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Usability and Utility of a Mobile App to Deliver Health-Related Content to an O...
Lemos, M; Henriques, AR; Lopes, DG; Mendonça, N; Victorino, A; Costa, A; Arriaga, M; Gregório, Maria João; de Sousa, R; Canhão, H; Rodrigues, AM<jats:sec> <jats:title>Background</jats:title> <jats:p>Digital patient-centered interventions may be important tools for improving and promoting social interaction, health, and well-being among older adults. In this regard, we developed a mobile app called DigiAdherence for an older adult population, which consisted of easy-to-access short videos and messages, to improve health-related knowledge among them and ...
A Video-Based Mobile App as a Health Literacy Tool for Older Adults Living at H...
Nunes-Da-Silva, C; Victorino, A; Lemos, M; Porojan, L; Costa, A; Arriaga, M; Gregório, Maria João; de Sousa, RD; Rodrigues, AM; Canhão, H<jats:sec> <jats:title>Background</jats:title> <jats:p>People aged 65 years are more likely to have health problems related to aging, polypharmacy, and low treatment adherence. Moreover, health literacy levels decrease with increasing age.</jats:p> </jats:sec> <jats:sec> <jats:title>Objective</jats:title> <jats:p>The aim of this study is to assess an apps utility in promoting health-related knowledge in people ...
Are beliefs and attitudes about COVID-19 associated with self-perceived changes...
Martins, R; Capitao, C; Fialho, M; Feteira Santos, R; Virgolino, A; Santos, RR; Alarcao, V; Silva, M; Arriaga, M; Graça, Pedro; Gregório, Maria JoãoThis study aimed to understand how beliefs and attitudes regarding COVID-19 are associated with self-perceived changes in food consumption during lockdown between March 19 and May 2, 2020. We conducted a crosssectional study with a non-probabilistic weighted sample of the Portuguese population. Data were collected using an online survey and telephone interviews. The association between agreement with sentences ...
Towards an in-depth understanding of physical activity and eating behaviours du...
Silva, MN; Gregório, Maria João; Santos, R; Marques, A; Rodrigues, B; Godinho, C; Silva, CS; Mendes, R; Graça, Pedro; Arriaga, M; Freitas, G<jats:p>Rapid worldwide decreases in physical activity (PA), an increase in sedentary behaviour (SB) and poorer dietary patterns have been reported during COVID-19 confinement periods. However, as national variability has been observed, this study sought to describe PA, SB and eating patterns, and to explore their gender as well as other socio-demographic correlates and how they interrelate in a representative ...