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Descrição técnico-económica de soluções de reabilitação de pavimentos em edifíc...
Pimentel, Francisco Maria Novais FerreiraTese de mestrado integrado. Engenharia Civil (Construções Civis). Universidade do Porto. Faculdade de Engenharia. 2012
Impact of academic exposure on health status of university students
Brandão,Maria Piedade; Pimentel,Francisco Luís; Cardoso,Margarida FonsecaOBJECTIVE: To assess the impact of academic life on health status of university students. METHODS: Longitudinal study including 154 undergraduate students from the Universidade de Aveiro, Portugal, with at least two years of follow-up observations. Sociodemographic and behavioral characteristics were collected using questionnaires. Students' weight, height, blood pressure, serum glucose, serum lipids and serum ...
Serum Homocysteine concentrations in Portuguese young adults: reference interval
Brandao, Maria Piedade; Pimentel, Francisco Luis; Cardoso, Margarida FonsecaIntroduction and objectives: Hyperhomocysteinemia has been shown to be an independent risk factor for cardiovascular disease. Assessing the reference intervals for homocysteine among young adults is a critical step in the process of preventing cardiovascular diseases later in life. This study aimed to identify reference intervals for total serum homocysteine concentration in young adults. Methods: The sample wa...
Impact of academic exposure on health status of university students
Brandao, Maria Piedade; Pimentel, Francisco Luis; Cardoso, Margarida FonsecaOBJECTIVE: To assess the impact of academic life on health status of university students. METHODS: Longitudinal study including 154 undergraduate students from the Universidade de Aveiro, Portugal, with at least two years of follow-up observations. Sociodemographic and behavioral characteristics were collected using questionnaires. Students' weight, height, blood pressure, serum glucose, serum lipids and serum ...
The use of herbal medicine therapies by cancer patients.
Mendes, Eva; Herdeiro, Maria Teresa; Pimentel, FranciscoThe use of herbal complementary and alternative medicines is growing among Portuguese cancer patients, contributing to a higher risk for unwanted interactions, especially due to the narrow therapeutic index of most oncolytic drugs. A literature review was carried out in order to determine which medicinal plants are most commonly used by cancer patients, in Europe and USA, and their risk of interaction with the ...
Quality of life in oncology: electronic device to collect data.
Oliveira, Alexandra; Ferreira, Pedro L; Antunes, Bárbara; Pimentel, Francisco LWe aimed to evaluate an automated method for collecting data for cancer patients' quality of life (QoL). We compared the traditional method of collecting data on paper with the new collecting method using a touch screen computer. We also studied its reliability as a feasible alternative to evaluate the QoL of cancer patients in real time.200 cancer patients completed the EORTC QLQ-C30 on paper and on the comput...
Risk factors for cardiovascular disease in a Portuguese university population
Brandao, Maria Piedade; Pimentel, Francisco Luis; Silva, Carolina C; Cardoso, Margarida FonsecaTo characterize the distribution of risk factors for cardiovascular disease among university students, through calculating the prevalence of hypercholesterolemia, hyperhomocysteinemia, hyperglycemia, hypertension, overweight, and sedentarism, as well as nutrient intake. Cross-sectional study in a random stratified sample of 378 students from Aveiro University in the 2005/2006 academic year. Lifestyle questionna...
Cancer patients quality of life, measured by themselves and proxys.
Oliveira, Alexandra; Pimentel, Francisco LHealth Related Quality of Life (HRQoL) is an essential factor for cancer patients, particularly in the evaluation of the care's. Most of the information that health care providers have is given by the patient. Family can also provide information about them, appealed or not and the quality of such information isn't studied for Portuguese population. The aim of this study was to examine whether proxies can provid...
Characterization of oncological disease: racional, objectives and methodology -...
Macedo, Ana; Andrade, Sofia; Moital, Inês; Moreira, António; Pimentel, Francisco Luís; Barroso, Sérgio; Dinis, José; Afonso, Noémia; Bonfill, XavierOncologic disease is one of the main causes of death in Portugal, as well as a high morbidity rate. Over the past few years, these diseases have been targeted with several strategies which aims at optimizing the use of available therapeutic and diagnostic options. Nevertheless, the amount of quantitative information available regarding the disease, patient profile, and treatment and monitoring practices is very...
Qualidade de vida do doente oncológico
Pimentel, Francisco Luís Maia MamedeDissertação de Doutoramento em Medicina apresentada à Faculdade de Medicina da Universidade do Porto
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