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Clusters of functional status in COPD: an exploratory analysis
Rodrigues, G; Afreixo, V; Souto-Miranda, S; Machado, F; Rocha, V; Mendes, A; Martins, V; Simão, P; Marques, AFunctional status is highly meaningful to the daily life of people with COPD but is often overlooked by treatmentoptions. Understanding its heterogeneity, might contribute to better personalised care. We aimed to explore clustersof functional status in people with COPD. Lung function, impact of the disease, activity-related dyspnoea and functional status were collected cross-sectionally.The 6-minute walk test, ...
Anxiety and depression symptoms after pulmonary rehabilitation in people with i...
Samuel Santos, E; Rodrigues, Guilherme; Souto-Miranda, S; Almeida, S; Rocha, V; Ferreira, P G.; Mendes, M A; Marques, A S de DiasPulmonary rehabilitation (PR) is an effective intervention for people with interstitial lung disease (ILD), as it improvesexercise capacity, quality of life and dyspnoea. Less is, however, known about other important and frequentsymptoms, such as anxiety and depression. This study explored the response of anxiety and depression symptomsto PR in people with ILD. Participants undertook a 12-week community-based P...
Adverse Childhood Events and Health Biomarkers: A Systematic Review
Soares, S; Rocha, V; Kelly-Irving, M; Stringhini, S; Fraga, SBackground: This systematic review aimed to summarize evidence reporting epigenetic and/or neuro-immuno-endocrine embedding of adverse childhood events (ACEs) in children, with a particular focus on the short-term biological effect of those experiences. Methods: A search was conducted in PsycINFO®, PubMed®, Isi Web of Knowledge and Scopus, until July 2019, to identify papers reporting the short-term biological ...
Socioeconomic circumstances and lung function growth from early adolescence to ...
Rocha, V; Severo, M; Ramos, E; Falcão, H; Stringhini, S; Fraga, SBackground A reduced lung function in early adulthood is associated with respiratory and non-respiratory diseases and is a long-term predictor of mortality. This study investigated the association between early socioeconomic circumstances (SEC) and lung function growth trajectories from early adolescence until early adulthood. Methods We analysed data from the EPITeen population-based study, including adolescen...
Life-course socioeconomic disadvantage and lung function: a multicohort study o...
Rocha, V; Fraga, S; Moreira, C; Carmeli, C; Lenoir, A; Steptoe, A; Giles, G; Goldberg, M; Zins, M; Kivimäki, M; Vineis, P; Vollenweider, P; Barros, HBackground Lung function is an important predictor of health and a marker of physical functioning at older ages. This study aimed to quantify the years of lung function lost according to disadvantaged socioeconomic conditions across the life-course. Methods This multicohort study used harmonised individual-level data from six European cohorts with information on life-course socioeconomic disadvantage and lung f...
Life-course socioeconomic status and lung function in adulthood: a study in the...
Rocha, V; Stringhini, S; Henriques, A; Falcão, H; Barros, H; Fraga, SObjective This study aims to investigate the association of life-course socioeconomic status (SES) with lung function during adulthood, by exploring the influence of life-course social mobility and of cumulative exposure to low SES. Methods Participants were 1458 individuals from EPIPorto study, a population-based cohort of Portuguese adults. The life-course SES was computed using participants’ paternal occupat...
Longitudinal assessment of the effectiveness of a tobacco prevention programme ...
Sousa, I; Rocha, V; Samorinha, C; Machado, JC; Antunes, H; Precioso, JImplementing effective prevention programmes is critical to prevent tobacco use. Objectives. This study aims to assess the long-term effectiveness of the "SmokeOut-I" programme in the smoking prevention of school-aged adolescents, by gender. Methodology.A quasi-experimental study was conducted including a pre-test and a post-test, as well as an experimental group (N = 163) and a control group (N = 148) of adole...
Prevalence of Portuguese Children Exposed to Secondhand Smoke at Home and in th...
Precioso, J; Rocha, V; Sousa, I; Araújo, AC; Machado, JC; Antunes, HIntroduction: Children’s exposure to secondhand smoke is a cause of serious health problems and infant morbidity. This is the first nationally representative study conducted in Portugal to describe the prevalence of children exposed to secondhand smoke at home and in the car. Material and Methods: This is a descriptive cross-sectional study with a representative sample of 2396 Portuguese children aged 0 to 9 ye...
Socioeconomic circumstances and respiratory function from childhood to early ad...
Rocha, V; Soares, S; Stringhini, S; Fraga, SObjective Disadvantaged socioeconomic circumstances in early life have the potential to impact lung function. Thus, this study aimed to summarise evidence on the association between socioeconomic circumstances and respiratory function from childhood to young adulthood. Design Systematic review and meta-analysis. Methods Following the Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Review and Meta-analysis guidelines, ...
Neighbourhood socioeconomic deprivation and health-related quality of life: a m...
Rocha, V; Ribeiro, AI; Severo, M; Barros, H; Fraga, SObjective: To assess the relationship between socioeconomic deprivation and health-related quality of life in urban neighbourhoods, using a multilevel approach. Methods: Of the population-based cohort EPIPorto, 1154 georeferenced participants completed the 36-Item Short-Form Health Survey. Neighbourhood socioeconomic deprivation classes were estimated using latent-class analysis. Multilevel models measured clus...