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and for developing and evaluating health policies.
Evaluation of health services efficiency and effec- tiveness. Application of Health-Related Quality of Life (HRQL) measuring instruments as outcomes in the evaluation of the efficacy, effectiveness and efficiency of medical procedures or health programs, specially
psychometric or econometric tools to measure HRQL, respectively) for the economic evaluation of health services. Research findings are relevant for clinicians’ and regulators’s decision-making and, therefore, they should contribute to quality improvement and efficien- cy of the national health system.
Most relevant scientific articles
AVILA M., BECERRA V., GUEDEA F., SUAREZ J.F., FERNáN- an regions most affected by the economic crisis: The DEZ P., MACIAS V. ET AL. Estimating preferences for treat- cross-sectional PEGASUS-Murcia project. PLoS ONE.
Research groups
ments in patients with localized prostate cancer. Inter- national Journal of Radiation Oncology Biology Physics. 2015;91(2):277-287.
MCGRATH J.J., SAHA S., AL-HAMZAWI A., ALONSO J., BROMET E.J., BRUFFAERTS R. ET AL. Psychotic experiences in the general population: A cross-national analysis based on 31 261 respondents from 18 countries. JAMA Psychiatry. 2015;72(7):697-705.
NAVARRO-MATEU F., TORMO M.J., SALMERON D., VILAGUT G., NAVARRO C., RUIZ-MERINO G. ET AL. Prevalence of mental disorders in the South-East of Spain, one of the Europe-
Highlights
In 2015, the Group published 39 articles (JCR Science): 38 international, 50.2% in 1st quartile. SCOPUS H-index: 85 (J. Alonso), 39 (M. Ferrer) and 37 (G. Vilagut).
J.Alonso is WHO World Mental Health (WMH) Surveys’ region’s coordinator for Europe. He is a Board member of the PROMIS Health Organization (PHO) since 2015. M.Ferrer is the scientific coordinator of BiblioPRO, a transference activity lead by researchers from groups within CIBERESP, CIBERSAM, CIBERNED, and REDIS- SEC. M.Ferrer and J.Alonso organized the 2nd Scientif- ic Meeting of BiblioPRO, 19/2/2015, PRBB-Barcelona. M.Ferrer, J.Alonso, G.Vilagut, C.G.Forero, and O.Garin have organized and taught the course: Development and use of EMPRO: a tool for standarized evaluations of PRO measurements (12.7 credits by the CCFCPS) from 15/12/2014 to 15/04/2015 (75 hours).
The Group has developed 5 research projects during 2015 with competitive funding: UNIVERSAL.- Univer- sity and Mental Health. Predictive Models for Suicidal Ideation and Behaviour in Spanish University Students. ISCIII-FIS-PI13/00343FEDER. PI: J.Alonso. PROMIS. es.- Mental Health: calibration and validation of a com-
2015;10(9).
SILOVE D., ALONSO J., BROMET E., GRUBER M., SAMPSON N., SCOTT K. ET AL. Pediatric-Onset and Adult-Onset Sep- aration Anxiety Disorder Across Countries in the World Mental Health Survey. The American journal of psychiatry. 2015;172(7):647-656.
VILAGUT G., FORERO C.G., ADROHER N.D., OLARIU E., CELLA D., ALONSO J. ET AL. Testing the PROMIS® Depression measures for monitoring depression in a clinical sam- ple outside the US. Journal of Psychiatric Research. 2015;68:140-150.
puterized Patient Reported Outcomes Measurement Information System for mental health diagnosis and monitoring. ISCIII-FIS- PI13/00506FEDER. PI: G.Vila- gut. CAPROST.- Long-term effectiveness: 10 years fol- low-up of the “Spanish multicentric study of localized prostate cancer” cohort. ISCIII-FIS-PI13/00412FED- ER. PI: O.Garin. SPANIEQ 5D.- Coordinated study on the new Spanish Euroqol version (EQ-5D). ISCIII-FIS- PI12/00772FEDER PI and coordinator: M.Ferrer. AS- TROLAB.- Safety of LABAs in asthma:health-care databases and direct patient follow-up. CE- HEALTH-F5-2011-282593. PI: M.Ferrer.
In 2015, the Group has obtained funding for 2 new competitive projects, one through Instituto de Salud Carlos III (ISCIII-FIS-PI15/00449; 2016-18; PI: M.Ferrer) and the other one from Plan Nacional sobre Drogas (Exp.2015/015;2016-18; PI: J.Alonso).
Predoctoral contract funding: MJ. Blasco Cubedo, Jordi Gras grant, (Parc de Salut Mar-IMIM) and Río Hortega Contract, FIS-CM14/00125(2015-2016), and M. Martí Pastor (Jordi Gras grant (Parc de Salut Mar-IMIM) and Río Hortega Contract, FIS-CM15/00167(2016-2017).
Institution: Consorci Mar Parc Salut de Barcelona
Contact: Dr. Aiguader, 88, 1a Planta · 08003 Barcelona · Tel.: 93 316 07 60 · E.mail: [email protected] Web: http://www.imim.es/programesrecerca/epidemiologia/es_grss.html
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