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Pharmacovigilance teaching and learning: a mixed cross-sectional analysis of th...
Perdigão, M.; Afonso, A.; Oliveira-Martins, S.; Lopes, M. J.; Advinha, A. M.Pharmacovigilance stands out for its importance in obtaining existing knowledge about medicine and patient safety and should be recognized as a continuous line of study. It constitutes a highly relevant component in the activities of health professionals, with spontaneous notification of suspected adverse drug reactions being its main emphasis. The underreporting that persists can be overcome through continuous...
Empowering Cancer Patients with Self-Care and Pain Management Skills: A Quasi-E...
Bico, I.; Afonso, A.; Sousa, L.; Bule, J.; Lopes, M. J.Cancer patients experience distress as a result of their health condition, which, in turn, contributes to the progression of the disease. Moreover, their daily activities, well-being, and health status are significantly impacted by pain and other symptoms. In this context, empowering these patients with self-care and pain management skills can greatly contribute to effective symptom control. Aim: To develop and...
Impact of family-centered care in families with children with intellectual disa...
Mestre, T. D.; Lopes, M. J.; Mestre, D. M.; Ferreira, R. F.; Costa, A. P.; Caldeira, E.Family-Centered Care (FCC) is an approach to healthcare planning, delivery and evaluation, based on beneficial partnerships between health professionals, patients and families. FCC may be particularly relevant for families with children with intellectual disability (ID), given their needs of continuum care. Objective: To identify which components of the FCC are practiced and which health outcomes are considered...
Towards a unified framework for routing and scheduling planning in an integrate...
Godinho, M. T.; Lopes, M. J.We study a real world routing and scheduling problem arising in home health care context. Requisites defined by stakeholders are introduced and examined. Then, the problem is modeled as a Time-constrained Vehicle Routing Problem with Time Windows and a new Single Commodity Flow Formulation is proposed. Valid Inequalities to enhance the model are presented. Extensions of the problem, such as aggregating differen...
Instituto Internacional de Investigaci ́on e Innovaci ́on del Envejecimiento
Garcia-Alonso, J. M.; Berrocal, J.; Jimenez, B. R.; Caballero, D. C.; Juárez, L. M.; Rodríguez, J. M.; Mendes, D.; Fonseca, C.; Lopes, M. J.El Instituto Internacional de Investigaci on e Innovaci on del Envejecimiento es un proyecto transfronterizo y multidisciplinar centrado en la mejora de la calidad de vida de los ancianos mediante el uso de la tecnolog a. En este proyecto colaboran la Universidad de Evora, el Instituto Polit ecnico de Porto Alegre, el Instituto Polit ecnico de Beja, la Administraci on Regional de Salud de Alentejo y la Universi...
Cross-cultural validation and psychometric evaluation of the Self-Medication As...
Advinha, A. M.; Barros, C. T.; Guerreiro, M. P.; Nunes, C.; Lopes, M. J.Background, rationale and objectives: The assessment of medication management ability in the elderly can be performed using specific tools, such as the Self-Medication Assessment Tool, which considers real and simulated regimens. The objective of this study was to perform the linguistic and cultural adaptation of the Self-Medication Assessment Tool to European Portuguese and determine its psychometric propertie...
Monitoring Food Intake in an Aging Population: A Survey on Technological Solutions
Mendes, D.; Fonseca, C.; Moguel, E.; Berrocal, J.; Lopes, M. J.; Garcia-Alonso, J. M.; Murillo, J.The aging of the population has increased the research efforts focused on eldercare. In this area, nutrition is a topic of particular interest. A significant number of problems related with aging have their origin in a deficient nutrition. Many elders suffer changes in their nutritional patterns and these changes can cause serious deterioration of their physical condition. Therefore, to be able to address nutri...
DESENVOLVIMENTO E VALIDAÇÃO DA ESCALA DE AVALIAÇÃO DO RISCO DE VIOLÊNCIA PARA I...
Lima, F.; Lopes, M. J.; Lima, T.o presente estudo teve por objetivo o desenvolvimento e a obtenção de evidências de validade e precisão da Escala de Avaliação do Risco de Violência para Idosos (EARVI). Método: Trata-se de um estudo metodológico, de corte transversal, no qual participaram 228 idosos com 65 ou mais anos, residentes de três regiões de Portugal. Resultado: Na análise fatorial, o instrumento apresentou evidências satisfatórias de ...
EDUCAÇÃO SEXUAL NA ESCOLA – CONTEXTOS PARA A MUDANÇA
Caldeira, E.; Lopes, M. J.A educação sexual é hoje uma das áreas de intervenção prioritária no nosso País e ocupa um lugar de interesse no âmbito das políticas educativas e de saúde pública na União Europeia. Diversos estudos têm sido desenvolvidos abordando a problemática da sexualidade na adolescência( 1,2,3,4), os quais constatam a precocidade do início das relações sexuais entre os adolescentes, a inexistência de um parceiro sexual ...
Forming and Maintaining Interpersonal Relationships
Lopes, M. J.This chapter focuses on interpersonal, therapeutic relationships, what they are and how to form and maintain them. For many psychiatric/mental health (P/MH) nurses, such relationships are the core of P/MH nursing practice; for others, one cannot serve effectively as a P/MH nurse without operating within the context of interpersonal relationships. The chapter begins by identifying and discussing assumptions rega...