Celiac disease (CD) is an immune-mediated enteropathy triggered by the ingestion of gluten in genetically predisposed individuals. In this sense, a gluten-free diet is the only safe treatment available. Due to the restrictions resulting from this eating pattern, this treatment may impair the relationship of the people with CD with food, increasing the risk of a disordered eating attitude, which is associated wi...
A implementação dos princípios da educação inclusiva no Ensino Superior (ES) é um desafio à própria academia, docentes e estudantes, concretizável através da implementação de Programas de Tutoria/Mentoria. A educação inclusiva foi originalmente desenvolvida para estudantes mais jovens, antes da sua aplicação ao ES. No entanto, à medida que aumenta a heterogeneidade de estudantes no ES, tem aumentado também a ne...
Objective: To evaluate the relationship between affectivity and sociodemographic and clinical characteristics, quality of life, functioning, and social support satisfaction in schizophrenia. Method: Cross‐sectional study of a sample of 282 schizophrenic patients. An interview was performed using a sociodemographic and clinical questionnaire and scales to evaluate positive and negative affect, quality of life, s...
Abstract: Objective: To evaluate the risk of falls and to identify the social determinants associated with them in the elderly living in a rural community. Methodology: Quantitative, cross-sectional, descriptive, and correlational study, performed in a probabilistic sample, randomly selected, with an estimated frequency of 50% and with an acceptable margin of error of 5% and a confidence level of 95%. Study car...
Encuadramiento: La población de personas mayor se encuentra expuesta a un mayor riesgo de caídas. La dependencia se convierte en un factor de riesgo para las caídas y concomitantemente una consecuencia de las mismas. Objetivo: Evaluar el riesgo de caídas en los mayores residentes en una comunidad rural y su relación con la dependencia. Métodos: Estudio cuantitativo, transversal, descriptivo y correlacional, rea...
Introdução: A automedicação é um importante problema de saúde pública e constitui um desafio em diversos países europeus, designadamente em Portugal. Os objetivos deste estudo foram estimar a prevalência de automedicação numa amostra de adultos portugueses da Região Centro e Norte de Portugal e identificar fatores sociodemográficos e de saúde associados à automedicação. Participantes e métodos: Estudo transvers...
Background: The promotion of students' academic success has been a growing concern for higher education institutions, a responsibility that should have an impact on the reduction of failure and dropout rates, as well as on the general improvement of the students’ training and on the development of their skills competencies and on the students’ graduation rates. Objectives: Our general objective was to identify ...
Introduction: Attention deficit-hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) is an issue that affects a high percentage of school-age population. Thus, working directly with hyperactive students has become an inevitable task in our lives, as educational professionals. Thus, it has become essential to ascertain new and effective teaching practices because understanding a teacher’s role as a facilitating agent in the teaching-l...