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Effects of a Tailored Home-Based Exercise Program, "KidMove", on Children with ...
Gagulic, Ana; Marques, Alda; Bártolo, AnaBackground/Objectives: Exercise for children with cystic fibrosis leads to well-known health benefits. However, maintaining regular activity is challenging due to the daily demands of academics, clinical care, and family tasks. Home-based exercise programs offer a more adaptable alternative, fitting into family schedules. This study evaluated the effectiveness of the "KidMove" program, a parent-supervised, tail...
Pulmonary rehabilitation in minimal versus high resource settings in COPD
Marques, Alda; Antão, Joana; Rodrigues, Guilherme; Paixão, Cátia; Rebelo, Patrícia Filipa; Machado, Ana; Souto-Miranda, Sara; Grave, Ana; Dias, CíntiaFunding Information: This research was supported by FCT - Funda\u00E7\u00E3o para a Ci\u00EAncia e Tecnologia, I.P. by project reference UID 4501- Instituto de Biomedicina - Universidade de Aveiro. Publisher Copyright: © 2025 The Authors; Background: Comparison of results and associated costs of pulmonary rehabilitation (PR) conducted with minimal resources (MR) versus specialised centres (SC) for people with c...
Measurement properties of the Portuguese version of the Kings’s Brief Interstit...
Marinho, Raquel Vilar; Paixão, Cátia; Lázaro, Luís; Mendes, M. Aurora; Alfaro, Tiago; Campainha, Sérgio; Teixeira, Melanie; Alvarelhão, J. JoaquimIntroduction and objectives: People with interstitial lung diseases (ILD) present a decline in functional status and health-related quality of life (HRQoL). There are several instruments to assess these patient-centered outcomes, however, their measurement properties for specific populations are often unknown. The aim of this study was to assess the reliability and validity of the King’s Brief Interstitial Lung...
Measurement properties of the Portuguese version of Pulmonary Functional Status...
Marinho, Raquel Vilar; Paixão, Cátia; Lázaro, Luís; Mendes, M. Aurora; Alfaro, Tiago; Campainha, Sérgio; Teixeira, Melanie; Alvarelhão, J. JoaquimIntroduction and objectives: There are several instruments to assess functional status, however, their measurement properties for specific populations are often unknown. The aim of this study was to assess the reliability and validity of the Pulmonary Functional Status and Dyspnea Questionnaire - modified version (PFSDQ-M) and the Canadian Occupational Performance Measure (COPM) for Portuguese adults with inter...
Effects of ActiGraph's filter, epoch length and non-wearing time algorithm on s...
Antão, Joana; Rebelo, Patrícia; Almeida, Sara; Franssen, Frits M. E.; Spruit, Martijn A.; Marques, AldaThe influence of the ActiGraph® processing criteria on estimating step counts in chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) remains uncertain. This study aimed to assess the influence of filters, epoch lengths and non-wearing time (NWT) algorithms on steps/day in people with COPD. ActiGraph GT3X+ was worn on the waist for seven days. Steps were detected using different filters (normal and low-frequency extens...
Unravelling the complex interplay of factors behind exercise limitations and ph...
Tang, Clarice Y.; Bernstein, Bruce; Blackstock, Felicity; Blondeel, Astrid; Gershon, Andrea; Gimeno-Santos, Elena; Gloeckl, Rainer; Marques, AldaExercise limitation and physical inactivity are known treatable traits for people with COPD. Maximising exercise capacity and keeping people physically active improves health status and survival rates among people with COPD. However, managing these two treatable traits can be extremely challenging for clinicians due to the complex intersectionality of factors influencing an individual's capacity, opportunity an...
Balance measures for fall risk screening in community-dwelling older adults wit...
Nguyen, Khang T.; Brooks, Dina; Macedo, Luciana G.; Ellerton, Cindy; Goldstein, Roger; Alison, Jennifer A.; Dechman, Gail; Harrison, Samantha L.Background Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) increases fall risk, but consensus is lacking on suitable balance measures for fall risk screening in this group. We aimed to evaluate the reliability and validity of balance measures for fall risk screening in community-dwelling older adults with COPD. Methods In a secondary analysis of two studies, participants, aged ≥60 years with COPD and 12-month fall...
Comparison of feature selection methods: modelling COPD outcomes
Cabral, Jorge; Macedo, Pedro; Marques, Alda; Afreixo, VeraSelecting features associated with patient-centered outcomes is of major relevance yet the importance given depends on the method. We aimed to compare stepwise selection, least absolute shrinkage and selection operator, random forest, Boruta, extreme gradient boosting and generalized maximum entropy estimation and suggest an aggregated evaluation. We also aimed to describe outcomes in people with chronic obstru...
End-of-life preferences of people with advanced chronic obstructive pulmonary d...
Mendes, M. Aurora; Muijsenberg, Anouk J. L.; Houben-Wilke, Sarah; Houben, Carmen H. M.; Spruit, Martijn A.; Marques, Alda; Janssen, Daisy J. A.Objectives To identify end-of-life preferences of people with advanced chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) and to compare characteristics between those who wish to discuss the end-of-life and those who do not. Methods An analysis of the baseline data of a randomised controlled trial was performed including people with COPD GOLD stages III–IV or former quadrant D with modified Medical Research Council q...
Trends in the initial treatment of adults with asthma in the Netherlands: a pop...
Antão, Joana; Rodrigues, Guilherme; Deng, Qichen; Swart, Karin M. A.; Baak, Brenda N.; Marques, Alda; Marques, Frits M.E. Franssen; Spruit, Martijn A.Despite availability of asthma guidelines, little is known about the asthma treatment trends in Dutch primary care. This study aimed to analyze changes in trends in the initial therapy prescribed for adults with asthma in Dutch primary care from 2010 to 2021. Initial therapy was defined as the first prescription issued within 3 months after diagnosis, extracted from the PHARMO Data Network. Age and sex-standard...