Daily Activities in European Children and Adolescents During COVID-19 School Closure: A Longitudinal Study Exploring Physical Activity, Use of Screens, and Sleep Patterns
AbstractThis longitudinal study aimed to analyze the evolution of patterns of daily activities (physical activity time, screen usage time, and sleep hours) in European youth during school closure due to the COVID-19 health crisis. Participants were 624 caregivers of children and adolescents aged 3 –18 from Italy, Spain, and Portugal. Evaluations were online, and four time-points were considered: retrospective measurement of daily activities before confinement (T1), and two (T2), five (T3), and eight (T4) weeks after starting the lockdown. Generally accepted international guidelines on physi cal activity time, screen usag...
Source: The Journal of Primary Prevention - April 2, 2024 Category: Sleep Medicine Source Type: research
Assessing the quality of suicide reporting in Portugal: 6 case studies of celebrities and non-celebrities over 25 years
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Source: International Review of Psychiatry - April 2, 2024 Category: Psychiatry Authors: Eudora RibeiroAnt ónio GranadoICNOVA – Instituto de Comunicação da NOVA, Universidade Nova de Lisboa, Lisboa, Portugal Source Type: research
Portuguese observational cross-sectional clinical imaging study protocol to investigate central dopaminergic mechanisms of successful weight loss through bariatric surgery
Introduction
Bariatric surgery (BS) is the treatment of choice for refractory obesity. Although weight loss (WL) reduces the prevalence of obesity-related comorbidities, not all patients maintain it. It has been suggested that central mechanisms involving dopamine receptors may play a role in successful WL. This protocol describes an observational cross-sectional study to test if the binding of central dopamine receptors is similar in individuals who responded successfully to BS and age- and gender-matched normal-weight healthy individuals (controls). As secondary goals, the protocol will investigate if this binding correl...
Source: BMJ Open - April 2, 2024 Category: General Medicine Authors: Pais, M. L., Crisostomo, J., Abrunhosa, A., Castelo-Branco, M. Tags: Open access, Diabetes and Endocrinology Source Type: research
Daily Activities in European Children and Adolescents During COVID-19 School Closure: A Longitudinal Study Exploring Physical Activity, Use of Screens, and Sleep Patterns
AbstractThis longitudinal study aimed to analyze the evolution of patterns of daily activities (physical activity time, screen usage time, and sleep hours) in European youth during school closure due to the COVID-19 health crisis. Participants were 624 caregivers of children and adolescents aged 3 –18 from Italy, Spain, and Portugal. Evaluations were online, and four time-points were considered: retrospective measurement of daily activities before confinement (T1), and two (T2), five (T3), and eight (T4) weeks after starting the lockdown. Generally accepted international guidelines on physi cal activity time, screen usag...
Source: The Journal of Primary Prevention - April 2, 2024 Category: Sleep Medicine Source Type: research
Increasing Health Behaviors and Psychological Measures with an Adapted Version of the ACCELERATION Program
ConclusionThe Brazilian version of the ACCELERATION program effectively promoted positive health behavior changes in its participants and has the potential to contribute to the fight against risk factors for chronic diseases in Brazilians. (Source: International Journal of Behavioral Medicine)
Source: International Journal of Behavioral Medicine - April 1, 2024 Category: Psychiatry Source Type: research
Sensors, Vol. 24, Pages 2236: An Efficient Edge Computing-Enabled Network for Used Cooking Oil Collection
Pedro Sobral
In Portugal, more than 98% of domestic cooking oil is disposed of improperly every day. This avoids recycling/reconverting into another energy. Is also may become a potential harmful contaminant of soil and water. Driven by the utility of recycled cooking oil, and leveraging the exponential growth of ubiquitous computing approaches, we propose an IoT smart solution for domestic used cooking oil (UCO) collection bins. We call this approach SWAN, which stands for Smart Waste Accumulation Network. It is deployed and evaluated in Portugal. It consists of a countrywide network of collection bin units, available...
Source: Sensors - March 31, 2024 Category: Biotechnology Authors: Bruno Gomes Christophe Soares Jos é Manuel Torres Karim Karmali Salim Karmali Rui S. Moreira Pedro Sobral Tags: Article Source Type: research
Contribution of high-technology procedures to public healthcare expenditures: the case of ischemic heart disease in Portugal, 2002 –2015
AbstractThe magnitude of the impact of technological innovations on healthcare expenditure is unclear. This paper estimated the impact of high-technology procedures on public healthcare expenditure for patients with ischemic heart disease (IHD) in Portugal. The Blinder –Oaxaca decomposition method was applied to Portuguese NHS administrative data for IHD discharges during two periods, 2008–2015 vs. 2002–2007 (N = 434,870). We modelled per episode healthcare expenditures on the introduction of new technologies, adjusting for GDP, patient age, and comorbid ities. The per episode healthcare expenditure was significa...
Source: International Journal of Health Care Finance and Economics - March 29, 2024 Category: Health Management Source Type: research
The remote work of child protection professionals during COVID-19: A scoping review and thematic analysis
CONCLUSIONS: The findings of this review may be used to inform future strategies for child protection during a pandemic. They also provide an opportunity to rethink the relationship child protection work has with technology to systematically reform current and future protection policies and practices, including outside of a pandemic.PMID:38548559 | DOI:10.1016/j.chiabu.2024.106759 (Source: Child Abuse and Neglect)
Source: Child Abuse and Neglect - March 28, 2024 Category: Child Development Authors: Carmit Katz Noa Cohen Afnan Attrash-Najjar Talia Glucklich Ma'ayan Jacobson Natalia Varela Sidnei Rinaldo Priolo-Filho Olivia D Chang Sadiyya Haffejee David Kaawa-Mafigiri Ilan Katz Kathryn Maguire-Jack Nadia Massarweh George M Tarabulsy Diane Thembekile Source Type: research
The remote work of child protection professionals during COVID-19: A scoping review and thematic analysis
CONCLUSIONS: The findings of this review may be used to inform future strategies for child protection during a pandemic. They also provide an opportunity to rethink the relationship child protection work has with technology to systematically reform current and future protection policies and practices, including outside of a pandemic.PMID:38548559 | DOI:10.1016/j.chiabu.2024.106759 (Source: Child Abuse and Neglect)
Source: Child Abuse and Neglect - March 28, 2024 Category: Child Development Authors: Carmit Katz Noa Cohen Afnan Attrash-Najjar Talia Glucklich Ma'ayan Jacobson Natalia Varela Sidnei Rinaldo Priolo-Filho Olivia D Chang Sadiyya Haffejee David Kaawa-Mafigiri Ilan Katz Kathryn Maguire-Jack Nadia Massarweh George M Tarabulsy Diane Thembekile Source Type: research
Dental age assessment and dental scoring systems: combined different statistical methods
ConclusionA combination of the scoring systems as a protocol for dental age assessment in Portuguese nationality was established. Tables, for all the scoring systems used, were made with applicability in the Portuguese population. (Source: International Journal of Legal Medicine)
Source: International Journal of Legal Medicine - March 28, 2024 Category: Medical Law Source Type: research
