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Depressive disorder profile in Central Portugal
Santiago, Luiz Miguel; Pereira Heleno, Sofia Daniela; Seiça Cardoso, CarlosObjectives: 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...
Mourning: medical attitudes and a person’s expectations in the general practice...
Leitão Domingos, Beatriz; Santiago, Luiz Miguel; Seiça Cardoso, CarlosIntroduction: Grief, a personalized response to the loss of a significant other, often leads to seeking medical consultation. Objective: To evaluate and compare the attitudes to be used by family medicine doctors (m-FM) and the expectations of bereaved individuals. Methods: An exploratory, cross-sectional observational study was conducted on a sample of m-GP, chosen conveniently, and on individuals who have bee...
Competencies Addressed During Undergraduate Medical Education: Perceptions of F...
Lopes, Mariana; Rosendo, Inês; Seiça Cardoso, CarlosIntroduction: Medical education must adapt to society’s needs, ensuring that the skills acquired by students align with those perceived as necessary for high-quality medical practice. The aim of this study was to assess the perceptions of medical trainees who graduated from University of Coimbra’s Faculty of Medicine between 2020/21 and 2022/23, currently working as foundation year or specialty trainee doctors,...
Quality of follow-up of patients with obstructive sleep apnea syndrome in a fam...
Aveiro, Ana; Nunes Graça, Beatriz; Santos, Ana Margarida; Pereira, Tiago; Ribeiro, Soraia; Silva, Carla; Seiça Cardoso, CarlosBackground: Patients with obstructive sleep apnea syndrome (OSAS), undergoing treatment with continuous positive airway pressure (CPAP), after discharge from the hospital consultation, should maintain follow-up in primary health care, for therapeutic monitoring. Objectives: To improve the follow-up of patients with OSAS with CPAP and without sleep medicine consultation follow-up, in a Family Health Unit (FHU). ...
Palliative Care Needs in Primary Health Care: Characteristics of Patients with ...
Pires, Luís; Rosendo, Inês; Seiça Cardoso, CarlosIntroduction: The increase in life expectancy brought a higher prevalence of chronic diseases, with an emphasis on those who reached advanced stages and required palliative care. We aimed to characterize patients diagnosed with advanced neoplasms and/or dementia accompanied in primary health care and to test the sensitivity of two tools for identifying patients with palliative needs.Methods: We recruited three ...
European Portuguese Language and Cultural Validation of the Chronic Obstructive...
Pimenta Valério, Margarida; Ribeiro, Soraia; Seiça Cardoso, Carlos; Machado, João; Costa, José; Rodrigues, Cidália; Rebelo-Marques, AlexandreIntroduction: The chronic obstructive pulmonary disease assessment test (CAT) is a self-administered questionnaire that measures health-related quality of life. GOLD proposes using this questionnaire, since it provides thorough coverage of the impact of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) on well-being. This questionnaire has been widely used in daily clinical practice in Portugal, but it lacks validat...
Strongly Recommended, Encouraged, and Easily Accessed Palliative Care Training,...
Seiça Cardoso, Carlos; Prazeres, FilipeN/a.; N/a.