Joan Llobera Cànaves

Emeritus researcher of the GRAPP-CAIB. Public Health Technician. PhD, MD

Highlighted Publications

Sánchez-Recio R, Oliván-Blázquez B, Méndez-López F, Gascón-Santos S, Martí-Lluch R, Zabaleta-Del-Olmo E, Tamayo-Morales O, Maderuelo-Fernández JA, Casajuana M, López-Jiménez T, Motrico E, Gómez-Gómez I, Sánchez-Pérez Á, Rodero-Cosano ML, Llobera J, Bellón JA, Moreno-Peral P, Bolíbar B, Recio-Rodríguez JI, Ramos R, Clavería A. Self-reported health and depression among EIRA cohort: a moderated mediation model of sex and perceived social support. Front Psychol. 2025 Jun 13;16:1540530. doi: 10.3389/fpsyg.2025.1540530. PMID: 40584072; PMCID: PMC12202560.

Mira-Martínez S, Zamanillo-Campos R, Malih N, Fiol-deRoque MA, Angullo-Martínez E, Jimenez R, Serrano-Ripoll MJ, Leiva A, Oña JI, Galmes-Panades AM, Bennasar-Veny M, Yañez AM, Gómez-Juanes R, Konieczna J, Miralles J, Romaguera D, Vidal-Thomasa MC, Llobera-Canaves J, García-Toro M, Gervilla-García E, Vicens C, Bulilete O, Montaño JJ, Gili M, Roca M, Colom A, Ricci-Cabello I. Describing the initial results of a pragmatic, cluster randomized clinical trial to examine the impact of a multifaceted digital intervention for the prevention of type 2 diabetes mellitus in the primary care setting: intervention design, recruitment strategy and participants’ baseline characteristics of the PREDIABETEXT trial. Front Endocrinol (Lausanne). 2025 Mar 31;16:1524336. doi: 10.3389/fendo.2025.1524336. Erratum in: Front Endocrinol (Lausanne). 2025 Jun 04;16:1604990. doi: 10.3389/fendo.2025.1604990. PMID: 40230484; PMCID: PMC11994424.

García-Buades ME, Montañez-Juan M, Blahopoulou J, Ortiz-Bonnin S, Chela-Alvarez X, Bulilete O, Llobera J. Psychosocial Work Factors, Job Stress, and Self-Rated Health Among Hotel Housekeepers. Workplace Health Saf. 2025 Mar;73(3):116-130. doi: 10.1177/21650799241282787. Epub 2024 Oct 30. PMID: 39475436; PMCID: PMC11877976.

Zamanillo-Campos R, Fiol-deRoque MA, Serrano-Ripoll MJ, Llobera-Canaves J, Taltavull-Aparicio JM, Leiva-Rus A, Ripoll-Amengual J, Angullo-Martínez E, Socias-Buades IM, Masmiquel-Comas L, Konieczna J, Zaforteza-Dezcallar M, Boronat-Moreiro MA, Mira-Martínez S, Gervilla-García E, Ricci-Cabello I. Impact of an SMS intervention to support type 2 diabetes self-management: DiabeText clinical trial.Br J Gen Pract. 2025 Jun 26;75(756):e457-e465. doi: 10.3399/BJGP.2024.0206. PMID: 39362693; PMCID: PMC11755587.

Chela-Alvarez X, Leiva A, Bulilete O, Llobera J. Socioeconomic determinants and self-rated health among hotel housekeepers in the Balearic Islands (Spain). Front Public Health. 2024 Sep 2;12:1390582. doi: 10.3389/fpubh.2024.1390582. PMID: 39286742; PMCID: PMC11402826.

