució del temps d'inici de les maniobres de reanimació cardiopulmonar. Funding: Departament de Salut. Duration: 2017 - 2019

PI: Monne Gelonch, Raquel. Eficacia clínica y metabólica del abordaje multicomponente coordinado entre atención primaria y especializada para el tratamiento de la obesidad infantil: Ensayo clínico controlado aleatorizado. Funding: Instituto de Salud Carlos III. Duration: 2016 - 2019

PI: Costa Pinel, Bernardo. Diabetes Prevention - Translating a feasible and cost-effective lifestyle intervention into primary care to reduce the social burden of type 2 diabetes.. Funding: Fundacio La Marato de TV3. Duration: 2016 - 2019

PI: Flores Mateo, Gemma. Efectivitat d'una xarxa de voluntaris activats de forma automàtica en la disminució del temps d'inici de les maniobres de Reanimació Cardiopulmonar.. Funding: Fundació Academia Ciencies Mediques de Catalunya I de Balears (L'Acadèmia). Duration: 2017 - 2018

PI: Flores Mateo, Gemma. Association between iron status and coronary heart disease, diabetes, and metabolic syndrome: a population-based cohort study. Funding: Fundacio La Marato de TV3. Duration: 2016 - 2018

The group participates in the following projects

PI: Gens Barberà, Montserrat. Efectividad de la implementación de distintas herramientas de Seguridad del Paciente para definir un nuevo mapa de riesgo en Atención Primaria. Funding: Instituto de Salud Carlos III. Duration: 2018 - 2020

PI: Aragonès Benaiges, Enric. Com els nivells de ferritina sèrica determinen la incidència de depressió puerperal. Funding: IDIAP Jordi Gol. Duration: 2018 - 2020

Group Publications

Cabré JJ, Mur T, Costa B, Barrio F, López-Moya C, Sagarra R, García-Barco M, Vizcaíno J, Bonaventura I, Ortiz N, Flores-Mateo G; Catalan Diabetes Prevention Research Group. Feasibility and effectiveness of electrochemical dermal conductance measurement for the screening of diabetic neuropathy in primary care. DECODING Study (Dermal Electrochemical Conductance in Diabetic Neuropathy). Rationale and design. Medicine. 2018 May; 97(20):e10750. doi:10.1097/MD.0000000000010750. pmc:PMC5976341. PMID:29768354. IF: 1,803.

Granado-Font E, Ferré-Grau C, Rey-Reñones C, Pons-Vigués M, Pujol Ribera E, Berenguera A, Barrera-Uriarte ML, Basora J, Valverde-Trillo A, Duch J, Flores-Mateo G. Coping Strategies and Social Support in a Mobile Phone Chat App Designed to Support Smoking Cessation: Qualitative Analysis. JMIR mHealth and uHealth. 2018;6(12):11071. PMID:30573445. IF: 4,636.

Vidal-Alaball J, Garcia Domingo JL, Garcia Cuyàs F, Mendioroz Peña J, Flores Mateo G, Deniel Rosanas J, Sauch Valmaña G. A cost savings analysis of asynchronous teledermatology compared to face-to-face dermatology in Catalonia. BMC health services research. 2018 Aug; 18(1):650. doi:10.1186/s12913-018-3464-4. Epub 2018 Aug 22. pmc:PMC6103877. PMID:30134891. IF: 1,827.

Thesis

Flores G [Director]. Vidal J [Doctorand]. Evaluating the impact of asynchronous telemedicine in the Catalan central region. Vic. Universitat de Vic. 23/11/2018.

Indicators

Indicator

2018

Researchers with PhD

3

Total number of projects in which group members have participated

12

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

5

Total Funding

363.998,47€

Scientific publications in indexed journals

3

Total Impact factor

8,27

Nº of articles in Q1 journals

1

Q1 IF

4,636

Nº of articles in Q2 journals

1

Q2 IF

1,803

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