Introduction: The assessment of family functionality is inherent to the practice of general and family medicine. Objectives: To review the Family APGAR, creating and testing an alternative scale assessing its sensitivity in detecting family functionality. Methods: Quali-quantitative study, initial interviews to understand limitations and topics not covered in the Family APGAR. Development of a new scale, GDCCSP...
Introdução: O Three-question Health Literacy screener (THLSQ) permite rastrear literacia em saúde (LS) sendo objetivo deste trabalho a sua adaptação cultural e validação para o português europeu.Métodos: Autorização ética e permissão autoral, tradução e retrotradução, verificação de fiabilidade e de leitu- rabilidade de THLSQ, composto por 3 perguntas para resposta em escala ordinal entre 1 e 5, 5 sendo a melho...
Objectives: To study the profile of depressive disorder (DD) according to sex, age, family type, and socioeconomic level, in Central Portugal. Methods: Cross-sectional observational study with data from persons with DD, according to International Classification of Primary Health Care – 2nd edition codings, on 31st December 2022, in two Health Centres Groups (HCG) from the Central Region of Portugal, Pinhal Lito...
Objective: To evaluate the impostor phenomenon (IP) in general and family medicine (GP/FM) specialists, according to gender, and years of specialty experience and to ascertain its association with distress or psychological sufferance. Methods: Cross-sectional observational study on a sample of GP/FM specialists, applying a questionnaire in specific conversation social networks with the Clance Impostor Phenomeno...
Introduction: Type 2 diabetes mellitus is a chronic disease that requires special medical follow-up, which involves understanding the stress of living with it. Objectives: To study the concerns and fears of individuals with type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM) and to compare their approach by the general and family medicine physician (GFM) to T2DM expectations. Methods: Multifaceted observational study, qualitative-...
Introduction: Dental problems are very prevalent and are related to common comorbidities. This is particularly important in general and family medicine, as it addresses all kinds of patients and frequently represents their first contact with the health system. Purposes: We aimed to characterize the population of patients with dental problems who used primary care units, as well as the health records and classif...
Objectives: To assess the enablement of Person suffering from type 2 diabetes mellitus (PsT2DM), using the Patient Enablement Instrument (PEI), and the doctor communication, evaluated by the Communication Assessment Tool (CAT), according to context variables. Methods: Observational cross-sectional study, as an academic and clinical issue, at the Mondego and Manuel Cunha Family Medicine Units in Coimbra, Central...
Objectives: To perform the cultural adaptation of the Attitudes about Complex Therapy Scale (ACTS) to European spoken Portuguese as a scale of Atitudes Perante Terapêutica Complexa (APTC) and convergent validation with the Problems Areas in Diabetes-5 (PAID-5) scale. Methods: Translation into European Portuguese, linguistic verification, and back-translation into English, followed by an internal consistency ana...