Unda Villafuerte F, Llobera Cànaves J, Estela Mantolan A, Bassante Flores P, Rigo Carratalà F, Requena Hernández A, Oliver Oliver B, Pou Bordoy J, Moreno Sancho ML, Leiva A, Lorente Montalvo P; MEDICHY Group. Effectiveness of medication self-management, self-monitoring and a lifestyle intervention on hypertension in poorly controlled patients: The MEDICHY randomized trial. Front Cardiovasc Med. 2024 May 21;11:1355037. doi: 10.3389/fcvm.2024.1355037. PMID: 38836068; PMCID: PMC11148777.

Sánchez-Rodríguez C, Capitán-Moyano L, Malih N, Yáñez AM, Bennasar-Veny M, Velasco-Roldán O, Bulilete O, Llobera-Canaves J. Prevalence of musculoskeletal disorders among hotel housekeepers and cleaners: A systematic review with meta-analysis. Musculoskelet Sci Pract. 2024 Feb;69:102890. doi: 10.1016/j.msksp.2023.102890. Epub 2023 Nov 30. PMID: 38081106.

Chela-Alvarez X, Bulilete O, García-Buades ME, Ferrer-Perez VA, Llobera J. Workplace bullying and sexual harassment at work among hotel housekeepers in the Balearic Islands (Spain). Front Psychol. 2024 Jan 9;14:1241255. doi: 10.3389/fpsyg.2023.1241255. PMID: 38264421; PMCID: PMC10803624.

Zamanillo-Campos R, Fiol-DeRoque MA, Serrano-Ripoll MJ, Mira-Martínez S, Llobera-Canaves J, Taltavull-Aparicio JM, Leiva-Rus A, Ripoll-Amengual J, Angullo-Martínez E, Socias-Buades IM, Masmiquel-Comas L, Konieczna J, Zaforteza-Dezcallar M, Boronat-Moreiro MA, Gervilla-García E, Ricci-Cabello I. DiabeText, a mobile health intervention to support medication taking and healthy lifestyle in adults with type 2 diabetes: Study protocol for a randomized controlled trial. Contemp Clin Trials. 2024 Jan;136:107399. doi: 10.1016/j.cct.2023.107399. Epub 2023 Nov 22. PMID: 37995967.

Gómez-Gómez I, Benítez I, Bellón J, Moreno-Peral P, Oliván-Blázquez B, Clavería A, Zabaleta-Del-Olmo E, Llobera J, Serrano-Ripoll MJ, Tamayo-Morales O, Motrico E. Utility of PHQ-2, PHQ-8 and PHQ-9 for detecting major depression in primary health care: a validation study in Spain. Psychol Med. 2023 Sep;53(12):5625-5635. doi: 10.1017/S0033291722002835. Epub 2022 Oct 19. PMID: 36258639; PMCID: PMC10482708.

Gallardo-Alfaro L, Lorente-Montalvo P, Cañellas M, Carandell E, Oliver A, Rojo E, Riera B, Llobera J, Bulilete O; Balearic COVID-19 Pediatric Primary Care Research Group. Diagnostic accuracy of Panbio™ rapid antigen test for SARS-CoV-2 in paediatric population. BMC Pediatr. 2023 Aug 29;23(1):433. doi: 10.1186/s12887-023-04201-z. PMID: 37644389; PMCID: PMC10463935.

Bolibar Ribas B, Llobera-Cànaves J, García-Ortiz L, Bellón JÁ, Ramos R, García-Campayo J, Sánchez-Pérez Á, Claveria A, Martínez V, Vicens E, Minué C, Gil-Guillen V, Berenguera A, Moleras-Serra A. La Red de Investigación en Actividades Preventivas y Promoción de la Salud (redIAPP): una red de referencia e impulsora de la investigación en atención primaria [The Research Network on Preventive Activities and Health Promotion (redIAPP): a reference network and promoter of primary care research]. Aten Primaria. 2023 Nov;55(11):102694. Spanish. doi: 10.1016/j.aprim.2023.102694. Epub 2023 Jul 23. PMID: 37481824; PMCID: PMC10391719.

