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Granada da la bienvenida al turismo inteligente

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Los viajeros que se decidan a visitar Granada ya pueden ir olvidándose de cargar en bolsos y mochilas con las pesadas guías que, junto a los mapas y las cámaras de fotos, forman parte del uniforme oficial del turista. Ahora los visitantes podrán disfrutar de todas las ventajas de un guía personalizado durante las 24 horas, siempre y cuando tengan acceso a internet. Granada se convirtió ayer en la primera ciudad española en incorporarse al movimiento de Smart Cities y acogerse al programa Smartourism, un sistema inteligente para la planificación y personalización de visitas turísticas, «capaz de generar un plan de visita turística personalizado de manera automática».

El sistema, desarrollado por la empresa granadina especializada en inteligencia artificial IActive, fundada en diciembre de 2006 por cinco investigadores de la Universidad de Granada, ofrece a los turistas la posibilidad de realizar la planificación de su viaje de forma instantánea y personalizada, teniendo en cuenta la duración del viaje, la ubicación del alojamiento elegido y toda la oferta monumental, de ocio y restauración de Granada.

Durante la presentación del nuevo asistente turístico virtual -que contó con la presencia del delegado de Turismo, Comercio y Deporte de la Junta, Alejandro Zubeldia, de la concejal de Turismo del Ayuntamiento, Marifrán Carazo, del director general de IActive, Francisco Palao, y el presidente de la Federación de Empresas de Hostelería y Turismo, Carlos Navarro-, los responsables de la iniciativa aseguraron que lo que se ha querido es ofrecer vía online los mismos servicios que cualquier oficina de turismo de la ciudad.

Y el uso del sistema, al que se puede acceder desde la página web turística de la ciudad (www.granadatur.com) es realmente sencillo. «Los turistas indican al sistema algunos datos básicos sobre su viaje y preferencias para realizar la visita, como el día de inicio y el de fin, sus gustos personales o el nivel de gasto, y Smartourism Granada genera un plan turístico que podrá ser aceptado por el turismo en el caso de que se adapte a sus necesidades, aunque también podrá solicitar otro plan nuevo o modificarlo, de forma que el plan turístico final cumpla con sus expectativas», explicaron ayer desde IActive.

Además, el sistema también ha sido diseñado pensando en los propios técnicos de atención al turista, puesto que «les facilita y agiliza su trabajo», y en los profesionales de las agencias de viaje.

Como apuntaron ayer los principales representantes del sector turístico granadino, la idea que persigue la ciudad con la aplicación de este nuevo sistema es unirse al «movimiento de Smart Cities, que vela por construir ciudades más inteligentes y sostenibles que optimizan sus recursos gracias al avance tecnológico».

Los creadores del sistema indican que entre los beneficios de Smartourism destaca el hecho de que facilita al turista la planificación del viaje y «evita que pierda tiempo buscando entre una gran cantidad de información sobre recursos turísticos y comprobando los detalles del horarios y ubicación». Además, facilita el trabajo a los profesionales turísticos, ya que «los recepcionistas de hotel, los informadores turísticos y las agencias de viaje podrán utilizar esta herramienta para asesorar de forma más rápida a los viajeros». Sin contar, explican desde IActive, con que el programa basado en la inteligencia artificial permite gestionar de forma eficiente el tiempo disponible, aprovechando al máximo el viaje y teniendo en cuenta los horarios de los distintos recursos turísticos, y que está disponible en cualquier momento y desde cualquier punto a través de internet.

Un caso práctico. En el caso de que una pareja que ya ha visitado Granada y la Alhambra con anterioridad llegara ayer a media tarde a la ciudad y se alojara en un hotel de la calle Recogidas hasta el domingo, el sistema -teniendo en cuenta una previsión de gasto en comida de entre 35 y 45 euros, por ejemplo- le recomendaría comenzar con una visita al mirador de San Nicolás y cenar en alguno de los restaurantes del Albaicín. Para la jornada del sábado propondría visitar la Basílica de la Virgen de las Angustias, los jardines del Cuarto Real de Santo Domingo y la Casta de los Tiros, para terminar la mañana tapeando por el Realejo. Para la tarde, una visita al Museo Max Morau, una sesión en el spa Termasaje y una cena por la zona de Puerta Real.

