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Access, access, access: the Three A's of pulmonary rehabilitation – perspective...

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Long-term maintenance strategies after pulmonary rehabilitation: perspectives o...

Pulmonary rehabilitation (PR) is an effective intervention for people with chronic respiratory diseases (CRD); however, its effects fade after 6–12 months. Community-based strategies might be valuable to sustain PR benefits, but this has been little explored. People with CRD, informal carers, and healthcare professionals (HCPs) were recruited from pulmonology appointments of two local hospitals, two primary car...

Estratégias comunitárias para manutenção de resultados após reabilitação respir...

Introdução: A reabilitação respiratória (RR) é fundamental para a gestão da doença respiratória crónica (DRC). Contudo, os seus benefícios tendem a declinar ao longo do tempo se os doentes não se mantiverem fisicamente ativos. A forma mais efetiva em garantir que os benefícios da RR são mantidos ao longo do tempo ainda é desconhecida. Objetivo: Explorar as perspetivas das pessoas com DRC acerca das estratégias ...

The influence of presurgical factors on the rehabilitation outcome of patients ...

The aims of this study were to evaluate the relationship between sociodemographic information, anthropometric values, clinical and presurgery factors, and length of stay (LOS) in older adult patients undergoing total hip arthroplasty (THA) and to predict which factors can delay the start of the rehabilitation program and increase the corresponding LOS.

Pressure ulcer (risk) assessment: recommendations to improve nursing practice

Early Identification of Pre-school Children with Speech-language Disorder in Pr...

Speech-language disorders in pre-school children is considered a public health problem since its international prevalence is reportedly to be 20%. This study aimed to identify European-Portuguese pre-school children with speech-language disorder through RALF speech-language screening (Rastreio de Linguagem e Fala), in primary health care settings. RALF is a reliable and valid instrument that revealed strong lev...

Effects of resistance exercise on endothelial progenitor cell mobilization in w...

This study aimed to determine the effect of a single bout of resistance exercise at different intensities on the mobilization of circulating EPCs over 24 hours in women. In addition, the angiogenic factors stromal cell-derived factor 1 (SDF-1α), vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF), hypoxia-inducible factor 1-alpha (HIF-1α) and erythropoietin (EPO) were measured as potential mechanisms for exercise-induced...

Non-technical skills assessment for prelicensure nursing students: an integrati...

Background In nursing, non-technical skills are recognized as playing an important role to increase patient safety and successful clinical outcomes (Pearson and McLafferty, 2011). Non-technical skills are cognitive and social resource skills that complement technical skills and contribute to safe and efficient task performance (Flin et al., 2008). In order to effectively provide non-technical skills training, i...

Clinical education reflective ecological model for health science majors

The clinical education is an integral part of the Health Science majors’ curriculum programs of the University of Aveiro’s School of Health (i.e., Nursing, Physical Therapy, Radiology, Radiotherapy and Speech-Language Pathology) and aims to develop clinical competences in order to generate excellent health care professionals. The organization was based on the Ecological Model of Clinical-Reflective Training, wh...

Model of clinical internship: a new approach

Clinical internship is an integral part of the University of Aveiro, School of Health study programs for all majors: Nursing, Physical Therapy, Radiology, Radiotherapy, and Speech-Language Pathology. Clinical internship consists of a learning period where professional skills are integrated and promoted, and expertise is developed. It begins during the first year, and progressively increases in time during the s...