O Livro Azul: um futuro para a Medicina de Família em Portugal, editado em 1990 pela Associação Portuguesa de Médicos de Clínica Geral, marcou os anos seguintes e conceptualizou a Reforma dos Cuidados de Saúde Primários, iniciada em 2005, mas não implementada na totalidade. No momento atual de insatisfação profissional é importante rever os princípios que nortearão a medicina geral e familiar no futuro. O médic...
Introduction: Residency in general practice and family medicine (GP/FM) is essential for acquiring knowledge and skills. As patients play a fundamental role in residents’ training, it is important to understand their perception of GP/FM residents. Objectives: To evaluate patients’ perception of the role of GP/FM residents and their trust in the medical care provided by them at USF Santiago de Leiria, a family u...
Introduction: A few months have passed since the first case of COVID-19 disease in Portugal was confirmed. The rapid progression of this pandemic has led to several changes in the daily lives of the users of the Family Health Unit (FHU) Santiago de Leiria, probably with an impact on their mental health. The aim of our work is to determine the degrees of anxiety and depression of the users of the FHU Santiago de...
Background. Frailty is an age-associated biological syndrome and a predictor of multimorbidity outcomes, whose early recognition allows for the identification of those older patients at risk. The PRISMA-7 scale allows for the identification of frail older people. Objectives. To make a cross-cultural adaptation and validation of the PRISMA-7 to the European spoken Portuguese language. Material and methods. Cross...
Objectives: To translate the Jefferson Scale of Patient Perceptions of Physician Empathy (JSPPPE) to the European Portuguese spoken language and to verify its reliability and validity. Methods: Cultural adaptation and linguistic translation from English to European Portuguese, revision of translations, semantics equivalence, and grammar correction of the Portuguese wording were made. Readability of the Portugue...