Introdução: O objetivo deste estudo foi traduzir e adaptar o questionário de avaliação padronizada do paciente com secura ocular para a língua portuguesa, bem como avaliar o desempenho psicométrico da escala da versão traduzida, incluindo a sua repetibilidade e concordância entre medidas. Métodos: O questionário original Standardized Patient Evaluation of Eye Dryness – SPEED foi traduzido e adaptado à cultura p...
Introduction: The aim of this study was to translate and adapt the Standardized Patient Evaluation of Eye Dryness questionnaire to European Portuguese, as well as assess the psychometric performance of the translated version, including repeatability and agreement.Material and Methods: The original Standardized Patient Evaluation of Eye Dryness - SPEED questionnaire was translated and adapted to the Portuguese c...
Background Many individuals experience visual symptoms associated with near work. The level of discomfort appears to increase with the amount of digital screen use. Objective To study the eye discomfort with near tasks in university students in the pre-COVID period and in the period of confinement due to the pandemic. Methods Two independent samples of students, aged between 18 and 35 years, were used to assess...
Introdução: O objetivo deste estudo foi traduzir e adaptar o questionário Standardized Patient Evaluation of Eye Dryness para o português europeu, bem como avaliar o desempenho psicométrico da versão traduzida, incluindo repetibilidade e concordância. Material e métodos: O questionário original Standardized Patient Evaluation of Eye Dryness - SPEED foi traduzido e adaptado para o contexto cultural português seg...
Álvaro de Campos’s work came to violently shake modernism, either the Portuguese or the European kind; his intellectual and artistic trajectory has influenced countless creators and thinkers, cementing him as wholesomely important to Portuguese Thought, and the Portuguese Soul as a concrete unit. In this work we aim, not just observe Álvaro de Campos in his entirety - whatever such a totality that is -, buildin...
O presente artigo propõe a exposição e compreensão do quadro metafísico patente nos escritos e nas perspetivas pessoais do célebre escritor lusitano Fernando Pessoa. O seu conto “No Jardim de Epíteto” (1922), servirá de base para a contemplação das intervenções científicas e filosóficas que o autor fez questão de referir, não só na narrativa em questão, bem como ao longo do seu percurso existencial. Destarte, e...
Álvaro de Campos’s work came to violently shake modernism, either the Portuguese or the European kind; his intellectual and artistic trajectory has influenced countless creators and thinkers, cementing him as wholesomely important to Portuguese Thought, and the Portuguese Soul as a concrete unit. In this work we aim, not just observe Álvaro de Campos in his entirety - whatever such a totality that is -, buildin...
Patient blood management (PBM) is a safe approach aiming to improve a patient’s medical and surgical management in ways that boost and conserve their own blood. Approximately 32% to 60% of oncology patients have iron deficiency – the majority of whom are anaemic – therefore, it is important to discuss strategies to avoid excessive blood usage and the reduction of tumour progression and cancer recurrence. In thi...
Introduction: An Antimicrobial Stewardship Programme (AMSP) has been implemented in our hospital in the second semester of 2017. One of the goals was the reduction of the consumption of carbapenems and quinolones. This study aims to evaluate the evolution of the consumption of these drugs during the two years after implementing this programme. Methods: We analyzed the prescriptions of carbapenems and quinolones...