Débora Koatz

ORCID: 0000-0002-8178-7540
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Research Areas
  • Mental Health and Patient Involvement
  • Interprofessional Education and Collaboration
  • Telemedicine and Telehealth Implementation
  • Diabetes Management and Education
  • Patient-Provider Communication in Healthcare
  • Health Policy Implementation Science
  • Patient Satisfaction in Healthcare
  • Chronic Disease Management Strategies
  • Primary Care and Health Outcomes
  • Stroke Rehabilitation and Recovery
  • Mental Health Treatment and Access
  • Workplace Health and Well-being
  • Healthcare innovation and challenges
  • Innovations in Medical Education
  • Knowledge Management and Sharing
  • Mental Health and Psychiatry
  • Psychiatric care and mental health services
  • Empathy and Medical Education
  • Healthcare Systems and Reforms
  • Blood Pressure and Hypertension Studies
  • E-Learning and Knowledge Management
  • Cardiac Health and Mental Health
  • Family Support in Illness

Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona
2017-2024

Red de Investigación en Actividades Preventivas y Promoción de la Salud
2024

Centro de Investigación Biomédica en Red
2020-2022

Background: The incorporation of shared decision making (SDM) is a central part empowerment processes, as it facilitates greater activation on the patients, increasing likelihood them gaining control over their healthcare and developing skills to solve health problems. Despite these benefits, there are still difficulties in implementation SDM among professionals due internal external factors related context systems. Aim: To explore primary care (PCPs)’ perceptions model, based preconceptions...

10.5334/ijic.6554 article ES cc-by International Journal of Integrated Care 2024-04-16

Virtual communities of practice (vCoPs) facilitate online learning via the exchange experiences and knowledge between interested participants. Compared to other communities, vCoPs need overcome technological structures specific barriers. Our objective was pilot acceptability feasibility a vCoP aimed at improving attitudes primary care professionals empowerment patients with chronic conditions.

10.1186/s12913-019-4185-z article EN cc-by BMC Health Services Research 2019-06-20

We aimed to evaluate the effectiveness of a virtual community practice (vCoP) in improving primary health care professionals' (HCPs') attitudes toward empowering patients with chronic disease.We conducted cluster randomized controlled trial. Practices were units randomization, and HCPs analysis. Sixty-three practices Madrid, Catalonia, Canary Islands randomly allocated intervention or control groups. Randominzation was performed after HCP patient recruitment. The statistician anonymized...

10.1370/afm.2799 article EN The Annals of Family Medicine 2022-05-01

Virtual Communities of Practices (vCoP) offer patients the possibility to interact and share tools knowledge necessary for their empowerment. This paper describes co-design process a vCoP empowerment people with ischemic heart disease (IHD).We used modified experience-based design approach in collaboration IHD health professionals consisting two phases: exploratory development phase. Data collection techniques included listening labs, workshops, online participation.Twenty-five ten...

10.5334/ijic.5514 article EN cc-by International Journal of Integrated Care 2020-11-09

Abstract Background In recent decades, many self‐report instruments have been developed to assess the extent which patients want be informed and involved in decisions about their health as part of concept person‐centred care (PCC). The main objective this research was translate, adapt validate Patient‐Practitioner Orientation Scale (PPOS) using a sample primary health‐care professionals Spain. Methods Baseline analysis PPOS scores for 321 (general practitioners nurses) from 63 centres 3...

10.1111/hex.13135 article EN cc-by Health Expectations 2020-10-30

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10.1017/s2045796022000129 article EN cc-by-nc-nd Epidemiology and Psychiatric Sciences 2022-01-01

Abstract Background Healthcare professionals traditional education reflects constraints to face the complex needs of people with chronic diseases in primary care settings. Since more innovative and practical solutions are required, Virtual Community Practices (vCoP) seem better respond learning updates, improving professional organizational knowledge. However, little is known about value created vCoPs as social environments. The objective this project was explore creation process a gamified...

10.1186/s12909-024-05061-6 article EN cc-by BMC Medical Education 2024-02-07

This article describes the adoption of Individual Placement and Support (IPS) supported employment between 2013 2017 in Catalonia (Spain) context high unemployment a predominance traditional preemployment training approaches. It reports experience implementing IPS to promote competitive job placement people with mental disorders.The Avedis Donabedian Research Institute (FAD) designed, trained, implemented, evaluated project. We used longitudinal, mixed-methods approach.The demonstration...

10.1037/prj0000398 article EN Psychiatric Rehabilitation Journal 2020-01-13

Empowering people living with multimorbidity (multiple chronic conditions) to gain greater confidence in managing their health can enhance quality of life. Education focused on self-management is a key tool for fostering patient empowerment and mostly provided an individual basis. Virtual communities practice (VCoP) present unique opportunity online education condition within social context. This research aims evaluate the effectiveness/cost-effectiveness individualised, compared VCoP among...

10.1136/bmjopen-2024-084937 article EN cc-by-nc BMJ Open 2024-05-01

Introduction Virtual Communities of Practice (VCoP) or knowledge-sharing virtual communities offer ubiquitous access to information and exchange possibilities for people in similar situations, which might be especially valuable the self-management patients with chronic diseases. In view scarce evidence on clinical economic impact these interventions conditions, we aim evaluate effectiveness cost-effectiveness a VCoP improvement activation other patient empowerment measures ischaemic heart...

10.1136/bmjopen-2020-037374 article EN cc-by-nc BMJ Open 2020-10-01

The International Journal of Integrated Care (IJIC) is an online, open-access, peer-reviewed scientific journal that publishes original articles in the field integrated care on a continuous basis.IJIC has Impact Factor 2.913 (2021 JCR, received June 2022)The IJIC 20th Anniversary Issue was published 2021.

10.5334/ijic.icic22208 article EN cc-by International Journal of Integrated Care 2022-11-04

Introduction: Individual Placement and Support (IPS) is an integrated social, labor mental health intervention with important component of evidence for its effectiveness in helping people severe disorders. Its objective to obtain maintain competitive jobs, increase social inclusion quality life, while consuming fewer resources. In Europe, IPS model (which began 14 year ago) currently implemented four countries which share background Dartmouth College. This work aims describe achievements...

10.5334/ijic.2755 article EN cc-by International Journal of Integrated Care 2016-12-16
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