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Suicide time-series structural change analysis in Portugal (1913-2018): Impact ...
Gusmão, R; Ramalheira, C; Conceição, V; Severo, M; Mesquita, E; Xavier, M; Barros, HBackground Suicide is a potentially preventable cause of death. Epidemiology might help to identify death determinants and to monitor prevention strategies. Few studies address secular trends in suicide deaths, and even fewer describe trend-changes in relation to data collection/registration bias. Moreover, suicide is admittedly underreported. It is crucial to validate results in the context of other external c...
Secular Trends in the Mortality by Cerebrovascular Diseases in Portugal: 1902-2012
Ramalheira, C; Gonçalves, A; Gomes, F; Dutschmann, R; Gusmão, RIntroduction: Cerebrovascular diseases (CVD) are one of the main causes of death in Portugal. Research on the epidemiologic history might help to understand the phenomenon and guide intervention strategies. Objectives: (1) Describe historic trends in mortality. (2) Estimate the impact of demographic variations on the registered number of cases. Methods: (1) We calculated rates, specific and standardized, for de...
Satisfação com o Internato Médico em Portugal
Vieira, M; Godinho, P; Gaibino, N; Dias, R; Sousa, A; Madanelo, I; Ribeiro-Mourão, F; Brandão, M; Duarte, S; Meirinhos, T; Catarino, AINTRODUCTION: In the last years, the global context of medical education and Medical Residency programs in Portugal suffered substantial changes. The primary objective of this study was to evaluate and characterize medical residents ́ satisfaction with medical residency programs in Portugal and to identify features that could be improved. MATERIAL AND METHODS: We utilized as model the survey Postgraduate Hospit...
The importance of family context in alcoholism
Vaz-Serra, A; Canavarro, MC; Ramalheira, CIn the present study, 56 chronic alcoholics were compared with 56 controls with no excessive drinking habits, all of them male. The drinking habits of their parents were studied, as were parental rearing, dyadic relations with the spouses, attachment to significant people, and the education they gave to their own children. It was noted that the alcoholics' parents had heavier drinking habits and could have acte...