Results: 449

The European Portuguese adaptation of the Fear of Pain Questionnaire

Rev. bras. reumatol; 56 (5), 2016
ABSTRACT In Portugal, it is estimated that chronic pain affects 36.7% of the population, constituting a multifactorial phenomenon with great impact at individual, family, community, and social levels. In the fear-avoidance model of pain, one of the most consistent consensual in the literature, the fear a...

Concepções sobre o tráfico de mulheres para fins de exploração sexual: um estudo com representantes institucionais no Brasil e em Portugal

Resumo: Este artigo investiga as concepções sobre o tráfico de mulheres para fins de exploração sexual, na ótica de representantes de instituições governamentais e não governamentais que atuam na construção de políticas de enfrentamento, na prevenção e no acolhimento das vítimas, no Brasil...

Histopathological features of post-mortem pituitaries: A retrospective analysis

SUMMARY Objective: As a result of the use of neuroimaging techniques, silent pituitary lesions are diagnosed more and more frequently; however, there are few published post-mortem studies about this gland. Incidence data of pituitary lesions are rare and in Portugal they are outdated or even non-existen...

Parasites of marine, freshwater and farmed fishes of Portugal: a review

Abstract An extensive literature review is made of the parasites in marine and freshwater fish in mainland Portugal, the Portuguese archipelagos of the Azores and Madeira, as well as in farmed fish. The host(s) of each parasite species, its location in the host, site of capture of the host, whenever poss...

Portuguese cultural adaptation and validation of the Activities Scale for Kids (ASK)

J. pediatr. (Rio J.); 92 (4), 2016
Abstract Objectives: The main purpose of the current study was to perform the cross cultural adaptation and validation of the Activities Scale for Kids (ASK) both in its capability and performance versions to the European Portuguese language so it can be used in Portugal by healthcare professionals in c...

Development of the Portuguese version of a standardized reading test: the Radner-Coimbra Charts

Arq. bras. oftalmol; 79 (4), 2016
ABSTRACT Purpose: To develop 27 short sentence optotypes for the Portuguese version of the Radner Reading Charts. Methods: Thirty-four Portuguese sentences were constructed following the concept of the Radner Reading Charts to obtain highly comparable sentences in terms of lexical difficulty, syntactic...

Quality of recovery after anaesthesia measured with QoR-40: a prospective observational study

Rev. bras. anestesiol; 66 (4), 2016
Abstract Background: QoR-40, a 40-item questionnaire on quality of recovery from anaesthesia, has been shown to measure health status after surgery. Our aim was to evaluate the incidence of poor quality of recovery in our Post Anaesthesia Care Unit and to compare their QoR-40 scores before surgery and 3...

Expectations of a group of Portuguese pregnant women in the districts of Viseu and Aveiro regarding motherhood

Ciênc. saúde coletiva; 21 (8), 2016
Abstract Motherhood is a complex phenomenon, supplementedwith expectations about the new reality, the hopes of all going well, taking into account the expected care. In order to meet the needs of the Portuguese expectant mother, it is necessary to know what she deems essential for herself and her family,...

Necessidades e papéis parentais em cuidados intensivos neonatais: revisão dos guias portugueses

Ciênc. saúde coletiva; 21 (8), 2016
Resumo Pretende-se analisar as necessidades e os papéis parentais incluídos nos guias sobre Unidades de Terapia Intensiva Neonatal. Realizou-se uma análise de conteúdo temática de 33 guias (28 consensos e 5 documentos dirigidos aos pais) disponíveis em acesso livre no site da Sociedade Portuguesa d...

Non-melanoma skin cancer in Portuguese kidney transplant recipients - incidence and risk factors

An. bras. dermatol; 91 (4), 2016
Abstract: Background: Cancer is currently among the three leading causes of death after solid organ transplantation and its incidence is increasing. Non-melanoma skin cancer - squamous cell carcinoma and basal cell carcinoma - is the most common malignancy found in kidney transplant recipients (KTRs). T...