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COVID-19 surveillance
Ricoca Peixoto, Vasco; Vieira, André; Aguiar, Pedro; Sentis, Alexis; Carvalho, Carlos; Rhys Thomas, Daniel; Abrantes, Alexandre; Nunes, CarlaFunding Information: The present publication was funded by Fundação Ciência e Tecnologia, IP national support through CHRC (UIDP/04923/2020). Publisher Copyright: Copyright © 2023 Ricoca Peixoto, Vieira, Aguiar, Sentis, Carvalho, Rhys Thomas, Abrantes and Nunes.; Introduction: In Portugal, COVID-19 laboratory notifications, clinical notifications (CNs), and epidemiological investigation questionnaires (EI) were...
LOCUS (LOng Covid–Understanding Symptoms, events and use of services in Portugal)
Dinis Teixeira, J. P.; Santos, Mário J.D.S.; Soares, Patrícia; Azevedo, Luísa de; Barbosa, Patrícia; Boas, Andreia Vilas; Cordeiro, João V.; Dias, SóniaPublisher Copyright: © 2023 Dinis Teixeira et al. This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited.; Approximately 10% of patients experience symptoms of Post COVID-19 Condition (PCC) after a SARS-CoV-2 infection. Akin acute COV...
The effect of timeliness of care on lung cancer survival
Guerreiro, Teresa; Mayer, Alexandra; Aguiar, Pedro; Araújo, António; Nunes, CarlaPublisher Copyright: © 2023 The Author(s).; Background: Timeliness of care is an important dimension of healthcare quality but it’s unclear whether it improves clinical outcomes in lung cancer (LC) patients. Objectives: This study aims to analyze treatment patterns, time-to-treatment (TTT) and the impact of treatment timeliness (TT) in overall survival (OS) of patients diagnosed with LC in 2009–2014 in a popula...
Difference in determinants of ICU admission and death among COVID-19 hospitaliz...
Ricoca Peixoto, Vasco; Vieira, André; Aguiar, Pedro; Carvalho, Carlos; Thomas, Daniel; Sousa, Paulo; Nunes, Carla; Abrantes, AlexandreCopyright © 2023 Ricoca Peixoto, Vieira, Aguiar, Carvalho, Thomas, Sousa, Nunes and Abrantes.; AIM: Identify factors associated with COVID-19 intensive care unit (ICU) admission and death among hospitalized cases in Portugal, and variations from the first to the second wave in Portugal, March-December 2020. INTRODUCTION: Determinants of ICU admission and death for COVID-19 need further understanding and may cha...
Factors associated with COVID-19 vaccine hesitancy after implementation of a ma...
Gomes, Inês Afonso; Soares, Patricia; Rocha, João Victor; Gama, Ana; Laires, Pedro Almeida; Moniz, Marta; Pedro, Ana Rita; Dias, Sónia; Goes, Ana RitaFunding Information: Funding: The present publication was funded by Fundação Ciência e Tecnologia, IP national support through CHRC (UIDP/04923/2020). Publisher Copyright: © 2022 by the authors. Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland.; An online cross-sectional study on COVID-19 vaccination adhesion was conducted in Portugal nine months after vaccination rollout (September–November 2021). Logistic regression was use...
Lower prevalence of congenital cytomegalovirus infection in Portugal
Fernandez, Catarina; Chasqueira, Maria-Jesus; Marques, Augusta; Rodrigues, Lúcia; Marçal, Mónica; Tuna, Madalena; Braz, Mónica Cró; Neto, Ana Serrão59301]. Publisher Copyright: © 2021, The Author(s), under exclusive licence to Springer-Verlag GmbH Germany, part of Springer Nature.; Cytomegalovirus (CMV) is the most frequent cause of congenital infection all over the world. Its prevalence ranges from 0.2 to 2.2%. Transmission from children to their pregnant mothers is a well-known risk factor, particularly if they attend a childcare centre. This study aims ...
Association between perception of COVID-19 risk, confidence in health services ...
Lopes, Sílvia; Soares, Patrícia; Gama, Ana; Pedro, Ana Rita; Moniz, Marta; Laires, Pedro; Goes, Ana Rita; Nunes, Carla; Dias, SóniaFunding Information: This study was co-financed by the Foundation for Science and Technology, under the financing program ‘Research 4 Covid-19’ (Ref FCT 608). The present publication was funded by Fundação Ciência e Tecnologia, IP national support through CHRC (UIDP/04923/2020). Publisher Copyright: © 2022 American Chemical Society.; Objectives To examine the association between the perception of COVID-19 risk,...
Physical distancing and mental well-being in youth population of Portugal and B...
Gil, Jesus D.C.; Aguiar, Pedro Manuel Vargues; Azeredo-Lopes, Sofia; Soares, Patrícia; Moura, Heriederson S.D.; Arcêncio, Ricardo A.Funding Information: This paper was made possible with the scholarship from FCT and to the Unidade de I&D CHRC – Comprehensive Health Research Centre (UI/BD/150908/2021). Also to CAPES (Code 001) and CNPQ (Research Productivity Scholarship Process 304483/2018-4). The databases are anonymous, guaranteeing data confidentiality. Funding Information: Fundação para a ciência e tecnologia (FCT) and the Unidade de I&D...
earlyMYCO
Martins, Carla; Assunção, Ricardo; Costa, Ana; Serrano, Débora; Visintin, Lia; De Boevre, Marthe; Lachat, Carl; Vidal, Arnau; De Saeger, SarahFunding Information: Funding: The earlyMYCO study was funded by Foundation for Science and Technology (PTDC/DTP-MEDTOX/28762/2017), by CESAM (UIDP/50017/2020+UIDB/50017/2020) and by the project MYTOX-SOUTH, Ghent University Global Minds programme. The funding sources were not involved in study design, in the collection, analysis and interpretation of data, and in the decision to submit the article for publicati...
A temporal analysis on patient and health service delays in pulmonary tuberculo...
Chakma, Bhaswar; Gomes, Dulce; Filipe, Patrícia A.; Soares, Patrícia; de Sousa, Bruno; Nunes, CarlaPublisher Copyright: © 2022. The Author(s).; BACKGROUND: Tuberculosis (TB) diagnosis and treatment delays increase the period of infectiousness, making TB control difficult and increasing the fatality rates. This study aimed to determine the evolution of health care service delay (time between the patient's first contact with the health service and the diagnosis/start of treatment) and patient delay (time betwe...