Para la jornada del domingo, Smartourism apuesta por el Museo de CajaGranada, el Aljibe del Rey y el Museo y el Centro de Interpretación de las Cuevas del Sacromonte.

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Perception of diseases determines its impact on patients

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Researchers at the University of Granada have stated that, “the idea that patients have of their disease affects their own coping and adaptation to it”.

They have developed a test for measuring and assessing chronic patients’ cognitive representation of their disease. This advance will enable the development of clinical psychological treatments much more efficient than those currently employed.

Cognitive representation is based on “common sense”, since patients are not experts and their ideas and perception of their disease are based on their own experience, self-knowledge and other sources (social, family environment, health center, etc).

Patients were given different tests and, although the study centered on patients with diabetes, this test is intended to be applicable to any patient with a chronic disease.

The results of the study carried out by Macarena De los Santos Roig and colleagues revealed that when patients perceive that their disease has significant impact on their lives, they face their disease more actively, (they seek social support, apply behavioural coping and express their emotions).

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Perception of diseases determines its impact on patients

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Researchers at the University of Granada have stated that, «the idea that patients have of their disease affects their own coping and adaptation to it».

They have developed a test for measuring and assessing chronic patients’ cognitive representation of their disease. This advance will enable the development of clinical psychological treatments much more efficient than those currently employed.

Cognitive representation is based on «common sense», since patients are not experts and their ideas and perception of their disease are based on their own experience, self-knowledge and other sources (social, family environment, health center, etc).

Patients were given different tests and, although the study centered on patients with diabetes, this test is intended to be applicable to any patient with a chronic disease.

The results of the study carried out by Macarena De los Santos Roig and colleagues revealed that when patients perceive that their disease has significant impact on their lives, they face their disease more actively, (they seek social support, apply behavioural coping and express their emotions).

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Perception of diseases determines its impact on patients

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Researchers at the University of Granada have stated that, «the idea that patients have of their disease affects their own coping and adaptation to it».

They have developed a test for measuring and assessing chronic patients’ cognitive representation of their disease. This advance will enable the development of clinical psychological treatments much more efficient than those currently employed.

Cognitive representation is based on «common sense», since patients are not experts and their ideas and perception of their disease are based on their own experience, self-knowledge and other sources (social, family environment, health center, etc).

Patients were given different tests and, although the study centered on patients with diabetes, this test is intended to be applicable to any patient with a chronic disease.

The results of the study carried out by Macarena De los Santos Roig and colleagues revealed that when patients perceive that their disease has significant impact on their lives, they face their disease more actively, (they seek social support, apply behavioural coping and express their emotions).

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Perception of diseases determines its impact on patients

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Researchers at the University of Granada have stated that, “the idea that patients have of their disease affects their own coping and adaptation to it”.

They have developed a test for measuring and assessing chronic patients’ cognitive representation of their disease. This advance will enable the development of clinical psychological treatments much more efficient than those currently employed.

Cognitive representation is based on “common sense”, since patients are not experts and their ideas and perception of their disease are based on their own experience, self-knowledge and other sources (social, family environment, health center, etc).

Patients were given different tests and, although the study centered on patients with diabetes, this test is intended to be applicable to any patient with a chronic disease.

The results of the study carried out by Macarena De los Santos Roig and colleagues revealed that when patients perceive that their disease has significant impact on their lives, they face their disease more actively,
(they seek social support, apply behavioural coping and express their emotions).

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Perception of diseases determines its impact on patients

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Researchers at the University of Granada have stated that, «the idea that patients have of their disease affects their own coping and adaptation to it».

