The Integrated Care Management of Alcázar de San Juan, belonging to the Castilla-La Mancha Health Service (SESCAM), has taken a significant step in the field of health research by joining the Cohorte IMPaCT project, the largest multicenter study carried out in primary care in Spain. This ambitious project, led by the Carlos III Health Institute and coordinated by the Biomedical Research Networking Center (CIBER), aims to better understand the causes of various diseases and improve the health of the population at a national level.
The Cohorte IMPaCT project will involve the participation of 200,000 people nationwide, of which 8,000 are from Castilla-La Mancha. In the Alcázar de San Juan node, 4,000 participants will be selected, who will be randomly chosen from five basic health zones in the region, including Alcázar 2, Herencia, Villafranca de los Caballeros, Quintanar de la Orden, and Campo de Criptana. These individuals will be followed for 20 years with the goal of studying the social, environmental, and biological factors that influence health, as well as the most relevant diseases from a public health perspective.
The project was presented to healthcare professionals in an informative session held at the Alcázar 2 Health Center, where the regional coordinator of the project, family doctor Ignacio Párraga, shared the details of the study. Dr. Párraga emphasized the magnitude of this research and its relevance at a national level, highlighting the unique opportunity Cohorte IMPaCT represents for advancing precision medicine and understanding the specificities of public health in both urban and rural areas.
The Cohorte IMPaCT study also aims to promote personalized medicine, using the gathered information to develop preventive and tailored treatments. The collaboration of participants and the commitment of healthcare professionals from the involved health centers are crucial, given the study’s two-decade duration. Participants, aged between 16 and 79, will help lay the foundations for unprecedented research in the field of public health.
The participation of the population in Alcázar de San Juan has been very positive, with over a hundred people already accepting SESCAM’s invitation to join the study. Healthcare professionals in the area appreciate the citizens’ willingness to contribute to creating new knowledge that can prevent diseases and improve existing treatments.
In the coming days, recruitment of participants will continue in locations like Campo de Criptana, Arenales de San Gregorio, and Herencia. The Alcázar 2 Health Center has become a reference for this research in Castilla-La Mancha, following the model established in Albacete, one of the first nodes to start the project nationwide.
Currently, the Cohorte IMPaCT project has 50 nodes spread across Spain, with 59 research groups and 24 associated entities, recruiting over 6,500 participants. The initiative focuses on understanding the causes of priority diseases in public health, including age-related functional decline, injuries, and disabilities, as well as monitoring the health status of residents in Spain. It also seeks to identify biomarkers of diseases in early stages that can be useful in clinical practice, especially in preventive and precision medicine.
Cohorte IMPaCT is designed to enhance the understanding of public health in Spain and help predict disease risks, contributing to the development of a more effective and personalized medicine that can benefit society as a whole.
Spanish post in Herencia se une al mayor estudio nacional de salud pública a través del proyecto Cohorte IMPaCT
