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Digital interventions for improving quality of life and physical function in ad...
Henriques, Ana Rita; Andrade, Carolina; Silvério Serra, Sofia; Costa, Teresa; Mateus, Elsa; Conde, Monserrat; Mendonça, Nuno; De Cock, DiederikOBJECTIVES: This is a protocol for a Cochrane Review (intervention). The objectives are as follows: To evaluate the effectiveness of digital health interventions, compared with usual care, non-digital structured intervention, or no intervention, in improving quality of life and physical function among community-dwelling adults (i.e. people living in the community) aged 50 years or over, diagnosed with osteoarth...
Usability and User Experience of a Digital Platform Prototype (Healthy Bone) to...
Barcelos, Anabela; Moniz, Alexandre; Henriques, Ana Rita; Mazeda, Carolina; Mateus, Elsa Frazão; Machado, Ana; Gonçalves, Cátia F.; Moreto, MaiaraBackground: Osteoporosis-related fractures significantly impact older adults, often leading to disability and even premature death. While pharmacological and nonpharmacological interventions are widely recommended for managing osteoporosis, adherence to these interventions remains low. To address this challenge, we developed the Healthy Bone digital platform (desktop, mobile app, and smart TV internet-based) fo...
Usability and Utility of a Mobile App to Deliver Health-Related Content to an O...
Lemos, Marta; Oliveira Henriques, Ana Rita; Lopes, David Gil; Mendonça, Nuno; Victorino, André; Costa, Andreia; Arriaga, Miguel; Gregório, Maria João©Marta Lemos, Ana Rita Henriques, David Gil Lopes, Nuno Mendonça, André Victorino, Andreia Costa, Miguel Arriaga, Maria João Gregório, Rute de Sousa, Helena Canhão, Ana M Rodrigues. Originally published in JMIR Formative Research (https://formative.jmir.org), 17.05.2024.; BACKGROUND: Digital patient-centered interventions may be important tools for improving and promoting social interaction, health, and well-be...
Hospitalization costs in Portugal among people with obesity
Destri, Kelli; Oliveira Henriques, Ana Rita; Mendonça, Nuno; Alves, Joana; Barcelos, Anabela; Dias, Sara Simões; Gregório, Maria João; Canhão, HelenaFunding Information: The author(s) declare that financial support was received for the research, authorship, and/or publication of this article. This study was funded by the Funda\u00E7\u00E3o para Ci\u00EAncia e Tecnologia, FCT, I. P. reference SFRH (PD/BD/135589/2018) and by Comprehensive Health Research Center (CHRC) (UIDP/04923/2020). Publisher Copyright: Copyright © 2024 Destri, Henriques, Mendonça, Alves,...
Usability and utility of a mobile app to deliver health-related content to an o...
Lemos, Marta; Henriques, Ana Rita; Lopes, David Gil; Mendonça, Nuno; Victorino, André; Costa, Andreia; Arriaga, Miguel; Gregório, Maria JoãoBackground: 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 prevent common health conditions, such as f...
Usability and utility of a Mobile App to deliver health-related content to an o...
Lemos, Marta; Henriques, Ana Rita; Lopes, David Gil; Mendonça, Nuno; Victorino, André; Costa, Andreia; Arriaga, Miguel; Gregório, Maria JoãoDigital patient-centered interventions may be important tools for improving and promoting social interaction, health, and well-being among older adults. In this regard, we eveloped 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 prevent common health conditions, such as falls, polypha...
Protein intake, physical activity and grip strength in European and North Ameri...
Mendonça, Nuno; Hengeveld, Linda M; Presse, Nancy; Canhão, Helena; Simonsick, Eleanor M; Kritchevsky, Stephen B; Farsijani, Samaneh; Gaudreau, PierretteINTRODUCTION: Higher dietary protein, alone or in combination with physical activity (PA), may slow the loss of age-related muscle strength in older adults. We investigated the longitudinal relationship between protein intake and grip strength, and the interaction between protein intake and PA, using four longitudinal ageing cohorts. METHODS: Individual participant data from 5584 older adults (52% women; median...
Association of physical activity with physical function and quality of life in ...
Lopes, David G.; Costa, Daniela; Cruz, Eduardo B.; Mendonça, Nuno; Oliveira Henriques, Ana Rita; Branco, Jaime; Canhão, Helena; Rodrigues, Ana M.Funding Information: This study received funding from an independent research grant (ID 64165707) by Pfizer, and Daniela Costa received a grant from Fundação Ciência e Tecnologia, IP under the PhD grant SFRH/BD/148420/2019 and national support through CHRC (UIDP/04923/2020). The funders were not involved in the study design; the collection, analysis, or interpretation of the data; the writing of this article; o...
A Core Outcome Set for nutritional intervention studies in older adults with ma...
Visser, Marjolein; Mendonça, Nuno; Avgerinou, Christina; Cavdar, Sibel; Cederholm, Tommy; Cruz-Jentoft, Alfonso J.; Kiesswetter, EvaFunding: No funding was received for this project. NM was funded by the Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia (2021.00745.CEECIND); BACKGROUND: Malnutrition (i.e., protein-energy malnutrition) in older adults has severe negative clinical consequences, emphasizing the need for effective treatments. Many, often small, randomized controlled trials (RCTs) testing the effectiveness of nutritional interventions for ...
Persistence of IgG COVID-19 antibodies
Carvalho, Álvaro; Oliveira Henriques, Ana Rita; Queirós, Paula; Rodrigues, Joana; Mendonça, Nuno; Maria Rodrigues, Ana; Canhão, HelenaFunding Information: This research was funded by Fundação Álvaro Carvalho (funding manager), Câmara Municipal de Cascais, Fundação Vox Populi, Fundação Manuel Viegas Guerreiro, and Claude and Sofia Foundation. Publisher Copyright: Copyright © 2023 Carvalho, Henriques, Queirós, Rodrigues, Mendonça, Rodrigues, Canhão, de Sousa, Antunes and Guimarães.; Background and aim: The kinetics of antibody production in res...