On May 13 and 14, the I International Congress of Excercise, aging and health took place, with the participation of the Observatory of Pain, which won the second prize in the poster category for the study entitled Physical Activity and associated factors in the Spanish population ≥65 years old. The...
Dr. Inmaculada Failde joins the Board of the Woman and Pain association
Inmaculada Failde, professor at the University of Cádiz and director of the Observatory of Pain, has create with other professionals from several fields of knowledge, the Woman and Pain project, a recently created association dedicated to pain in women. Woman and Pain is an independent and multidisciplinary association created with...
Distinction Cum Laude for our colleague Cristina Naranjo Muñoz
Last Friday, April 30, our workmate Cristina Naranjo Muñoz defended her doctoral thesis entitled "Relationship between diabetic neuropathic pain and comorbidity. Their impact on pain intensity, diabetes complications and quality of life in patients with type-2 diabetes mellitus", an excellent work that has been directed by Dr. Immaculate Failde Martínez...
The International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health publishes our latest study about the psychological impact of confinement on the staff of the University of Cádiz
The International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health has recently published the article “Psychological Impact of the lockdown due to the COVID-19 pandemic in university workers: factors related to stress, anxiety and depression” carried out by the Observatory of Pain. This is a cross-sectional study carried out by the...
The PainReApp project is progressing at a good pace
The PainReApp project, in which the Observatory of Pain is immersed, is still underway and at a good pace despite the circumstances. Since we started in December, participants have been joining the project to add a total of 19 patients, of which 8 are already in the middle of the...
A qualitative study to know about the experience of patients with chronic pain who use opioids
The research report entitled Living with opioids: a qualitative study with patients with chronic non-cancer pain, has been accepted for its publication in the prestigious and international Health Expectations journal. This work, started in 2018, takes part of Helena de Sola’s doctoral thesis, a member of the Observatory of Pain,...
Which is the adherence to the analgesic treatment in Spanish patients with chronic pain?
To know the frequency of the adherence to the analgesic treatment in Spanish patients with chronic pain and to analyse the factors associated with it are the objectives of our new report published by the Journal of Clinical Medicine on November 14, the Adherence Day’s Eve. The report, entitled “A...
International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health publishes our last study
The international Journal of Environment Research and Public Health has recently published our last report, which is a part of the project that the Observatory of Pain is carrying out, called Relationship between the phenotypic characteristics of pain and the presence of digestive disorders, sleep disorders and cognitive function disorders...
What is the prevalence of the use of opioids in people with chronic pain?
This question is answered in our new report that has been published in the important Frontiers in Pharmacology journal. The report, entitled Prevalence of therapeutic use of opioids non-cancer pain patients and associated factors: a systematic review and meta-analysis is the first systematic review and meta-analysis that sums up the...
Cum Laude distinction for our colleague Helena de Sola Perea
Last Tuesday, July 7, our colleague from the Pain Observatory team, Helena de Sola Perea, defended her doctoral thesis entitled Prevalence and associated factors of the use of opioids in the treatment of chronic non-cancer pain. Perspective of the general Spanish population and the experience of patients. An excellent and...