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Evolução da incidência de Diabetes Mellitus em Portugal: tendências de 1992 a 2...

Sobre as tendências de 1992 a 2020 e projeções até 2026 na Evolução da incidência de Diabetes Mellitus em Portugal.

Impacto do Confinamento em Crianças e Adolescentes

The Impact of Confinement on Children and Adolescents

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Empowering people with diabetes type 2: health gains with a therapeutic educati...

Diabetes is a serious public health problem, with increasing prevalence (OND,2015), challenging new approaches that focus on particular characteristics of people with this disease. This presentation is part of the intervention-oriented stage of the literacy assessment of diabetes type 2 individuals, funded by FCG that ran in the North region. To assess a therapeutic education program with type 2 diabetic indivi...

Trends in diabetes incidence from 1992 to 2015 and projections for 2024: A Port...

Background: Diabetes is known as a major cause of morbidity and mortality worldwide.Portugal is known as the European country with the highest prevalence of this disease.While diabetes prevalence data is updated annually in Portugal, the General Practitioner’s(GP) Sentinel Network represents the only data source on diabetes incidence. This studydescribes the trends in Diabetes incidence, between 1992 and 2015, ...

Early childhood intervention: the Portuguese pathway towards inclusion

This article describes the Early Childhood Intervention (ECI) system in Portugal and how it evolved since the 80’s until our days, based on a set of principles recommended by research and empirical data. So it describes the characteristics, organization and legislation and implementation of the ECI Portuguese system which pertain to be an inclusive and community resource based early intervention system.

First diabetes prevalence study in Portugal: PREVADIAB study

Aims Diabetes is a growing worldwide problem. Ascertaining its prevalence is vital as a starting point to establish and measure the success of health interventions. This study aimed to determine the prevalence of Type 2 diabetes and ‘pre-diabetes’, defined as impaired fasting glucose and impaired glucose tolerance, in the Portuguese population aged between 20 and 79 years. Methods Considering the number of inha...

The hyperactive Child: diagnosis, assessment and treatment

Introduction: Attention-Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) is the most frequent neurobehavioral disorder in school age children.The ways in which this disorder manifests itself vary and the symptoms must be given attention to whenever they impair the child’s school work and its emotional and social balance. Goal: To carry out an ADHD literature review, highlighting aspects that refer to epidemiology, etiopat...