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Health and social care integration: insights from international implementation ...
Matos, Ricardo Correia de; Nascimento, Generosa do; Campos Fernandes, Adalberto; Matos, CristianoThe integration of health and social care is increasingly recognized as essential to address population ageing, the rise in chronic diseases, and persistent health inequities. Across Europe, diverse models have been developed to improve service coordination, resource efficiency, and person-centered care. This paper aims to explore international experiences in integrating health and social care, identify common ...
Presentation of the first international research network to foster high-quality...
Ferreira, Ricardo J. O.; Henriques, Adriana; Moe, Rikke H.; Matos, Cristiano; Tveter, Anne-Therese; Osteras, Nina; Nogueira, Paulo; Costa, Andreia SilvaClinical trials are essential for evaluating the efficacy and safety of new treatments and health interventions. However, while pharmacological trials are well-established, non-pharmacological trials face unique challenges related to their complexity and difficulties such as recruitment, retention, intervention standardisation, selection of outcome measures and blinding of clinicians, participants and data coll...
Nota Editorial: 11.º Congresso Nacional da APLF
Matos, CristianoOrganizado pela Associação Portuguesa de Licenciados em Farmácia (APLF), o XI Congresso da APLF, surgiu da necessidade de revitalizar a partilha e a discussão científica dos Técnicos de Farmácia, congregando profissionais, estudantes, comunidade académica e associação profissional. o XI Congresso da APLF realizou-se no passado dia 21 de Outubro de 2023, na Escola Superior de Saúde do Politécnico do Porto. Cerca...
Hydroxychloroquine reports to EudraVigilance database during COVID-19
Matos, Cristiano; Marmé, Maria InêsIntroduction: Hydroxychloroquine is an antimalarial drug that belongs to the 4-aminoquinolone group. [1] Despite of this properties presents several immunomodulatory and anti-inflammatory characteristics. [1,2] In 2020, with the emergence of the COVID-19 pandemic, researchers used existing drugs with potential for the treatment of COVID-19, including hydroxychloroquine, which ended up being used off-label. [3,4...
Hydroxychloroquine reports to EudraVigilance database during COVID-19
Matos, Cristiano; Marmé, Maria InêsNo abstract available.
Knowledge and consumption of emergency contraception pills in a tertiary educat...
Joaquim, João; Reis, Marlene; Matos, Cristiano; Lopes, José; Pires, TimóteoIntroduction According to the World Health Organization (WHO), every year there are 200 million pregnancies, of which 75 million are unintended. Emergency contraception pills (ECPs) are one of the available methods to prevent an unintended pregnancy, after unprotected sexual intercourse or contraceptive failure. The aim of this study was to quantify the consumption, characterize the level of knowledge, and unde...
Attitudes and knowledge of community pharmacy professionals regarding the spont...
Matos, Cristiano; Joaquim, João; Pires, TimóteoBackground Spontaneous reporting of adverse drug reactions (ADRs) remains one of the most efficient methods to detect new, unusual, and severe ADRs. Community pharmacy professionals (CPPs) play a fundamental role in the reporting of spontaneous ADRs. The aim of this study was to describe the attitudes and knowledge of different CPP groups regarding the spontaneous reporting of ADRs and to identify the factors t...
Mitoxantrone treatment-induced cardiotoxicity in patients with multiple sclerosis
Martins, Diana Mafalda Miranda; Matos, Cristiano; Joaquim, João José Morais, 1969-Multiple Sclerosis (MS) is a chronic, autoimmune, neurodegenerative and demyelinating disease of the central nervous system, which affects the quality of life of patients and their families. This disease is characterized by relapses or exacerbations, which are clinical consequences of increased inflammatory activity in the CNS. Few treatment options for patients with secondary progressive multiple sclerosis (SP...
Are consumers ready to take part in the Pharmacovigilance System?—a Portuguese ...
Matos, Cristiano; van Hunsel, Florence; Joaquim, JoãoBACKGROUND: New pharmacovigilance legislation allows consumers to report adverse drug reactions (ADRs) directly to competent authorities in all European Union countries. Consumer reporting is available in Portugal since July 2012. In 2013, the National Pharmacovigilance System (SNF) had received 3461 spontaneous ADR reports, of which only 1.4% (n = 50) were from consumers. Consumer reporting could be one opport...