CHRONICITY, DEPENDENCE, HEALTH CARE AND SERVICES CTS970

Description

Research group integrated by researchers belonging to UMA and the Public Health Care System in M�laga (Spain). The profile of its researchers is diverse (Nursing, Medicine, Anthropology, Biology, and Sociology). The group belongs as a senior group to the Institute for Biomedical Research of M�laga (IBIMA).

Research Topics

Health Care Services and interventions for people with complex chronic conditions and great dependency levels.
Physical and mental health, and quality of life of familiy caregives of people with complex chronic conditions and great dependence levels.
Research and knowledge transfer in people with complex chronic conditions, great dependency levels and vulnerability.
Clinical safety in people with complex chronic conditions, great dependency levels and vulnerability.

Scientific-Technical Services

Design of new models and evaluation of Health Care for people with complex chronic conditions and great dependency levels, and their caregivers.
Evaluation of case management services.
Design quantitative, qualitative and mixed methods studies for people with complex chronic conditions and great dependency levels, and their caregivers.
Research on health inequalities for people with complex chronic conditions and great dependency levels, and their caregivers.
Knowledge transfer about people with complex chronic conditions and great dependency levels, and their caregivers.
Design of patient reported outcomes (PROs) and its clinimetric validation.
Design and implementation of clinical trials in vulnerable population.

Key areas

health chronic diseases multimorbidity clinical safety dependence family caregivers institutionalized population clinical practice guidelines systematic reviews health services research