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Perception of Health-Related Quality of Life in Stroke Patients in a Continuing...
Grilo Gonçalves, José; Teixeira Verissimo, Manuel; Figueiredo, DanielaStroke continues to be one of the main causes of death in Portugal, with a prevalence rate of 8% in individuals aged 50 or over. The objectives of this study were to evaluate the perception of quality of life (QoL) related to health in patients with stroke, after discharge from the Integrated Continuing Care Unit (UCCI), and to evaluate the factors that influence health-related QoL. An observational, longitudin...
Clinical relevance of an online self‐management intervention in Haemodialysis: ...
Sousa, Helena; Ribeiro, Oscar; Bártolo, Ana; Rodrigues, Mário; Costa, Elísio; Quental, Joana; Ribeiro, Fernando; Paúl, Constança; Figueiredo, DanielaBackground The ‘Connected We St@nd’ programme is an Internet-mediated self-management intervention that combines health education with psychosocial support, with evidenced feasibility and acceptability in haemodialysis. Objectives To evaluate the clinical relevance of the programme and to better understand which intervention outcomes/health-related self-report measures are most sensitive to reflect changes betw...
Strengthening Renal Psychology in Portuguese Dialysis Centres: The Implementati...
Sousa, Helena; Ribeiro, Oscar; Figueiredo, DanielaHemodialysis imposes a significant psychological burden on people receiving this kidney therapy and their families. However, the role of Renal Psychologists remains underrecognized in the majority of nephrology centres worldwide, including in Portugal. This review article presents the rationale, development, and implementation of evidence‑informed psychological assessments and interventions organised in Portugu...
The connected we st@nd programme: A feasibility pilot study of an online self-m...
Sousa, Helena; Ribeiro, Oscar; Costa, Elísio; Ribeiro, Fernando; Rodrigues, Mário; Paúl, Constança; Figueiredo, Daniela; Bártolo, AnaObjective: The 'Connected We St@nd' is an online self-management intervention programme for people receiving in-centre haemodialysis and family caregivers that combines an educational and psychosocial support component. This study aimed to evaluate its feasibility and acceptability before proceeding to a large-scale trial. Design: This was a pre-post single-arm feasibility pilot study conducted with adults unde...
The design and implementation of a pilot chatbot in distance education
Huet, Isabel; Casanova, Diogo; Figueiredo, Daniela; Rocio, Vitor; Barros, Daniela Melaré Vieira; Isaias, Pedro; Hoque, Tania TanzinEste artigo apresenta o design e a implementação de um chatbot em dois cursos de licenciatura numa Universidade de Ensino a Distância (EaD) em Portugal, utilizando um software de desenvolvimento de chatbots. O objetivo é abordar a seguinte questão de investigação: como pode um chatbot ajudar as equipas de coordenação de curso a gerir o crescente volume de pedidos de informação nos seus cursos de EaD? O artigo e...
The contemporary Bobath Concept in adult neurorehabilitation. ‘What do we do?’:...
Marques, Sofia; Vaughan-Graham, Julie; Costa, Rui; Figueiredo, DanielaBackground: Bobath concept/Neurodevelopmental Treatment (NDT) is an inclusive, individualized, problem-solving approach, informed by current knowledge on movement and Neuroscience, for individuals with neurological conditions, widely used in stroke rehabilitation, with particular emphasis on movement performance and quality [1,2]. Objective: The aim of this review is to describe how the contemporary Bobath conc...
Unwanted legacy and memory of the Milieu: toxic materials, remediation, habitua...
Wateau, Fabienne; Giongo, Carmem Regina; Figueiredo, Daniela; Reis, Johnny; Lago, ManuelleFrom a chemical polluting and contaminating complex between the 1950s and 1990s to the touristic reconstruction of wetlands once heavily impacted by toxic waste discharges and now beautifully called BioRia, the history of Estarreja is being rewritten. What remains from the industrial memory of the locality? How do present-day views and voices speak of the city's stories and everyday life? What is the awareness ...
"What do we think?": a qualitative exploratory study of acceptability and exper...
Lopes, Susana; Diniz, Filipa; Mesquita Bastos, José; Oliveira, José; Polónia, Jorge; Alves, Alberto Jorge; Ribeiro, Fernando; Figueiredo, DanielaPurpose: Aerobic exercise training programs decrease blood pressure in individuals with resistant hypertension. However, participants' experiences regarding exercise training participation are unknown and often undervalued. Therefore, participant's experiences and program acceptability of the exercise arm of the EnRicH trial, a randomized clinical trial investigating the effect of a 12-week aerobic exercise tra...
Purpose in life and caregiver burden in kidney failure: Preliminary results fro...
Sousa, Helena; Ribeiro, Oscar; Silva, Daniela; Christensen, Alan; Figueiredo, Daniela
Mutagenicity of PM10-bound PAHs from non-exhaust sources
Vicente, Estela Domingos; Lopes, Isabel; Figueiredo, Daniela; Gonçalves, Cátia; Vicente, Ana; Alves, CéliaRoad trafc is a major source of airborne particles. While exhaust emissions have been deeply scrutinised, non-exhaust emissions deserved less attention despite their rising contribution to particle emissions from trafc. The mutagenicity of particulate matter (PM10) samples from wear between pavements and tyres and from road dust resuspension was determined by the Ames test with two Salmonella typhimurium strain...