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Determinants associated with uncontrolled asthma in Portugal: A national popula...
Camarinha, C.; Fernandes, M.; Alarcão, V.; Franco, J.; Manaças, M. E.; Bárbara, C.; Nicola, P. J.Introduction and objectives: Asthma is a chronic and heterogeneous disease that affects people of all ages and has a high estimated increase in prevalence worldwide. Asthma control represents a main goal in the disease management. International studies revealed low levels of disease control resulting in a significant burden for healthcare systems, not only in terms of quality of life, but also in terms of healt...
Geriatric assessment of the Portuguese population aged 65 and over living in th...
Madeira, T.; Peixoto-Plácido, C.; Sousa-Santos, N.; Santos, O.; Alarcão, V.; Nicola, P. J.; Lopes, C.; Clara, J. G.Introduction: As populations live longer, they also aim to live better. A crucial step for this is to improve the understanding about older adults' physical and psychological health. Therefore, the aim of the present study was to characterise the Portuguese population over-65 regarding nutritional status, cognitive function, functional status, symptoms of depression, and loneliness, by sex and age groups. Mater...