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Loyola Generativity Scale and Generative Behavior Checklist: A Psychometric Stu...
Casado, Tatiana; Sousa, Liliana; Guerra, Sara; Couto, Pedro Sá; Tavares, João Paulo AlmeidaBackground: Generativity has been associated with resilience and life satisfaction in older age, including among lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT+) older adults. Objective: To examine the psychometric properties of the Loyola Generativity Scale (LGS) and Generative Behavior Checklist (GBC) for Spanish LGBT+ older adults (over the age of 50). Methodology: A psychometric study was conducted with 141 ...
ALONE scale for Portuguese older adults: Translation, cultural adaptation, cont...
Guerra, Sara; Sousa, Liliana; Silva, Sofia Lurdes Rosas; Martins, Maria Rosário Jesus; Tavares, João Paulo AlmeidaBackground: Loneliness among older adults is a significant public health problem that requires early detection for effective intervention. The ALONE scale is a brief (five items) and reliable tool that holds promise for clinical use. Objective: Translation, cultural adaptation, content validity, and face validity of the ALONE scale for Portuguese community-dwelling older adults ( ≥ 65 years). Methodology: This ...
Eyes on the pandemic: using photovoice in group and remotely with social profes...
Araújo, Lia; Dias, Sofia Fontoura; Marques, Carolinne; Cid-Fernandez, Xosé; Sousa, LilianaThe COVID-19 pandemic had a major impact on aged care services. In Portugal, social workers are key frontline professionals in aged care services. A photovoice program called “Eyes on the Pandemic” was carried out to capture the internal experiences of frontline social workers working in aged care services during the first year of the COVID-19 pandemic. Photovoice is a qualitative, participatory action-research...
The Use of Photovoice with the LGBTQIA + Community: A Systematic Review
Pinheiro, Daniela; Araújo, Lia; Sousa, LilianaPhotovoice is a community-based participatory action research method used with vulnerable groups, being LGBTQIAþone of the groups addressed. This systematic review aims to understand the use of photovoice with members of the LGBTQIAþ community. We searched for literature across five databases and performed a quality assessment and narrative synthesis. The main findings, based on 39 included studies, show that: ...
Ageism toward older adults among social education students: the impact of a pho...
Araújo, Lia; Manuel Cid, Xosé; Sousa, LilianaThis study describes the design, implementation, and evaluation of a photovoice program for Social Education students from a Polytechnic University in Portugal. The program was named ‘Ageism in Perspective’ and developed over six sessions during one semester. The design was based on principles of the original photovoice methodology, along with previous experiences of photovoice as an active and experiential lea...
How to minimize the impact of a pandemic on depression in older adults in the f...
Tomaz, Mónica; Sousa, Liliana; Fonseca, César; Ferreira, Rogério; Silva, CelsoDepression is a common mental illness that affects a significant number of older adults. Recently, we saw a considerable increase in the prevalence of depression during the COVID-19 pandemic. Studies have been able to discover many determinants of pandemic-related depression, which will aid in defining health policies to mitigate depressive symptoms during future pandemics. Thus, based on existing knowledge of ...
Instrumentos de avaliação de sinais e sintomas em pessoas vítimas de acidente v...
Gaspar, Mariana; Sousa, Liliana; Santos, EduardoIntrodução: No pré-hospitalar, os enfermeiros vivenciam transições de saúde/doença em pessoas vítimas que apresentam sinais e sintomas de Acidentes Vasculares Cerebrais (AVC), recorrendo a vários instrumentos para realizar a sua avaliação. Posteriormente, ativam a Via Verde AVC (VVAVC) promovendo ganhos em saúde das vítimas. Objetivo: Mapear os instrumentos de avaliação de sinais e sintomas em pessoas adultas v...
ARTERIAL HYPERTENSION: WHEN AN UNUSUAL CAUSE ARISES
Sousa, Liliana; Castro, MarianaArterial hypertension (AHT) is the main risk factor to the cardiovascular disease. It can be classified as primary or secondary. The endocrine causes, such as the Cushing syndrome (CS), represent a source of secondary AHT and should be investigated when facing disease stigmas.The CS is provoked by the increase of the serum cortisol and is considered an unusual cause of AHT. The arteriosclerosis and the cardiac ...
Genotype-first approach to identify associations between CDH1 germline variants...
Garcia-Pelaez, José; Barbosa-Matos, Rita; Lobo, Silvana; Dias, Alexandre dos Santos; Garrido, Luzia; Castedo, Sérgio; Sousa, SóniaBackground Truncating pathogenic or likely pathogenic variants of CDH1 cause hereditary diffuse gastric cancer (HDGC), a tumour risk syndrome that predisposes carrier individuals to diffuse gastric and lobular breast cancer. Rare CDH1 missense variants are often classified as variants of unknown significance. We conducted a genotype– phenotype analysis in families carrying rare CDH1 variants, comparing cancer s...
Pre-hospital stroke victim sign and symptom assessment tools: a scoping review ...
Gaspar, Mariana; Sousa, Liliana; Santos, Eduardo José Ferreira dosIntroduction: In the pre-hospital setting, nurses experience health/illness transitions in victims presenting with signs and symptoms of stroke, using several instruments to perform their assessment, such as the Cincinnati Prehospital Stroke Severity Scale, the Rapid Arterial Occlusion Evaluation, among others. Subsequently, they activate referral pathways promoting health gains for the victims. Objective/s: To...