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Recruitment and retention in a multidomain intervention for post-TIA and minor ...

Lobar Lung Transplantation: A Single-Center 10-Year Experience

Background: The shortage of donors for lung transplants is the main limitation of the preceding. Lobar transplantation is an alternative especially useful in patients with short stature and small thoracic cavities. The aim of this study was to perform a descriptive analysis of Portuguese patients who underwent lobar lung transplantation. Methods: A retrospective study was conducted, and patients submitted to lo...

NUTLY: um instrumento baseado em fotografias para medição da literacia nutricional

A literacia nutricional é um componente fulcral da literacia em saúde, e tem sido associada positivamente à prática de uma alimentação saudável. Os instrumentos atuais de medição deste conceito têm a desvantagem de depender bastante da capacidade dos participantes para ler ou fazer cálculos matemáticos, dificultando a sua aplicação em indivíduos com baixa escolaridade. Avaliam apenas conhecimentos teóricos, pel...

Healthcare use among cancer survivors during the COVID-19 pandemic: results fro...

"Purpose: To estimate the association between a previous cancer diagnosis and healthcare use during the COVID-19 pandemic among Europeans and Israelis individuals. Methods: This cross-sectional study was based on data from the Survey of Health, Ageing and Retirement in Europe (SHARE), including the SHARE COVID-19 Survey, which was conducted in the summer of 2020, in 27 countries. Cancer survivors (CS, n = 6409)...

NUTLY: um instrumento baseado em fotografias para medição da literacia nutricional

<jats:p>A literacia nutricional é um componente fulcral da literacia em saúde, e tem sido associada positivamente à prática de uma alimentação saudável. Os instrumentos atuais de medição deste conceito têm a desvantagem de depender bastante da capacidade dos participantes para ler ou fazer cálculos matemáticos, dificultando a sua aplicação em indivíduos com baixa escolaridade. Avaliam apenas conhecimentos teóri...

Development and validation of a photograph-based instrument to assess nutrition...

Most instruments measuring nutrition literacy evaluate theoretical knowledge, not necessarily reflecting skills relevant to food choices. We aimed to develop and validate a photograph-based instrument to assess nutrition literacy (NUTLY) among adults in Portugal. NUTLY assesses the ability to distinguish foods with different nutritional profiles; from each of several combinations of three photographs (two foods...

Depressive symptoms’ trajectories since adolescence and sleep quality in early ...

Objectives: We aimed to estimate the association between depressive symptoms’ trajectories during adolescence and young adulthood and sleep quality in early adulthood. Methods: Data from 802 participants of the EPITeen study, evaluated at 13, 17 and 21 years of age, were analysed. Depressive symptoms were assessed using the Beck Depression Inventory-II and three trajectory classes from adolescence to adulthood ...

Estetrol/Drospirenone – an Advance on CHC with Ethinyl Estradiol?

A contraceção hormonal combinada (CHC) é um dos métodos contracetivos mais utilizados em todo o mundo. As questões relacionadas com a segurança, particularmente o risco tromboembólico (TE), estão em permanente avaliação. A combinação estetrol/ drospirenona (E4/DRSP) é um contracetivo oral combinado (COC) eficaz, com um perfil de hemorragia estável e regular e efeito favorável na pele e no controlo do peso. Tem ...

Sleep patterns in childhood: a longitudinal assessment from the Generation XXI ...

Objective: To describe sleep-wake patterns in young children, based on sleep characteristics in early infancy and preschool ages, identifying their main sociodemographic characteristics, and to assess the association between different sleep characteristics at both ages. Method: We included 1092 children from the Generation XXI birth cohort, evaluated at six months and four years of age, by face-to-face intervie...

Long-term neurological complications in COVID-19 survivors: study protocol of a...

BackgroundEvidence suggests an association between SARS-CoV-2 infection and worse performance on cognitive tests, and a higher risk of Parkinson's disease (PD) and dementia up to 6 and 12 months after infection, respectively. Longer follow-ups with comparison groups are needed to clarify the potentially increased risk of neurodegenerative diseases in COVID-19 survivors, namely those infected before mass vaccina...