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The 15-minute city in Porto, Portugal: accessibility for the elderly

The concept of the 15-Minute City aims to enhance urban accessibility by ensuring that essential services are within a short walking distance. This study evaluates the accessibility of Porto, Portugal, particularly for the elderly, by assessing urban density, permeability, and walkability, with a specific focus on crossings and ramps. A five-step methodology was employed, including spatial analysis using QGIS a...

Patient-reported outcomes in oral oncology: new approaches, contemporary visions

Background: Emerging trends in Patient Reported Outcomes (PROs) are transforming healthcare by centering the patient experience and emphasizing Quality of Life (QoL) in clinical decision-making [1]. Objective: Analyze the benefits of using PROs in daily critical practice based on the experience of our research group and literature review. To explore new strategies to apply results more efficiently in clinical d...

Gamification in e-Health: strategies for oral health

Background: Gamification in healthcare is an innovative approach that uses game elements to motivate and engage patients in healthy behaviors. Gamification in oral health uses various game elements to create engaging and motivating experiences for patients [1-7]. Some of the most common elements include goals and challenges to achieve, rewards to obtain, competition, feedback, and the creation of an engaging na...

Brief Music Experience Questonnaire: Contribution to portuguese validation : Th...

In the Portuguese context, the assessment of music experience has been an area of ​​growing interest, however, the lack of specific instruments suited to the culture and language is still evident. This study's main objective is to translate, adapt and validate the Brief Music Experience Questionnaire (BMEQ) for the Portuguese population. The sample consists of 369 adults, 64.5% men and 35.5% women, aged between...

Bayesian Modelling of Time Series of Counts with Missing Data

The presence of missing data poses a common challenge for time series analysis in general since the most usual requirement is that the data is equally spaced in time and therefore imputation methods are required. For time series of counts, the usual imputation methods which usually produce real valued observations, are not adequate. This work employs Bayesian principles for handling missing data within time ser...

Achados Radiológicos Hepáticos Associados À Síndrome Osler-Weber-Rendu

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Adverse events related to etonogestrel implant: an old but still current issue?

Introduction: In December 2019, in Portugal, a Direct Healthcare Professional Communication (DHPC) was approved regarding the subcutaneous implant of etonogestrel 68 mg. The genesis of this communication was based on reported cases of neurovascular injury and migration of the implant from the insertion site within the arm, or, in rare cases, into the pulmonary artery, possibly associated with deep or incorrect ...

Clinical Trials in Portugal: Past and Future. Position Paper from the Colleges ...

STRATEGIES ADOPTED IN THE FACE OF THE COVID-19 IMPACT ON THE WORLD OF WORK

Framework: The Covid-19 pandemic has brought several challenges at an economic, labor, social, and organizational level, and organizations had to adopt strategies to ensure their functioning, as well as to ensure and promote the health and well-being of workers. Research Question/Goals: This study aimed to identify and describe (1) the impact of Covid-19 on the world of work and (2) the strategies that organiza...

Teste de um modelo de cultura de segurança ocupacional

A cultura de segurança (CS) é um elemento essencial da cultura organizacional que influencia diretamente o desempenho de segurança (DS) dos trabalhadores (Bautista-Bernal et al., 2024; Cooper, 2000). A construção de uma CS robusta é crucial para reduzir riscos ocupacionais e garantir ambientes de trabalho seguros (Ahmad et al., 2022; Tappura et al., 2022). Esta abrange não apenas políticas e procedimentos forma...