DESVELA. Personal Skills as Determinants of Morbidity, Lifestyles, Quality of Life, Use of Services and Mortality.

Summary

Quantitative study: The main objective is to analyze whether personal skills related to behaviours are independently associated with the incidence of morbidity. Study with quantitative and qualitative methodology. Multicenter project (10 teams) for the creation of a cohort of 3083 people aged 35 to 74 years of 9 Autonomous Communities (AACC). The personal variables that will be evaluated are: self-efficacy, activation, health literacy, resilience, locus of control and personality traits. Socio-demographic covariates, social capital and community health assets will be recorded. As a secondary objective, it will be analyzed whether personal skills are independently associated with lower all cause mortality, better adoption of healthy lifestyles, higher quality of life and less utilization of health services in follow-up. A physical examination, a blood analytical and a cognitive evaluation will be carried out. The incidence of morbidity will be analyzed with a Cox model for each of the six independent variables (objective 1); and mortality from all causes and from the other dependent variables (objective 2). The models will be adjusted by the indicated covariables. The possible heterogeneity between (AACC) will be estimated by introducing random effects into the model.

Qualitative study: To deepen in the opinions and experiences of the population on the relationship between personal skills with their perception of health, their lifestyles and their quality of life. The research will be carried out from a phenomenological perspective. The number of discussion groups needed to reach the saturation of speeches will be made. There will be an analysis of thematic content that will be triangulated between members of the research team. The meanings will be interpreted and an explanatory framework will be created with the contributions of each type of informant.

Conditions

• General Population
• Health Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice
• Empowerment
• Health Care Utilization
• Life Style
• Self Efficacy
• Activation, Patient
• Locus of Control
• Quality of Life

Sponsors & Collaborators

• Preventive Services and Health Promotion Research Network

  collaborator OTHER

• Instituto de Salud Carlos III

  collaborator OTHER_GOV

• Parc Sanitari Sant Joan de Déu

  collaborator OTHER

• Servei de Salut de les Illes Balears

  collaborator UNKNOWN

• Institut Català de la Salut

  collaborator OTHER

• Servicio Aragones De Salud

  collaborator OTHER

• Osakidetza

  collaborator OTHER

• Andaluz Health Service

  collaborator OTHER_GOV

• Castilla-La Mancha Health Service

  collaborator OTHER

• Biocruces Bizkaia Health Research Institute

  collaborator OTHER_GOV

• Fundació Sant Joan de Déu

  collaborator OTHER

• Fundación Instituto de Estudios de Ciencias de la Salud de Castilla y León

  collaborator OTHER

• Universidad Loyola Andalucia

  collaborator OTHER

• University of Castilla-La Mancha

  collaborator OTHER

• Instituto de Investigación Sanitaria Aragón

  collaborator OTHER

• Fundació d'investigació Sanitària de les Illes Balears

  collaborator OTHER_GOV

• Fundacin Biomedica Galicia Sur

  collaborator OTHER

• Public Health Service of Galicia

  collaborator OTHER

• Fundacio d'Investigacio en Atencio Primaria Jordi Gol i Gurina

  lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

• Bonaventura Bolíbar · IDIAP JORDI GOL

• Rafel Ramos, PhD · IDIAP JORDI GOL

• Ruth Martí-Lluch, PhD · IDIAP JORDI GOL

Eligibility

Min Age

35 Years

Max Age

74 Years

Sex

ALL

Healthy Volunteers

No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start

2021-06-12

Primary Completion

2025-12-31

Completion

2025-12-31

Countries

• Spain

Study Locations