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Prospective Study of Loss of Health-Related Quality Adjusted Life Years in Chil...

Introduction and aims: Although usually benign, varicella can lead to serious complications and sometimes long-term sequelae. Vaccines are safe and effective but not yet included in immunisation programmes in many countries. We aimed to quantify the impact on health-related quality of life (HRQoL) in terms of quality-adjusted life years (QALY) in children with varicella and their families, key to assessing cost...

Does body mass index influence surgical options and overall survival in breast ...

Obesity is a relevant risk factor in breast cancer (BC), but little is known about the effects of overweight and obesity in surgical outcomes of BC patients. The aim of this study is to analyse surgical options and associated overall survival (OS) in overweight and obese women with BC. In this study, 2143 women diagnosed between 2012 and 2016 at the Portuguese Oncology Institute of Porto (IPO-Porto) were includ...

Bilateral breast cancer and the influence of body mass index in clinicopatholog...

BACKGROUND: Breast cancer (BC) and obesity are two closely associated pathologies with increasing incidence and mortality rates. Bilateral Breast Cancer (BBC) displays a low incidence rate within BC and obesity represents a major risk factor. OBJECTIVE: The aim of this study is to analyzed BBC clinicopathological features distribution and determine the potential influence of obesity in BBC in these same feature...

A retrospective study in tumour characteristics and clinical outcomes of overwe...

Introduction Obesity and breast cancer are two major pathologies closely associated with increasing incidence and mortality rates, especially amongst women. The association between both diseases have been thoroughly discussed but much is still to uncover. Aim The aim of this study is to analyse tumour characteristics and clinical outcomes of overweight and obese women to disclosure potential associations and be...

social lerning and innovations in sustainability transitions: a research in pro...

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Social Lerning and innovation in Sustinability Transitions – Seven Portuguese i...

TRUST (social innovation sTRategies for sUSTainability transitions) is a research project that focus on sustainability transition (ST) initiatives in urban and rural Portugal, supported on social learning and innovation. The research aims to investigate forms of social innovation (SI) that can drive community change at local scale, in the context of different social-ecological systems. The analytical process is...

Experimenting social innovation for transformative change: comparison between s...

This paper presents the preliminary results of a research project (TRUST) on sustainability transition (ST) initiatives supported on social learning and innovation. TRUST aims to explore forms of social innovation (SI) that have the potential to drive community change and create locally based transition processes, through strategies that enable change in approaches, routines, practices, systems, and mind-sets. ...

A retrospective study in tumour characteristics and clinical outcomes of overwe...

Introduction Obesity and breast cancer are two major pathologies closely associated with increasing incidence and mortality rates, especially amongst women. The association between both diseases have been thoroughly discussed but much is still to uncover. Aim The aim of this study is to analyse tumour characteristics and clinical outcomes of overweight and obese women to disclosure potential associations and be...

Asthma App Use and Interest Among Patients With Asthma: A Multicenter Study

Patient-Physician Discordance in Assessment of Adherence to Inhaled Controller ...

OBJECTIVE: We aimed to compare patient's and physician's ratings of inhaled medication adherence and to identify predictors of patient-physician discordance. DESIGN: Baseline data from two prospective multicentre observational studies. SETTING: 29 allergy, pulmonology and paediatric secondary care outpatient clinics in Portugal. PARTICIPANTS: 395 patients (≥13 years old) with persistent asthma. MEASURES: Data o...