Dr. Inmaculada Failde, director of the Pain Observatory of Cadiz, participated on July 3 in one of the lectures of the SED Escorial Summer Course entitled "Let's talk about Chronic Pelvic Pain: it is not a matter of gender". This course, which took place between the 3rd and 4th of...
Our colleague Jenifer Palomo Osuna defends her doctoral thesis
On Thursday, June 15, 2023, our collaborator Jenifer Palomo Osuna, a General Health Psychologist, successfully defended her doctoral thesis titled "Cognitive Function in Type 2 Diabetic Patients with Diabetic Neuropathic Pain: Its Relationship with Mood Disorders, Anxiety, and Sleep Disorders." This work was supervised by Dr. Inmaculada Failde Martínez and...
María Dueñas obtains the position of Associate Professor at the University of Cadiz
On May 31, 2023, our colleague of the Observatory team, María Ángeles Dueñas Rodríguez, has obtained the position of Associate Professor at the University of Cadiz, attached to the Department of Statistics and Operations Research and the Faculty of Economics and Business Administration. In order to apply for the position,...
The Spanish Pain Society awards a communication from the Pain Observatory in the category Physiotherapy and Pain
The Spanish Pain Society awarded one of the papers presented by the Pain Observatory at its XIX Congress held between 24 and 26 May 2023 at the Complutense University of Madrid. The award was given to the scientific communication entitled "Factors associated with physical functionality in people with chronic low...
Fundación Grünenthal and and the Pain Observatory present the “Barometer of chronic pain in Spain 2022”
The Grünenthal Foundation and the Pain Observatory of the University of Cadiz, with the support of BioInnova Consulting, presented the 'Barometer of chronic pain in Spain 2022' on 25 April, as part of the 'Pain Forum: New challenges in addressing chronic pain in Spain. This study, which has been carried...
New study for Post-COVID-19 Syndrome patients: COVIDReApp project begins
From the Pain Observatory, in collaboration with the Internal Medicine unit of the Hospital Universitario Puerta del Mar (HUPM), we would like to announce that we have already started the data collection of a new innovative project, using a mobile-assisted health system or mHealth, for people with Post-COVID-19 Syndrome or...
Chronic low back pain, physical activity and associated factors
The Journal of Rehabilitation Medicine has recently published the article "Physical activity levels in adults with chronic low back pain: A national survey in the general Spanish population", a study carried out by the Pain Observatory group that analyzes the levels of physical activity (PA) of the Spanish adult population...
JMIR publishes our systematic review on mobile apps in the biopsychosocial management of chronic pain
The article entitled mHealth Intervention for Improving Pain, Quality of Life, and Functional Disability in Patients with Chronic Pain: Systematic Review by the Pain Observatory team has recently been published in the international journal JMIR mHealth and uHealth. This would be the second thesis article of our colleague Marta Moreno....
Are there differences in cognitive function in women and men with diabetic peripheral neuropathy with or without pain?
Yes, the answer is that there is a difference, but it is more complex than this simple monosyllabic summary. The full study is contained in the latest article published by the Pain Observatory team in the International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health. Entitled "Differences in Cognitive Function in...
Health Expectations publishes our qualitative study on informal caregivers’ experiences of caring for people with chronic pain
The article entitled 'Becoming a secondary actor of one's own life: A qualitative study of the experiences of informal caregivers in the care of people with chronic pain' by Helena De Sola and Inmaculada Failde, members of the Pain Observatory, in collaboration with researchers from the University of the Basque...