Diabetes poses a substantial disease burden, prompting preventive interventions. Physical inactivity, a major risk factor for type 2 diabetes, can potentially be mitigated by enhancing area-level walkability. Despite this, limited population-based studies have investigated the link between walkability and objective diabetes measures. Our study aims to estimate the association between area-level walkability and ...
Background: The InfAct (Information for Action) is a Joint Action of the European Commission’s 3rd Health Programme with the main goal to build an infrastructure of a health information system for a stronger European Union and to strengthen its core elements. The InfAct Joint Action was developed along 36 months and structured in 10 work packages. Portugal co-led the Work Package 6 (WP6) of this project, which ...
Introdução: A poluição atmosférica exterior constitui um grave problema de saúde global. As doenças mentais comuns (DMC), nomeadamente as perturbações depressivas e ansiosas, são uma das principais causas de carga de doença, a nível mundial. A exposição de longo-prazo a partículas inaláveis parece associar-se à redução do bem-estar mental (BEM) e ao diagnóstico de DMC, mas a evidência é inconsistente. Procurámo...
Background: Despite the actual demographic trends and the global burden of cardiovascular diseases, there is little knowledge concerning the effects of retirement on this health outcome. Objective: We aimed to quantify the associations between retirement, and retirement age, with cardiovascular disease (heart disease and stroke) in the Portuguese population. Methods: We used data from the first Portuguese wave ...
Background and objective(s): The association between grip strength and heart diseases incidence has been little explored. The aim of this study is to analyse the longitudinal relationship between grip strength and the diagnosis of heart diseases in European middle-aged and older adults. Material and methods: A prospective cohort study was conducted using data from the Survey of Health, Ageing and Retirement in ...
Background: Few multi-country European studies have investigated the association between grip strength and heart diseases incidence. Thus, the aim of this study is to analyse the longitudinal relationship between grip strength and the diagnosis of heart diseases in European middle-aged and older adults. Method: A prospective cohort study was conducted using data from the Survey of Health, Aging and Retirement i...
Sobre as tendências de 1992 a 2020 e projeções até 2026 na Evolução da incidência de Diabetes Mellitus em Portugal.
The InfAct (Information for Action) project is a Joint Action of the European Commission's 3rd Health Programme, which includes 28 EU Member States and Associated Countries. The main goal of InfAct is to build an infrastructure of a health information system for a stronger European Union and to strengthen its core elements. Its vision is to improve the use of health data and information for a healthier Europe. ...
Nesta sessão foram apresentados os principais resultados da investigação que tem sido desenvolvida no projecto AMOCAPE, na área da mortalidade por cancro na Península Ibérica. Os resultados integrarão o Atlas de Mortalidade por Cancro em Portugal e Espanha, 2003-2012, que será disponibilizado em 2020.
InfAct (Information for Action!), the Joint Action on Health Information (https://www.inf-act.eu/) is a project funded by the European Commission. It builds on the BRIDGE Health project and other initiatives in health information. The project was launched in March 2018. Through country collaboration, InfAct streamlines health information activities across Europe. It builds towards a sustainable and solid infras...