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Influence of clinical and psychosocial factors on the adherence to topical trea...
Teixeira, Ana; Teixeira, Maribel; Gaio, Rita; Torres, Tiago; Magina, Sofia; Dinis, Maria Alzira Pimenta; Sousa-Lobo, José; Almeida, IsabelPsoriasis is a common chronic inflammatory skin disease with different manifestations, affecting the quality of life at social, emotional, and professional dimensions and requiring long-term treatment. This study aimed to investigate the effect of psychosocial and clinical factors on adherence to topical treatment in psoriasis. Self-reported measures and weighing the medicines were used to assess adherence. Psy...
Anxiety and Depression Symptoms During the COVID-19 Pandemic: A Cluster Analysi...
Aguiar, Ana; Bezerra, Ana; Gaio, Rita; Pinto, Marta; Duarte, RaquelIntroduction: The COVID-19 pandemic is an illustration of how a physical illness can damage people’s minds. In this regard, the goal of this study was to see how different sociodemographic and behavioral factors were linked to anxiety and depression symptoms in a group of individuals living in Portugal. Methods: Between November 2020 and February 2021, a cross-sectional, snowball online study was conducted. The...
Influence of psoriasis lesions' location and severity on psychosocial disabilit...
Teixeira, Ana; Ribeiro, Cristiano; Gaio, Rita; Torres, Tiago; Magina, Sofia; Pereira, Teresa; Teixeira, Maribel; Rocha, José Carlos; Lobo, JoséObjectives: The psychosocial impact of psoriasis is well documented. However, the contributing role of clinical disease characteristics is not satisfactorily explored. This study aimed to validate the Self-administered Psoriasis Area and Severity Index (SAPASI) to a Portuguese population (SAPASI-PT) and to perform its cross-validation, assessing how the results will generalize to an independent data set, with t...
Consumer Attitudes toward News Delivering: An Experimental Evaluation of the Us...
Viana, Paula; Soares, Márcio; Gaio, Rita; Correia, AmilcarThis paper presents an experiment on newsreaders’ behavior and preferences on the interaction with online personalized news. Different recommendation approaches, based on consumption profiles and user location, and the impact of personalized news on several aspects of consumer decision-making are examined on a group of volunteers. Results show a significant preference for reading recommended news over other new...
The challenges of european public health surveillance systems - an overview of ...
Oliveira, Alexandra; Reis, Luís Paulo; Gaio, RitaSurveillance has been defined as the continual scrutiny of all aspects in emerging and the spread of a disease that is pertinent to effective control, involving a systematic collection, analysis, interpretation, and dissemination of health data. Given their fragmentation several problems inherent to data must be recognized. This paper aims to provide an overview of European Public Health Surveillance Systems em...
Modelling reporting delays in a multilevel structured surveillance system - app...
Oliveira, Alexandra; Amorim, Humberta; Gaio, Rita; Reis, Luís PauloIn a deeply interconnected world of people and goods, infectious diseases constitute a serious threat. An active vigilance is required. The collection of adequate data is vital and coordinated by surveillance systems. It is widely-acknowledged that every case-reporting system has some degree of under-reporting and reporting delay in particular in HIV-AIDS Portuguese Surveillance System. To better understand the...
Data quality mining
Oliveira, Alexandra; Gaio, Rita; Baylina, Pilar; Rebelo, Carlos; Reis, Luís PauloWe are living in a world of information abundance, surplus, and access. We have technologies to acquire any type of information but we still face the challenge of extracting the underlying valuable knowledge. Data analyses and mining processes may be severely impaired whenever data are corrupted by noise, ambiguity and distortions. This paper aims to provide a systematic procedure for data cleaning in single fi...
A nationwide study of multidrug-resistant tuberculosis in Portugal 2014-2017 us...
Oliveira, Olena Radomska; Gaio, Rita; Carvalho, Carlos; Correia-Neves, M; Duarte, Raquel; Rito, Teresa SIncreasing multidrug-resistant tuberculosis (MDR-TB) incidence is a major threat against TB eradication worldwide. We aim to conduct a detailed MDR-TB study in Portugal, an European country with endemic TB, combining genetic analysis and epidemiological data, in order to assess the efficiency of public health containment of MRD-TB in the country.
Modelling reporting delays in a multilevel structured surveillance system - App...
Oliveira, Alexandra; Amorim, Humberta; Gaio, Rita; Reis, Luís Paulo; Oliveira, AlexandraIn a deeply interconnected world of people and goods, infectious diseases constitute a serious threat. An active vigilance is required. The collection of adequate data is vital and coordinated by surveillance systems. It is widely-acknowledged that every case-reporting system has some degree of under-reporting and reporting delay in particular in HIVAIDS Portuguese Surveillance System. To better understand the ...
Data Mining in HIV-AIDS Surveillance System
Oliveira, Alexandra; Faria, Brigida Monica; Gaio, Rita; Reis, Luis PauloThe Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) is an infectious agent that attacks the immune system cells. Without a strong immune system, the body becomes very susceptible to serious life threatening opportunistic diseases. In spite of the great progresses on medication and prevention over the last years, HIV infection continues to be a major global public health issue, having claimed more than 36 million lives over ...