Gómez-Gómez I, Motrico E, Moreno-Peral P, Casajuana-Closas M, López-Jiménez T, Zabaleta-Del-Olmo E, Clavería A, LLobera J, Martí-Lluch R, Ramos R, Maderuelo-Fernández JÁ, Vicens C, Domínguez-García M, Bartolomé-Moreno C, Recio-Rodriguez JI, Bellón JÁ. A multiple health behaviour change intervention to prevent depression: A randomized controlled trial. Gen Hosp Psychiatry. 2023 May-Jun;82:86-94. doi: 10.1016/j.genhosppsych.2023.02.004. Epub 2023 Feb 22. PMID: 37001428.

Chela-Alvarez X, Garcia-Buades ME, Ferrer-Perez VA, Bulilete O, Llobera J. Work-family conflict among hotel housekeepers in the Balearic Islands (Spain). PLoS One. 2023 Mar 29;18(3):e0269074. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0269074. PMID: 36989281; PMCID: PMC10057743.

Martí-Lluch R, Bolíbar B, Llobera J, Maderuelo-Fernández JA, Magallón-Botaya R, Sánchez-Pérez Á, Fernández-Domínguez MJ, Motrico E, Vicens-Pons E, Notario-Pacheco B, Alves-Cabratosa L, Ramos R; DESVELA Cohort Investigators. Role of personal aptitudes as determinants of incident morbidity, lifestyles, quality of life, use of health services, and mortality (DESVELA cohort): quantitative study protocol for a prospective cohort study in a hybrid analysis. Front Public Health. 2023 Jun 22;11:1067249. doi: 10.3389/fpubh.2023.1067249. PMID: 37427254; PMCID: PMC10325828.

Recio-Rodriguez JI, Garcia-Ortiz L, Garcia-Yu IA, Lugones-Sanchez C, Olmo EZ, Bolibar B, Casajuana-Closas M, Lopez-Jimenez T, Llobera J, Ramos R, Pombo H, Motrico E, Gil-Girbau M, Lopez-Mendez F, Represas-Carrera F, Maderuelo-Fernandez JA. Effectiveness of a multiple health-behaviour-change intervention in increasing adherence to the Mediterranean Diet in adults (EIRA study): a randomized controlled hybrid trial. BMC Public Health. 2022 Nov 19;22(1):2127. doi: 10.1186/s12889-022-14590-y. PMID: 36401247; PMCID: PMC9675247.


Projects

IMPaCT Cohort. Predictive Medicine Program. Precision Medicine Infrastructure associated with Science and Technology (IMPaCT).

Code: IMP/00021 
Project Scope:
National
Funding Entity:
Instituto de Salud Carlos III
Principal Investigator:
Joan Llobera Cànaves
Start date:
2021
End date:
2023


DESVELA Cohort. Analysis of the role of personal skills as determinants of the incidence of morbidity, lifestyles, quality of life, use of services and mortality.

Code: PI19/01868
Project Scope:
National
Funding Entity:
Institute of Health Research of the Balearic Islands (IdISBa)
Principal Investigator:
Joan Llobera Cànaves
Start date:
2019
End date:
2023


Housekeeping staff and health.

Code: ITS 17-096
Project Scope:
National
Funding Entity:
Government of the Balearic Islands. II Call for Grants from the Sustainable Tourism Tax
Principal Investigator:
Joan Llobera Cànaves
Start date:
2018
End date:
2022


Evolution of seroprevalence against SARS-CoV-2 in healthy adult population of the Illes Balears.

Code: COVID-19/10
Project Scope: Nacional
Funding Entity: Institute of Health Research of the Balearic Islands (IdISBa)
Principal Investigator: Joan Llobera Cànaves
Start date: 2020
End date: 2021


Evaluation hybrid trial of a multirisk complex intervention to promote healthy behaviours in people between 45 to 75 years old attended in Primary Care: EIRA3 study.

Code: PI15/01412
Project Scope: National
Funding Entity: Instituto de Salud Carlos III
Principal Investigator: Joan Llobera Cànaves
Start Date: 2016
End Date: 2019