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Using virtual reality to prepare patients for radiotherapy: a systematic review...
Grilo, Ana; Almeida, Bárbara; Rodrigues, Carolina; Gomes, Ana Isabel; Caetano, MarcoPurpose: To understand the impact of radiotherapy educational sessions with virtual reality on oncologic adult patients' psychological and cognitive outcomes related to the treatment experience. Methods: This review was performed according to the Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Reviews guidelines. A systematic electronic search in three databases, MEDLINE, Scopus, and Web of Science, was conducted in D...
Attitudes toward patient-centred care, empathy, and assertiveness among student...
Grilo, Ana; Vinagre, Graça; Santos, Margarida Custódio dos; Martinho, Joana Ferreira; Gomes, Ana IsabelThis study assessed attitudes toward patient-centred care, empathy, assertiveness, and subjective perception of communication skills and technical knowledge among Portuguese undergraduate students in healthcare. These students may develop rehabilitation activities with patients in their person-oriented or technique-oriented professions. Portuguese nursing and allied health students from two public higher educat...
Do Childcare Teachers Evaluate Children’s Weight Status More Accurately Than Pa...
Gomes, Ana Isabel; Lemos, Rosa; Miocevic, Milica; Pereira, Ana Isabel; Barros, LuísaPurpose: Parents’ underestimation of young children’s weight can reduce their engagement and readiness to implement changes in children’s diet and physical activity. Childcare teachers can support parents’ identification of children at risk for being overweight only if they can accurately do this themselves. Design: Quantitative, cross-sectional study. Setting: Fifteen kindergartens near Lisbon, Portugal. Subje...
Intake of added sugar, fruits, vegetables, and legumes of Portuguese preschool ...
Charneca, Sofia; Gomes, Ana Isabel; Branco, Diogo; Guerreiro, Tiago; Barros, Luísa; Sousa, JoanaIntroduction: The SmartFeeding4Kids (SF4K) program is an online self-guided intervention for parents with the propose of changing parental feeding practices and children's dietary intake, focusing on the intake of added sugars, fruit, vegetables, and legumes. This paper aims to describe children's dietary pattern at baseline through a 24-h food recall, the SmartKidsDiet24. Methods: Overall, 89 participants reco...
Attitudes toward Patient-Centred Care, Empathy, and Assertiveness among Student...
Grilo, Ana; Vinagre, Graça; Santos, Margarida; Ferreira Martinho, Joana; Gomes, Ana IsabelThis study assessed attitudes toward patient-centred care, empathy, assertiveness, and subjective perception of communication skills and technical knowledge among Portuguese undergraduate students in healthcare. These students may develop rehabilitation activities with patients in their person-oriented or technique-oriented professions. Portuguese nursing and allied health students from two public higher educat...
Development of a New Questionnaire to Assess Parental Perceived Barriers When P...
Gomes, Ana Isabel; Pereira, Ana Isabel; Nogueira, Patrícia Canhoto; Barros, LuísaSocial cognitive models suggest a crucial role played by perceived barriers in promoting healthy behaviors, including healthy eating. We aimed to develop a new questionnaire to assess parental perceived barriers to healthy feeding in young children and perform the instrument’s preliminary psychometric evaluation. The initial pool of items was developed based on reviews and qualitative studies. First, we conduct...
Development and Psychometric Characteristics of an Instrument to Assess Parenta...
Gomes, Ana Isabel; Roberto, M. S.; Pereira, Ana Isabel; Alves, Cátia; João, Patrícia; Dias, Ana Rita; Veríssimo, João; Barros, LuísaA parental child-centered feeding approach is likely to keep children’s biological mechanisms activated while eating, protecting them in an obesogenic context. However, few feeding practice measures assess parents’ behaviors to guide and prompt children to identify and respond appropriately to their signs of hunger and satiety. We aimed to develop and study the reliability, validity, and measurement invariance ...
Changing parental feeding practices through web-based interventions: A systemat...
Gomes, Ana Isabel; Scott, Jane Anne; Pereira, Ana Isabel; Roberto, Magda Sofia; Boraska, Klara; Barros, LuísaWeb-based parent interventions designed to promote children’s healthy eating patterns can enhance parents’ engagement and facilitate behavior change. However, it is still unclear how much the existing programs focus on changing parental feeding practices, and if so, which behavioral methodologies are used and how effective these interventions are in changing these parental behaviors. This systematic review and ...
SmartFeeding4Kids, an online self-guided parenting intervention to promote posi...
Gomes, Ana Isabel; Pereira, Ana Isabel; Guerreiro, Tiago; Branco, Diogo; Roberto, Magda Sofia; Pires, Ana; Sousa, Joana; Baranowski, Tom; Barros, LuísaBackground: Caregivers’ influence on young children’s eating behaviors is widely recognized. Nutritional interventions that focus on the promotion of children’s healthy diet should actively involve parents, focusing on their feeding behaviors and practices. Methods: This work aims to describe the development and study protocol of the SmartFeeding4Kids (SF4K) program, an online self-guided 7-session intervention...
Predictors of outcomes following a brief Portuguese parental nutrition interven...
Gomes, Ana Isabel; Barros, Luísa; Pereira, Ana IsabelAbstract: Early childhood is largely recognized as a critical period for shaping the child’s eating patterns. Although interventions studies that focus on first years of life are increasing, with positive impact, the moderators of treatment gains and the relative importance of each determinant of the change process have been rarely explored. This study aimed to identify potential predictors of outcomes concerni...