They have developed a test for measuring and assessing chronic patients’ cognitive representation of their disease. This advance will enable the development of clinical psychological treatments much more efficient than those currently employed.

Cognitive representation is based on «common sense», since patients are not experts and their ideas and perception of their disease are based on their own experience, self-knowledge and other sources (social, family environment, health center, etc).

Patients were given different tests and, although the study centered on patients with diabetes, this test is intended to be applicable to any patient with a chronic disease.

The results of the study carried out by Macarena De los Santos Roig and colleagues revealed that when patients perceive that their disease has significant impact on their lives, they face their disease more actively, (they seek social support, apply behavioural coping and express their emotions).

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Perception of diseases affects patients

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Researchers at the University of Granada have stated that, «the idea that patients have of their disease affects their own coping and adaptation to it».

They have developed a test for measuring and assessing chronic patients’ cognitive representation of their disease. This advance will enable the development of clinical psychological treatments much more efficient than those currently employed.

Cognitive representation is based on «common sense», since patients are not experts and their ideas and perception of their disease are based on their own experience, self-knowledge and other sources (social, family environment, health center, etc).

Patients were given different tests and, although the study centered on patients with diabetes, this test is intended to be applicable to any patient with a chronic disease.

The results of the study carried out by Macarena De los Santos Roig and colleagues revealed that when patients perceive that their disease has significant impact on their lives, they face their disease more actively, (they seek social support, apply behavioural coping and express their emotions).

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Perception of diseases determines its impact on patients

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Researchers at the University of Granada have stated that, “the idea that patients have of their disease affects their own coping and adaptation to it”.

They have developed a test for measuring and assessing chronic patients’ cognitive representation of their disease. This advance will enable the development of clinical psychological treatments much more efficient than those currently employed.

Cognitive representation is based on “common sense”, since patients are not experts and their ideas and perception of their disease are based on their own experience, self-knowledge and other sources (social, family environment, health center, etc).

Patients were given different tests and, although the study centered on patients with diabetes, this test is intended to be applicable to any patient with a chronic disease.

The results of the study carried out by Macarena De los Santos Roig and colleagues revealed that when patients perceive that their disease has significant impact on their lives, they face their disease more actively, (they seek social support, apply behavioural coping and express their emotions).

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Perception of diseases determines its impact on patients

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Researchers at the University of Granada have stated that, “the idea that patients have of their disease affects their own coping and adaptation to it”.

They have developed a test for measuring and assessing chronic patients’ cognitive representation of their disease. This advance will enable the development of clinical psychological treatments much more efficient than those currently employed.

Cognitive representation is based on “common sense”, since patients are not experts and their ideas and perception of their disease are based on their own experience, self-knowledge and other sources (social, family environment, health center, etc).

Patients were given different tests and, although the study centered on patients with diabetes, this test is intended to be applicable to any patient with a chronic disease.

The results of the study carried out by Macarena De los Santos Roig and colleagues revealed that when patients perceive that their disease has significant impact on their lives, they face their disease more actively, (they seek social support, apply behavioural coping and express their emotions).

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The Impact Of Chronic Diseases On Patients Also Depends On Their Perception Of The Disease

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Researchers at the University of Granada have developed a test to measure and assess chronic patients’ cognitive representation of their disease. This advance will enable the development of clinical psychological treatments much more efficient than those currently employed.

What do we mean by «common sense» when we talk about a disease? What affects the ideas and beliefs that patients have of their disease? Researchers at the University of Granada have developed a test for measuring and assessing chronic patients’ cognitive representation of their disease. This advance will enable the development of clinical psychological treatments much more efficient than those currently employed.

The cognitive representation of a disease is the ideas and beliefs that patients have in relation to their condition, at a given time. These ideas are based around five aspects: symptoms, causes, impact of the disease on patients’ lives, way and measures for controlling the condition, time-line and progression of the disease.

