The submission period for projects entered into the Hestia Awards 2021, funded this year with a total budget of €8,000 to be split among eight prizes, closed at the end of September 2021. Within the €8,000 budget, in addition to the awards for the recognition and dissemination of work carried out by health professionals in the field of social and healthcare and mental health, to which €3,500 has been allocated, this year, a special category was created to award €4,500 to projects related to COVID-19. Three prizes of €2,000, €1,500 and €1,000 were allocated to the best articles on COVID-19; two prizes of €1,000 each were awarded to the best articles on social and mental healthcare; and three prizes of €500 each were awarded to the best seminars on social healthcare, mental health or palliative care.
A total of 62 proposals were received and evaluated, 55 of them submitted to the best article category, and 18 to the best seminar category. A total of 43 authors took part from 28 centres from across Spain, half of which are located in Catalonia, and the other half are located across Spain’s other autonomous regions (Andalusia, Cantabria, Valencia, Madrid, Murcia and the Basque Country).
The candidates were selected by the jury, which was chaired by Dr Xavier Corbella, director of the UIC Barcelona Hestia Chair. Other members included Dr Miguel Fernández Castañer, collaborating member of the Chair; Dr Susana Subirà, director of the Hestia Foundation; Dr Àngels Cañas, member of the Corporate Management team for the Hestia Alliance Group and Eva Luque, general director of the Hestia Alliance Group. Once it had been confirmed that the proposals complied with the terms and conditions of the call, their journal impact factor (for articles), content and regional scope (for seminars) were then assessed. We want to highlight that 34 of the articles had an impact factor greater than 2, and we would like to congratulate all participants for the outstanding quality of the papers they submitted.
All winners have been informed of the results of the call. On 14 December, the papers will be presented and the awards ceremony will be held online.
WINNING ARTICLES
COVID-19
1. Changes in depression and suicidal ideation under severe lockdown restrictions during the first wave of the COVID-19 pandemic in Spain: a longitudinal study in the general population.
Lara Pérez E.*, Ayuso-Mateos JL., Morillo D., Haro JM., Olaya B., Miret M.
Epidemiology and Psychiatric Sciences. Epidemiology and Psychiatric Sciences, Volume 30, 2021, e49.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1017/S2045796021000408
*Universidad Autónoma de Madrid (Madrid)
2. Prevalence of post-COVID-19 symptoms in hospitalized and non-hospitalized COVID-19 survivors: A systematic review and meta-analysis.
Fernández de las Peñas C.*, Palacios-Ceña D., Gómez-Mayordomo V., Florencio LL., Cuadrado ML., Plaza-Manzano G., Navarro-Santana M.
European Journal of Internal Medicine. Volume 92, October 2021, Pages 55-70. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ejim.2021.06.009
*Rey Juan Carlos University (Madrid)
3. Health-related factors of psychological distress during the COVID-19 pandemic among non-health workers in Spain.
Gómez Salgado J.*, Ruiz Frutos C., Ortega Moreno M., Allande Cussó R., Domínguez Salas S., Dias A.
Safety Science. Volume 133, January 2021, 104996. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ssci.2020.104996
*University of Huelva (Andalusia)
SOCIAL HEALTHCARE
Is loneliness a predictor of the modern Geriatric Giants? Analysis from the Survey of Health, Ageing, and Retirement in Europe.
Jerez-Roig J.*, Giné-Garriga M., Coll-Planas L., Skelton DA., Inzitari M., Booth J., Souza DLB.
Maturitas. Volume 144, P93-101, February 01, 2021.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.maturitas.2020.11.010
*University of Vic – Central University of Catalonia (Catalonia)
MENTAL HEALTH
Compulsory admissions and preferences in decision-making in patients with psychotic and bipolar disorders.
Morán-Sánchez I., Bernal-López MA., Pérez-Cárceles MD.
Social Psychiatry and Psychiatric Epidemiology. Volume 55, 571–580 (2020). DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s00127-019-01809-4
*Cartagena Mental Health Centre, Murcia (Valencia)
WINNING SEMINARS
PALLIATIVE CARE
Physiotherapy as an Adjuvant Treatment for Severe Symptoms in Advanced Cancer and Non-cancer Home Based Patients.
Canal-Sotelo J.*, Llobera-Solanas M., Cano-del Olmo K., Mejon-Casas O., Gabernet-Foix S., Fauria-Garcia Y., Moreno-Iglesias I., Caceres-Becerra M.
EAPC 2019 16th world congress European association for palliative care. (Poster) Berlin. May 2019.
*Hestia Balaguer Hospital (Hestia Alliance), Lleida (Catalonia)
MENTAL HEALTH
Psychiatric hospitalizations of patients with severe schizophrenia treated in a community based, case managed program vs. standard care.
Fernández-Miranda JJ.*, Diaz-Fernandez S, Frias-Ortiz DF
American Psychiatric Association (APA) Annual Meeting. (Oral) San Francisco (EE.UU.). May 2019.
*AGC mental health V. H.U. Cabueñes-Health Service of the Pº of Asturias-SESPA (Asturias)
SOCIAL HEALTHCARE
Valoración de la experiencia percibida por parte de los pacientes referente al equipo de enfermería de una Unidad Clínica de Heridas.
Casals-Zorita M*., Noell-Boix R.; Clapera-Cros F.; Guinovart-Garriga C.
XXVI Congreso Nacional de la SEEGG. May 2019.
*Santa Creu de Vic University Hospital (Catalonia)