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Translation and Adaptation of the STOPP/START Criteria Version 3 for Potentiall...
A. Rodrigues, Daniela; Roque, Fátima; Herdeiro, Maria Teresa; Monteiro, LuísIntroduction: As the global population ages, managing medication use in older adults becomes increasingly complex due to polypharmacy and the associated risks of adverse drug events. To improve the safety and appropriateness of medication use in the older population, tools like the Screening Tool of Older Persons’ Prescriptions (STOPP) and Screening Tool to Alert doctors to Right Treatment (START) criteria have...
Usability of APIMedOlder: A Web Application to Manage Potentially Inappropriate...
A. Rodrigues, Daniela; I. Plácido, Ana; Mateos-Campos, Ramona; Figueiras, Adolfo; Herdeiro, Maria Teresa; Roque, FátimaIntroduction: Considering the increase in the proportion of the older population worldwide, the demand for health system resources also arises. These tools optimize clinical decision-making, thus avoiding iatrogenesis and thus contributing to a better quality of life for the older population. In response, we created an online web application, the APIMedOlder, that provides access to healthcare professionals to ...
Health and Wellbeing in Aging
Plácido, Ana Isabel; Herdeiro, Maria Teresa; Roque, FátimaThis work was financially supported by the project APIMedOlder (PTDC/MED-FAR/31598/2017), funded by FEDER, through COMPETE2020—Programa Operacional Competitividade e Internacionalização (POCI-01-0145-FEDER-031598) and by national funds (OE), through FCT/MCTES. The participation of Ana I Plácido in this work was funded by the Grant CENTRO-04-3559-FSE-000162, financed by the Operational Programme from the budget ...
Management of the Adverse Effects of Immune Checkpoint Inhibitors
Morgado, Manuel; Plácido, Ana; Morgado, Sandra; Roque, FátimaBy increasing the activity of the immune system, immune checkpoint inhibitors (ICPI) can have adverse inflammatory effects, which are referred to as immune-related adverse effects (irAEs). In this review, we present the recommendations for the appropriate identification and treatment of irAEs associated with ICPI to increase the safety and effectiveness of therapy with these immuno-oncological drugs. Several gu...
Antibiotic Dispensation without a Prescription Worldwide: A Systematic Review
Batista, Ana Daniela; Rodrigues, Daniela A; Figueiras, Adolfo; Zapata-Cachafeiro, Maruxa; Roque, Fátima; Herdeiro, Maria TeresaAntibiotic resistance still remains a major global public health problem and the dispensing of antibiotics without a prescription at community pharmacies is an important driver of this. MEDLINE, Pubmed and EMBASE databases were used to search and identify studies reporting the dispensing of non-prescribed antibiotics in community pharmacies or drugstores that sell drugs for human use, by applying pharmacy inter...
Understanding Primary Care Physician Vaccination Behaviour: A Systematic Review.
Prieto-Campo, Ángela; García-Álvarez, Rosa María; López-Durán, Ana; Roque, Fátima; Maria Teresa, Herdeiro; Figueiras, Adolfo; Zapata-Cachafeiro, MaruxaBackground: Vaccine hesitancy decreases adult vaccination coverage and has been recognized by WHO as a major health threat. Primary care physicians (PCP) play a key role in vaccination by giving vaccine counselling to their patients. The aim of this systematic review is to identify the knowledge, beliefs, attitudes and barriers (KBAB) associated with own vaccination and patient recommendation in primary care ph...
The Impact of Lifestyle on Prostate Cancer: A Road to the Discovery of New Biom...
Leitão, Catarina; Matos, Bárbara; Roque, Fátima; Herdeiro, Maria Teresa; Fardilha, MargaridaProstate cancer (PCa) is one of the most common cancers among men, and its incidence has been rising through the years. Several risk factors have been associated with this disease and unhealthy lifestyles and inflammation were appointed as major contributors for PCa development, progression, and severity. Despite the advantages associated with the currently used diagnostic tools [prostate-specific antigen(PSA) ...
E-Health Tools to Improve Antibiotic Use and Resistances: A Systematic Review
Carvalho, Érico; Estrela, Marta; Zapata-Cachafeiro, Maruxa; Figueiras, Adolfo; Roque, Fátima; Maria Teresa, HerdeiroBackground: e-Health tools, especially in the form of clinical decision support systems (CDSSs), have been emerging more quickly than ever before. The main objective of this systematic review is to assess the influence of these tools on antibiotic use for respiratory tract infections. (2) Methods: The scientific databases, MEDLINE-PubMed and EMBASE, were searched. The search was conducted by two independent res...
Behavioral Sciences in the Optimization of Pharmacological and Non-Pharmacologi...
Lopes, António; Roque, Fátima; Morgado, Sandra; Dinis, CristinaType 2 diabetes mellitus is one of the main chronic diseases worldwide, with a significant impact on public health. Behavioral changes are an important step in disease prevention and management, so the way in which individuals adapt their lifestyle to new circumstances will undoubtedly be a predictor of the success of the treatments instituted, contributing to a reduction in the morbidity and mortality that may...
Effectiveness of Interventions to Reduce Potentially Inappropriate Medication i...
Rodrigues, Daniela A; Plácido, Ana L; Mateos-Campos, Ramona; Figueiras, Adolfo; Herdeiro, Maria Teresa; Roque, FátimaBackground: Age-related multiple comorbidities cause older adults to be prone to the use of potentially inappropriate medicines (PIM) resulting in an increased risk of adverse events. Several strategies have emerged to support PIM prescription, and a huge number of interventions to reduce PIM have been proposed. This work aims to analyze the effectiveness of PIM interventions directed to older adults. Methods: ...