Ergonomic advice for bakers

[EN] During 2011, CEOPAN, FEAGRA-CCOO, FITAG-UGT and IBV developed a manual for technical assessment to prevent ergonomic risks in the bakery sector, thanks to the funds of the FPRL (IS-0099/2010). This project allowed the development of a simple, rapid and participatory tool for ergonomic risk assessment. This tool answered one of the great difficulties in the sector for the implementation of preventive measures: having simple tools available for entrepreneurs and employees in the context of microSMEs (more than 90% of companies of the bakery sector). In 2012 the same entities have developed a project to overcome another challenge of the sector: the difficulty to access to training caused by work schedules and because so small companies don¿t hire any prevention consultant for technical assessment. Specifically, partners have developed a set of audiovisual podcasts based on real environment, available through a web portal or mobile apps, in order to explain risk factors for employees and good practices to reduce them.[ES] En el marco de la asignación para los panaderos de recursos de la Fundación para la Prevención de Riesgos Laborales (Convocatoria de asignación de recursos del ejercicio 2011, IS-0110/2011, IS-0113/2011 e IS-0136/2011), CEOPAN, las federaciones sindicales FEAGRACCOO y FITAG-UGT y el Instituto de Biomecánica (IBV) han desarrollado un proyecto dirigido a presentar recomendaciones y buenas prácticas ergonómicas mediante mensajes audiovisuales disponibles a través de la web o de los dispositivos móviles de los trabajadores y empresarios del sector de panadería.Proyecto financiado por la Fundación para la Prevención de Riesgos Laborales en el marco de la Convocatoria de asignación de recursos del ejercicio 2011 (IS-0110/2011, IS-0113/2011 e IS-0136/2011).Piedrabuena Cuesta, A.; Oltra Pastor, A.; Martínez Devincenzi, GA.; Matey González, FJ.; Marín Mico, ÓC.; Ruiz Folgado, R.; Dominguez Morales, M.... (2013). Consejos ergonómicos para los panaderos. Revista de biomecánica. 59:47-49. http://hdl.handle.net/10251/38641S47495

How does neighbourhood socio-economic status affect the interrelationships between functioning dimensions in first episode of psychosis? A network analysis approach

The links between psychosis and socio-economic disadvantage have been widely studied. No previous study has analysed the interrelationships and mutual influences between functioning dimensions in first episode of psychosis (FEP) according to their neighbourhood household income, using a multidimensional and transdiagnostic perspective. 170 patients and 129 controls, participants in an observational study (AGES-CM), comprised the study sample. The WHO Disability Assessment Schedule (WHODAS 2.0) was used to assess functioning, whereas participants' postcodes were used to obtain the average household income for each neighbourhood, collected by the Spanish National Statistics Institute (INE). Network analyses were conducted with the aim of defining the interrelationships between the different dimensions of functioning according to the neighbourhood household income. Our results show that lower neighbourhood socioeconomic level is associated with lower functioning in patients with FEP. Moreover, our findings suggest that “household responsibilities” plays a central role in the disability of patients who live in low-income neighbourhoods, whereas “dealing with strangers” is the most important node in the network of patients who live in high-income neighbourhoods. These results could help to personalize treatments, by allowing the identification of potential functioning areas to be prioritized in the treatment of FEP according to the patient's neighbourhood characteristic

The interplay between functioning problems and symptoms in first episode of psychosis: an approach from network analysis

The relationship between psychotic symptoms and global measures of functioning has been widely studied. No previous study has assessed so far the interplay between specific clinical symptoms and particular areas of functioning in first-episode psychosis (FEP) using network analysis methods. A total of 191 patients with FEP (age 24.45 ± 6.28 years, 64.9% male) participating in an observational and longitudinal study (AGES-CM) comprised the study sample. Functioning problems were assessed with the WHO Disability Assessment Schedule (WHODAS), whereas the Positive and Negative Syndrome Scale (PANSS) was used to assess symptom severity. Network analysis were conducted with the aim of analysing the patterns of relationships between the different dimensions of functioning and PANSS symptoms and factors at baseline. According to our results, the most important nodes were “conceptual disorganization”, “emotional withdrawal”, “lack of spontaneity and flow of conversation”, “delusions”, “unusual thought content”, “dealing with strangers” and “poor rapport”. Our findings suggest that these symptoms and functioning dimensions should be prioritized in the clinical assessment and management of patients with FEP. These areas may also become targets of future early intervention strategies, so as to improve quality of life in this populationThis work was supported by the Madrid Regional Government (R&D activities in Biomedicine (grant number S2017/BMD-3740 - AGES-CM 2-CM)) and Structural Funds of the European Union. Ana Izquierdo’s work is supported by the PFIS predoctoral program (FI17/00138) from the Instituto de Salud Carlos III (Spain) and co-funded by the European Union (ERDF/ESF, "A way to make Europe”/ “Investing in your future”) and The Biomedical Research Foundation of La Princesa University Hospital. Angela Ib´a˜nez thanks the support of CIBERSAM and of the Spanish Ministry of Science, Innovation and Universities. Instituto de Salud Carlos III (PI16/00834 and PI19/01295) co-financed by ERDF Funds from the European Commission. Covadonga M. Díaz-Caneja holds a Juan Rod´es Grant from Instituto de Salud Carlos III (JR19/00024). Celso Arango was supported by the Spanish Ministry of Science and Innovation. Instituto de Salud Carlos III (SAM16PE07CP1, PI16/02012, PI19/ 024), co-financed by ERDF Funds from the European Commission, “A way of making Europe”, CIBERSAM. Madrid Regional Government (B2017/BMD-3740 AGES-CM-2), European Union Structural Funds. European Union Seventh Framework Program under grant agreements FP7-4-HEALTH-2009-2.2.1-2-241909 (Project EU-GEI), FP7- HEALTH- 2013-2.2.1-2-603196 (Project PSYSCAN) and FP7- HEALTH-2013- 2.2.1-2-602478 (Project METSY); and European Union H2020 Program under the Innovative Medicines Initiative 2 Joint Undertaking (grant agreement No 115916, Project PRISM, and grant agreement No 777394, Project AIMS-2-TRIALS), Fundaci´on Familia Alonso, Fundaci´on Alicia Koplowitz and Fundaci´on Mutua Madrile˜n

