Introduction: Adolescents have a high risk of developing caries in Portugal. The present study is designed to assess dental caries experience among the adolescents by the application of DMFT index, characterize the oral health risk factors and to determine the association between caries experience and so...
SUMMARY AIM The aim of the present study was to compare the effects of detraining on physical performance, blood pressure, biologic and anthropometric variables of hypertensive elderly individuals, grouped by two levels of previous physical activity. METHODS A total of 87 elderly individuals (70 to 9...
Abstract Objective: To cross-culturally adapt and validate the universal Portuguese version of the Pediatric Functional Assessment of Chronic Illness Therapy - Fatigue (pedsFACIT-F). Method: The universal Portuguese version of the pedsFACIT-F was cross-culturally adapted and validated in 323 children a...
Objective: We investigated: i) the reliability and validity of a Brazilian version of the Community Assessment of Psychic Experiences (CAPE), developed to detect and characterize psychotic experiences in the general population; and ii) the association between psychotic experiences, childhood adversity, a...
Resumo A obesidade e seus determinantes são foco de amplas pesquisas, dentre tais determinantes, encontra-se o apetite emocional, definido como a tendência a comer em excesso em reposta às emoções negativas. Alguns instrumentos foram criados para mensurar esse constructo, dentre eles o "Emotional Ap...
OBJETIVO: Traduzir e adaptar ao Português Europeu a escala Atitudes Face ao Uso do Preservativo. MÉTODO: Estudo metodológico desenvolvido através da tradução e adaptação cultural e, ainda, da comprovação das propriedades psicométricas. Amostra de conveniência. Participaram 237 estudantes de u...
O objetivo deste estudo é apresentar as vantagens e os contributos em contexto escolar do Teste de Compreensão Emocional (TEC) para a população portuguesa, desenvolvido a partir da versão brasileira, que tem por base o instrumento desenvolvido por Harris, Pons e seus colaboradores. No nosso estudo p...
Abstract Objective The Robson 10 group classification system (RTGCS) is a reproducible, clinically relevant and prospective classification system proposed by the World Health Organization (WHO) as a global standard for assessing, monitoring and comparing cesarean section (CS) rates. The purpose of the ...
ABSTRACT BACKGROUND: Poor appetite is common through the aging process and increases the risk of weight loss, protein-energy malnutrition, immunossupression, sarcopenia and frailty. The Simplified Nutritional Appetite Questionnaire (SNAQ) has the aim to monitor appetite and identify older adults at ris...
Resumo Em meados do século XIX, em Portugal, discutiu-se, com relativa intensidade, medicina e sistemas médicos alternativos e complementares, quer na imprensa periódica especializada, quer em alguns jornais de cunho generalista. Desses sistemas médicos, que emergiram com vigor no Portugal do Romanti...
