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Development of a healthy lifestyle assessment index for school-age children
Faria, B; Pinto da Costa, M; Vilela, SIntroduction: Assessing children's lifestyles is fundamental for developing policies that prevent the onset of non-communicable diseases. Objectives: To develop a short lifestyle index for school-age children (6 to 9 years old) and assess their lifestyle characterization. Methodology: The index was developed based on data from the 7-year follow-up of the birth cohort Generation XXI (n=4336 children), grouped in...
Socioeconomic and household framework influences in school-aged children's eati...
dos Santos Leal, K; Pinto da Costa, M; Vilela, SMaternal influences on children's diet have been widely studied, while paternal and household frameworks require further research. This study aimed to evaluate how individual, socioeconomic and household characteristics at birth and 7 years (y) impact children's fruit and vegetable (FV) and energy-dense foods (EDF) intake at 10y, distinguishing maternal and paternal effects. The sample included 2750 children ev...
Comportamento Suicidário nos Internos de Psiquiatria em Portugal: Comparação co...
Gama Marques, J; Roberto, A; Guerra, C; Pinto da Costa, M; Podlesek, A; Beezhold, J; Jovanovic, N; Moscoso, AIntrodução: O objectivo deste trabalho foi avaliar a prevalência de ideação suicida e tentativas de suicídio nos médicos internos de psiquiatria de adultos e de psiquiatria da infância e da adolescência em Portugal, e comparar os resultados com a população geral portuguesa e de outros países europeus. Material e Métodos: Enviou-se um questionário estruturado e anónimo, por e-mail, aos 159 internos de psiquiatri...
Psychiatry training towards a global future: trainees' perspective in Portugal
Pinto da Costa, M; Guerra, C; Malta, R; Moura, M; Carvalho, S; Mendonca, DIntroduction: Psychiatry is influenced by society changes, so it should be permanently updating itself, foreseeing future behaviours and pathologies. This study aims to describe psychiatry trainee’s opinion in Portugal concerning their training and the modifications they would want to witness in the near future. Material and Methods: A structured questionnaire of 26 questions was developed by the Portuguese Ass...