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- Caracterização da função pulmonar de bombeiros da Região Norte de PortugalPublication . Rocha, Ana; Martins, Cristiana; Baeta, CristinaOs Bombeiros estão expostos frequentemente a vários poluentes prejudicando gravemente a sua saúde respiratória. Foi realizado um estudo observacional e transversal, com o objectivo de caracterizar a função pulmonar dos bombeiros da região norte de Portugal. A amostra foi constituída por 44 Bombeiros de Valongo e Rebordosa. Todos os participantes preencheram um questionário, executaram espirometrias e mediram o monóxido de carbono. Verificou-se uma elevada prevalência de hábitos tabágicos, bem como da carga tabágica. A percentagem de alterações espirométricas foi de 38,6% e a utilização de protecção respiratória revelou-se praticamente inexistente nos incêndios florestais.
- Comparação dos hábitos tabágicos entre grupos geracionais na ESTSPPublication . Pereira, Joana; Martins, Cristiana; Baeta, CristinaO tabagismo é um dos principais problemas de saúde pública. Foi realizado um estudo transversal, descritivo e observacional, com o objectivo de caracterizar os hábitos tabágicos em dois grupos geracionais da Escola Superior de Tecnologia da Saúde do Porto (ESTSP). Aplicou-se um questionário, adaptado do Inquérito Nacional de Saúde 2005/2006 a uma amostra de dois grupos: adultos e jovens. A prevalência total do tabagismo foi de 32,2%, sendo superior no sexo feminino (35%), nos jovens (39,2%) e no curso de Audiologia (17,5%). A elevada prevalência de fumadores demonstra a necessidade de adoptar medidas eficazes na prevenção do tabagismo.
- Predictive factors for incidence of atrial fibrillation after cardiac surgeryPublication . Moreira, Soraia; Baeta, CristinaAtrial fibrillation (AF) has been described as the arrhythmia with higher incidence in postoperative period and follow-up of cardiac surgery. To study the incidence of AF after cardiac surgery and explore the relationship between this incidence and the main predictive factors.
- Phenotyping allergic respiratory diseases: An unsupervised classification using latent class analysisPublication . Amaral, Rita; Pereira, AM; Araújo, L; Sá-Sousa, A; Jacinto, Tiago; Almeida, R; Gonçalves, I; Couto, M; Delgado, L; Bosquet, J; Fonseca, JAThe aims of this study were to identify distinct classes (phenotypes) of adults with allergic respiratory diseases, using an unsupervised method, and to examine their associations with inflammatory biomarkers, and allergic sensitization.
- A comparison of unsupervised methods based on dichotomous data to identify clusters of airways symptoms: latent class analysis and partitioning around medoids methodsPublication . Amaral, Rita; Jacinto, Tiago; Pereira, Ana; Almeida, Rute; Fonseca, JoãoLatent class analysis (LCA) and partitioning around medoids (PAM) are popular data-driven methods for partitioning objects based on dichotomous data, remaining not clear which is better for large epidemiological datasets. Hence, we compared these methods in the identification of clusters of subjects with airways symptoms, using a large population-based data from the U.S. National Health and Nutrition Examination Surveys (NHANES).
- Automatic quality assessment of smart device microphone spirometryPublication . Pinho, B.; Almeida, R.; Jácome, C.; Teixeira, J. P.; Amaral, Rita; Lopes, F.; Jacinto, Tiago; Guedes, R.; Pereira, M.; Gonçalves, I.; Fonseca, J. A.; Amaral, RitaLung function tests are critical for diagnosis and monitoring of asthma and other respiratory diseases. Monitoring of lung function, in the absence of a healthcare professional, is very challenging but may be obtained through Smart Devices if automated quality assessment systems guarantee the proper technique during the forced expiratory manoeuvre. This paper describes the evaluation of one such system that uses the microphone of smart devices, regarding the initial effort of forced expiratory manoeuvres using the Back Extrapolated Volume. A health professional recorded microphone spirometry in 55 children (5-10 years), using a mobile game engineered for the purpose, and registered its quality. At least one acceptable manoeuvre was achieved for 96% of the children using a featured threshold. Using a stricter threshold of 5% of forced vital capacity, it was possible to ensure at least one acceptable manoeuvre for 69%. While the obtained results are comparable to findings in literature for regular spirometry in this age group, further work is required before we can determine whether the proposed algorithm is effective in real life.
- Formação pedagógica para monitores de estágioPublication . Salgado, Ana; Silva, Regina; Tavares, Diana; Baeta, Cristina; Lopes, Paula; Mateus, CatarinaSabe-se hoje que o desempenho de uma tarefa em contexto real favorece a retenção de mais de 90% dos conteúdos ensinados. Os estágios são um dos momentos na formação dos estudantes no qual esta aprendizagem acontece de forma mais ativa no ensino superior. Como tal, acredita-se que para formar profissionais competentes, com conhecimentos sólidos, rigor técnico, capacidade de análise crítica e reflexiva, integrados em equipas multidisciplinares, é crucial garantir uma parceria sólida entre as Escolas Superiores e as Instituições de Saúde.
- What physical education teachers know about asthma: impact of a training coursePublication . Couto, M; Marques, J; Silva, D; Paiva, M; Jacinto, Tiago; Câmara, RGiven the current prevalence of asthma in developed countries, there are likely to be at least 2 or 3 asthmatic children in most classes. However, few teachers have received training on how to manage the disease. A previous study in Portugal showed teacher knowledge of asthma to be deficient.
- Measurement of respiratory function with a mobile application: comparison with a conventional spirometer and evaluation of usabilityPublication . Pinheiro, Catarina; Viana, Paulo; Amaral, Rita; Jacinto, TiagoMobile apps can improve home measurements of pulmonary function via built-in phone sensors, (e.g. microphone). This could promote greater access to health interventions for patients with respiratory diseases, reducing the need of face-to-face visits..
- Identification of asthma phenotypes in the US general population: A latent class analysis approachPublication . Amaral, Rita; Pereira, Ana M; Jacinto, Tiago; Malinovsch, A; Janson, C; Alving, K; Fonseca, J. A.Combining clinical and physiological data from adults with asthma by means of unsupervised classification methods could provide a better taxonomy among the general asthma population. Therefore, we aimed to identify distinct phenotypes using latent class analysis (LCA), in adults with current asthma from the general population.
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