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Exploratory and Confirmatory Validation of the Connor-Davidson Resilience Scale...
Almeida, Maria Helena; Dias, Sara; Xavier, Miguel; Torgal, JorgeIntroduction: Bonanno defined resilience as the individual’s capacity to cope with traumatic events, namely, the ability to maintain the levels of physical and psychological functioning relatively stable. The aim of this study was to evaluate the psychometric properties of 10-item Connor-Davidson resilience scale. The Connor-Davidson resilience scale short version has good psychometric qualities (Cronbach α – 0...
Validação Exploratória e Confirmatória da Escala de Resiliência Connor-Davidson...
Almeida, Maria Helena; Dias, Sara; Xavier, Miguel; Torgal, JorgeIntrodução: Bonanno definiu resiliência como a capacidade do indivíduo em lidar com os eventos traumáticos, nomeadamente a capacidade de manter os níveis de funcionamento físico e psicológico relativamente estáveis. O objetivo do estudo foi avaliar as propriedades psicométricas da escala de resiliência Connor-Davidson de 10 itens. A escala resumida apresenta boas qualidades psicométricas (α Cronbach – 0,85) qua...
Towards a PECS-CPLP netwok for medical education
Fresta, Mário Jorge; Ferreira, Maria Amélia; Delgado, António Pedro; Sambo, Maria Rosário; Torgal, Jorge; Sidat, Mohsin; Ferrinho, PauloGiven the strong growth of medical education initiatives in African Member States of the Community of Portuguese Speaking Countries (CPLP) and considering the increased cooperation in medical education, it is justified under the Strategic Plan for Cooperation in Health (PECS) of the CPLP, to think this cooperation in a triangular, southnorth- south approach, coordinating the initiatives in a framework of priori...
One Health-ness Evaluation of Cysticercosis Surveillance Design in Portugal
Fonseca, Ana Gloria; Torgal, Jorge; de Meneghi, Daniele; Gabriël, Sarah; Coelho, Ana Cláudia; Vilhena, Manuela; Vilhena, ManuelaThe increasing occurrence of human cysticercosis, a zoonotic neglected disease, is challenging the traditional prevention and control paradigm and calling for One Health (OH) solutions in industrialized countries. OH solutions for health interventions are increasingly being used to capture expected and unexpected outcomes across people, animals and the environment. The Network for One Health Evaluation (NEOH) p...
The psychosomatic approach in Portuguese general and family medicine: a cross-s...
Rebelo-Neves, Catarina; Nogueira, Joana; Dias, Carlos Amaral; Torgal, JorgeAim: To establish how the Portuguese general and family specialists perceive and integrate the psychosomatic perspective in their practice. Design: Cross-sectional study. Setting: Portuguese general and family practitioners. Method: Providers answered a self-reported survey from August to November of 2013. Self-reported data collected from 100 Portuguese general and family medicine doctors. Participants are bet...
Characterizing human cysticercosis in Portugal 2006-2013
Vilhena, Manuela; Fonseca, Ana Glória; Marques da Silva, José Rafael; Dias, Sara; Torgal, JorgeCysticercosis results from the ingestion Taenia solium eggs directly by faecal-oral route or contaminated food or water. While, still considered a leading cause of acquired epilepsy in developed countries, this zoonosis has been controlled or eradicated in industrialized countries due to significant improvements in sanitation, pig rearing and slaughterhouse control systems. We developed a retrospective study on...
Human cysticercosis in Portugal: long gone or still contemporary?
Vilhena, Manuela; Fonseca, Ana Glória; Dias, Sara; Marques da Silva, José Rafael; Torgal, JorgeCysticercosis, a leading cause of acquired epilepsy in developing countries, has been controlled or eradicated in industrialized countries. This paradigm has recently been challenged, with human neurocysticercosis (NCC) being increasingly diagnosed in these countries. In order to assess the NCC burden in Portugal, a retrospective study on NCC hospitalizations (2006–2013) was conducted based on the national data...
"Portuguese Observatory of Taeniasis and Cysticercosis": A "One Health" example...
Fonseca, Ana Gloria; Torgal, Jorge; Vilhena, ManuelaCysticercosis results from the ingestion Taenia solium eggs directly by faecal-oral route or contaminated food or water. Human tapeworm carriers who have become infected after ingesting pork meat contaminated with cysticerci release these eggs. Cysticercosis occurs after tapeworm eggs are ingested by an intermediate host (pig or human) and then hatch, migrate, and lodge in the host's tissues, where they develop...
Portuguese expatriates’ health in Angola and Mozambique—a cross-sectional study...
Fonseca, Ana Glória; Dias, Sara S.; Baptista, João Luis; Torgal, JorgeBackground: Increasing numbers of expatriates are working in sub-Saharan Africa. There is little published data on the complex population and this survey aimed at understanding expatriate morbidity by accessing self-reported health problems and malaria preventive practices. Methods: A cross-sectional web-based survey was conducted targeting Portuguese expatriates in Angola and Mozambique. Logistic regression an...
The Development of an Inventory of Beliefs, Behaviors and Treatment of Acne - ICA
Rebelo-Neves, Catarina; Amaral Dias, Carlos; Torgal, JorgeIntroduction: Acne is a disease with psychological consequences to patients based on personal and social factors and with a strong influence on the quality of life. The lack of information contributes to and nourishes beliefs and misunderstandings on acne that keep growing and find popular support in their mystification worldwide, although mostly without any scientific evidence.Material and Methods: The present...