16 documents found, page 1 of 2
Identification of Barriers and Needs in the Discontinuation of Benzodiazepine R...
Mendes, Tiago De Barros; Nazha, Marta; Neves, Ana Luísa; Broeiro-Gonçalves, PaulaPublisher Copyright: © 2025 by the authors.; Background/Objectives: The predictors of successful discontinuation of benzodiazepine agonist receptors (BZRA) in elderly patients are not well known due to lack of research on the subject, and there is a need for further investigation, with more focus from the patients’ point of view. No previous studies were identified that have been conducted in Portugal on this s...
Academic Primary Care Units: From Dream to Reality
Correia, Gil; Pereira, António; Bulhões, Cláudia; Outeirinho, Conceição; Prazeres, Filipe; Rosendo, Inês; Antunes, José Pedro; Monteiro, Luísn/a.; n/d.
O Um novo futuro para a medicina geral e familiar em Portugal
Correia, Gil; Jacinto, Nuno; Reis, André; Pereira, António; Broeiro-Gonçalves, Paula; Simões, Susete; Monteiro, Nina; Outeirinho, ConceiçãoO Livro Azul: um futuro para a Medicina de Família em Portugal, editado em 1990 pela Associação Portuguesa de Médicos de Clínica Geral, marcou os anos seguintes e conceptualizou a Reforma dos Cuidados de Saúde Primários, iniciada em 2005, mas não implementada na totalidade. No momento atual de insatisfação profissional é importante rever os princípios que nortearão a medicina geral e familiar no futuro. O médic...
Strategies for research capacity building by family physicians in primary healt...
Gil Conde, Margarida; Costa, Isabel; Silvério Serra, Sofia; Carmona Ramos, Raquel; Ribeiro, Cristina; Broeiro-Gonçalves, Paula; Penedo, Carolina ReisIntroduction: The qualities of primary healthcare (PHC) make it a very relevant environment for research; however, there is still work to be done to enhance the research capabilities of family physicians in healthcare units. Considering there is no ongoing review that specifically addresses this objective, the proposed goal of this scoping review is to determine the depth of the literature on the current strate...
Prescribing Trends of Benzodiazepine and other Sedatives in the Lisbon and Tagu...
Gomes, Samuel; Broeiro-Gonçalves, Paula; Meireles, Cristina; Caldeira, Daniel; Costa, João; Guerreiro, Mara Pereira; Ribeiro, Nadine; Afonso, RenataIntroduction: Among the Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development members, Portugal has the highest reported consumption of anxiolytics, hypnotics, and sedatives, of which a large proportion are benzodiazepines or related drugs. These are known to cause tolerance and dependence. Other drugs with hypnotic effect, such as antidepressants, antihistamines, antipsychotics, or anticonvulsants have been i...
Caregiver’s characteristics of disability elderly cared by home-teams of the Na...
Broeiro-Gonçalves, PaulaIntroduction – Successful aging in place depends on the informal caregiver. The caregiver is the critical element in care, we have therefore characterized: caregivers and the association between caregiver characteristics and the time of care and their burden. Methodology – Cross-sectional study, a sample size of 230 participants spread over 25 integrated continued care teams randomly selected. Data collection o...
Os custos da insuficiência cardíaca em Portugal e a sua evolução previsível com...
Gouveia, Miguel Rebordão de Almeida; Ascenção, Raquel; Fiorentino, Francesca; Costa, João; Broeiro-Gonçalves, PaulaIntroduction and Objectives: Heart failure (HF) is a growing public health problem. This study estimates the current and future costs of HF in mainland Portugal. Methods: Costs were estimated based on prevalence and from a societal perspective. The annual costs of HF included direct costs (resource consumption) and indirect costs (productivity losses). Estimates were mostly based on data from the Diagnosis-Rela...
Opioids prescribing trend between 2013 and 2017 in the Lisbon and Tagus Valley ...
Caldeira, Daniel; Broeiro-Gonçalves, Paula; Cimadeira, Fátima; Costa, João; Lourenço, António; Meireles, Cristina; Guerreiro, Mara PereiraBackground In the United States of America, the increased use of opioids is associated with serious risks, such as overdose, opioid use disorder and death. In Portugal, data about the use of these drugs are scarce. Objective Characterize the prescribing patterns of opioids in the Health Administrative Region of Lisbon and Tagus Valley. Methods Observational, retrospective descriptive analysis of the prescriptio...
The current and future burden of heart failure in Portugal
Gouveia, Miguel; Ascenção, Raquel; Fiorentino, Francesca; Costa, João; Caldeira, Daniel; Broeiro-Gonçalves, Paula; Fonseca, Candida; Borges, MargaridaAims: Heart failure (HF) is a clinical syndrome with significant social and economic burden. We aimed to estimate the burden of HF in mainland Portugal over a 22-year time horizon, between 2014 and 2036. Methods and results: Heart failure burden was measured in disability-adjusted life years (DALYs), resulting from the sum of years of life lost (YLL) due to premature death and years lost due to disability (YLD)...
Multimorbidity and disease severity by age groups, in inpatients: cross-section...
Broeiro-Gonçalves, Paula; Nogueira, Paulo; AGUIAR, PEDROABSTRACT - Introduction: Multimorbidity (MM) by age groups curves behaviour and its relationship with disease severity are not well established. Considering the Charlson Index as a prognosis instrument to measure disease severity, the objectives were to characterise the MM and its severity through the Charlson index in Portuguese inpatients. Methods: A cross-sectional, descriptive study with an analytical compo...