R De la Vega
Curriculum vitae
Dr. de la Vega is a psychologist working at the University of Málaga
(UMA), Spain, as a faculty member, with a Ramón y Cajal contract since
2020. There, she leads a line of research focused on digital
interventions and pediatric pain. She is the Principal Investigator in
the project " Effectiveness and implementation of a digital intervention
for pediatric chronic pain co-designed with patients", funded by the
Spanish Ministry of Science and Innovation (PID2021-122885OA-I00). She
has several leadership appointments on international committees: Chair
of the International Committee of the Society of Pediatric Psychology-
APA Division 54 (SPP), Board member of the European Paediatric
Psychology Network (EPPN), Faculty member in Pain In Child Health (PICH)
Canadian initiative, Board Member of the International Association for
the Study of Pain (IASP) Early Career Network, and Member of the Working
Group on Pediatric Pain of the Spanish Pain Society (SED). She also
holds positions as Associate Editor in Frontiers in Pain Research
(Pediatric Pain section) and Secretary in Psychological Writings. Her
work has been recognized with 3 prestigious competitive fellowships and
a number of awards. She has published 75 articles in international
peer-reviewed journals.
Declaration of Interest
Her research interests are mainly focused on digital interventions for
the management of pain (eHealth and mHealth) and in understanding the
mechanisms of change that happen during treatment, in order to improve
their efficacy. She is also interested in treatment implementation and
cultural validation of psychological assessment tools and
interventions.
The 5 most important personal publication
De la Vega R, Serrano ER, Ruiz-Párraga GT. Palermo T, Wicksell R,
Fernández-Jiménez E, Oliva S, Roldán S, Monfort L, Peláez MJ, Leyva
Carmona M, Ramírez C, López-Martínez AE, Miró J, Esteve R. Protocol for
a Multi-Phase, Multi-Center, Real-World, Hybrid
Effectiveness-Implementation Study of a Digital Intervention for
Pediatric Chronic Pain Co-Designed with Patients (Digital SPA). Digital
Health 2023; 19:9:20552076231219490. 10.1177/20552076231219490
De la Vega R, Sakulsriprasert P, Miró J, Jensen M. Optimizing pain
intensity assessment in clinical trials: How many ratings are needed to
best balance the need for validity and to minimize assessment burden?
The Journal of Pain. (in press). 10.1016/j.jpain.2024.01.339
De la Vega R, Palermo TM. The mediating role of treatment perceptions in
the relationship between individual characteristics and engagement with
a digital psychological intervention for pediatric chronic pain: a
secondary data análisis. JMIR Pediatrics and Parenting, 6, e42399. 2023.
10.2196/42399
De la Vega R, Ritterband L, Palermo TM. Assessing Digital Health
Implementation for a Pediatric Chronic Pain Intervention: Comparing the
RE-AIM and BIT Frameworks Against Real-World Trial Data and
Recommendations for Future Studies. JMIR, 22 (9), e19898.
2020.10.2196/19898
De la Vega R, Groenewald C, Bromberg MH, Beals-Erickson SE, Palermo TM.
Chronic pain prevalence and associated factors in adolescents with and
without physical disabilities. Developmental Medicine & Child
Neurology, 60(6), 596-601. 2018. 10.1111/dmcn.13705