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The factorial structure and psychometric properties of the Committed Action Que...
Rodrigues, Tânia Catarina Fonseca; Vieira, Ana I.; Vaz, Ana Rita Rendeiro Ribeiro; Brandão, Isabel; Timóteo, Sertório; Nunes, PatríciaThe Committed Action Questionnaire (CAQ-8) is an instrument developed to measure committed action, an adaptive psychological process. The main goal in the current study was to confirm the factorial structure of the Portuguese version of the CAQ-8 in a transdiagnostic clinical sample of participants diagnosed with an eating disorder (ED). Participants were 102 female outpatients (Mage = 28.1, SD = 10.6; MBMI = 2...
Eating disorders in males: a case series study to evaluate putative risk factors
Machado, Bárbara C.; Vieira, Ana I.; Brandão, Isabel; Buinhas, Inês Buinhas; Granja, Natália; Cunha, Márcia; Gonçalves, Sónia F.his case series aimed to describe the clinical features and symptomatic onset of eating disorders (EDs), to characterize male puberty development and to identify potential risk factors (RFs) for EDs and specific life events preceding ED symptoms. Ten males with current ED diagnoses participated in this study. All participants were interviewed with the Eating Disorders Examination, the Oxford Risk Factor Intervi...
Nonsuicidal self-injury, difficulties in emotion regulation, negative urgency, ...
Vieira, Ana I.; Moreira, Celia S.; Rodrigues, Tânia Catarina Fonseca; Brandão, Isabel; Timoteo, Sertório; Nunes, Patricia; Gonçalves, SóniaObjectives Among outpatients with eating disorders (ED), we compared participants without nonsuicidal self-injury (non-NSSI group), with NSSI over a year ago (past NSSI group) and with NSSI in the previous year (current NSSI group) regarding different variables, and examined whether difficulties in emotion regulation and negative urgency moderated the relationship between maternal/paternal invalidation and NSSI...
Accuracy of the new rapid test for monitoring adalimumab levels
Rocha, Cátia; Afonso, Joana; Lago, Paula; Arroja, Bruno; Vieira, Ana I.; Dias, Cláudia C.; Magro, FernandoBackground: The loss of response to adalimumab (ADL) has been related to low serum concentrations at trough. Currently, most methods commercially available for the quantification of ADL are enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA) based, with a turnaround time of approximately 8 h, delaying the target dosage adjustment to the subsequent infusion. In this study, we aimed to evaluate the performance of the newly...
Impact of early surgery and immunosuppression on Crohn's disease disabling outc...
Magro, Fernando; Dias, Cláudia C.; Coelho, Rosa; Santos, Paula M.; Fernandes, Samuel; Caetano, Cidalina; Rodrigues, Angela; Portela, FranciscoBackground and Aims: The definition of early therapeutic strategies to control Crohn's disease aggressiveness and prevent recurrence is key to improve clinical practice. This study explores the impact of early surgery and immunosuppression onset in the occurrence of disabling outcomes. Methods: This was a multicentric and retrospective study with 754 patients with Crohn's disease, who were stratified according ...