Projects

PROJECTS

PROCON

PROCON aims to enhance continence care in nursing homes across Spain, Belgium, Finland, and Canada. Through 6 key work packages, the project aims to develop technological and innovative solutions, training programs, and frameworks for improving continence care.

Actyren-HD

The main objective of Actyren-HD is to evaluate the effectiveness of an exercise program on improving the physical capacity of chronic kidney disease patients undergoing hemodialysis treatment. Additionally, its effect on quality of life, function during activities of daily living, strength and symptoms of anxiety and depression will be investigated.

GEROS

The GEROS Project aims to enhance the health and quality of life of older adults through a Service-Learning program where UVic-UCC students conduct comprehensive geriatric assessments, gaining practical experience and critical skills in elderly care.

Central sensitization in subjects with chronic postsurgical pain after a knee arthroplasty

The present study compares patients with and without chronic postsurgical pain after knee arthroplasty using different experimental pain techniques to assess their local and widespread sensitization and conditioned pain modulation

ESTIGMA Project

A group of professors at the Faculty of Health Sciences and Welfare and Osonament Foundation have started the ESTIGMA project aiming at identifying the perceptions of health sciences students toward mental health disorders.

RECETAS Project

The aim of this project is to test actions for Social Prescribing in Natural spaces and assess their impact in terms of reducing feelings of loneliness and improving quality of life in urban contexts.

EPISOL

The EPISOL project is an epidemiological study investigating the prevalence of loneliness in Olot, La Garrotxa.

CRONISOL

The aim of this project is to reduce loneliness in people suffering from chronicity within the “Friendship in Nature” intervention, which test the effectiveness of group activities with people suffering the same situation to lessen the feelings of loneliness and increase the knowledge and use of the community resources.

JOIN4JOY

This project aims to implement tailored community and long-term care programs for older adults, fostering Enjoyment, Social Interactions, and improved quality of life with Physical Activity. The project emphasizes equity in health through inclusive and accessible initiatives.

Physical EDUCATION of elders

This project concerns innovation and dynamic learning for caregivers, social workers and trainers specialized in physical education of elders, through cross-sectoral approach of both continuous vocational training (CVT) fields under the Erasmus+ programme.

Lung function in nursing homes

The main objective is to determine the predictive factors of impaired lung function in a sample of nursing home residents, previously infected by COVID-19.

The Jue-go! Project

The aim of this project is to inform and accompany the children during their vaccination process so that they may overlap their fears with the idea that the medicine can actually be fun.

GraMI protocol in phantom limb pain

This project is part of the doctoral thesis of professor Sandra Rierola Fochs. The aim of the thesis is to analyze the effects of graded motor imagery on phantom limb pain in the amputated patient.

ProEduTR-Cat

The aim of the project is to evaluate the effectiveness of an eight-week telematic educational program, in hemodialysis patients who are on a waiting list for their first Kidney Donor Transplant (TR) from a cadaver donor.

TEMPS

Impact of the Covid-19 pandemic on the choice of socio-health and biomedical university degrees: a mixed observational study in Spain.

OsoNaH Project

This project aims to study the prevalence and associated factors of urinary incontinence (UI) in Nursing Homes in Osona, while also evaluating general geriatric health, cognitive impairment, falls, nutritional aspects, and the relationship between sedentary behavior and UI

Co-Care Project

“Co-created ITC solutions for Alzheimer’s Informal Caregiving” aims to develop ICT enhancements designed to make day-to-day care for caregivers of Alzheimer’s easier.

EDUVAC Project

EDUVAC is an Erasmus+ project focused on enhancing vaccination skills for nursing students via web course and intensive course. Coordinated by the University of West Attica, it includes partners from Finland, Slovakia, Spain and Italy.

Big Five project

The project focuses on academic burnout and psychological distress in 1st year students of university health related degrees, as well as their proficiency profile and personality.

Psychosocial Predictors for KA

The objective is to investigate the predictive value of postoperative psychosocial factors such as pain catastrophizing, pain-related fear of movement, anxiety, depression and pain attitudes on mid-term postoperative outcomes of physical performance, health functioning, quality of life and pain intensity.

Dual-task project

This project will study the effectiveness of a dual-task exercise program in improving the balance and walking speed of the elderly.

Multimodal PT for KA

The aim of the study is to investigate if subjects with high pain catastrophizing scheduled for TKA, who participate in a preoperative multimodal physiotherapy intervention designed to lower such levels, have better postoperative outcomes after the TKA.

RENE

Renewing ErgonomicEducation for Health Care Students in European HEIs (RENE) Project is set to improve an unify the patient handling education in health care sector.

Pain-ON

The main topic is knowing the pain experienced by patients with cancer, treated in the daycare oncohematology hospital (HDOH) within the HUV (University Hospital of Vic).

Collaborative projects

ResiCOVID19

The ResiCOVID19 project has two main objectives: to assess the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic in the long term care system in Catalonia but also to their residents, families, and health care workers. The second objective is to develop proposals of improvement for the care model in Catalonia.

EHECADI

It is an international and an Erasmus + Project from the KA2 modality of Cooperation partnerships in higher education, to develop a digital platform (Knowledge Hub) to share tools for the development of Final Graduate Dissertations oriented to tackle society health challenges.

Persons with Refugee Experience Education Project - Interprofessional (PREP IP)

The Persons with Refugee Experience Education Project – Interprofessional (PREP IP) responds to the need for practising rehabilitation professionals to develop key competencies to meet refugees’ unique health needs better.

Industrial Doctorates

KOKU Bladder

KOKU Bladder, led by an international team of researchers, aims to enhance bladder health in adults aged 50+ by co-creating and testing a digital health program using behavior change techniques, gamification, and user-centered design.

The Effectiveness of the Validation Method training in work satisfaction and motivation of nursing home care professionals

It is a quasi-experimental pilot study of the doctoral thesis of Iván Sánchez-Martínez. The project investigates the effectiveness of Validation Method (VM) training in enhancing job satisfaction and motivation among nursing home caregivers.

Dietment

This project is part of Mireia Vilamala‘s doctoral thesis, linked to the Industrial Doctorate program between Osonament and UVic, directed by Dra. Cristina Vaqué and Dr. Ruben del Rio. This program aims to improve dietary habits in individuals with severe mental disorders by increasing fruit and vegetable consumption through educational empowerment.

Zyrcular Foods

The project is performed by the Zyrcular Foods group in collaboration with the UVic-UCC. This consists of an industrial PhD carried out by Gil Vila Clarà and supervised by Anna Vila-Martí and Míriam Torres-Torres to develop sustainable meat alternatives by studying emerging plant-based materials and their behavior in processing.