Personalised prehabilitation in high-risk patients undergoing elective major abdominal surgery: a randomized blinded controlled trial

A Barberan-Garcia, M Ubré, J Roca, AM Lacy, F Burgos… - 2018 - journals.lww.com
Objective: The aim of this study was to assess the impact of personalized prehabilitation on
postoperative complications in high-risk patients undergoing elective major abdominal …

[HTML][HTML] Post-discharge impact and cost-consequence analysis of prehabilitation in high-risk patients undergoing major abdominal surgery: secondary results from a …

A Barberan-Garcia, M Ubré, N Pascual-Argente… - British journal of …, 2019 - Elsevier
Background Prehabilitation may reduce postoperative complications, but sustainability of its
health benefits and impact on costs needs further evaluation. Our aim was to assess the …

[HTML][HTML] Long-term efficacy and effectiveness of a behavioural and community-based exercise intervention (Urban Training) to increase physical activity in patients …

…, E Gimeno-Santos, A Barberan-Garcia… - European …, 2018 - Eur Respiratory Soc
There is a need to increase and maintain physical activity in patients with chronic obstructive
pulmonary disease (COPD). We assessed 12-month efficacy and effectiveness of the …

Socio-environmental correlates of physical activity in patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD)

…, E Gimeno-Santos, A Barberan-Garcia… - Thorax, 2017 - thorax.bmj.com
Background Study of the causes of the reduced levels of physical activity in patients with
COPD has been scarce and limited to biological factors. Aim To assess the relationship …

[HTML][HTML] An adaptive case management system to support integrated care services: lessons learned from the NEXES project

…, C Hernandez, F Burgos, A Barberan-Garcia… - Journal of biomedical …, 2015 - Elsevier
Background Extensive deployment and sustainability of integrated care services (ICS) constitute
an unmet need to reduce the burden of chronic conditions. The European Union project …

Non‐anaemic iron deficiency impairs response to pulmonary rehabilitation in COPD

A BarberanGarcia, DA Rodríguez, I Blanco… - …, 2015 - Wiley Online Library
Background and objective Non‐anaemic iron deficiency ( NAID ) might alter the oxygen
pathway in health and disease. The current study aims at assessing the impact of NAID on …

[HTML][HTML] Effects and barriers to deployment of telehealth wellness programs for chronic patients across 3 European countries

A Barberan-Garcia, I Vogiatzis, HS Solberg, J Vilaró… - Respiratory …, 2014 - Elsevier
Background Benefits of cardiopulmonary rehabilitation (CPR) in patients with chronic obstructive
pulmonary disease (COPD) are well established, but long-term sustainability of training-…

[HTML][HTML] Evaluation of integrated care services in Catalonia: population-based and service-based real-life deployment protocols

…, I Cano, C Herranz, A Barberan-Garcia… - BMC health services …, 2019 - Springer
Background Comprehensive assessment of integrated care deployment constitutes a major
challenge to ensure quality, sustainability and transferability of both healthcare policies and …

[HTML][HTML] Digital support to multimodal community-based prehabilitation: looking for optimization of health value generation

A Barberan-Garcia, I Cano, BC Bongers… - Frontiers in …, 2021 - frontiersin.org
Multimodal prehabilitation has shown its potential for most intra-cavity surgery patients on
enhancing preoperative functional capacity and postoperative outcomes of these populations. …

Nordic walking enhances oxygen uptake without increasing the rate of perceived exertion in patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease

A Barberan-Garcia, A Arbillaga-Etxarri… - Respiration, 2015 - karger.com
Background: In healthy subjects, Nordic walking (NW) generates higher oxygen uptake (VO
2 ) than standard walking at an equal rate of perceived exertion (RPE). The feasibility and …