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Confirmatory Evaluation of the Modified Medical Research Council Questionnaire ...
Ribeiro, Soraia; Cardoso, Carlos Seiça; Valério, Margarida; Machado, João; Costa, José; Rodrigues, Cidália; Rebelo-Marques, AlexandreThe Modified British Medical Research Council Questionnaire is considered an adequate and simple measure of breathlessness in chronic obstructive pulmonary disease. It is widely used in clinical practice in Portugal, but it still lacks confirmatory evaluation for the Portuguese setting. The aim of this study was to perform a cultural adaptation and validation of the Modified British Medical Research Council Que...
European Portuguese Language and Cultural Validation of the Chronic Obstructive...
Pimenta Valério, Margarida; Ribeiro, Soraia; Seiça Cardoso, Carlos; Machado, João; Costa, José; Rodrigues, Cidália; Rebelo-Marques, AlexandreIntroduction: The chronic obstructive pulmonary disease assessment test (CAT) is a self-administered questionnaire that measures health-related quality of life. GOLD proposes using this questionnaire, since it provides thorough coverage of the impact of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) on well-being. This questionnaire has been widely used in daily clinical practice in Portugal, but it lacks validat...
Confirmatory Evaluation of the Modified Medical Research Council Questionnaire ...
Ribeiro, Soraia; Cardoso, Carlos Seiça; Valério, Margarida; Machado, João; Costa, José; Rodrigues, Cidália; Rebelo-Marques, AlexandreIntroduction: The Modified British Medical Research Council Questionnaire is considered an adequate and simple measure of breathlessness in chronic obstructive pulmonary disease. It is widely used in clinical practice in Portugal, but it still lacks confirmatory evaluation for the Portuguese setting. The aim of this study was to perform a cultural adaptation and validation of the Modified British Medical Resear...
The role of a structured intervention on the deprescribing of benzodiazepines i...
Cardoso, Carlos Seiça; Rebelo-Marques, Alexandre; Oliveira, Pedro; Loureiro, Mariana; Oliveiros, Bárbara; Fontes Ribeiro, CarlosIntroduction: Benzodiazepines (BDZ) are widely used to control symptoms in insomnia and anxiety disorders. In the geriatric population, the concerns related to these treatments are higher, and, in addition to the possibility of causing daytime sleepiness, there is also evidence of an association with the increased risk of falls, cognitive decline, and delirium. In this context, it is important to study and eval...
STOP-Bang and NoSAS questionnaires as a screening tool for OSA: which one is th...
Costa, José Coutinho; Rebelo-Marques, Alexandre; Machado, João Pedro Neiva; Valentim, Bruno Miguel FigueiredoINTRODUCTION: Currently there has been significant growth in the number of patients with suspected obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) referred to sleep clinics. In this sense, screening and stratification methods of the severity of this pathology have become increasingly relevant. OBJECTIVE: To evaluate the performance of the NoSAS and STOP-Bang scores in the screening of OSA in a sleep clinic. METHODS: Prospectivel...
Physical Activity Promotion Tools in the Portuguese Primary Health Care: An Imp...
Mendes, Romeu; Nunes Silva, Marlene; Santos Silva, Catarina; Marques, Adilson; Godinho, Cristina; Tomás, Rita; Agostinho, Marcos; Madeira, SaraBackground: This paper aims to discuss how physical activity (PA) brief assessment, brief counseling, and self-monitoring tools were designed and implemented in the Portuguese National Health Service (NHS), and to report on their current use by health professionals and citizens. Methods: Three digital tools to facilitate PA promotion in primary health care (PHC) were developed: 1) a PA brief assessment tool was...
Physical activity promotion tools in the Portuguese primary health care : an im...
Mendes, Romeu; Silva, Marlene N.; Santos Silva, Catarina; Marques, Adilson; Godinho, Cristina Albuquerque; Tomás, Rita; Agostinho, MarcosBackground: This paper aims to discuss how physical activity (PA) brief assessment, brief counseling, and self-monitoring tools were designed and implemented in the Portuguese National Health Service (NHS), and to report on their current use by health professionals and citizens. Methods: Three digital tools to facilitate PA promotion in primary health care (PHC) were developed: 1) a PA brief assessment tool was...
Late-Night Salivary Cortisol: Cut-Off Definition and Diagnostic Accuracy for Cu...
Lages, Adriana Sousa; Frade, João Gonçalo; Oliveira, Diana; Paiva, Isabel; Oliveira, Patrícia; Rebelo-Marques, Alexandre; Carrilho, FranciscoIntroduction: Diagnosis of Cushing’s syndrome remains a challenge in clinical endocrinology. Even though late-night salivary cortisol is used as screening tool, individualized cut-off levels for each population must be defined. Material and Methods: Three groups of subjects were studied: normal subjects, suspected and proven Cushing’s syndrome. Salivary cortisol was measured using an automated electrochemilumin...
Late-Night Salivary Cortisol: Cut-Off Definition and Diagnostic Accuracy for Cu...
Lages, Adriana De Sousa; Frade, João Gonçalo; Oliveira, Diana; Paiva, Isabel; Oliveira, Patrícia; Rebelo-Marques, Alexandre; Carrilho, FranciscoIntroduction: Diagnosis of Cushing’s syndrome remains a challenge in clinical endocrinology. Even though late-night salivary cortisol is used as screening tool, individualized cut-off levels for each population must be defined.Material and Methods: Three groups of subjects were studied: normal subjects, suspected and proven Cushing’s syndrome. Salivary cortisol was measured using an automated electrochemilumine...
Late-Night Salivary Cortisol: Cut-Off Definition and Diagnostic Accuracy for Cu...
Lages, Adriana De Sousa; Oliveira, Diana; Paiva , Isabel; Oliveira, Patrícia; Rebelo-Marques, Alexandre; Carrilho, FranciscoIntroduction: Diagnosis of Cushing’s syndrome remains a challenge in clinical endocrinology. Even though late-night salivary cortisol is used as screening tool, individualized cut-off levels for each population must be defined.Material and Methods: Three groups of subjects were studied: normal subjects, suspected and proven Cushing’s syndrome. Salivary cortisol was measured using an automated electrochemilumine...