A5008685289- Mindfulness and Compassion Interventions
- Musculoskeletal pain and rehabilitation
- Healthcare professionals’ stress and burnout
- Anesthesia and Neurotoxicity Research
- Complementary and Alternative Medicine Studies
- Intensive Care Unit Cognitive Disorders
- Pain Management and Placebo Effect
- Medical Education and Admissions
- LGBTQ Health, Identity, and Policy
- Anesthesia and Sedative Agents
- Cardiac, Anesthesia and Surgical Outcomes
- Occupational Health and Burnout
- Pain Mechanisms and Treatments
- Digital Mental Health Interventions
- Nursing education and management
- Cholinesterase and Neurodegenerative Diseases
- Stress and Burnout Research
- Ear Surgery and Otitis Media
- Metabolomics and Mass Spectrometry Studies
- Endometriosis Research and Treatment
- Hearing Impairment and Communication
- Anesthesia and Pain Management
- Medicinal Plants and Neuroprotection
- Stroke Rehabilitation and Recovery
- Pediatric Pain Management Techniques
Hospitais da Universidade de Coimbra
2013-2025
University of Coimbra
2016-2024
University of Beira Interior
2016-2024
London Postgraduate Medical and Dental Education
2017
Objectives Hearing loss is a neglected international health problem. The greatest burden of ear disease in low‐income countries where there also lack resources. In this context, screening for otological may be worthwhile. Cupris© has developed an otoscopy device that offers the possibility low‐cost mass remote communities. We evaluated validity diagnosing and determining whether referral to ENT centre warranted. Design Cross‐sectional study. Setting Outpatient clinic, Nepal. Participants All...
The Copenhagen Burnout Inventory was developed to overcome what some authors have proposed as potential limitations of existing burnout measures. Specifically, the measures main component (i.e. exhaustion) in three domains: personal-, work- and patient-related. Additionally, argued necessity available a global index.This study followed cross-sectional design sample Portuguese physicians (n = 1348). A confirmatory factor analyses conducted Inventory´s three-factor structure tested. In...
Although the use of neuromuscular blocking agents (NMBAs) optimizes surgical conditions and facilitates tracheal intubation, it can lead to residual blockade (RNMB), with postoperative complications. This study aimed assess RNMB incidence management in Portugal.Prospective observational patients admitted for elective surgery requiring general anesthesia nondepolarizing NMBAs between July 2018 2019 at 10 Portuguese hospitals. The primary endpoint was proportion arriving postanesthesia care...
Objectives Studies have shown that self-compassion plays a protective role against depression in women with chronic pain (CP). However, the majority of studies CP used total score scale (SCS), which raised concerns due to potential overlap, not only between uncompassionate self-responding factors and psychopathology, but also as whole other well-known psychological processes (e.g., mindfulness, acceptance, flexibility). This calls for more nuanced understanding components (un)compassionate...
BACKGROUND Stress in anaesthesiologists is a common and multifactorial problem related to patients, colleagues organisations. The consequences of stress include depression, work–home conflicts burnout. Reduction can be achieved by reducing the number magnitude stressors or increasing resilience strategies. OBJECTIVES We have created self-reporting 'Stress Questionnaire Anaesthesiologists' (SQA), qualify sources anaesthesiologists' professional lives, measure level associated stress. Our...
Background: Chronic Pain (CP) has serious medical and social consequences, leads to economic burden that threatens the sustainability of healthcare services. Thus, optimized management pain tools support CP patients in adjusting their condition improving quality life is timely. Although Acceptance Commitment Therapy (ACT) considered an evidence-based psychological approach for CP, evidence efficacy online-delivered ACT still scarce. At same time, studies suggest self-compassion mediates...
The sexual health of transgender and gender diverse (TGD) people with endometriosis has been overlooked, important emotional experiences, such as distress its correlates, have ignored. This prevented a more comprehensive look at the experiences TGD individuals. descriptive online survey study preliminarily explored pain symptoms, distress, mental N = 6 individuals diagnosed endometriosis. Descriptive results showed mean delay 10 years from onset symptoms to diagnosis. Endometriosis-related...
Background This pilot study aims to test the usability of iACTwithPain platform, an online ACT-based intervention for people with chronic pain, obtain information on which and aspects need improvement expected retention rates. Methods Seventy-three Portuguese women pain were invited complete first three sessions assess their quality, usefulness platform’s usability. Twenty-one accepted invitation. Additionally, eight healthcare professionals working medical conditions assessed platform from...
It has been speculated that the use of anesthetic agents may be a risk factor for development Alzheimer disease. The objective this review is to describe and discuss pre-clinical clinical data related anesthesia disease affects about 5% population over 65 years old, with age being main associated high morbidity. Current evidence questions possible association between anesthesia, surgery, long-term cognitive effects, including Although from some animal studies suggest an neurotoxicity, link...
Centro Hospitalar Universitario Coimbra - Hospital Geral, Dept of Anaesthesiology & Intensive Care, Coimbra, Portugal
Inadequate medical software is a major disadvantage for the anesthetist. Hospital’s frequently lacks important topics, and are excessively detailed in others that we don’t need which shorten adherence to new technologies. Data spread across multiple platforms calligraphy harm information keeping analysis. Anesthesia-related very expensive pose limitations current economic situation. The authors created an interactive form, Portuguese, automatically categorizes clinical data database....