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Conotação emocional de palavras portuguesas
Maia, Ângela da CostaApesar do crescente interesse pelo estudo do funcionamento emocional, o acordo quanto a definição e delimitação do conceito emoção é talvez um dos problemas mais insolúveis neste campo de investigação. Uma das questões que está directamente relacionada com a definição das emoções refere-se a existência ou não de emoções básicas e, dentro destas, a determinação do seu número. Vários autores têm sugerido tentativ...
The Scleroderma Patient-centered Intervention Network (SPIN) Cohort : protocol ...
Kwakkenbos, Linda; Jewett, Lisa R; Baron, Murray; Bartlett, Susan J.; Furst, Dan; Gottesman, Karen; Khanna, Dinesh; Malcarne, Vanessa L.Introduction: Psychosocial and rehabilitation interventions are increasingly used to attenuate disability and improve health-related quality of life (HRQL) in chronic diseases, but are typically not available for patients with rare diseases. Conducting rigorous, adequately powered trials of these interventions for patients with rare diseases is difficult. The Scleroderma Patient-centered Intervention Network (S...
Symptoms of disease and psychological adaptation in Brazilian scleroderma patients
Leite, Catarina da Silva Correia Pereira; Maia, ÂngelaOBJECTIVE: To characterize the prevalence and impact of symptoms of scleroderma in Brazilian patients and to describe their satisfaction with medical care and psychological symptoms. METHODS: One-hundred and twenty eight Brazilian scleroderma patients participated in an online survey by filling out a Portuguese version of the Canadian Scleroderma Patient Survey of Health Concerns and Research Priorities. The m...
PTSD is a better predictor of somatization in high trauma exposed than in commu...
Maia, ÂngelaBackground: The relation between PTSD symptoms’ and health, including health complaints, have been the aim of recent research, but until now no research was done comparing the relation between these variables in high exposed subjects and community samples. Methods: 1573 subjects (790 from community and 774 with trauma exposure, e.g. veterans, ambulance personnel) filled out a PTSD scale and a somatization scale...
Adverse childhood experiences, crime and health
Alves, Joana Ferreira Cardoso; Maia, ÂngelaBackground: Incarcerated women have substantial health needs and histories of adverse childhood. Methods: As part of a study about the health of women prisoners, we pursued an exploration of the correlation between adverse childhood experiences, number of incarcerations, anxiety and depression symptoms, and health complains, in a sample of 195 incarcerated women. Participants filled out self-report questionnai...
Resilience and health among youths with documented childhood maltreatment
Maia, Ângela; Pinto, RicardoBackground: The aim of this study was to assess the current health among youths who were maltreated as a child and had received one of two different protective interventions (home vs. institutionalization). Methods: We assessed the childhood adversity, psychopathology, physical complaints and health risk behaviours of 136 youths who had been identified by Child Protective Services and 80 youth not identified (...
Physical, psychological and social impact of scleroderma in Europe and Brazil
Maia, Ângela; Leite, Catarina da Silva Correia PereiraScleroderma involves several physical changes in visible parts of the body, as face and hands. Scleroderma affects body image and is associated with depressive and anxiety symptoms and sexual dysfunction. These physical disfiguring changes are in visible and important interpersonal contact body parts. Scleroderma symptoms can be painful, such as digital ulcers, Raynaud's phenomenon, skin changes, joint contract...
Beliefs and practices of healthcare providers regarding obesity : a systematic ...
Teixeira, Filipa Valente; Ribeiro, José Luis Pais; Maia, ÂngelaDespite the implementation of various intervention measures, the number of obese individuals remain high; thus, it is important to consider what is contributing to this scenario. Authors have been striving to understand the role healthcare providers, especially in primary healthcare, seem to play in this context. The present review aims to synthesize the main investigation results regarding beliefs, attitudes, ...
Who is fighting in obesity treatment? Patients or health professionals?
Teixeira, Filipa Valente; Ribeiro, José Luis Pais; Maia, ÂngelaBackground: Recent studies indicate that general practitioners and specialty groups of health professionals related to the management of obesity have inconsistent practices and negative beliefs and attitudes toward obese. Method: Semi-structured interviews about beliefs, attitudes and practices about obesity have been done to Portuguese general practitioners and nutritionists. Data is being analyzed according ...
Obesity and treatment meanings in bariatric surgery candidates : a qualitative ...
Silva, Susana Sofia P.; Maia, ÂngelaBackground This study used a qualitative approach to comprehend how the morbid obese conceptualize and deal with obesity and obesity treatment, with the particular aim of exploring the expectations and beliefs about the exigencies and the impact of bariatric surgery. Methods The study population included 30 morbid obese patients (20 women and 10 men) with a mean age of 39.17 years (SD = 8.81) and a mean body ma...
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