A5007575803- Child Abuse and Trauma
- Resilience and Mental Health
- Posttraumatic Stress Disorder Research
- Criminal Justice and Corrections Analysis
- Child and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional Development
- Homelessness and Social Issues
- Psychology and Mental Health
- Migration, Health and Trauma
- Crime Patterns and Interventions
- Obesity and Health Practices
- Intimate Partner and Family Violence
- Psychopathy, Forensic Psychiatry, Sexual Offending
- Systemic Sclerosis and Related Diseases
- Bariatric Surgery and Outcomes
- Child Welfare and Adoption
- Youth, Drugs, and Violence
- Suicide and Self-Harm Studies
- Health disparities and outcomes
- Eating Disorders and Behaviors
- Injury Epidemiology and Prevention
- Obesity, Physical Activity, Diet
- HIV, Drug Use, Sexual Risk
- Psychosomatic Disorders and Their Treatments
- Attachment and Relationship Dynamics
- Grief, Bereavement, and Mental Health
University of Minho
2016-2025
Instituto Superior da Maia
2024
Universidade de Sorocaba
2021
Universidade de São Paulo
2018
Escola Nacional de Saúde Pública
2017
University of Coimbra
2016
Secretaria da Saúde
2014
Introduction Psychosocial and rehabilitation interventions are increasingly used to attenuate disability improve health-related quality of life (HRQL) in chronic diseases, but typically not available for patients with rare diseases. Conducting rigorous, adequately powered trials these diseases is difficult. The Scleroderma Patient-centered Intervention Network (SPIN) an international collaboration patient organisations, clinicians researchers. aim SPIN develop a research infrastructure test...
Background: Interviews are a common practice for gathering information in scientific studies.Although there is an extensive work about how to conduct and analyze interview, transcription has usually remained minor issue.Transcribing the transformation of oral speech into written meaningful text that includes relevant from interview can be analyzed.Objectives: This article addresses discusses main conceptual practical issues, as well challenges involved transcription, using integrative...
The Scleroderma Patient-centered Intervention Network (SPIN) Cohort is a web-based cohort designed to collect patient-reported outcomes at regular intervals as framework for conducting trials of psychosocial, educational, self-management and rehabilitation interventions patients with SSc. aim this study was present baseline demographic, medical outcome data the SPIN compare it other large SSc cohorts. Descriptive statistics were used summarize characteristics; these compared published...
Firefighters experience a wide range of traumatic events while on duty and are at risk to develop psychopathology posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD). According cognitive models, the person's interpretation event is responsible for development PTSD rather than itself. This cross-sectional study aimed explore contribution perceived threat explain symptoms in Portuguese firefighters, after adjusting potential confounding factors. A sample 397 firefighters completed self-report measures...
Apesar da implementação de diversas medidas intervenção, o número obesos continua alto, fato que motiva interesse sobre assunto, para se possa contribuir atenuar essa situação. Alguns autores têm procurado compreender papel os profissionais saúde, principalmente relacionados aos cuidados saúde primários, parecem exercer nesse contexto. No presente artigo, pretendeu-se sintetizar principais resultados investigações relativas as crenças, atitudes e práticas visto essas influenciar...
Detained women have certain health conditions prior to incarceration and these can improve, worsen, or remain the same in prison, depending on prisoner's background, characteristics of arrest experience. This study investigated detained influence from their perspective. Three focus groups were conducted among 15 inmates, data analyzed according thematic analysis procedures. Detainer's backgrounds varied with regard level concerns, contact services, behaviors. A positive was described by...
Criminological knowledge can only be as accurate the measure of crime itself. Concern with measurement starts definition crime, which has consequences for techniques preferred in different domains. The two main methodologies used to criminal behaviour are official records (ORs) and self-reports (SRs) offending. Although some researchers concerned about ORs being filtered deeply flawed estimates activity, others doubt that people or will provide reliable information their own by completing a...
The aim of this paper was to assess the degree and nature any mismatch between officially recognised child maltreatment adolescent self‐report adverse experiences. Participants included 136 adolescents (72 males, 64 females, M age = 17 years, range 14–23 years) who had been confirmed as victims prior 13 by Child Protective Services. Participants' self‐reports were obtained in adolescence, at least four years after identification. Physical neglect most prevalent experience found records (87%,...
Portugal is one of the European countries that implemented early protective measures in context COVID-19 pandemic. declared a state emergency on 18 March, and set regional national preventive public health was progressively implemented. Studies psychological impact pandemics show evidence negative mental health. Of particular concern are individuals with previous fragility (e.g. personal, family or occupational) those undergoing life transitions. In this paper, we present telephone-based...
The relationship between war exposure and post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) has been largely investigated but the impact of combat experience on physical health only recently merited attention. authors psychological among 350 Portuguese colonial veterans. role current PTSD symptoms as a mediator these relationships was also investigated. results showed that 39% veterans met criteria for diagnosis distress present in half sample. Pain, fatigue, sleep problems were most reported mental...