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The Physical Activity and Nutritional INfluences in Ageing (PANINI) Toolkit: a ...
Ramsey, Keenan A.; Meskers, Carel G. M.; Trappenburg, Marijke C.; Bacalini, Maria Giulia; Delledonne, Massimo; Garagnani, Paolo; Greig, CarolynAssessing multiple domains of health in older adults requires multidimensional and large datasets. Consensus on definitions, measurement protocols and outcome measures is a prerequisite. The Physical Activity and Nutritional INfluences In Ageing (PANINI) Toolkit aims to provide a standardized toolkit of best-practice measures for assessing health domains of older adults with an emphasis on nutrition and physica...
Association of positive and negative life events with cognitive performance and...
Castanho, Teresa Costa; Santos, Nadine Correia; Meleiro-Neves, C.; Neto, S.; Moura, Gabriela; Santos, Manuel António da Silva; Cruz, Ana Rita Pereira daObjectives: Life events have important effects on psychological well-being. Yet, studies have mainly focused on exploring the impact of traumatic and negative experiences on health and well-being, with positive events receiving marginal attention. In this study, we investigated the association between negative and positive life events, cognitive performance and psychological status in older individuals. Method:...
Association between self-reported and accelerometer-based estimates of physical...
Domingos, Célia; Santos, Nadine Correia; Pêgo, José M.Accurate assessment of physical activity (PA) is crucial in interventions promoting it and in studies exploring its association with health status. Currently, there is a wide range of assessment tools available, including subjective and objective measures. This study compared accelerometer-based estimates of PA with self-report PA data in older adults. Additionally, the associations between PA and health outcom...
Manual do projeto OITO: oficinas de inclusão tecnológica online
Quialheiro, Anna; Miranda, André; Garcia Júnior, Miguel; Santos, Nadine Correia; Camargo, Adriana; Correia-Neves, MargaridaO Projeto OITO originou-se pela dificuldade ou falta de acesso dos idosos às plataformas online durante os períodos de confinamento provocados pela pandemia COVID-19. A metodologia do Projeto OITO envolve conteúdos de apoio à inclusão digital no ambiente online, a partir de um dispositivo móvel, especificamente o telemóvel do tipo smartphone ou tablet. A metodologia do OITO é baseada na metodologia da Oficina d...
Livro GIRO: Mais perto de si, para si, seja GIRO connosco
Quialheiro, Anna; Castanho, Teresa Costa; Rodrigues, Ana João; Santos, Nadine Correia; Correia-Neves, MO Projeto GIRO pode ser seguido nas redes sociais através de: Site, https://www.p5.pt/projetogiro/; Facebook, https://www.facebook.com/projetogiro/; Instagram, @projetogiropt; YouTube, https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCubP8eXx7cCbZCfQ9yZNnnw; O Projeto GIRO, é uma iniciativa do Centro de Medicina Digital P5 da Escola de Medicina da Universidade do Minho, que serve como uma plataforma gratuita onde partilhamos a...
Iron status is associated with mood, cognition, and functional ability in older...
Portugal-Nunes, Carlos; Castanho, Teresa Costa; Amorim, Liliana; Moreira, Pedro Silva; Mariz, José; Marques, Fernanda; Sousa, NunoSeveral conditions are risk factors for iron deficiency (ID), some of which are highly prevalent in older individuals. Despite the amount of evidence pointing for a role of ID in cognition, mood and physical functional ability, the research addressing these associations in older individuals is still scarce. In the present study, 162 older community-dwelling individuals (29.53% classified as ID) were enrolled in...
Impact of iodine supplementation during preconception, pregnancy and lactation ...
Lopes-Pereira, Maria; Roque, Susana; Costa, Patrício; Quialheiro, Anna; Santos, Nadine Correia; Goios, Ana; Vilarinho, Laura; Correia-Neves, MargaridaBackground: Iodine deficiency is the most common cause of preventable brain harm and cognitive impairment in children. Portuguese women of childbearing age, pregnant women and their progeny were shown to have inadequate iodine intake. Consequently, the Portuguese Health Authorities have recommended a daily supplementation with 150-200 µg iodine in preconception, pregnancy, and lactation. The IodineMinho study i...
Asymmetrical subcortical plasticity entails cognitive progression in older indi...
Esteves, Madalena; Moreira, Pedro S.; Marques, Paulo; Castanho, Teresa Jesus Costa; Magalhães, Ricardo; Amorim, Liliana Patrícia CarvalhoStructural brain asymmetries have been associated with cognition. However, it is not known to what extent neuropsychological parameters and structural laterality covary with aging. Seventy-five subjects drawn from a larger normal aging cohort were evaluated in terms of MRI and neuropsychological parameters at two moments (M1 and M2), 18 months apart. In this time frame, asymmetry as measured by structural later...
25-OH vitamin D levels and cognitive performance: longitudinal assessment in a ...
Carvalho, André Couto; Santos, Nadine Correia; Nunes, José Carlos Leitão Portugal; Castanho, Teresa Jesus Costa; Moreira, Pedro; Costa, Patrício SoaresBackground: Declining serum levels of 25-hydroxyvitamin D [25(OH)D, a biomarker of vitamin D status] with aging is a well-recognized phenomenon. However, scarce information is available on the relation between 25(OH)D levels and cognitive performance over time in older individuals. Our purpose was to evaluate, longitudinally, the association of 25(OH)D with cognitive function in a healthy older adults' cohort. ...
Poor sleep quality associates with decreased functional and structural brain co...
Amorim, Liliana; Magalhães, Ricardo; Coelho, Ana; Moreira, Pedro Silva; Portugal-Nunes, Carlos; Castanho, Teresa Costa; Marques, Paulo; Sousa, NunoSleep is a ubiquitous phenomenon, essential to the organism homeostasis. Notwithstanding, there has been an increasing concern with its disruption, not only within the context of pathological conditions, such as neurologic and psychiatric diseases, but also in health. In fact, sleep complaints are becoming particularly common, especially in middle-aged and older adults, which may suggest an underlying susceptib...