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Sickle cell disease: Clinical and sociodemographic characteristics of children ...

Introduction: The global incidence of sickle cell disease (SCD) is approximately 300.000 births per year, and the condition is associated with significant morbidity and mortality in pediatric age. This study aimed to describe the sociodemographic and clinical characteristics of children up to five years of age with SCD in a Portuguese center. Methods: This was a descriptive retrospective study of children aged ...

Anxiety and depression in patients with prostate cancer, at cancer diagnosis an...

Prostate cancer (PCa) is the most prevalent among men, and psychological symptoms may affect many patients. This study aims to describe the prevalence of probable anxiety and depression before PCa treatments and after one year and to identify sociodemographic and clinical factors associated with these outcomes. Between February 2018 and March 2020, 292 patients recently diagnosed with PCa were recruited at the ...

El capital imagológico del español en Portugal. Una contribución

Partiendo de la noción de capital imagológico y de las respuestas de docentes y alumnos de ELE a un cuestionario, en este texto se pretende hacer una contribución a la imagen del Español como Lengua Extranjera en Portugal. Los datos obtenidos permiten plantear, fundamentalmente, dos hipótesis: (i) la percepción crecientemente positiva de los alumnos se configura como activo pedagógico en el ámbito del ELE y, a ...

Prevalence of cognitive impairment before prostate cancer treatment

Cognitive impairment is common among patients with different types of cancer, even before cancer treatment, but no data were reported among patients with prostate cancer (PCa), who may be at high risk due to advanced age. This study aims to estimate the prevalence of cognitive impairment before PCa treatment. Between February 2018 and April 2021, the NEON-PC cohort recruited 605 patients with PCa proposed for t...

Outcome measures frequently used to assess muscle strength in patients with myo...

Measurement of muscle strength is fundamental for the management of patients with myotonic dystrophy type 1 (DM1). Nevertheless, guidance on this topic is somewhat limited due to heterogeneous outcome measures used. This systematic literature review aimed to summarize the most frequent outcome measures to assess muscle strength in patients with DM1. We searched on Pubmed, Web of Science and Embase databases. Ob...

Cardiac, skeletal and respiratory methods and outcome measures of choice to eva...

Contributo da dieta vegetariana para o aporte mineral no adulto

Apesar de considerada um padrão alimentar saudável, a dieta vegetariana apresenta risco de défice de ingestão de diversos nutrientes, entre eles os minerais Fe, Zn e Ca. O papel dos minerais no organismo humano é fundamental, e, por essa razão, o seu estudo no âmbito da dieta vegetariana é tão relevante. Assim, o objetivo deste trabalho foi avaliar o contributo da dieta vegetariana para o aporte mineral no adul...

Mineral occurrence in vegetarian foods

Calcium, iron and zinc are minerals of greatest concern when considering the nutritional value of vegetarian diets, since those minerals are mostly present in animal foods. Aim: The aim of this study was to assess calcium, iron and zinc contents in vegetarian foods.

Anthropometric assessment of children aged between 6 and 14 years from a school...

As a global epidemic, obesity is currently a significant public health challenge, especially in children. Childhood obesity is related to short term consequences, but also with an increased risk to develop many comorbidities in adult life, such as cardiovascular diseases, type 2 diabetes, strokes, and others. A cross-sectional study to assess the prevalence of normal weight, pre-obesity and obesity in school-ag...

Avaliação antropométrica de crianças entre os 6 e 14 anos de idade de um colégi...

A obesidade é atualmente um grande desafio para a saúde pública, principalmente em crianças. A obesidade infantil está relacionada a consequências a curto prazo e a um elevado risco de desenvolver diversas comorbidades na vida adulta, como doenças cardiovasculares, diabetes tipo 2, acidentes vasculares, entre outros. Foi desenvolvido um estudo transversal para avaliar a prevalência de peso adequado, pré-obesida...