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The relation between lifestyles and positive mental health in Portuguese higher...
Valentim, Olga; Vilelas, José; Carvalho, José Carlos; Andrade, Carmen M. Silva Maciel; Tomás, Catarina; Costa, Patrício Soares; Sequeira, CarlosHealthy lifestyles are commonly associated with improved physical and mental health. Sleep patterns, nutrition, physical exercise, consumption of psychoactive substances, among others, can strongly influence positive mental health. The aims are: characterize lifestyles based on positive mental health clusters, considering the cross-sectional cohort sample of higher education students, and analyse the lifestyles...
Bringing a uniform home: a qualitative study on police officer’s work-family ba...
Castro, Bárbara Sofia Freitas Sousa; Mendes, Gabriela; Gonçalves, Tânia; Oliveira, Carina; Figueiredo, Maria João; Costa, Patrício Soares; Maia, AngelaBeing a police officer is a very stressful job, characterized by occupational stressors that impact mental health and increasing work-family balance. Quantitative research is unable to clarify how police officers cope with the impact of work challenges on work-family balance. This study aims to understand how police officers narrate the impact of their work on their family experiences. Nineteen semi-structured ...
Connecting the dots: occupational stressors and PTSD symptoms as serial mediato...
Sousa, Bárbara; Correia-Santos, Patrícia; Costa, Patrício Soares; Maia, AngelaPolice officers are exposed to several operational and organizational stressors that significantly impact on their mental health. The COVID-19 pandemic was a new stressor that further exacerbated existing stressors, highlighting the need for a better understanding of its impact on the mental health of police officers. This study tested the hypothesis that occupational stressors and PTSD are serial mediators of ...
Academic performance and perceptions of undergraduate medical students in case-...
Maia, Diogo; Andrade, Renato; Afonso, José; Costa, Patrício Soares; Valente, Cristina; Espregueira-Mendes, JoãoCase-based learning (CBL) is a teaching method centered on active student learning that can overcome the limitations of traditional teaching methods used in undergraduate medical education. The aim of this systematic review was to compare the effectiveness of CBL against other teaching methodologies in terms of academic performance and perceptions (intra-individual, interpeer and student–faculty) of undergradua...
Iodine availability through iodized salt in Portugal: 2010-2021 sales evolution...
Machado, Sarai Isabel Pacheco Cunha Pereira; Pereira, Maria Lopes; Roque, Susana; Costeira, Maria José; Bordalo, Adriano A.; Miranda, AndréSalt iodization programs are considered the most cost-effective measures to ensure adequate iodine intake in iodine-deficient populations. Portuguese women of childbearing age and pregnant women were reported to be iodine-deficient, which led the health authorities, in 2013, to issue a recommendation for iodine supplementation during preconception, pregnancy and lactation. In the same year, iodized salt became ...
A participação política dos jovens em Portugal, 2020 [Base de Dados]
Costa, Patrício Soares; Magalhães, Pedro C.; Menezes, Isabel; Silva, Patrícia; Costa, Edna; Ferreira, PedroInquérito realizado em 2020 a uma amostra representativa da população portuguesa, com sobreamostragem dos mais jovens, sobre atitudes em relação à situação económica e pandémica, sobre a eficácia política e atitudes populistas, bem com sobre envolvimento social, cívico e político dos portugueses, com ênfase nos mais jovens (15-24).
Useful ultrasonographic parameters to predict difficult laryngoscopy and diffic...
Gomes, Sara Cláudia Santos Hora; Simões, Ana M.; Nunes, Andreia M.; Pereira, Marta V.; Teoh, Wendy H.; Costa, Patrício Soares; Kristensen, Michael S.Unexpected difficult airway management can cause significant morbidity and mortality in patients admitted for elective procedures. Ultrasonography is a promising tool for perioperative airway assessment, nevertheless it is still unclear which sonographic parameters are useful predictors of difficult laryngoscopy and tracheal intubation. To determine the ultrasonographic predictors of a difficult airway that cou...
Spousal care and pain among the population aged 65 years and older: a European ...
Barbosa, Fátima; Delerue Matos, Alice; Voss, Gina Silva; Costa, Patrício SoaresBackground:Spousal care is the most important source of informal care inold age.Nevertheless, despite the growing importance of this issue, the association betweenproviding spousal care inside the household and pain remains unexplored in Europe.Objective and Methods:This study aims to estimate the prevalence of pain reportedby spouse caregivers aged 65 plus that provide care inside the household and toinvestiga...
The effect of cognitive appraisal on teachers’ mental health: a multi-group ana...
Seixas, Adérito; Simães, C.; Gomes, A. Rui; Costa, Patrício SoaresTeaching is a demanding activity and occupational stress has been considered a relevant health problem related to teacher’s mental health. This study sought to analyse the specific relations between cognitive appraisal and psychological distress, and if that relationship was moderated by gender. A cross-sectional study was conducted in 402 basic and secondary schoolteachers. The evaluation protocol included a D...
Validation of a wireless bluetooth photoplethysmography sensor used on the earl...
Correia, Bruno; Dias, Nuno; Costa, Patrício Soares; Pêgo, José M.Heart rate variability (HRV), using electrocardiography (ECG), has gained popularity as a biomarker of the stress response. Alternatives to HRV monitoring, like photoplethysmography (PPG), are being explored as cheaper and unobtrusive non-invasive technologies. We report a new wireless PPG sensor that was tested in detecting changes in HRV, elicited by a mentally stressful task, and to determine if its signal c...