Introdução: A incontinência urinária e anal são comuns, embora muitas vezes sub-diagnosticadas, devido ao estigma social associado. Este estudo tem como objetivo identificar a prevalência e o impacto da incontinência urinária e/ou anal nos Profissionais de Saúde Portugueses (PSP) e perceber se o estigma existente na população em geral é também comum neste grupo de profissionais. Métodos: Estudo transversal. Os ...
The world has been facing a pandemic crisis caused by the SARS-CoV-2 virus, responsible for the COVID-19 disease. In Portugal, there were several waves of the pandemic, characterized by peaks of infections and deaths, as well as several measures that had an impact on the way people feel and relate. The main objective of the present investigation was to analyze stress during the pandemic, and its relationship wi...
Depression is a life-threatening psychiatric disorder and a multifactorial global public health concern. Current pharmacological treatments present limited efficacy, and are associated with several harmful side effects and development of pharmacoresistance mechanisms. Developing more effective therapeutic options is therefore a priority. This work aims at efficiently designing an antidepressant therapeutic surr...
O Projecto Baydiversity nasceu da necessidade da Bayer CropScience alinhar estratégias de Conservação da Natureza e Biodiversidade com políticas internacionais, reforçando a sua relação com um conjunto seleccionado de clientes e possibilitando que estes possam gerir sustentavelmente as suas parcelas agrícolas. O Plano de Acção de Conservação (PAC) é uma ferramenta de gestão que: a) avalia e monitoriza valores n...
Introduction: Chronic postoperative pain is the most frequent late complication of inguinal hernia repair surgery. The aim of this study is to evaluate the incidence of chronic post-hernioplasty pain in outpatient care at Centro Hospitalar do Porto, describe it, analyse its relation with other variables defined in the literature and study its functional interference.Material and Methods: We performed a retrospe...