The study on the emotional impact of BiSC volunteers during confinement receives funding (MOOD-COVID study).
The MOOD-COVID study is already underway! At the start of confinement by COVID-19 in March 2020, we initiated a questionnaire-based study to assess the emotional state of BiSC volunteers. This study was launched thanks to the willingness of researchers and participants in a time of emergency to answer an important question: How does confinement and the health crisis impact the mental health of pregnant women and mothers with [...]
The BiSC project wishes you a good summer!
Very good summer and happy holidays! We end another year of the BiSC project. These last few months have been quite curious and unexpected, but from BiSC we hope you can enjoy this summer vacation and we can recharge batteries to start September with a lot of energy! From the news section of the project and from all the people who work at BiSC we want to wish [...]
Study of the cognitive status of children at 6 months of age
The BiSC project and the eye-tracker technique! Little by little, the BiSC project is back on track, and after these months of confinement, we have news! Recall that one of the main objectives of the BiSC project was to assess whether there is any association between air pollution levels and children's neurodevelopment. At BiSC, throughout the postnatal period we are already conducting different tests at 6 months of [...]
Study on the emotional state of BiSC volunteers!
We have completed the first phase of the study on the emotional impact of BiSC volunteers during confinement! At the beginning of the confinement, set to cut the transmission of COVID-19, we started a study based on questionnaires to assess the emotional state of the BiSC volunteers. The study consisted of 5 questionnaires, the last of which was passed last week (final questionnaire). In total, 398 volunteers took [...]
A creative way of doing the environmental exposure assessment at home!
The essential involvement of the BiSC volunteers and their creativity! Gradually, the BiSC project is reactivated, and some of the visits are starting again, such as the 32-week pregnancy environmental visit. Given the circumstances, we had to readjust the way the visit was carried out to be able to keep collecting information on certain air pollutants such as NO2, or other factors such as temperature and humidity. This [...]
BiSC volunteer babies’ are 12 months old!
We started the 12-month follow-up questionnaire! We have started monitoring babies at 12 months, the entire BiSC team is excited to know that the project's volunteer babies have already reached the year of life! In this questionnaire, we ask questions about the emotional state of mothers, and also about the lactation and diet habits followed by babies, in order to know how they can affect their microbiota. On [...]
The first newsletter of the BiSC project!
The first newsletter of the BiSC project! Yesterday, May 11, we sent the first newsletter of the project to BiSC volunteers. This newsletter is a new way of communicating with BiSC families, where you can find short reports, interviews, a collection of news published on the web or a small creative corner, among others. In this first edition, the BiSC team updates us on the current situation of [...]
Let’s start with some BiSC face-to-face visits after 8 weeks of confinement!
We are reactivating in BiSC again after 8 weeks of confinement!! During these 8 weeks of confinement, we have been in telephone contact with BiSC volunteers to perform prenatal and postnatal follow-up, but without a face-to-face visit, neither in the hospital nor in the homes. From now on, little by little, we will be doing some face-to-face visits, starting with the ultrasound at 32 weeks of gestation. This [...]