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The outcomes of empowering individuals after total knee arthroplasty: a randomi...
Gomes, Anabela; Cunha, Gilda; Eiras, Margarida; Correia, AnabelaBackground: The rehabilitation of individuals after total knee arthroplasty is essential to optimize outcomes. The number of surgeries has been increasing significantly worldwide, overburdening healthcare systems with rising associated costs. Purpose: This study aims to demonstrate the effectiveness and cost-effectiveness of a rehabilitation plan consisting of two weekly physiotherapy sessions, supplemented by ...
Contribution to physiotherapy to value-based healthcare: a systematic review
Correia, AnabelaBackground: Value-based healthcare focuses on finding a balance between the quality of care and the costs involved. It does not imply cost-cutting, but rather providing necessary care while avoiding unnecessary or ineffective procedures. Physiotherapy seeks to deliver optimal patient outcomes by enhancing the relationship between achieved benefits and incurred costs, aligning with the principles of value-based ...
Análise de custo-efetividade de dois planos de reabilitação pós-artroplastia to...
Gomes, Anabela; Gomes, Anabela; Eiras, Margarida; Correia, Anabela; Cunha, GildaIntrodução – A artroplastia do joelho é uma das cirurgias mais comuns em todo o mundo. Após a cirurgia, a fisioterapia é largamente recomendada. Num contexto em que os sistemas de saúde enfrentam enormes constrangimentos financeiros – em Portugal, por exemplo, a despesa da saúde tem vindo a aumentar de forma constante, representando 11,2% do Produto Interno Bruto (PIB) em 2021 –, é fundamental fazer estudos de ...
Cost-effectiveness analysis of two rehabilitation plans after primary total kne...
Gomes, Anabela; Eiras , Margarida; Correia, Anabela; Cunha, GildaIntroduction – Knee arthroplasty is one of the most frequent surgical procedures worldwide. Physiotherapy is widely recommended following surgery. Health systems are facing enormous financial constraints – in Portugal, for example, health expenditure has been steadily increasing and accounted for 11.2% of the Gross Domestic Product (GDP) in 2021 – so it is essential to conduct economic evaluation for resource a...
Sustainability in health and wellness tourism: The creation of health regions
Quintela, Joana; Costa, Carlos; Correia, AnabelaHealth and wellness tourism has been an area of research with several approaches in different geographical contexts (Cooper et al., 2023; Letunovska et al., 2020), although not with a very clear link to sustainability or its potential for territorial development. From a perspective of sustainability, this type of tourism has the potential to facilitate and contribute to the quality of life of communities from t...
Effects of an aquatic physiotherapy program on the risk of falls in patients wi...
Cristóvão, Andreia Filipa; Cristóvão, Andreia; Correia, Anabela; Rebelo, PedroIntroduction and Objectives – Approximately 80% of stroke survivors have balance impairments and 58% risk of falling in the first year after stroke. Aquatic physiotherapy is one of the interventions that has been used for this purpose. The main goal of this study is toidentify the effects of an aquatic physiotherapy program on people with chronic stroke, with a risk of falls. Methods – This is a case series rep...
Attributes of health and wellness tourism units: An importance-performance anal...
Correia, Anabela; Antunes, Joaquim G.; Quintela, JoanaTha main objective of this study consists of identifying the attributes that please more and that are more emphasized by the users of five thermal units and a hotel with Spa situated in a Portuguese region. [...]
Health and wellness Tourism in the pursuit of quality of life: A case study app...
Costa, Carlos; Correia, Anabela; Quintela, JoanaThe health and wellness tourism sector is one of the most dynamic in Europe and has experienced a significant worldwide increase in the last decades. It emerges as a key element of lifestyle, due to a set of circumstances and restrictions imposed by contemporary life. In this sense, health and wellness activities may be revealed as a means capable of satisfying the needs of the consumers, that constitute the mo...
Health, wellness and happiness: A demand analysis
Costa, Carlos; Correia, Anabela; Quintela, JoanaWllness tourism is one of the most promising niche markets within the tourism field worldwide, assuming a recognized role in the global tourist scenario. [...]
O papel do turismo de saúde e bem-estar no desenvolvimento territorial sustentável
Quintela, Joana A.; Costa, Carlos; Correia, AnabelaThis study intends to analyse the role of health and wellness tourism in sustainable territorial development. Under a perspective of sustainability, tourism industry contains the potential to facilitate and to contribute to quality of life of communities since the moment it combines their different interests with the visitors’ and respects the natural, cultural and economic resources of the territories. This ba...