María Jesús Serrano Ripoll

Postdoctoral researcher

Psychologist and PhD in Psychology (2015). I have been an associate lecturer in the Department of Psychology at the University of the Balearic Islands since 2010, and I have over 20 years of clinical experience as a general health psychologist.

My experience in the field of research spans more than 18 years. My main lines of research are depressive disorders, healthy lifestyle factors, new health‑related technologies, and patient safety.

I am currently a member of the Cooperative Research Network Oriented Towards Health Outcomes (RICORS) – Research Network on Chronicity, Primary Care and Health Promotion (RICCAPS).

Highlighted Publications

Riera-Serra P, Serrano-Ripoll MJ, Fiol-deRoque MA, García-Pazo P, Bennasar-Veny M, Yánez-Juan A, Leiva-Rus A, Ginard-Puigserver M, García-Toro M, Sitges C, Balle M, Gervilla E, Gonzalez-Garcia X, García-Buades ME, Blanes MW, Zamanillo-Campos R, Andreu-Rodrigo P, Ricci-Cabello I. Evaluation of the effectiveness of SOM-RIU, a multifaceted, school-based, suicide prevention intervention targeted to Spanish adolescents: study protocol for a cluster-randomised controlled trial. BMC Psychiatry. 2026 Jan 22;26(1):56. doi: 10.1186/s12888-025-07570-0. PMID: 41572222; PMCID: PMC12829033.

Gervilla-García E, García-Pazo P, Guillén-Solà M, Leguizamo F, Ricci-Cabello I, Serrano-Ripoll MJ, Bennasar-Veny M, Fiol-deRoque MA, Angullo-Martínez E, Zamanillo-Campos R. Stakeholder Perspectives on Implementing DiabeText: Exploring Barriers and Facilitators for a Personalized Diabetes Self-Management SMS Intervention in Spain. Diabetology. 2026; 7(1):17. https://doi.org/10.3390/diabetology7010017

Mira-Martínez S, Malih N, Angullo-Martínez E, Zamanillo-Campos R, Yañez AM, Bennasar-Veny M, Gómez-Juanes R, Konieczna J, Jiménez R, Serrano-Ripoll MJ, Fiol-deRoque MA, Leiva A, Galmes-Panades AM, Miralles-Xamena J, Vidal-Thomàs MC, Gómez-Cobo C, Gervilla E, Oña-Gil JI, Ricci-Cabello I. A Multifaceted Digital Intervention for the Prevention of Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus in Primary Care (PREDIABETEXT): Cluster Randomized Trial. J Med Internet Res. 2025 Oct 9;27:e70981. doi: 10.2196/70981. PMID: 41067715; PMCID: PMC12550449.

Fiol-deRoque MA, Valderas JM, Serrano-Ripoll MJ, Gens-Barbarà M, Martín-Luján F, Sánchez-Freire E, Montaño JJ, Mira-Martínez S, Pastor-Moreno G, Zamanillo-Campos R, Riera-Serra P, Ricci-Cabello I. Evaluating SinergiAPS, an intervention based on patient feedback to improve patient safety in primary care: a cluster randomized trial. BMC Med. 2025 Apr 7;23(1):202. doi: 10.1186/s12916-025-04029-7. PMID: 40189506; PMCID: PMC11974217.

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.

Serrano-Ripoll MJ, Zamanillo-Campos R, Mira Martínez S, Fiol-deRoque MA, Malih N, Angullo-Martínez E, Ricci-Cabello I. Engaging Primary Care Professionals and People at Risk of Type 2 Diabetes in the Design of PREDIABETEXT, a Multifaceted Digital Intervention Aimed at Preventing Type 2 Diabetes: A Qualitative Study. Diabetology. 2025; 6(1):1. https://doi.org/10.3390/diabetology6010001

Fiol-DeRoque MA, Serrano-Ripoll MJ, Jiménez R, Zamanillo-Campos R, Yáñez-Juan AM, Bennasar-Veny M, et al. A Mobile Phone-Based Intervention to Reduce Mental Health Problems in Healthcare Workers During the COVID-19 Pandemic (PsyCovidApp): Randomized Controlled Trial. JMIR mHealth and uHealth. 2021. doi: 10.2196/27039.

Ripoll J, Contreras-Martos S, Esteva M, Soler A, Serrano-Ripoll MJ. Mental Health and Psychological Wellbeing during the COVID-19 Lockdown: A Longitudinal Study in the Balearic Islands (Spain). J Clin Med, 2021 Jul 20;10(14):3191. doi 10.3390/jcm10143191.

Serrano-Ripoll MJ, Meneses-Echavez JF, Ricci-Cabello I, Fraile-Navarro D, Fiol-deRoque MA, Pastor-Moreno G et al. Impact of viral epidemic outbreaks on mental health of healthcare workers: a rapid systematic review and meta-analysis. J Affect Disord. 2020. doi: 10.1016/j.jad.2020.08.034.

Serrano-Ripoll MJ, Llobera J, Valderas J, Olry de Labry Lima A, Fiol-deRoque MA, Ripoll J, et al. Cross-Cultural Adaptation, Validation and Piloting of the Patient Reported Experiences and Outcomes of Safety in Primary Care (PREOS-PC) Questionnaire for Its Use in Spain. J Patient Safety February 11, 2021. doi: 10.1097/PTS.0000000000000819.

Serrano-Ripoll MJ, Ripoll J, Briones-Vozmediano E, Llobera J, Fiol-deRoque MA, Ricci-Cabello I. Exploring primary health care professionals’ perceptions about a patient feedback intervention to improve patient safety in Spanish primary health care centres: a qualitative study. Fam Pract. 2020. doi: 10.1093/fampra/cmaa051.

Projects

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

Code: 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)
Start date: 2021
End date: 2022

Development, evaluation and large-scale implementation of PSICOVIDAPP, a psychoeducational intervention through a mobile application to mitigate mental health problems in health professionals facing the COVID-19 pandemic.

Project Scope: National
Funding Entity: Spanish Society of Psychiatry (SEP), Spanish Foundation of Psychiatry and Mental Health (FEPSM), and Spanish Society of Biological Psychiatry (SEPB)
Principal Investigator: Mauro García Toro (IP), Ignacio Ricci Cabello (Co-IP)
Start date: 2020
End date: 2021

Effectiveness of an intervention based on the use of mobile technology for the prevention of mental health problems in health professionals in the first line of care for patients with Covid-19.

Code: COVID-19/06
Project Scope: National
Funding Entity: Instituto de Investigación Sanitaria Islas Baleares (IdISBa)
Principal Investigator: Ignacio Ricci Cabello (IP), María Jesús Serrano Ripoll (Co-IP)
Start date: 2020
End date: 2021

Effectiveness and cost-utility of a Mediterranean Lifestyle program in the prevention and treatment of subclinical, mild and moderate depression in Primary Care.

Code: PI18/01336
Project Scope: National
Funding Entity: Instituto de Salud Carlos III
Principal Investigator: Bárbara Oliván Blázquez
Start date: 2019
End date: 2021

Impact of the COVID-19 confinement on the lifestyle and emotional well-being of the adult population of the Balearic Islands (IMCOBA).

Code: COVID-19/23
Project Scope: National
Funding Entity: Instituto de Investigación Sanitaria Islas Baleares (IdISBa)
Principal Investigator: Joana Ripoll Amengual
Start date: 2020
End date: 2021