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Symptoms of anxiety and depression in patients with persistent asthma: a cross-...

 Anxiety and depression are relevant comorbidities in asthma, but, in Portugal and Spain, data on this topic are scarce. We assessed, in patients with asthma, the frequency of anxiety and depression using the Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale (HADS) and the European Quality of Life Five Dimension Questionnaire (EQ-5D); the level of agreement between these questionnaires, and the factors associated with thes...

Determinants of the Use of Health and Fitness Mobile Apps by Patients With Asth...

Background: Health and fitness apps have potential benefits to improve self-management and disease control among patients with asthma. However, inconsistent use rates have been reported across studies, regions, and health systems. A better understanding of the characteristics of users and nonusers is critical to design solutions that are effectively integrated in patients’ daily lives, and to ensure that these ...

Determinants of the use of health and fitness mobile apps by patients with asth...

Health and fitness apps have potential benefits to improve self-management and disease control among patients with asthma. However, inconsistent use rates have been reported across studies, regions, and health systems. A better understanding of the characteristics of users and nonusers is critical to design solutions that are effectively integrated in patients’ daily lives, and to ensure that these equitably re...

Correction to the article “The Role of Adipose Tissue and Macrophages in Chroni...

On page 489, on the authorship list, where it reads: Renata RAMALHO, Cristina GUIMARÃES It should read: Sofia SANTARENO, Joao CERQUEIRA, Joao PORTUGUÊS, Joana CRUZ, Renata RAMALHO, Cristina GUIMARÃESOn page 489, on the right-side column where it reads: R.R., C.G.: Serviço e Laboratório de Imunologia. Faculdade de Medicina da Universidade do Porto. Porto It should read: S.S., J.C., J.P., J.C.: Faculdade de Medic...

Physical activity and subjective well-being in elderly

Physical activity, although recognized as fundamental in the prevention of non-communicable diseases and in the improvement of subjective well-being, show low levels among the Portuguese elderly. This ex-post-facto study was developed to characterize the levels of physical activity and subjective wellbeing among the elderly, as well as the possible relations between both and the socio-demographic and health var...

Mosteiro de São Martinho de Tibães: trabalhos arqueológicos 2004: sondagens no ...

Os trabalhos arqueológicos a que este relatório respeita decorreram entre Março e Setembro de 2004 e correspondem à execução da proposta adjudicada pelo Instituto Português do Património Arquitectónico à Unidade de Arqueologia da Universidade do Minho em 12-11-2003 (Processo n.º 319\P/03).

Mosteiro de São Martinho de Tibães. Trabalhos Arqueológicos 2004 (Inventário de...

The role of adipose tissue and macrophages in chronic inflammation associated w...

In the last decades, life style modifications particularly those related to food patterns and food choices, gave risen to a worldwide pandemic disease with no precedent in Human History: obesity. Energy storing and free fatty acids production were the only adipose tissue functions. However, it has been well established other adipose tissue functions like low grade pro-inflammatory molecules production (cytokine...

Mosteiro de São Martinho de Tibães: trabalhos arqueológicos no Claustro do Refe...

O presente relatório reporta-se aos trabalhos realizados no claustro do refeitório, durante o ano de 2005, no âmbito do projecto arquitectónico de instalação de uma comunidade na zona do noviciado e consequente valorização do claustro do refeitório, projecto da iniciativa do Instituto Português do Património Arquitectónico e da responsabilidade do arquitecto João Carlos Santos, do IPPAR/Porto.