Josep Vidal-Alaball MD, PhD, MPH

@jvalaball

Vocational Catalan rural #PrimaryCare & #PublicHealth eDoc. Research coordinator @icscatcentral @IDIAPJgol & professor @u_medicina. Tweets r my personal opinion

Berga (Barcelona), Catalunya

Joined February 2010

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Josep Vidal-Alaball MD, PhD, MPH@jvalaball · May 7

1/3 🎉 Just published in @PLOSONE by Mercedes de la Cruz ! A randomized clinical trial shows immersive virtual reality reduces pain and anxiety during childhood vaccinations in primary care in Central Catalonia. 💉🕶️ 👉 doi.org/10.1371/journa…

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Josep Vidal-Alaball MD, PhD, MPH@jvalaball · 12 h

Passive Smartphone Sensors for Detecting Psychopathology jamanetwork.com/journals/jaman…

jvalaball's tweet card. This cross-sectional study aimed to establish the breadth of psychopathology in adults that is detectable by smartphone sensors and specificity of markers to different forms of psychopathology.

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Josep Vidal-Alaball MD, PhD, MPH@jvalaball · 16 h

Prescripción prolongada de antidepresivos en atención primaria. sciencedirect.com/science/articl…

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Josep Vidal-Alaball MD, PhD, MPH@jvalaball · 23 h

Early-Onset Gastrointestinal Cancers: A Review jamanetwork.com/journals/jama/…

jvalaball's tweet card. This Review summarizes current evidence on colorectal, pancreatic, and esophagogastric cancers among individuals aged 18 to 49 years.

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Josep Vidal-Alaball MD, PhD, MPH@jvalaball · Jul 27

Lower Urinary Tract Symptoms in Men: A Review jamanetwork.com/journals/jama/…

jvalaball's tweet card. This Narrative Review summarizes current evidence on the epidemiology, pathophysiology, diagnosis, and management of lower urinary tract symptoms in men.

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Josep Vidal-Alaball MD, PhD, MPH@jvalaball · Jul 27

Applying the principle of justice in digital health | npj Digital Medicine nature.com/articles/s4174…

jvalaball's tweet card. npj Digital Medicine - Applying the principle of justice in digital health

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Josep Vidal-Alaball MD, PhD, MPH@jvalaball · Jul 27

The Use of Artificial Intelligence for Skin Disease Diagnosis in Primary Care Settings: A Systematic Review mdpi.com/2827586 #mdpihealthcare via @HealthcareMDPI_

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Josep Vidal-Alaball MD, PhD, MPH@jvalaball · Jul 26

New-Onset Mental Illness Among Gestational Carriers jamanetwork.com/journals/jaman…

jvalaball's tweet card. This cohort study of pregnancies in women in Ontario, Canada, evaluates the risk of new-onset mental illness among gestational carriers.

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Josep Vidal-Alaball MD, PhD, MPH@jvalaball · Jul 25

Microbiota Transplantation Among Patients Receiving Long-Term Care jamanetwork.com/journals/jaman…

jvalaball's tweet card. This nonrandomized clinical trial examines the safety and acceptability of fecal microbiota transplantation in long-term acute care hospital patients with perirectal culture results positive for...

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Josep Vidal-Alaball MD, PhD, MPH@jvalaball · Jul 25

Passive Smartphone Sensors for Detecting Psychopathology jamanetwork.com/journals/jaman…

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Josep Vidal-Alaball MD, PhD, MPH@jvalaball · Jul 24

La necesidad de apoyo psicoemocional a los hombres durante la paternid... sciencedirect.com/science/articl… - @primariaicscat #ICSCatCentral @IDIAPJGol #usrcatcentral

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Josep Vidal-Alaball MD, PhD, MPH@jvalaball · Jul 24

Els investigadors de l'@icscat a la Catalunya Central i l'@IDIAPJgol, @jvalaball i Manuel Moreno publiquen el seu estudi sobre els biomarcadors en les persones de més de 100 anys 👇

IIDIAPJGol@IDIAPJGol · Jul 23

🔍 Nou estudi 👨⚕️ Els investigadors de l’#IDIAPJGol Josep Vidal-Alaball i Manuel A. Moreno han participat en un estudi que analitza la relació entre diversos biomarcadors sanguinis i la probabilitat d’arribar als 100 anys, a partir de dades de registres electrònics…

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Josep Vidal-Alaball MD, PhD, MPH@jvalaball · Jul 24

Patients With Answers jamanetwork.com/journals/jama/…

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Josep Vidal-Alaball MD, PhD, MPH@jvalaball · Jul 24

Patient Information: Antimicrobial Resistance jamanetwork.com/journals/jama/…

jvalaball's tweet card. This JAMA Patient Page describes antimicrobial resistance, its risk factors, and how to decrease the spread of antibiotic resistance.

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Josep Vidal-Alaball MD, PhD, MPH@jvalaball · Jul 24

Nota de premsa: Les persones que viuen més de cent anys tenen nivells baixos de glucosa, creatinina i àcid úric mailchi.mp/idiapjgol/news…

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Josep Vidal-Alaball MD, PhD, MPH@jvalaball · Jul 23

Early-Onset Gastrointestinal Cancers: A Review jamanetwork.com/journals/jama/…

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Josep Vidal-Alaball MD, PhD, MPH@jvalaball · Jul 23

Un estudi associa la depressió i el risc cardiovascular en la postmenopausa vía ⁦@diariRegio7⁩ regio7.cat/bages/2025/07/…

jvalaball's tweet card. El treball de recerca, que han dut a terme professionals de l’atenció primària de la Catalunya central, proposa que es faci un enfocament clínic integral, que tingui en compte tant els aspectes...

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Josep Vidal-Alaball MD, PhD, MPH@jvalaball · Jul 22

Self-Reported Resilience During the COVID-19 Pandemic jamanetwork.com/journals/jaman…

jvalaball's tweet card. This cross-sectional study examines factors associated with self-reported resilience during the COVID-19 pandemic in racially and ethnically diverse, community-dwelling adults from 14 prospective US...

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Josep Vidal-Alaball MD, PhD, MPH@jvalaball · Jul 21

Time to Progression to Proliferative Diabetic Retinopathy in Type 2 Diabetes jamanetwork.com/journals/jaman…

jvalaball's tweet card. This prognostic study describes the development and validation of survival models using electronic health record data to predict the time to progression to proliferative diabetic retinopathy in...

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Josep Vidal-Alaball MD, PhD, MPH@jvalaball · Jul 20

Guideline: Delaying Progression of Chronic Kidney Disease jamanetwork.com/journals/jama/…

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Josep Vidal-Alaball MD, PhD, MPH@jvalaball · Jul 19

Empoderamiento del paciente y ética en telemedicina: una mirada desde la Atención Primaria | Atención Primaria elsevier.es/es-revista-ate…

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