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Hesitancy and Refusal of the COVID-19 Vaccine Among Healthcare Professionals: A...
Teófilo, Vanessa; Amaro, Joana; Matos, Pedro; Pinho, Paulo; Moreira, Salomé; Ribeiro, Rui; Miller, Mariana; Pinelas, Sofia; Silva, FilipaIntroduction: Vaccine hesitancy is recognized by the World Health Organization as a major global health threat. In the context of the COVID-19 pandemic, this issue has taken on unique dimensions. Healthcare professionals are considered one of the most reliable sources of information regarding vaccination. Their stance on immunization is a determining factor in their likelihood to recommend it to others, with po...
Eliciting reconceptualization innovative moments to foster change in Career Con...
Cardoso, Paulo; Gonçalves, Miguel; Mendes, Inês; Sousa, Inês; Taveira, Maria; Silva, FilipaThis study tests an add-on procedure to foster change in Career Construction Counseling by eliciting reconceptualization innovative moments. After the career counseling intervention with 42 participants, 21 participants were allocated to the add-on procedure, consisting of two additional sessions focused on eliciting reconceptualization innovative moments In turn, participants in the comparison group attended t...
Career Construction Counseling: Exploring Intervention, Intensity, and Outcomes
Sampaio, Célia; Almeida, Patricia; Taveira, Maria; Silva, Filipa; Cardoso, Paulo; Silva, Ana DanielaMark Savickas’s Career Construction counseling model aims to help individuals develop a narrative identity that gives meaning to their transitions, helps with emotional regulation, and allows them to project into the future, encouraging them to act. Supporting the reconstruction of narrative identity promotes the emergence of new career plans in a constantly changing and transitioning context. This study utiliz...
Physical activity promotion in the community pharmacy: an opportunity for an ex...
Viegas, Ruben; Silva, Filipa; Nørgaard, Lotte Stig; Duarte-Ramos, Filipa; Mendes, Romeu; Alves da Costa, FilipaBackground: Physical inactivity is a major risk factor for the development of chronic diseases, and it is increasingly prevalent in the Portuguese population. Pharmacists' role in promoting physical activity (PA) is still not well established, although health promotion is foreseen by law in Portugal. Competing tasks and location where the pharmacy is embedded can hinder this promotion in their daily practice. O...
Association of the Calcification Score of the Abdominal Aorta, Common Iliac, an...
Ribeiro, Luís Costa; Almeida, Manuela; J, Malheiro; Silva, Filipa; Nunes-Carneiro, Diogo; Martins, La Salete; Pedroso, Sofia; Silva-Ramos, MiguelBackground: Vascular calcification is an ever-more-common finding in protocoled pre-transplant imaging in living kidney donors. We intended to explore whether a connection could be found between the Agatston calcification score, prior to kidney donation, and post-donation renal function. Methods: This is a retrospective analysis of 156 living kidney donors who underwent living donor nephrectomy between January ...
Eliciting reconceptualization innovative moments to foster change in Career Con...
Cardoso, Paulo; Gonçalves, Miguel M.; Mendes, Inês; Sousa, Inês; Taveira, Maria do Céu; Silva, FilipaThis study tests an add-on procedure to foster change in Career Construction Counseling by eliciting reconceptualization innovative moments. After the career counseling intervention with 42 participants, 21 participants were allocated to the add-on procedure, consisting of two additional sessions focused on eliciting reconceptualization innovative moments In turn, participants in the comparison group attended t...
Nanotechnology to the rescue: therapeutic strategies based on brown algae for n...
Gonçalves, Anabela; Fernandes, Mário; Lima, Margarida; Gomes, João Pedro; Silva, Filipa; Castro, Sara; Sampaio, Filipa; Gomes, Andreia CIn the last decades, marine macroalgae have drawn attention mainly because of their bioactive constituents. Most brown algae are distributed over coastal areas of the Atlantic Ocean, Mediterranean Sea, Aegean Sea and Black Sea, and their composition varies with endogenous and exogenous factors. Phlorotannins, fatty acids, sterols and carbohydrates are some of the compounds responsible for biological activities ...
Relapsed Ovarian Cancer patients with ascites and/or pleural effusion still ben...
Rebordão-Pires, Mariana; Estrada, Marta F.; Gomes, António; Silva, Filipa; Baptista, Carlota; Ramos, Maria João; Fortuna, Ana; Simões, Pedro) Background: Relapsed HGSOC with ascites and/or pleural effusion is a poor-prognostic population and poorly represented in clinical studies. We questioned if these patients are worth treating. In other words, if these patients received the most effective treatment, would it change the course of this disease? To our knowledge this is the first real-life study to evaluate this question in this low-survival popul...
Implicações da Utilização de Antipsicóticos e Estabilizadores de Humor na Gravi...
Magalhães, Patricia; Sá, Teresa; Silva, Filipa; Caetano, Filipa; Martins, VâniaIntrodução: A Perturbação Afetiva Bipolar (PAB) e a Psicose Esquizofrénica (PE) são doenças psiquiátricas graves, que, na maioria das vezes, requerem um tratamento crónico, com recurso a vários fármacos, nomeadamente, antipsicóticos e estabilizadores do humor. Considerando que são doenças que ocorrem em mulheres em idade fértil, a necessidade de tratamento com estes fármacos durante a gestação e lactação levant...
CT volumetry performs better than nuclear renography in predicting estimated re...
Almeida, Manuela; Pereira, Pedro R.; Ramos, Miguel; Nunes-Carneiro, Diogo; Mandaleno, Mariana; Silva, Filipa; Pedroso, Sofia; França, ManuelaThe evaluation of split renal function (SRF) is a critical issue in living kidney donations and can be evaluated using nuclear renography (NR) or computerized tomography (CT), with unclear comparative advantages. We conducted this retrospective study in 193 donors to examine the correlation of SRF assessed by NR and CT volumetry and compared their ability to predict remaining donor renal function at 1 year, thr...