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“The ark of rights”: development of a board game to empower older adults regard...
Fernandes, Carla Sílvia; Neto, Camila; Silva, Catarina; Dionísio, Sara; Oliveira, Susana; Amorim, Isabel; Delerue Matos, Alice; Martins, Maria ManuelaThere is an urgent need to ensure the rights of older adults. In particular, there is a lack of awareness of human rights by older adults themselves, for which intervention strategies should be developed. Due to the need for intervention at this level, a board game was created to empower older adults regarding their rights using a dynamic and interactive method. This article aims to describe the development sta...
The longitudinal association between co-residential care provision and healthca...
Barbosa, Fátima; Dias, Sara Simões; Voss, Gina Silva; Delerue Matos, AliceCo-residential care is associated with poor caregiver health and a high burden. Although Portugal relies heavily on co-residential care by individuals aged 50 and over, studies on the impact of co-residential care provision on Portuguese caregivers’ healthcare use are lacking. This study aims to analyze the impact of co-residential care (spousal and non-spousal care) on healthcare use of the Portuguese populati...
Can the internet reduce the loneliness of 50+ living alone?
Silva, Patrícia Maria Teixeira; Delerue Matos, Alice; Martinez-Pecino, RobertoLiving alone has been indicated as a key variable to explain loneliness in older adults. In contemporary society, where technology has become one of the main means of communication and personal interaction, has the internet influenced the relationship between living alone and loneliness? This paper aims to answer this research question by using a sample of 64,297 individuals who were surveyed in SHARE project w...
The Impact of COVID-19 in Older People in Portugal: Results from the Survey of ...
Novais, Filipa; Cordeiro, Catarina; Câmara Pestana, Pedro; Côrte-Real, Beatriz; Reynolds Sousa, Teresa; Delerue Matos, Alice; Telles-Correia, DiogoIntroduction: In March 2020, the World Health Organization declared COVID-19 as a pandemic, and Portugal reported its initial cases. In this study, we aimed to determine the impact of COVID-19 on Portuguese individuals aged over 60 years old.Material and Methods: We performed a cross-sectional study using data from the Survey of Health, Ageing and Retirement in Europe (SHARE 8: COVID-19 Survey). We selected a s...
The role of the family in the use of the Internet by Portuguese aged 50 and ove...
Silva, Patrícia; Delerue Matos, Alice; Martinez-Pecino, RobertoThe Internet has gained social importance. However, older people have been left out of the so-called “digital revolution”. Studies have focused on sociodemographic, economic, and health characteristics of these individuals as determinants of Internet use, without considering the role of family relationships. This work aims, precisely, to analyze the role of the family in Internet use, from a gender perspective ...
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...
Social isolation, physical inactivity and inadequate diet among European middle...
Delerue Matos, Alice; Barbosa, Fátima; Cunha, Cláudia Filipa Macedo; Voss, Gina Silva; Correia, FilipaSocial isolation is a growing public health concern for older adults, as it has been associated with poor health and premature mortality. On the other hand, physical inactivity and an inadequate diet are important health risk behaviours associated with physical and mental health problems. Considering that there is no research examining the possible relationship between social isolation and the above mentioned h...
The missing study: a characterization of peer education practice
Silva, Mara Fernandes; Delerue Matos, Alice; Henriques, SusanaPeer education interventions have grown significantly in recent decades, but sociological studies on the subject are limited. To respond to this need, we carried out an exhaustive inventory and characterization of 67 peer education projects developed in Portugal. The information given by the project managers was processed using a content analysis technique. This practice is growing, benefiting from public and p...
A study of the association between the stringency of COVID-19 government measur...
Voss, Gina Silva; Paiva, Andreia Fonseca; Delerue Matos, AliceBackground: The COVID-19 pandemic is having major adverse consequences for the mental health of individuals worldwide. Alongside the direct impact of the virus on individuals, government responses to tackling its spread, such as quarantine, lockdown, and physical distancing measures, have been found to have a profound impact on mental health. This is manifested in an increased prevalence of anxiety, depression,...
The missing study: a characterization of peer education practice
Silva, Mara; Delerue Matos, Alice; Henriques, SusanaAs intervenções de educação pelos pares cresceram bastante nas últimas décadas, mas são reduzidos os estudos sociológicos sob o tema. Para colmatar esta lacuna, realizámos um levantamento exaustivo e uma caraterização de 67 projetos de educação pelos pares em Portugal. A informação fornecida pelos seus responsáveis foi tratada através de uma técnica de análise de conteúdo. Esta prática tem crescido através de p...