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Exploring weight management beliefs during the menopausal transition: A qualita...
Leitão, Mafalda; Faustino R. Pérez‐López; Marôco, João; Pimenta, FilipaObjectives: While most women experience weight gain during the menopausal transition, a subset successfully maintains a healthy weight. This study explores the determinants influencing different weight experiences during the menopausal transition, using the Health Belief Model (HBM). Qualitative design. individual interviews with 62 Portuguese post‐menopausal women were performed. Among them, 31 women maintaine...
Menopause and weight loss (ME-WEL) randomised controlled trial: An e-health cog...
Leitão, Mafalda; Pérez-López, Faustino; Marôco, João; Pimenta, Filipa; Pimenta, Filipa; Maroco, JoãoBackground: Successful weight management is important for menopausal women, given the high prevalence of overweight and obesity. This study evaluated the efficacy of a cognitive-behavioural e-Health group intervention for weight management in postmenopausal women with overweight or obesity. The intervention incorporates the Health Action Process Approach, Health Belief Model, Oxford Food and Activity Behaviours...
Cognitive and behavioral weight management strategies during the menopausal tra...
Leitão, Mafalda; Pérez-López, Faustino R.; Maroco, J. P.; Pimenta, FilipaObjective Most women experience weight gain during the menopausal transition, often attributed to behavioral factors. Nevertheless, some women successfully maintain a healthy weight during this phase. This study aims to identify the successful cognitive and behavioral weight management strategies employed by postmenopausal women who effectively maintained a healthy weight during the menopausal transition (from ...
Corrigendum: Beliefs and strategies about urinary incontinence: a possible mode...
Porto, Marta; Maroco, J. P.; Mascarenhas, Teresa; Pimenta, FilipaAll claims expressed in this article are solely those of the authors and do not necessarily represent those of their affiliated organizations, or those of the publisher, the editors and the reviewers. Any product that may be evaluated in this article, or claim that may be made by its manufacturer, is not guaranteed or endorsed by the publisher.
Weight management strategies in Middle-Aged Women (MAW): Development and valida...
Leitão, Mafalda; Hartmann-Boyce, Jamie; Pérez-López, Faustino R.; Maroco, J. P.; Pimenta, FilipaBackground: The Oxford Food and Activity Behaviors (OxFAB) taxonomy systematize the cognitive-behavioral strategies adopted by individuals who are attempting to manage their weight. The present study aimed to (1) develop a questionnaire based on the OxFAB taxonomy, specifically adapted for middle-aged women—the OxFAB-MAW—stage of life and sex, which present a high incidence of obesity, (2) assess the psychometr...
Immediate effects of hypnosis, mindfulness meditation, and prayer on cold press...
Ferreira-Valente, Maria Alexandra; Van Dyke, Benjamin; Day, Melissa A; Teotónio do Carmo, Catarina; P. Ribeiro, J.L.; Pimenta, Filipa; Costa, Rui MPurpose: Previous research supports the usefulness of hypnosis (HYP), mindfulness meditation (MM), and prayer as pain self -management strategies in adults with chronic pain. However, their effects on acute pain have been less researched, and no previous head-to-head study compared the immediate effects of these three approaches on pain-related outcomes. This study compared the immediate effects of HYP, MM, and...
Are prayer-based Interventions effective pain management options? A systematic ...
Jarego, Margarida; Ferreira-Valente, Maria Alexandra; Queiroz-Garcia, Inês; Day, Melissa A.; Pais-Ribeiro, José; Costa, Rui M.; Pimenta, FilipaThis review examined the efects of private and communal participatory prayer on pain. Nine databases were searched. Six randomized controlled trials were included. For private prayer, medium to large efects emerged for 67% to 69% of betweengroup comparisons; participants in the prayer condition reported lower pain intensity (0.59<d<26.17; 4 studies) and higher pain tolerance (0.70<d<1.05; 1 study). Preto post-i...
Immediate effects of hypnosis, mindfulness meditation, and prayer on cold press...
Ferreira-Valente, Alexandra; Dyke, Benjamin P. van; Day, Melissa A.; Carmo, Catarina Teotónio do; Pais-Ribeiro, José; Pimenta, Filipa; Costa, Rui M.Purpose: Previous research supports the usefulness of hypnosis (HYP), mindfulness meditation (MM), and prayer as pain self-management strategies in adults with chronic pain. However, their effects on acute pain have been less researched, and no previous head-to-head study compared the immediate effects of these three approaches on pain-related outcomes. This study compared the immediate effects of HYP, MM, and ...
Andropause representations: A mixed-methods study with portuguese women
Pimenta, Filipa; Meireles Ramos, Maria; Silva, Carolina; Costa, Pedro Alexandre; Queiroz-Garcia, Inês; Maroco, J. P.; Leal, I.Uma vez que os fatores psicossociais têm algum impacto sobre a andropausa, e esse fenómeno pode afetar as relações conjugais (e as mulheres tendem a procurar informação sobre saúde), torna-se importante estudar as representações da andropausa empregando o Modelo de Senso Comum – um modelo usado para entender as representações de menopausa. Este estudo teve como objetivo avaliar as representações de mulheres por...
FOODLIT-tool: Development and validation of the adaptable food literacy tool to...
Rosas, Raquel; Pimenta, Filipa; Leal, I.; Schwarzer, RalfFacing multiple anthropogenic challenges and considering the current global pandemic, food sustainability is stated as threatened by major intergovernmental agencies. Given the heterogeneity of food systems, the need to enhance food-related behaviours by promoting the acquisition of knowledge and competencies, and the demand to involve stakeholder's diversity, this study aims to develop and validate an instrume...