The aim of this study was to cross-culturally adapt and validate the psychosocial impact of dental esthetics questionnaire (PIDAQ) to the Portuguese language. The PIDAQ was culturally translated and adapted according to international guidelines. In this cross-sectional study, we enrolled 501 subjects in a population-based epidemiological survey conducted at the Egas Moniz Dental Clinic (Almada, Portugal) in Jun...
Leishmaniasis is a life-threatening disease with a worldwide distribution and a huge impact especially in immunocompromised patients. Nowadays, the use of amphotericin B, an antifungal agent, or other marketed strategies to overcome this disease exhibit major clinical limitations. Thus, other strategies have been pursued to achieve better clinical treatments and decrease toxicity. In this work, a promising conj...
O presente estudo teve como objectivo, proposto pelo INR, “avaliar os impactos financeiros e sociais da existência de pessoas com deficiências ou incapacidades nos agregados domésticos, com vista ao planeamento e definição de medidas que promovam a igualdade de oportunidades, capacitação e autonomia das pessoas com deficiências ou incapacidades”. A sua concretização foi realizada desenvolvendo três linhas analí...