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Qualitative evaluation of an intervention programme fostering students’ social ...

This study investigates the perspectives of teachers in Greece and Portugal on the effectiveness of a newly developed programme (FRIEND-SHIP intervention) aiming at fostering students’ social participation. Sixteen elementary school teachers, ten from Greece and six from Portugal, who implemented the programme in their classes were interviewed before and after implementation. The thematic analysis performed ind...

Falls and Preventive Practices among Institutionalized Older People

The present study about falls among the older adult population essentially explores biophysiological factors. In light of the complexity of the factors that cause these accidents, it is important to identify the safety and self-care practices of institutionalized older adults and their relationship with falls in order to introduce prevention measures and personalized cognitive–behavioral strategies. The objecti...

Gait ability and muscle strength in institutionalized older persons with and wi...

Falls are a complex problem, given their multifactorial nature, the comorbidities involved, and due to the dependency of older persons living in nursing homes. Risk, fear of falling, falls themselves, and their recurrence are the main factors behind fragility fractures, lack of independence, and increases in pain prevalence, and other comorbidities in older populations. The objectives of the present quantitativ...

Gait Ability and Muscle Strength in Institutionalized Older Persons with and wi...

Falls are a complex problem, given their multifactorial nature, the comorbidities involved, and due to the dependency of older persons living in nursing homes. Risk, fear of falling, falls themselves, and their recurrence are the main factors behind fragility fractures, lack of independence, and increases in pain prevalence, and other comorbidities in older populations. The objectives of the present quantitativ...

Interobserver analysis of safety practices and behaviors adopted by elderly peo...

School-based practices of occupational therapists for an inclusive education in...

The present study is part of a project that aims to develop a common framework defining general requirements – in terms of skills, contents and methods – to be considered on occupational therapists (OT)’ training for school-based practices aligned with the principles of inclusion. Although the concept of inclusive education has been, consensually, defined as the enablement of school contexts to support the acce...

Análise Interobservadores das práticas e comportamentos de segurança adotados p...

Objective: determine the psychometric properties of the safety practices and behaviors dimension of the Scale of Practices and Behaviors of Institutionalized Elderly People to Prevent Falls in a sample of elderly people with cognitive decline. Method: methodological study, with a quantitative approach, to assess the psychometric properties of the mentioned scale in a sample with 102 elderly people with cognitiv...

Análise Interobservadores das práticas e comportamentos de segurança adotados p...

Objetivo: determinar as propriedades psicométricas da dimensão das práticas e dos comportamentos de segurança da Escala de Práticas e Comportamentos dos Idosos Institucionalizados para Prevenir Quedas numa amostra de idosos com declínio cognitivo

Developing Assessment pratice in Armenia

WHAAM: Context-Driven Framework