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Psychosocial factors as predictors of adjustment to life in chronic Portuguese ...

Background - Living with a chronic disease is an experience that may affect aspects of an individual’s life, and are responsible for the management of several psychosocial factors which contribute to their quality of life (QoL). The aim of this study was, controlling for socio-demographic and clinical variables, test the hypothetical model to evaluate the simultaneous impact of psychosocial predictors (optimism...

An application of structural equation modeling of test dispositional optimism a...

The aim of the present study was to test a hypothetical model to examine if dispositional optimism exerts a moderating or a mediating effect between personality traits and quality of life, in Portuguese patients with chronic diseases. A sample of 540 patients was recruited from central hospitals in various districts of Portugal. All patients completed self-reported questionnaires assessing socio-demographic and...

Coping na doença neurológica: Epilepsia vs. esclerose múltipla

As doenças neurológicas têm consequências biopsicossociais marcadas e exigem um conjunto de cuidados que podem interferir consideravelmente com o estilo de vida pré-diagnóstico. Não sendo homogéneas, questiona-se até que ponto os indivíduos com diferentes doenças neurológicas tendem a usar o mesmo tipo de estratégias para lidar com o stress pós-diagnóstico. Foram avaliados 134 doentes: 101 com esclerose múltipl...

Neuropsychological predictors of quality of life in focal epilepsy

Spontaneous complaints of outpatients with focal epilepsy often stress the relationship between cognitive deficits and Quality of Life (QOL). Consequently, the aim of the present study was to find the best neuropsychological predictors of QOL in individuals with focal epilepsy, in order to guide their ambulatory health care. A sample of 71 Portuguese patients was studied: 40 female, 47 married, with a mean age ...

Functional and morphologic data fusion for epileptogenic foci localisation

One of the most important and difficult tasks in Epileptology is the localisation of the epileptogenic areas/focus. This is fundamental to achieve good clinical classification and consequent good pharmacological treatment. If needed, it allows adequate surgical procedure consequently decreasing the number of resistant cases and improving patient’s quality of life. In this work we propose a solution with the obj...

Desamortização e venda dos bens nacionais em Portugal na primeira metade do séc...

Tese de doutoramento em Letras (História Moderna e Contemporânea) apresentada à Fac. de Letras da Univ. de Coimbra; O trabalho em epígrafe é o resultado de mais de uma década de aturada pesquisa que teve em vista um objectivo fundamental: compreender o fenómeno desamortizador oitocentista em Portugal nas suas motivações, problemática e resultados. Trata-se de um fenómeno complexo que consistiu na elaboração e a...

Actividade epileptiforme interictal e ritmos biológicos