A5076477784- Sleep and related disorders
- Sleep and Wakefulness Research
- Circadian rhythm and melatonin
- Youth Substance Use and School Attendance
- Child Nutrition and Feeding Issues
- Functional Brain Connectivity Studies
- Sleep and Work-Related Fatigue
- Mental Health Research Topics
- Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder
- Public Health in Brazil
- Child and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional Development
- Early Childhood Education and Development
- Psychology of Social Influence
- Neuroscience of respiration and sleep
- Behavioral Health and Interventions
- Neural dynamics and brain function
- Psychology and Mental Health
- Mindfulness and Compassion Interventions
- Restless Legs Syndrome Research
- Health and Medical Studies
- Occupational Health and Burnout
- Family and Disability Support Research
- Child Therapy and Development
- Delphi Technique in Research
- School Health and Nursing Education
University of Coimbra
2013-2024
Hospitais da Universidade de Coimbra
2008-2022
University of Aveiro
2016
Kantar Health (Brazil)
2015
Objective. To determine the prevalence of snoring and its potential associations with sleep problems, such as daytime symptoms, medical conditions, school performance, behavioral disturbances in Portuguese children attending primary school. Methods. A previously validated questionnaire was sent to parents 1381 schools a parish Coimbra, Portugal. assess disturbances, version Rutter's Children's Behavior Questionnaire for completion by teachers used. Results. Of 988 questionnaires returned...
Summary Insomnia is the most prevalent sleep complaint, but remains largely an unidentified public health issue. The Severity Index (ISI) a brief self‐report questionnaire to assess insomnia, long‐established both in clinical and research settings. present study aimed analyse reliability, validity, accuracy of ISI European Portuguese version. After translation protocol, 1,274 participants (65.54% female), with mean ( SD , range) age 37.52 (16.82, 18–95) years, completed ISI. This sample...
Narcolepsy, a chronic disorder of the sleep-wake cycle multifactorial etiology, is characterized by excessive daytime sleepiness, often associated with cataplexy, hypnagogic/hypnopompic hallucinations and sleep paralysis. Both early clinical suspicion therapeutic approach are essential for promotion cognitive development social integration these children. The authors present descriptive retrospective study series eight children in whom symptoms first started between 6.8 10.5 years age....
Abstract. Psychophysiological insomnia (PI) is one of the most frequent sleep disorders. In this study we tested whether differences in terms neural activation are present between a group PI patients and healthy-control while they exposed to idiosyncratic ruminations worries, evoked visually by words, so as explore their hypothetical link with default-mode network (DMN) dysfunction PI. We recruited five diagnosed according International Classification Sleep Disorders, version 2 (ICSD-2)...
This research focused on the Basic Scale Insomnia Symptoms and Quality of Sleep (BaSIQS), formerly validated in undergraduates using Pittsburgh Index (PSQI), aimed to expand internal consistency analysis, examine thoroughly its validity, determine clinical accuracy. Considering objective subjective measures, recruiting non-clinical samples, this implemented a comprehensive approach convergent discriminant confirmatory factor analyses, BaSIQS sensitivity specificity. The was filled out along...
Abstract. Sleep disorders and sleep disturbances are considered nowadays a major public health problem. Within problems, insomnia is the most common complaint. The maintenance of symptoms may lead to clinical disorder – Insomnia Disorder (ID). A significant amount literature has shown efficacy effectiveness psychological treatments for ID. Often, evaluation therapeutic processes outcomes focuses on subjective measures such as diaries. In this work, we review few published studies that...
Summary Insomnia is a highly prevalent sleep disorder. It the most frequent complaint among Higher Education students. The Sleep Condition Indicator self‐report tool aimed at assessing insomnia based on DSM‐5 criteria. principal goal of this study was to establish preliminary psychometric properties European Portuguese version in sample Data from diverse pool students ( N = 537) were collected online over month. Most participants women (75%) and aged approximately 27 years. demonstrated good...