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Creutzfeldt-Jakob Disease: A Decade of Assistential Activity at Centro Hospital...
Marques, Ana João; Mendes, Michel; Carvalho, Andreia; Almendra, Ricardo; Matas, Andreia; Veiga, Andreia; Guimarães, Pedro; Velon, Ana GraçaIntroduction: Sporadic Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease (sCJD) is the most frequent of human prion diseases, with an estimated incidence of 1 case per million / habitants per year. Clinical manifestations include multidomain cognitive impairment with pyramidal, extrapyramidal and/or cerebellar signs. It is a rapidly progressive and fatal disease. Our aim was to do a sociodemographic, clinical and progression evaluatio...
The influence of the Great Recession on perinatal health-an ecological study on...
Doetsch, Julia Nadine; Almendra, Ricardo; Severo, Milton; Leão, Teresa; Teixeira, Raquel; Marques, Sandra; Pilot, Eva; Krafft, Thomas; Barros, HenriqueBackground Few studies examine the relationship between socioeconomic factors and trends in mortality in highincome European countries. Due to the lack of regional-level data, most recent studies on social inequality in Portugal do not investigate regional differences. This study analyses time trends and regional disparities in the evolution of perinatal mortality (PMR) and infant mortality (IMR) associated wit...
Seroepidemiology study of Cytomegalovirus and Rubella in pregnant women in Luan...
Vueba, Amélia; Faria, Clarissa; Almendra, Ricardo; Santana, Paula; Sousa, Maria do CéuBackground: Both CMV and Rubella virus infections are associated with the risk of vertical transmission, fetal death or congenital malformations. In Angola, there are no reports of CMV and Rubella studies. Therefore, our objectives were to study the seroprevalence of anti-CMV and anti-Rubella antibodies in pregnant women of Luanda (Angola), identify the risk of primary infection during pregnancy and evaluate th...
Equitable migrant-friendly perinatal healthcare access and quality in public ma...
Doetsch, Julia; Almendra, Ricardo; Carrapatoso, Mariana; Teixeira, Cristina; Barros, HenriqueMigrant women are at higher risk to face access barriers to perinatal care services and to experience worse pregnancy outcomes compared to native. Assessing the perception of migrant women and health providers discloses a multifaceted view on migrant-friendly care, a multidimensional concept in itself. This study aims to compare self-perceived assessments of migrant women and directors of obstetrics and gynaeco...
Unhealthy lifestyles, environment, well-being and health capability in rural ne...
Azul, Anabela Marisa; Almendra, Ricardo; Quatorze, Marta; Loureiro, Adriana; Reis, Flávio; Tavares, Rui; Mota-Pinto, Anabela; Cunha, António; Rama, LuísBackground: Non-communicable diseases are a leading cause of health loss worldwide, in part due to unhealthy lifestyles. Metabolic-based diseases are rising with an unhealthy body-mass index (BMI) in rural areas as the main risk factor in adults, which may be amplified by wider determinants of health. Changes in rural environments reflect the need of better understanding the factors affecting the self-ability f...
Evaluation of the drinking water quality surveillance system in the metropolita...
Faria, Clarissa Pérez; Almendra, Ricardo; Dias, Gisele Silva; Santana, Paula; Sousa, Maria do Céu; Bessa de Freitas, MarceloThe present work evaluated the surveillance of the drinking water quality information system database and correlated the findings of the microbiological analysis with the distribution of intestinal protozoa from the metropolitan region of Rio de Janeiro. From the database, we obtained 1,654 georeferenced monitoring stations that were used in the analysis. The results indicate that the minimum number of samples ...
Prevalence of HIV and hepatitis B virus among pregnant women in Luanda (Angola)...
Vueba, Amélia Nkutxi; Almendra, Ricardo; Santana, Paula; Faria, Clarissa; Sousa, Maria do CéuHIV and HBV infections remain responsible for high rate of morbidity and mortality in many African Countries, affecting women and newborns. This study aims to analyze the spatial pattern of HIV and HBV infections in pregnant women in Luanda, Angola, and the statistical association between HIV and HBV and socio-economic characteristics, hygiene, and health status. Methods: Detection of anti-HIV antibodies (total...
Spatial inequalities of COVID-19 incidence and associated socioeconomic risk fa...
Almendra, Ricardo; Santana, Paula; Costa, CláudiaCOVID-19 hit the world in a sudden and uneven way. Scientific community has provided strong evidence about socioeconomic characteristics of the territory associated with the geographical pattern of COVID-19 incidence. Still, the role played by these factors differs between study areas. Geographically Weighted Regression (GWR) models were applied to explore the spatially varying association between age-standardi...
Equitable perinatal healthcare for migrants, Portugal: comparative analysis of ...
Doetsch, Julia; Almendra, Ricardo; Carrapatoso, Mariana; Teixeira, Cristina; Barros, HenriqueMigration is seen as a common risk factor in obstetricmanagement. Migrants often have a higher risk of experience worse pregnancy outcomes, higher rates of operative delivery, and a higher likelihood to receive less adequate postpartum care when compared to native women. This study evaluates self-perceived assessment of migrant women and hospital directors on equitable migrant friendly perinatal healthcare qual...
Mortality from cardiovascular diseases in the municipalities of mainland Portug...
Almendra, Ricardo; Santana, PaulaDuring the last decades, important efforts have been taken to tackle cardiovascular diseases, which resulted in important mortality and disability decreases. Despite this, cardiovascular diseases are still one of the major causes of death in Portugal. Thus, the aim of this study is to analyse the evolution of the spatial pattern of deaths by cardiovascular diseases, between 1991 and 2017, identifying areas of h...