Cognitive representation is said to be based on «common sense», since patients are not experts and their ideas and perception of their disease are based on their own experience, self-knowledge and other sources (social, family environment, health center, etc). The researchers state that «the idea that patients have of their disease affects their own coping and adaptation to it».

This study was conducted by Macarena De los Santos Roig, at the department of Social Psychology and Methodology of Behavioral Sciences of the University of Granada, and led by professor Cristino Pérez Meléndez.

155 Patients

To carry out this study, the researchers used a sample of 155 patients with diabetes Type 1, treated at the Department of Endocronology of the University Hospital San Cecilio, Granada. Patients were given different tests and, although the study centered on patients with diabetes, this test is intended to be applicable to any patient with a chronic disease.

The study revealed that the profile of diabetic patients reporting many symptoms, with the perception of their disease having heavy impact on their lives, low perceived controllability, and a chronic course present significantly worse physical, psychological and social functioning, as well as a poor mental health, lower vitality and worse overall (physical) health, than those who represent their disease differently.

Conversely, patients face their disease more actively, (they seek social support, apply behavioral coping and express their emotions), when they perceive that their disease has significant impact on their lives, but some control is observed. Such results confirm the reliability of the scores obtained on the scale developed in this study. Thus, its effectiveness is demonstrated.

Although other similar assessment tools already existed in other countries, they had been deficiently translated (not adapted, and presenting some deficiencies) into Spanish by national researchers. Consequently, the tool developed by the University of Granada is the most complete and reliable of all existing assessment tools.

Source: Department of Social Psychology and Methodology in Behavioral Sciences, University of Granada

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Common Sense Affects Coping Strategies for Chronic Disease

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Patients with chronic disease are most often not experts on their condition. Much of what they believe about their disease is based on “common sense,” according to researchers at the University of Granada.

Common sense makes up the cognitive representation a person has of a chronic illness and comes from such areas as a person’s own experiences, self-knowledge, social environment and relationships.

Researchers noted that “the idea that patients have of their disease affects their own coping and adaptation to it”.

In order to assess how common sense perceptions impact a patient’s coping mechanisms, researchers developed a test for measuring the cognitive representation a person has of their disease.

The criteria behind the measurement are based on five aspects of the disease including symptoms, causes, impact on a patient’s life, process for controlling the condition and the timeline/progression of the disease.

Conducted by Marcarena De los Santos Roig with the department of Social Psychology and Methodology of Behavioral Sciences at the University of Granada and led by Professor Cristino Pérez Meléndez, the study was designed to open up new insights into helping patients with coping skills.

Specifically, researchers hope that the tool will lead to the development of enhanced clinical psychological treatment strategies that will be much more efficient than what is currently available.

The study included a sample of 155 patients from the University Hospital San Cecilio’s Department of Endocronology who were diagnosed with Type 1 diabetes. While the sample revolved around patients with diabetes, researchers noted that the process was developed to measure cognitive perceptions in any patient with a chronic disease.

Different tests were administered to patients regarding the perception of their disease. Researchers pointed out that similar tools are available in other countries but had not been completely adapted and translated into Spanish by national researchers.

Findings revealed that when diabetic patients report a high number of symptoms, perceived they had little control over their disease and believed the illness had a heavy impact on their lives, overall health and coping skills were worse than groups with different perceptions.

Individuals with these cognitive representations of their disease presented with worse physical, psychological and social functioning, as well as a poor mental health, lower vitality and worse overall physical health.

Alternatively, those patients who perceived that the disease had a heavy impact on their lives but also believed they had some control over that impact presented more positive scores. These patients tended to face their disease more actively by seeking out social assistance and applying behavioral coping skills.

Researchers noted that the results confirm the reliability of the scores obtained on the scale developed for use in the study as well as its effectiveness. They added that the tool developed by the University of Granada is the most complete and reliable of all existing assessment tools.

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