The polygenic basis of relapse after a first episode of schizophrenia

Little is known about genetic predisposition to relapse. Previous studies have linked cognitive and psychopathological (mainly schizophrenia and bipolar disorder) polygenic risk scores (PRS) with clinical manifestations of the disease. This study aims to explore the potential role of PRS from major mental disorders and cognition on schizophrenia relapse. 114 patients recruited in the 2EPs Project were included (56 patients who had not experienced relapse after 3 years of enrollment and 58 patients who relapsed during the 3-year follow-up). PRS for schizophrenia (PRS-SZ), bipolar disorder (PRS-BD), education attainment (PRS-EA) and cognitive performance (PRS-CP) were used to assess the genetic risk of schizophrenia relapse.Patients with higher PRS-EA, showed both a lower risk (OR=0.29, 95% CI [0.11–0.73]) and a later onset of relapse (30.96± 1.74 vs. 23.12± 1.14 months, p=0.007. Our study provides evidence that the genetic burden of neurocognitive function is a potentially predictors of relapse that could be incorporated into future risk prediction models. Moreover, appropriate treatments for cognitive symptoms appear to be important for improving the long-term clinical outcome of relapse

Prevención y ergonomía en las panaderías

The trade association, Confederación Española de Organizaciones de Panadería (CEOPAN), and the FEAGRA-CCOO and FITAG-UGT federations, have promoted an initiative that, based on a collaborative action between employers and workers, make easier the improvement of the ergonomic conditions of the workplaces. Therefore, researchers of the Instituto de Biomecánica de Valencia (IBV) together with CEOPAN, FEAGRA-CCOO and FEAGRA-CCOO have carried out an adaptation of a simple and participatory methodology to evaluate ergo - nomic risks in SMS ?s in the bakery sector. The study has been financed by Fundación para la prevention de riesgos laborales (2010 official announcement for assignment of resources, number of the project IS-0099/2010).La Confederación Española de Organizaciones de Panadería (CEOPAN), como patronal del sector, y las federaciones de FEAGRA-CCOO y FITAG-UGT han promovido una iniciativa que, basándose en la actuación conjunta de empresarios y trabajadores, persigue la mejora de las condiciones ergonómicas de los puestos de trabajo. Para ello, investigadores del Instituto de Biomecánica (IBV) junto con CEOPAN, FEAGRA-CCOO y FITAG-UGT, han realizado el presente proyecto que ha permitido la contextualización de una metodología sencilla y participativa para la evaluación de los riesgos ergonómicos en micropymes del sector de la panadería. El proyecto ha sido desarrollado con la financiación de la Fundación para la Prevención de Riesgos Laborales (Convocatoria de asignación de recursos del ejercicio 2010, IS-0099/2010)

