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Determinants of the Use of Health and Fitness Mobile Apps by Patients With Asth...
Neves, Ana Luisa; Jácome, Cristina; Taveira-Gomes, Tiago; Pereira, Ana Margarida; Almeida, Rute; Amaral, Rita; Alves-Correia, Magna; Mendes, SandraBackground: Health and fitness apps have potential benefits to improve self-management and disease control among patients with asthma. However, inconsistent use rates have been reported across studies, regions, and health systems. A better understanding of the characteristics of users and nonusers is critical to design solutions that are effectively integrated in patients’ daily lives, and to ensure that these ...
Profiling Persistent Asthma Phenotypes in Adolescents: A Longitudinal Diagnosti...
Amaral, Rita; Jácome, Cristina; Almeida, Rute; Pereira, Ana Margarida; Alves-Correia, Magna; Mendes, Sandra; Rodrigues, José Carlos CidraisWe aimed to identify persistent asthma phenotypes among adolescents and to evaluate longitudinally asthma-related outcomes across phenotypes. Adolescents (13-17 years) from the prospective, observational, and multicenter INSPIRERS studies, conducted in Portugal and Spain, were included (n = 162). Latent class analysis was applied to demographic, environmental, and clinical variables, collected at a baseline med...
Determinants of the use of health and fitness mobile apps by patients with asth...
Neves, Ana Luísa; Jácome, Cristina; Taveira-Gomes, Tiago; Pereira, Ana Margarida; Almeida, Rute; Amaral, Rita; Alves-Correia, Magna; Mendes, SandraHealth and fitness apps have potential benefits to improve self-management and disease control among patients with asthma. However, inconsistent use rates have been reported across studies, regions, and health systems. A better understanding of the characteristics of users and nonusers is critical to design solutions that are effectively integrated in patients’ daily lives, and to ensure that these equitably re...
Feasibility and acceptability of an asthma app to monitor medication adherence:...
Jácome, Cristina; Almeida, Rute; Pereira, Ana Margarida; Amaral, Rita; Mendes, Sandra; Alves-Correia, Magna; Vidal, Carmen; Freire, Sara LópezPoor medication adherence is a major challenge in asthma, and objective assessment of inhaler adherence is needed. The InspirerMundi app aims to monitor adherence while providing a positive experience through gamification and social support. This study aimed to evaluate the feasibility and acceptability of the InspirerMundi app to monitor medication adherence in adolescents and adults with persistent asthma (tr...
Condenações de carcaças e vísceras por brucelose bovina no brasil entre os anos...
Sola, Marília Cristina; Teixeira, Maria FernandaBovine brucellosis is an infectious disease caused by bacteria of the genus Brucella, mainly Brucella abortus, which is considered a worldwide zoonosis. The objective of the present study was to study the judgment and fate criteria for carcasses and offal for bovine brucellosis in slaughterhouses in Brazil, from 2010 to 2018, describing the number of animals slaughtered and detailing the distribution of convict...
Patient-physician discordance in assessment of adherence to inhaled controller ...
Jácome, Cristina; Pereira, Ana Margarida; Almeida, Rute; Ferreira-Magalhaes, Manuel; Couto, Mariana; Araujo, Luís; Pereira, MarianaWe aimed to compare patient's and physician's ratings of inhaled medication adherence and to identify predictors of patient-physician discordance.