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Demand for emergency services during the COVID-19 pandemic and disease burden: ...
Nunes, Alcina; Costa, Catarina; Martins, João P.; Ferreira, Pedro L.; Pimenta, RuiThe COVID-19 pandemic brought changes in the pattern of care use. A significant increase in the volume of emergencies was expected. However, a significant decrease was observed worldwide.Methods An observational, analytical and cross-sectional study of all records of emergency episodes of patients aged 18 years or older admitted to the emergency services of the University of Porto Hospital Centre (2018-2022) we...
Health care expenses impact on the disability-adjusted life years in non-commun...
Torres, Margarida; Nunes, Alcina; Martins, João P.; Ferreira, Pedro L.; Pimenta, RuiNon-communicable diseases are a global health problem. The metric Disability-Adjusted Life Years was developed to measure its impact on health systems. This metric makes it possible to understand a disease's burden, towards defining healthcare policies. This research analysed the effect of healthcare expenditures in the evolution of disability-adjusted life years for non-communicable diseases in the European Un...
Demand for emergency services during the COVID-19 pandemic and disease burden: ...
Nunes, Alcina ; Costa, Catarina ; Martins, João P.; Ferreira, Pedro L.; Pimenta, RuiThe COVID-19 pandemic brought changes in the pattern of care use. A significant increase in the volume of emergencies was expected. However, a significant decrease was observed worldwide. An observational, analytical and cross-sectional study of all records of emergency episodes of patients aged 18 years or older admitted to the emergency services of the University of Porto Hospital Centre (2018–2022) were ana...
Promoting advanced medical services in the framework of 3PM: a proof-of-concept...
Regateiro, Fernando J.; Silva, Henriqueta; Lemos, Manuel C.; Moura, Gabriela; Torres, Pedro; Pereira, André Dias; Dias, Luís; Ferreira, Pedro L.Multidisciplinary team from three universities based in the "Centro" Region of Portugal developed diverse approaches as parts of a project dedicated to enhancing and expanding Predictive, Preventive, and Personalized Medicine (3PM) in the Region. In a sense, outcomes acted as a proof-of-concept, in that they demonstrated the feasibility, but also the relevance of the approaches. The accomplishments comprise def...
EQ-5D-5L Portuguese population norms
Ferreira, Pedro L.; Pereira, Luís N.; Antunes, Patrícia; Ferreira, Lara N.Objectives The EQ-5D-5L is a generic preference-based quality-of-life measure for which the corresponding Portuguese population value set was only recently developed. This study sought to establish EQ-5D-5L population norms for Portugal and to identify significant relationships with sociodemographic variables. Methods The research was based on a representative sample of Portugal’s general population (n = 1006) ...
Health and well-being of the Portuguese citizens: impacts of the COVID-19
Ferreira, Lara N.; Pereira, Luís N.; Ferreira, Pedro L.Background COVID-19 pandemic placed unprecedented pressure on societies and healthcare systems around the world. Over the last years, measures imposed in almost all countries dealing with the pandemic sent the entire world into an extensive crisis and thus into a deep global recession. Since the outbreak began, many European countries have faced three/four waves of pandemic. Portugal has mainly dealt with three...
Empowerment and knowledge as determinants for quality of life: a contribution t...
Ferreira, Pedro L.; Morais, Carminda; Pimenta, Rui; Ribeiro, Inês; Amorim, Isabel; Alves, Sandra MariaThe purpose of this study was to assess how knowledge and empowerment impact the quality of life (QoL) of a person with type 2 diabetes, leading to better communication and disease management. We conducted a descriptive and observational study of individuals with type 2 diabetes. The Diabetes Empowerment Scale-Short Form (DES-SF), Diabetes Knowledge Test (DKT), and EQ-5D-5L were used, in addition to sociodemogr...
Health and well-being of the Portuguese citizens: impacts of the COVID-19
Ferreira, Lara; Pereira, Luis; Ferreira, Pedro L.Background COVID-19 pandemic placed unprecedented pressure on societies and healthcare systems around the world. Over the last years, measures imposed in almost all countries dealing with the pandemic sent the entire world into an extensive crisis and thus into a deep global recession. Since the outbreak began, many European countries have faced three/four waves of pandemic. Portugal has mainly dealt with three...
Burnout and health status differences among primary healthcare professionals in...
Ferreira, Pedro L.; Raposo, Vítor; Tavares, Aida Isabel; Pinto, AnaThis paper is focused on two indicators which may be considered as proxies of individuals' well-being: self-assessed health and burnout intensity. There is little research relating these concepts with the type of the primary healthcare setting, its urbanization density and the region. The aims of this work are threefold: (i) to find determinant factors of individual health status and burnout, (ii) to find possi...
Validity and reliability of the Portuguese version of the modified Migraine Dis...
Ferreira, Pedro L.; Luzeiro, Isabel; Lopes, Margarida; Jorge, André; Silva, Bruno; Ferreira, LaraBackground: Migraine Disability Assessment Scale (MIDAS) is a useful tool to measure headache-related disability. Modified MIDAS with 4-week recall period reduces recall bias and improves accuracy of the results. This study aimed at validating mMIDAS in Portuguese. Methods: Studied population consisted of adult migraine patients attending a headache outpatient clinic. Reliability was assessed by internal consis...