1. Annual Report 2025
  2. Research
  3. VERTAP

VERTAP

Research Group in addressing vertigo in primary care

The group main objectives are:
1.- Improve the approach of vertigo in Primary Care.
2.- Improve the diagnosis and treatment of vertigo through online training with face-to-face reinforcement (current project).
3.- Improve the approach of vertigo through an algorithm within the ECAP (future project).

Group projects

  • NystaREC. Barcelona Mobile Ventures, S.L. 2022-2025. IP: Eva Peguero Rodríguez.

  • Evaluación del riesgo cardiovascular en pacientes con psoriasis: estudio de cohorte retrospectivo en centros de atención primaria del Institut Català de la Salut de Barcelona Ciudad (Estudio PSORVASC). ICS - Institut Català de la Salut. 2025-2027. IP: Olga Lucia Arias Agudelo.

  • Prevalencia del tratamiento crónico de betahistina en una muestra poblacional de Cataluña. Estudio transversal. 2024-2027. IP: Sergio Morelló Torrellas.

  • Malaltia, risc cardiovascular i estils de vida en atenció primària (MARCEVAP). (SENIOR-23/5). ICS - Institut Català de la Salut. 2024-2026. IP: Yolanda Rando Matos.

  • Estudi del vertigen i trastorns de l'equilibri a l'atenció primària. (INTENS-24/8). ICS - Institut Català de la Salut. IP: José Luis Ballvé Moreno.

  • App per a mòbils per fer nistagmografíes incorporades a un algoritme diagnòstic del vertigen perifèric paroxistic benigne. NYSTAVERT. Fundació d'Atenció Primària (FAP) - CAMFIC; Fundación migranodearena; Viladecans Style Oulet - VTSO. 2019IP: José Luis Ballvé Moreno.

Group publications

  • Hernández EM, Moreno JLB, Monzon CB, Ormeño MLR, Muñoz SC, Esquius NP et al. Treatment and eradication of Helicobacter pylori infection in Primary Care. Med. Fam.-SEMERGEN. 2025;51(9):102642-102642. PMID:41223491.

  • Díaz Herrera MA, González Durán M, Rodriguez Martinez FJ, Tujillo Flores G, Tuset Mateu N, Verdú Soriano J et al. The financial burden of chronic wounds in primary care: A real-world data analysis on cost and prevalence. Int. J. Nurs. Stud. Adv. 2025;8100313-100313. PMID:40535786.

  • Guardiola Arévalo A, Roca JM, Alvarez MN, Muñoz RC, Arbeloa JMM, Romero JA. Small intestine bacterial overgrowth: Myths and realities. Aten. Prim. 2025;57(4):103201-103201. PMID:39799751.

  • Perez Patiño J, Carrillo Muñoz R, Rando Matos Y, Cunillera Puértolas O, Sanllorente Melenchón A, Villar Balboa I et al. Sex and age differences in the management of dizziness/vertigo in primary care: a retrospective population-based study. BMC Prim. Care. 2025;26(1):387-387. PMID:41327066.

  • Bundó Luque D, Cunillera Puértolas O, Cobo Guerrero S, Romano J, Arbiol Roca A, Domínguez Alonso JA et al. Recalibrating the kidney failure risk equation for a Mediterranean European population: reducing age and sex inequality (vol 11, 1497780, 2025). Front. Med. 2025;121583117-1583117. PMID:40224632.

  • Bundó Luque D, Cunillera Puértolas O, Cobo Guerrero S, Romano J, Arbiol Roca A, Domínguez Alonso JA et al. Recalibrating the kidney failure risk equation for a Mediterranean European population: reducing age and sex inequality. Front. Med. 2025;111497780-1497780. PMID:39944820..

  • Martín Cardona A, Ibáñez Sanz G, Sudrià Lopez E, Arau B, Carballal S, Garcia Puig R et al. Rationale and design of the NATURCEL registry: Study of the NATURal history and the epidemiological, clinical, diagnostic and therapeutic aspects of CoELiac disease and noncoeliac enteropathies. Gastroenterol. Hepatol. 502648-502648. PMID:41453604.

  • Ruiz Mariscal E, Salvador González B, Cunillera Puértolas O, Sanllorente Melenchón A, Rigau Sabadell M, Fernández Blanco J et al. Patrones de uso y preferencias de ocio audiovisual en población de 3 a 12 años. Estudio transversal. Gac. Sanit. 2025;39102543-102543. PMID:41297122.

  • Hernando Redondo J, Hernáez A, Sanllorente A, Pintó X, Estruch R, Salas Salvadó J et al. Mediterranean Diet Modulates Gene Expression of Cholesterol Efflux Receptors in High-Risk Cardiovascular Patients. Mol. Nutr. Food Res. 2025;69(13): PMID:40344371.

  • Agustí C, Cunillera O, Mascort J, Carrillo R, Casabona J. Implicit bias in HIV testing based on indicator conditions in primary care: a population-based study in Catalonia, Spain, 2017 to 2021. Eurosurveillance. 2025;30(24): PMID:40539311.

  • Villar Balboa I, Regí Bosque M, Almeda Ortega J, Cunillera Puértolas O, Rando Matos Y, Valencia Pedraza I et al. ICD-10-CM coding uncovers the gap between serological and clinically identified coeliac disease prevalence: A population-based study. Eur. J. Intern. Med. 2025;13852-59. PMID:40268583.

  • Vivó GT, Puértolas OC, Riera MA, Esquius NP, Albaladejo MI, Palomar GR et al. Hypothyroidism monitoring and control during the first trimester of pregnancy in Catalonia. Front. Endocrinol. 2025;161445977-1445977. PMID:40171191.

  • Pintado Outumuro E, Salvador González B, Morín Fraile V, Benito Aracil L, Cunillera Puertolas O, Buades Sabater TM et al. Factors associated with self-care in people with advanced chronic kidney disease and their experience of care in Catalonia: an application of Leventhal's self-regulatory model. BMC Nephrol. 2025;26(1):430-430. PMID:40760472.

  • Peguero Rodríguez E, Roman Maestre B, Prieto Villanueva CM. Experiencia de la eutanasia en los equipos de atención primaria. Aten. Prim. 2025;57(8):103303-103303. PMID:40411992.

  • Martin LI, Rando Matos Y, Sanllorente A, Sala CG, Echaniz ED. Evaluation of muscle mass with ultrasound for the early detection of sarcopenia in inactive older adults in primary care. ECOSARC project. Aten. Prim. 2025;57(8):103239-103239. PMID:39986173.

  • Calheiros Cruz Vidigal TI, Rando Matos Y, Flores Mateo G, Ballvé Moreno JL, Peguero Rodríguez E. Epley maneuver, performed by family doctors or emergency physicians, for benign paroxysmal positional vertigo in adults. Cochrane Database Syst Rev. 2025;3(3): PMID:40035328.

  • Cunillera Puertolas O, Vizcaya D, Cobo Guerrero S, Romano Sanchez J, Bundo Luque D, Arbiol Roca A et al. Chronic kidney disease progression in patients with previous type 2 diabetes and/or hypertension: a population-based cohort study from primary care in Spain. BMJ Open. 2025;15(1): PMID:39832990.

  • Rullan Rabassa A, Abiétar GD, Rando Matos Y, Ballvé Moreno JL, Daryanani Nawalrai S, Hernández Méndez P et al. Barriers and facilitators to performing benign paroxysmal positional vertigo manoeuvres among primary care physicians in Barcelona: a qualitative study. BMJ Open. 2025;15(12): PMID:41365585.

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