5 documents found, page 1 of 1
COVID-19 vaccines effectiveness against symptomatic disease and severe outcomes...
Brazete, C; Brazete, J; Alves, F; Aguiar, A; Gonçalves, AM; Cardoso, M; Sá, L; Gonçalves, E; Pinto, M; Duarte, RObjectives: This study evaluated the effectiveness of COVID-19 vaccines in preventing symptomatic and severe disease.Study design: This was an observational test-negative case-control study.Methods: Study participants were adults with at least one symptom included in the World Health Or-ganization COVID-19 definition who sought health care in a public emergency department between 1 November 2021 and 2 March 202...
Impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on the mental and physical health and overall w...
Machado, BC; Pinto, E; Silva, M; Veiga, E; Sá, C; Kuhz, S; Silva, PO; Pimenta, A; Gomes, A; Almeida, A; Sá, L; Correia, MThroughout the pandemic of COVID-19 caused by SARS-CoV-2, university students were considered a vulnerable risk group for mental health impairment and wellbeing deterioration. This study aimed at evaluating the pandemic's impact on the physical and mental health and wellbeing among students of a Portuguese university. This cross-sectional study included 913 participants and ran from June to October 2020. Data c...
Western long-term accuracy of serum pepsinogen-based gastric cancer screening
Castro, C; Dinis-Ribeiro, M; Rodrigues, ANG; Calheiros, T; Santos, T; Pereira, P; Ramos, M; Cunha, H; Andrade, M; Costa, A; Sá, L; Antunes, L; Bento, MJBACKGROUND: Even though mass gastric cancer screening is controversial in Western countries, diverse strategies have been proposed in intermediate-risk to high-risk areas. AIM: The aim of this study was to determine the long-term accuracy of the pepsinogen test (PG) for early diagnosis of gastric cancer. PARTICIPANTS AND METHODS: A cohort of inhabitants from the Northern part of Portugal, aged between 40 and 74...
Impacto da crise financeira e social na saúde mental
Sequeira, C; Sá, L; Carvalho, JC; Sampaio, FPreocupados com o impacto da crise nanceira e social na saúde mental das pessoas, neste artigo fazemos uma ref exão sobre as últimas evidências disponíveis sobre o tema em Portugal e no mundo, procurando recentrar a atenção dos pro ssionais de saúde mental, naquilo que necessita ser promovido: a centralidade dos cuidados nas pessoas e a continuidade dos cuidados em saúde mental. A instalação da crise financeira...
Avaliação das propriedades psicométricas do questionário de saúde mental positi...
Sequeira, C; Carvalho, JC; Sampaio, F; Sá, L; Lluch-Canut, T; Roldán-Merino, J