Catalina Vicens Caldentey

Co–principal investigator of the GRAPP-CAIB group

Specialist in Family and Community Medicine and Medical Coordinator at the Son Serra–La Vileta Health Centre. PhD in Medicine. Tutor for the specialty of Family and Community Medicine. Associate Professor at the Faculty of Medicine of the University of the Balearic Islands (UIB). Co‑principal investigator of the Primary Care Research Group (GRAPP‑CAIB) at the Health Research Institute of the Balearic Islands (IdISBa). Member of the Drug Utilization Group of the Spanish Society of Family and Community Medicine.

Highlighted Publications

Vicens Caldentey C, Sempere Verdú E. Consumo de psicofármacos. Rev Clín Med Fam. 2025;18(4):296-298. DOI: 10.55783/rcmf.180401

Soler A, Huguet A, Leiva A, Vicens C, Bejarano-Romero F, Sempere E, Izquierdo T, Parera MM, Seco R, Fages M, Medina A, Castillo-Palomares L, López-Guerrero E, Ferrer BA, Ugarriza L, Llarena M, Gallardo-Alfaro L; AFA study investigators. A pharmacist-led educational and audit & feedback strategy to reduce antibiotic prescription in primary care: the AFA study. BMC Prim Care. 2025 Jul 19;26(1):228. doi: 10.1186/s12875-025-02933-8. PMID: 40684119; PMCID: PMC12275277.

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.

Torrens-Darder MDM, Torrens-Darder I, Gonzalez Torrente S, Vicens C, Leiva A, Pizá-Portell MR, Esteva Arrom AL, Lorente P, Serrano-Ripoll MJ, Vidal-Thomas MC, Miralles-Xamena J, Ramírez Manent JI, Esteva M. Evaluation of the effectiveness of cognitive-behavioural therapy for insomnia delivered by nurses and physicians for patients in primary care (the NPD study): protocol for a cluster randomised controlled trial. BMJ Open. 2024 Oct 26;14(10):e089158. doi: 10.1136/bmjopen-2024-089158. PMID: 39461854; PMCID: PMC11529700.

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.

Galmes-Panades AM, Angullo E, Mira-Martínez S, Bennasar-Veny M, Zamanillo-Campos R, Gómez-Juanes R, Konieczna J, Jiménez R, Serrano-Ripoll MJ, Fiol-deRoque MA, Miralles J, Yañez AM, Romaguera D, Vidal-Thomas MC, Llobera-Canaves J, García-Toro M, Vicens C, Gervilla-García E, Oña JI, Malih N, Leiva A, Bulilete O, Montaño JJ, Gili M, Roca M, Ricci-Cabello I. Development and Evaluation of a Digital Health Intervention to Prevent Type 2 Diabetes in Primary Care: The PREDIABETEXT Study Protocol for a Randomised Clinical Trial. Int J Environ Res Public Health. 2022 Nov 9;19(22):14706. doi: 10.3390/ijerph192214706. PMID: 36429423; PMCID: PMC9690330.

Reus X, Sastre ML, Leiva A, Sánchez B, García-Serra C, Ioakeim-Skoufa I, Vicens C. LESS-PHARMA Study: Identifying and Deprescribing Potentially Inappropriate Medication in the Elderly Population with Excessive Polypharmacy in Primary Care. Int J Environ Res Public Health. 2022 Oct 14;19(20):13241. doi: 10.3390/ijerph192013241. PMID: 36293832; PMCID: PMC9603607.

Llobera-Cànaves, Joan, Bulilete, Oana, & Vicens-Caldentey, Caterina. (2022). Los institutos de investigación sanitaria y la investigación en Atención Primaria. Revista Clínica de Medicina de Familia, 15(3), 132-133.

Projects

Suicide prevention through innovative approaches in primary care: the PROMESA study.

Code: PROSALUT2023-26.
Project Scope: Regional.
Funding entity: Proyecto SYNERGIA. Conselleria de Salut de les Illes Balears.
Principal Investigator: Mª Jesús Serrano (IP), Caterina Vicens (Co-IP).
Duration: 2024-2026.

Audit and feedback intervention to reduce inappropriate medication prescribing in patients aged over 65 years in primary care. AIM Study: multicenter clinical trial.

Code: PI22/01669.
Project Scope: National.
Funding Entity: Instituto de Salud Carlos III.
Principal Investigator: Alfonso Leiva Rus (IP), Caterina Vicens (Co-IP).
Duration: 2023-2025.

Development and evaluation of a multifaceted, low‑intensity digital health intervention to prevent type 2 diabetes mellitus in the primary care setting: the PREDIABETEXT study.

Codi: SYN20/04.
Project Scope: National.
Funding entity: Instituto de Investigación Sanitaria Islas Baleares (IdISBa).
Principal Investigator: Ignacio Ricci Cabello (IP), Escarlata Angullo Martínez (Co-IP).
Duration: 2021-2022.

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

Code: PI19/01868.
Project Scope: National.
Funding Entity: Instituto de Salud Carlos III.
Principal Investigator: Joan Llobera Cànaves.
Duration: 2019-2023.

Effectiveness and cost‑utility of a cognitive‑behavioral intervention delivered by nurses and primary care physicians for the treatment of persistent insomnia.

Code: PI19/00029.
Project Scope: National.
Funding Entity: Instituto de Salud Carlos III.
Principal Investigator: Susana González Torrente.
Duration: 2019-2021.