Sílvia Ala

ORCID: 0000-0001-5340-3864
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  • Youth, Drugs, and Violence
  • Technology Use by Older Adults
  • ECG Monitoring and Analysis
  • Resilience and Mental Health
  • COVID-19 and Mental Health
  • Occupational Health and Burnout
  • Sports Performance and Training
  • Educational Games and Gamification
  • Emotional Intelligence and Performance
  • Criminal Justice and Corrections Analysis
  • Mobile Health and mHealth Applications
  • Cardiovascular and exercise physiology
  • Virtual Reality Applications and Impacts
  • Evasion and Academic Success Factors
  • Cardiac electrophysiology and arrhythmias
  • Psychological Well-being and Life Satisfaction
  • Healthcare professionals’ stress and burnout
  • Stress and Burnout Research
  • Posttraumatic Stress Disorder Research
  • Context-Aware Activity Recognition Systems
  • Atrial Fibrillation Management and Outcomes
  • Elder Abuse and Neglect
  • Stroke Rehabilitation and Recovery

Polytechnic Institute of Bragança
2017-2024

Universidad de Salamanca
2024

Instituto de Investigación Sanitaria de Santiago
2019-2024

Universidade de Vigo
2018-2019

University of Trás-os-Montes and Alto Douro
2014-2017

Academic emotional exhaustion is the first stage of academic burnout syndrome, and it necessary to assess intervene early, as consequences can lead harmful effects on psychological well-being. The main objectives this study were explore psychometric properties Emotional Exhaustion Scale (ECE); association with suffering positive well-being, using MHI-5 Inventory; provide information its validity compare these constructs. A total sample 526 university students (81% female 19% male) aged...

10.3390/ejihpe14040068 article EN cc-by European Journal of Investigation in Health Psychology and Education 2024-04-17

Anxiety, stress and depression related to sleep wake disorders alcohol consumption among higher education students"BACKGROUND: e transition from secondary school presents a number of challenges, such as leaving the family home, increasing independence, changes in social groups, increased access drugs.Some students with less adaptive strategies cope these, o en, stressful may be at risk developing poor quality risky behaviour when it comes consumption.AIM: Evaluate anxiety, education, well...

10.19131/rpesm.0160 article EN cc-by-nc Revista Portuguesa de Enfermagem de Saúde Mental 2017-08-01

To enhance older citizen's practice of physical exercise, we present the architecture, development, and pilot testing a multiuser online gymnasium based on Kinect motion capture OpenSimulator, which aims to enable socialization supervision exercise without travel requirements. The prototype was tested simultaneously with 4 elders at different locations, providing data feasibility approach informing subsequent development research.

10.1109/vs-games.2014.7012164 article EN 2014-09-01

The COVID-19 pandemic has been one of the most stressful events in recent times across world. long-term effect these experiences raises several concerns, including development post-traumatic stress symptomatology. However, little is known about psychological processes that mediate this association. aim study was to explore association emotional exhaustion and anxiety symptomatology, mediating role resilience well-being university students. A total 526 students both sexes participated study,...

10.3390/ejihpe14080151 article EN cc-by European Journal of Investigation in Health Psychology and Education 2024-08-05

Em Portugal, como em muitos países ocidentais, a população prisional está envelhecer, acarretando desafios únicos que exigem atenção tanto do ponto de vista dos direitos humanos quanto da gestão prisional. Homens e mulheres na prisão, comunidade, envelhecem ritmos diferentes maneiras diferentes. Na 50 ou 55 anos não seriam considerados “mais velhos”. Mas reclusos normalmente têm problemas saúde física mental associados pessoas pelo menos uma década mais velhas comunidade. Uma vez reclusão,...

10.61415/riage.281 article PT RIAGE - Revista Ibero-Americana de Gerontologia 2024-12-30

European Network of Living Lab's effective member.Objectives 1.To develop an innovative solution that would enable healthrelated behaviour changes, increase motivation, promote physical activity and reduce prolonged sedentary time in users, thanks to persuasive ubiquitous computing techniques.2. To be validated by SPORTIS Lab.Following aim involve society the innovation process, ObesiTIC will end-users (children teenagers) combined with development application final product, order suit...

10.1186/s13102-017-0068-y article EN cc-by BMC Sports Science Medicine and Rehabilitation 2017-02-01

Electrocardiographic (ECG) data analysis can reveal crucial information about the cardiovascular physiological phenomenon, which is modulated by Autonomic Nervous System.Hereupon, beyond diagnosis, ECG markers also reflect workload levels, or even physical and mental performance, through Heart Rate Variability (HRV) analysis.Building upon previous work found within state-of-the-art, this pilot research explores potential of using a low-cost device for cardiopathy pre-screening, signal...

10.5220/0006962701150122 article EN cc-by-nc-nd 2018-01-01
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