Community pharmacies play a vital role in public health, serving as the first point of contact for many patients. With the increasing workload and complexity of care, artificial intelligence (AI) is being explored as a way to enhance pharmaceutical services [1-3]. Objective: This literature review aims to explore the current AI-based hardware and software technologies applied in community pharmacy, the barriers...
Os idosos com doenças limitantes e polimedicados devem, numa perspetiva de programa de cuidados centrados na pessoa, receber tratamento farmacológico personalizado. A revisão da medicação considera o tratamento farmacológico no contexto da vida e da doença da pessoa, sendo a desprescrição um processo sistemático de descontinuação de fármacos cujos danos superam os benefícios. Métodos: O objetivo deste projeto é...
Os idosos com doenças limitantes e polimedicados devem, numa perspetiva de programa de cuidados centrados na pessoa, receber tratamento farmacológico personalizado. A revisão da medicação considera o tratamento farmacológico no contexto da vida e da doença da pessoa, sendo a desprescrição um processo sistemático de descontinuação de fármacos cujos danos superam os benefícios. Método: O objetivo deste projeto é ...
O regime terapêutico medicamentoso em idosos polimedicados e com doenças limitantes deve ser personalizado e incluído num programa de cuidados centrado na pessoa. O presente projeto consiste num programa de desprescrição/ revisão terapêutica com o objetivo de melhorar os indicadores farmacoterapêuticos e a qualidade de vida de idosos com doenças limitantes e expectativa de vida limitada. Para tal, será realizad...
Os estimulantes cerebrais são frequentemente utilizados por jovens estudantes que pretendem aumentar o desempenho cognitivo, mas também serem capazes de manter alerta e despertos por mais tempo. O objetivo do presente estudo foi caracterizar os hábitos de consumo de estimulantes cerebrais pelos alunos do Instituto Politécnico de Bragança (IPB), motivos e fatores associados. Realizou-se um estudo descritivo-corr...
Aging is a dynamic process in which biochemical and physiological changes are related to a higher frequency of pathological processes, which ultimately lead the human being to death. Part of these alterations and pathologies are improved using medicines, so older adults are great consumers of medicines. Several instruments have been used to evaluate the use of inappropriate medications in older adults, with Bee...
BACKGROUND: Increasing consumption of psychoactive substances is a major social concern worldwide. OBJECTIVES: To investigate the prevalence of psychoactive substances consumption in the Portuguese, throughout their life as well as recently, and the main reasons for the consumption and associated factors. METHODS: This cross-sectional study was based on the Alcohol, Smoking and Substance Involvement Screening T...
The prevalence of central and abdominal obesity has been increasing over last decades in developed countries. As well, the high prevalence of obesity in Portugal has already been documented, however it is need to better understand the prevalence in each region of the country. Thus, the aim of this study was to evaluate the prevalence of the overweight, central obesity and abdominal obesity in middleage in an in...
A low adherence to the Mediterranean diet (MD) and poor nutritional status (NS) have been associated with impaired cognitive function (CF) in non-institutionalized elderly. Objectives: Investigate the relationship between CF and adherence to the MD and NS in institutionalized the elderly in Bragança – Portugal. Methods: This is a cross-sectional study in institutionalized the elderly who evaluated CF through th...
The new education policies hold students accountable for their own learning. Also a growing number of study results are finding positive relationships between active methodologies and student learning. In this sense, it is important to understand the perceptions of innovative process experiences in learning. Aims: Assess the perceptions of students during an implementation of co-creation methodology in curricul...