Psycho-oncology and digital health (PSODIG)

Summary

The Psycho-oncology and Digital Health group is made up of nineteen researchers with multidisciplinary composition but with a common expertise in mental health research. In fact, the group is mainly integrated by clinical psychologists, psycho-oncologists and health psychologist, but it also includes nurses, technology managers, a psychopedagogist and a neuropsychologist.

The main objectives of the group for the next three years are oriented to coordinate, align, and manage all research activities to PSODIG scientific challenges. These scientific challenges include establishing the differential efficacy of innovative psycho-oncological treatments in the cancer continuum, determine factors for therapeutic communication and alliance in digital cancer interventions, promoting the scalability of the interventions to facilitate access to health and psychosocial care in cancer and to create, implement and test a digital ecosystem to deliver cognitive rehabilitation in cancer. Also, some team members collaborate with the Cancer Strategy of the Ministry of Health (National Health Service) through the Observatory of Psychosocial Cancer Care of the ICO, carrying out studies to improve the psychological care offered at the centre.

To collect data, the group uses validated questionnaires for cancer population and has implemented a data collection circuit including online questionnaires to ensure data quality and privacy, also giving flexibility to patients to answer at their best convenience. For the analysis of the collected data, the group applies a combination of quantitative, qualitative, and mixed methods resulting from its multidisciplinary composition, as well as the combination of sociodemographic, clinical, and cost-effectivity data, with a patient-based approach as a priority.

Other specific areas of development are the use of information and communication technologies in psychological support or therapeutic adherence, which can be useful for improving care in a process of healthcare equity.

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217 Publications

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Selected Publications

Vicent Gil,M;Trujols,J;Serra Blasco,M;Navarra Ventura,G; Puigdemont,D; Alemany,C; Crivillés,S et al, If you feel you can't, you won't: the role of subjective and objective cognitive competence on psychosocial functioning in depression, Eur. Psychiat., 2023;66(1):doi:10.1192/j.eurpsy.2023.2454,
Clougher,D;Ciria Suarez,L;Medina,JC;Anastasiadou,D;Racioppi,A;Ochoa Arnedo,C, What works in peer support for breast cancer survivors: A qualitative systematic review and meta-ethnography, Appl. Psychol.-Health Well Being, 2023;doi:10.1111/aphw.12473
Porta Casteràs,D;Cano,M;Navarra Ventura,G;Serra Blasco,M;Vicent Gil,M;Solé,B;Montejo,L et al, Disrupted network switching in euthymic bipolar disorder: Working memory and self-referential paradigms, J. Affect. Disord., 2023;320552-560, doi:10.1016/j.jad.2022.09.152
Ochoa Arnedo,C;Arizu Onassis,A;Medina,JC;Flix Valle,A;Ciria Suarez,L;Gomez Fernandez,D;Souto Sampera,A et al, An eHealth ecosystem for stepped and early psychosocial care in advanced lung cancer: Rationale and protocol for a randomized control trial, Internet Interv., 2023;32100620-100620, doi:10.1016/j.invent.2023.100620
Rodriguez Ortega,A;Ferro,T;Pérez,X;Pla Farnós,MJ;Gil,M;López Ojeda,A;Borrás,JM, Self-assessment of a breast care nursing model within a Breast Unit: learning process and keys to improving breast care., J. Clin. Nurs., 2023;32(11-12):2722-2732, doi:10.1111/jocn.16639

Selected projects

CEE23015. IBeCHANGE - ADDRESSING PSYCHOSOCIAL AND LIFESTYLE RISK FACTORS TO PROMOTE PRIMARY CANCER PREVENTION: AN INTEGRATED PLATFORM TO PROMOTE BEHAVIOURAL CHANGE. COMISSIÓ EUROPEA. Budget: 812.041,25€. 2023-2028. PI: OCHOA ARNEDO, CRISTIAN.
AEC21011. Stepped and early psychosocial care in advanced lung cancer through e-health: a randomized controlled trial. Asociación Española Contra el Cáncer (AECC). Budget: 149.999,84€. 2021-2024. PI: OCHOA ARNEDO, CRISTIAN.
FIS22034. Rehabilitación cognitiva e intervención psicosocial a través de un ecosistema digital escalonado en cáncer de mama: un ensayo clínico aleatorizado. Instituto de Salud Carlos III (ISCIII). Budget: 75.020€. 2023-2025. PI: OCHOA ARNEDO, CRISTIAN.
20AGA005. L'aliança terapèutica digital en les intervencions psicosocials en càncer. AGENCIA GESTIO D'AJUTS UNIV. I RECERCA. Budget: 67.487,32€. 2020-2023. PI: OCHOA ARNEDO, CRISTIAN.
AGA23008. Programa Investigo de contractació de persones joves demandants d’ocupació en la realització d’iniciatives de recerca i innovació (INVESTIGO 2023). AGENCIA GESTIO D'AJUTS UNIV. I RECERCA. Budget: 66.217,84€. 2023-2025. PI: OCHOA ARNEDO, CRISTIAN.