Prevention and Ergonomy in the bakery sector

[EN] The trade association, Confederación Española de Organizaciones de Panadería (CEOPAN), and the FEAGRA-CCOO and FITAG-UGT federations, have promoted an initiative that, based on a collaborative action between employers and workers, make easier the improvement of the ergonomic conditions of the workplaces. Therefore, researchers of the Instituto de Biomecánica de Valencia (IBV) together with CEOPAN, FEAGRA-CCOO and FEAGRA-CCOO have carried out an adaptation of a simple and participatory methodology to evaluate ergonomic risks in SMS's in the bakery sector. The study has been financed by Fundación para la prevention de riesgos laborales (2010 official announcement for assignment of resources, number of the project IS-0099/2010).[ES+ La Confederación Española de Organizaciones de Panadería (CEOPAN), como patronal del sector, y las federaciones de FEAGRA-CCOO y FITAG-UGT han promovido una iniciativa que, basándose en la actuación conjunta de empresarios y trabajadores, persigue la mejora de las condiciones ergonómicas de los puestos de trabajo. Para ello, investigadores del Instituto de Biomecánica (IBV) junto con CEOPAN, FEAGRA-CCOO y FITAG-UGT, han realizado el presente proyecto que ha permitido la contextualización de una metodología sencilla y participativa para la evaluación de los riesgos ergonómicos en micropymes del sector de la panadería. El proyecto ha sido desarrollado con la financiación de la Fundación para la Prevención de Riesgos Laborales (Convocatoria de asignación de recursos del ejercicio 2010, IS-0099/2010).El proyecto ha sido desarrollado con la financiación de la Fundación para la Prevención de Riesgos Laborales (Convocatoira de asiganción de recursos del ejercicio 2010. IS-0099/2010) y ha contado para su desarrollo con la participación de la Confederación Española de Organizaciojes de Panadería (CEOPAN), como patronal del sector, y las federaciones de FEAGRA-CCOO y FITAG-UGT.Pagan Castaño, P.; Piedrabuena Cuesta, A.; Castelló Mercé, P.; Ferreras Remesal, A.; López Urueña, A.; Oltra Pastor, A.; Ruiz Folgado, R.... (2012). Prevención y ergonomía en las panaderías. Revista de biomecánica. (58):59-61. http://hdl.handle.net/10251/38484S59615

Consejos ergonómicos para los panaderos

During 2011, CEOPAN, FEAGRA-CCOO, FITAG-UGT and IBV developed a manual for technical assessment to prevent ergonomic risks in the bakery sector, thanks to the funds of the FPRL (IS-0099/2010). This project allowed the development of a simple, rapid and participatory tool for ergonomic risk assessment. This tool answered one of the great difficulties in the sector for the implementation of preventive measures: having simple tools available for entrepreneurs and employees in the context of microSMEs (more than 90% of companies of the bakery sector). In 2012 the same entities have developed a project to overcome another challenge of the sector: the difficulty to access to training caused by work schedules and because so small companies don't hire any prevention consultant for technical assessment. Specifically, partners have developed a set of audiovisual podcasts based on real environment, available through a web portal or mobile apps, in order to explain risk factors for employees and good practices to reduce them.En el marco de la asignación de recursos de la Fundación para la Prevención de Riesgos Laborales (Convocatoria de asignación de recursos del ejercicio 2011, IS-0110/2011, IS-0113/2011 e IS-0136/2011), CEOPAN, las federaciones sindicales FEAGRACCOO y FITAG-UGT y el Instituto de Biomecánica (IBV) han desarrollado un proyecto dirigido a presentar recomendaciones y buenas prácticas ergonómicas mediante mensajes audiovisuales disponibles a través de la web o de los dispositivos móviles de los trabajadores y empresarios del sector de panadería

Coordinación, seguimiento y mejora continua del Máster Universitario en Gestión de la Edificación

El estudio llevado a cabo, se centra en la coordinación, seguimiento y acciones de mejora llevadas a cabo en el Máster en Gestión de la Edificación a partir del informe de acreditación realizado por la AVAP. Cada curso académico, teniendo como base dicho informe, se implementan unas tareas de seguimiento y coordinación del Máster que permitan proponer acciones de mejora en la calidad del mismo. Para ello, se analiza el desarrollo del plan de estudios, sus dificultades metodológicas, y la coherencia entre las mismas. Se realiza un estudio de los diferentes indicadores de calidad utilizados por las agencias de acreditación, analizando las tasas relacionadas con el profesorado y las tasas de rendimiento con el fin de poder valorar su adecuación o no, y en función de los resultados obtenidos proponer acciones de mejora. A partir del análisis de resultados, y teniendo como base el informe de la acreditación realizado por la AVAP, se plantean medidas de mejora a implantar por el Máster, que son realizadas cada curso académico dentro del plan de acciones de mejora del SGIC, analizando el estado de dichas medidas y los indicadores de calidad destacados en el Informe de Evaluación Provisional de Seguimiento del Máster por la AVAP

The interplay between functioning problems and symptoms in first episode of psychosis: An approach from network analysis

The relationship between psychotic symptoms and global measures of functioning has been widely studied. No previous study has assessed so far the interplay between specific clinical symptoms and particular areas of functioning in first-episode psychosis (FEP) using network analysis methods. A total of 191 patients with FEP (age 24.45 ± 6.28 years, 64.9% male) participating in an observational and longitudinal study (AGES-CM) comprised the study sample. Functioning problems were assessed with the WHO Disability Assessment Schedule (WHODAS), whereas the Positive and Negative Syndrome Scale (PANSS) was used to assess symptom severity. Network analysis were conducted with the aim of analysing the patterns of relationships between the different dimensions of functioning and PANSS symptoms and factors at baseline. According to our results, the most important nodes were “conceptual disorganization”, “emotional withdrawal”, “lack of spontaneity and flow of conversation”, “delusions”, “unusual thought content”, “dealing with strangers” and “poor rapport”. Our findings suggest that these symptoms and functioning dimensions should be prioritized in the clinical assessment and management of patients with FEP. These areas may also become targets of future early intervention strategies, so as to improve quality of life in this population.Depto. de Psicobiología y Metodología en Ciencias del ComportamientoFac. de PsicologíaTRUEpu