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- Cognitive predictors of balance in Parkinson’s diseasePublication . Fernandes, Ângela; Mendes, Andreia; Rocha, Nuno; Tavares, João Manuel R. S.Postural instability is one of the most incapacitating symptoms of Parkinson's disease (PD) and appears to be related to cognitive deficits. This study aims to determine the cognitive factors that can predict deficits in static and dynamic balance in individuals with PD. A sociodemographic questionnaire characterized 52 individuals with PD for this work. The Trail Making Test, Rule Shift Cards Test, and Digit Span Test assessed the executive functions. The static balance was assessed using a plantar pressure platform, and dynamic balance was based on the Timed Up and Go Test. The results were statistically analysed using SPSS Statistics software through linear regression analysis. The results show that a statistically significant model based on cognitive outcomes was able to explain the variance of motor variables. Also, the explanatory value of the model tended to increase with the addition of individual and clinical variables, although the resulting model was not statistically significant The model explained 25-29% of the variability of the Timed Up and Go Test, while for the anteroposterior displacement it was 23-34%, and for the mediolateral displacement it was 24-39%. From the findings, we conclude that the cognitive performance, especially the executive functions, is a predictor of balance deficit in individuals with PD.
- Influence of the “Porta Aberta à Saúde Mental" program in reducing the self-stigma in the three elements of the team with experience of mental illnessPublication . Mendes, Andreia; Sousa, SaraSelf-stigma is considered a transformation process in which the person with mental illness experience losses its identity, failing to perform their roles, starting to adopt a passive view, self-stigmatizing and self-devaluation.The Porta Aberta à Saúde Mental (PASM) program from Hospital São João, is directed to the school community. However, it is also a promoter of decreased self-stigma, once it involves people with mental illness experience. The aim of this study is to evaluate how the PASM influences self-stigma from the elements of the team with experience of mental illness.