Background: A diagnosis of cancer, and the resulting treatment process, can be perceived as a life-threatening event, affecting not only patients but also their social network and, more specifically, their relatives. While the ability to cope and adjust to difficult health situations may be challenging, family resilience may optimize a positive adaptation to adversity and contribute to enhance the patient’s qua...
Background: Despite the continued progress of medicine, dealing with breast cancer is becoming a major socioeconomic challenge, particularly due to its increasing incidence. The ability to better manage and adapt to the entire care process depends not only on the type of cancer but also on the patient’s sociodemographic and psychological characteristics as well as on the social environment in which a person liv...
Physical activity (PA) is suggested to have a protective effect against depression. One way of engaging in PA is through active commuting. This review summarises the literature regarding the relationship between active commuting and depression among adults and older adults. A systematic review of studies published up to December 2019, performed in accordance with the Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Rev...
Physical activity (PA) is suggested to have a protective effect against depression. One way of engaging in PA is through active commuting. This review summarises the literature regarding the relationship between active commuting and depression among adults and older adults. A systematic review of studies published up to December 2019, performed in accordance with the Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Rev...
The aim was to systematically review the relationship between muscular strength (MS) and depression symptoms (DS) among adults, and conduct a meta-analysis to determine the pooled odds ratio (OR) for the relationship between MS and DS. The strategies employed in this systematic review followed the Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analysis (PRISMA) guidelines. Studies published up to Dec...
Revista de Psicologia da Criança e do Adolescente. - ISSN 1647-4120. - v. 6, n. 2 (Julho-Dezembro 2015). - p. 47-58.; O Dream Teens é um projeto que envolve jovens portugueses dos 11 aos 18 anos. Fornece uma formação e uma estrutura de apoio para que as suas vozes sejam ouvidas e promove a sua participação numa variedade de contextos e cenários na área da saúde, da educação e da cidadania ativa. O projeto Dream...
Introdução: A investigação mostra que, em períodos de recessão económica, a saúde mental da população é negativamente afetada, e que os países podem proteger a sua população destes riscos para a saúde mental se fortalecerem as suas políticas e reorientarem os seus serviços de acordo com recomendações baseadas na evidência disponível. Apesar de Portugal ter sido dos países europeus mais afetados pela crise econó...
This qualitative study explores solutions proposed by primary health care users and professionals to address the consequences of the economic recession and austerity measures on populations' mental health and delivery of care in Portugal. Qualitative data were collected in three primary health care centres in the Lisbon Metropolitan Area. Five focus groups with 26 users and semistructured interviews with 27 hea...
Objectives: Using a national representative sample of adolescents with unemployed parents, this study examined which factors (sociodemographic and of satisfaction with family life and peers) are related to the negative effect of parents' unemployment on emotional well-being. Study design: Cross-sectional survey study. Methods: Data on adolescents (14.1 ± 1.7 years old), with at least one parent unemployed (n ¼ ...