Patricia Lorente Montalvo

Medical Technician at the Quality Office of the Technical-Assistance Office of the Health Service of the Balearic Islands

Specialist in Family and Community Medicine (2000) and PhD in Medicine and Surgery from the Autonomous University of Barcelona (UAB). Master’s Degree in Clinical Medicine, Master’s Degree in Nutrition, and Master’s Degree in Primary Care Research from the UAB. Family physician at the Calvià Health Centre of the Primary Care Management of Mallorca (2003–2019).

I served as Head of Studies of the Family and Community Medicine Teaching Unit of Mallorca (UDMFyC) (2009–2011), as a tutor for Family and Community Medicine residents, and as Chair of the Advisory Committee of the Mallorca UDMFyC. I was also a member of the Teaching and Specialized Training Committees of several university hospitals, as well as a reviewer and member of the Continuing Professional Development Committee of the General Directorate for Accreditation and Evaluation of the Balearic Islands, and of the Research Committee of the Primary Care Management of Mallorca. I am a member of the Health Research Institute of the Balearic Islands.

I have participated in the coordination, design and evaluation of numerous research projects, as well as in the co‑supervision of master’s theses and doctoral dissertations in the field of primary health care, particularly in areas related to cardiovascular risk factors and sleep disorders. The pandemic has also provided me with the opportunity to conduct research on diagnostic tests for the detection of SARS‑CoV‑2.

Highlighted Publications

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.

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.

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.

Lorente-Montalvo P, Cañellas MA, Carandell E, Esteva M. Specific healthcare services for the paediatric population during the COVID-19 pandemic in the Balearic Islands (Spain). Aten Primaria. 2023 Sep;55(9):102700. doi: 10.1016/j.aprim.2023.102700. Epub 2023 Jun 16. PMID: 37422974; PMCID: PMC10272943.

Torrens I, Esteva M, Vicens C, Pizá-Portell MR, Vidal-Thomàs MC, Vidal-Ribas C, Lorente-Montalvo P, Torres-Solera E. Assessing the feasibility and acceptability of a cluster-randomized study of cognitive behavioral therapy for chronic insomnia in a primary care setting. BMC Fam Pract. 2021 Apr 16;22(1):77. doi: 10.1186/s12875-021-01429-5. PMID: 33863276; PMCID: PMC8052716.

Bulilete O, Lorente P, Leiva A, Carandell E, Oliver A, Rojo E, Pericas P, Llobera J; COVID-19 Primary Care Research Group. Panbio™ rapid antigen test for SARS-CoV-2 has acceptable accuracy in symptomatic patients in primary health care. J Infect. 2021 Mar;82(3):391-398. doi: 10.1016/j.jinf.2021.02.014. Epub 2021 Feb 13. PMID: 33592253; PMCID: PMC7881288.

Torrens Darder I, Argüelles-Vázquez R, Lorente-Montalvo P, Torrens-Darder MDM, Esteva M. Primary care is the frontline for help-seeking insomnia patients. Eur J Gen Pract. 2021 Dec;27(1):286-293. doi: 10.1080/13814788.2021.1960308. PMID: 34633282; PMCID: PMC8510604.

Isabel Torrens, Magdalena Esteva, Caterina Vicens, María Rosa Pizá-Portell, María Clara Vidal-Thomàs, Cristina Vidal-Ribas, Patricia Lorente-Montalvoy Elena Torres-Solera. Assessing the feasibility and acceptability of a cluster-randomized study of cognitive behavioral therapy for chronic insomnia in a primary care setting. BMC Fam Pract 22, 77 (2021). https://doi.org/10.1186/s12875-021-01429-5.

Unda Villafuerte F, Llobera Cànaves J, Lorente Montalvo P, Moreno Sancho ML, Oliver Oliver B, Bassante Flores P, Estela Mantolan A, Pou Bordoy J, Rodríguez Ruiz T, Requena Hernández A, Leiva A, Torrent Quetglas M, Coll Benejam JM, D’Agosto Forteza P, Rigo Carratalà F; and the Medichy Group. Effectiveness of a multifactorial intervention, consisting of self-management of antihypertensive medication, self-measurement of blood pressure, hypocaloric and low sodium diet, and physical exercise, in patients with uncontrolled hypertension taking 2 or more antihypertensive drugs: The MEDICHY study. Medicine (Baltimore). 2020 Apr;99(17):e19769. doi: 10.1097/MD.0000000000019769. PMID: 32332617; PMCID: PMC7220514.

Rullán, M., Bulilete, O., Leiva, A. Soler A, Roca A, González-Bals MJ, Lorente P, Llobera J y PHN group. Efficacy of gabapentin for prevention of postherpetic neuralgia: study protocol for a randomized controlled clinical trial. Trials 18, 24 (2017). https://doi.org/10.1186/s13063-016-1729-y.

Projects

Effectiveness of self-management of medication, self-monitoring of blood pressure, diet and physical exercise in reducing blood pressure in patients with difficult control (MEDICHY).

Code: PI17/02108
Project Scope: National
Funding Entity: Instituto de Salud Carlos III
Principal Investigator: Fabián Unda Villafuerte
Start date: 2018
End date: 2020

Effectiveness and cost utility of a cognitive behavioral intervention in the consultation of 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 Torrens (IP), Isabel Torrens Darder (Co-IP)
Start date: 2020
End date: 2022

Prevalence of resistant arterial hypertension in Palma de Mallorca and percentages of optimal and suboptimal treatments.

Project Scopus: Local
Funding Entity: Gerencia de Atención Primaria de Mallorca
Principal Investigator: Fabián Unda Villafuerte
Start date: 2015
End date: 2017

Randomized double‑blind clinical trial to evaluate the efficacy and safety of gabapentin versus placebo in the prevention of postherpetic neuralgia.

Code: PI12/01813
Project Scope: National
Funding Entity: Instituto de Salud Carlos III
Principal Investigator: Oana Bulilete
Start date: 2013
End date: 2016

Efficacy of an intervention based on strategies to improve adherence to pharmacological treatment in reducing blood pressure levels in uncontrolled hypertensive patients with low treatment adherence.

Code: PS09/01456
Project Scope: National
Funding Entity: SNS y Fundació Mateu Orfila
Principal Investigator: Alfonso Leiva Rus
Start date: 2010
End date:2014