Débora Figueiredo

Biographic Data

ID1615049
NAMEDébora Figueiredo
GIVEN NAMESDébora
FAMILY NAMEFigueiredo
SIGNATUREFIGUEIREDO D
AFFILIATIONSUniversity of Aveiro
ORCID0000-0002-3160-7871
VERIFIEDYes
TOTAL WORKS10
TOTAL CITATIONS9
AUTHOR COUNT10
EDITOR COUNT0
FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR2003
LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR2026
H-INDEX1

  • Mealtime support for people with dementia in residential care homes

    Open AccessLígia Passos, João Tavares et al.ARTICLEEducational Gerontology2026

    Dementia’s progressive impact on physical and cognitive functions often demands institutionalization, where direct care workers provide essential mealtime support for people with dementia. However, the challenges associated with mealtime assistance are complex, and direct care workers frequently lack specialized training. This study aimed to explore direct care workers’ perceptions and concerns regarding mealtime difficulties of people with demen…

  • Promoting mealtime support for people with dementia

    Lígia Passos, João Tavares et al.ARTICLEEducational Gerontology2025

    This mixed-methods single-arm repeated measures pilot study aimed to assess the feasibility, acceptability, and preliminary effects of an educational intervention designed to address mealtime challenges experienced by people with dementia and direct care workers. Feasibility was evaluated based on the screening, eligibility, consent, retention, and completion rates, as well as intervention adherence. Acceptability was assessed through a satisfact…

  • Development process, clinical utility, and preliminary psychometric evidence of a new tool for screening psychological distress in renal care settings

    Open AccessHelena Sousa, Oscar Ribeiro et al.ARTICLEPsychology & Health2025

    Objective This study aimed to develop, evaluate the clinical utility, and test the psychometric properties of a new tool – the Hemodialysis Distress Thermometer (HD-DT) – designed to screen self-reported psychological distress and its sources in adults receiving hemodialysis.Methods and Measures Phase 1 focused on the process of developing and evaluating the content validity and clinical utility of the HD-DT using a stepwise mixed-methods approac…

  • Public involvement in chronic respiratory diseases research

    Open AccessMargarida Areia, Liliana P Dias et al.ARTICLEHealth Expectations2024

    INTRODUCTION: Patient and public involvement (PPI) initiatives involving patients with chronic respiratory disease (CRD) are rare. Therefore, this study aimed to explore the perspectives of patients with CRD, carers and interested citizens regarding the relevance and need for a PPI network and suggestions for its implementation. METHODS: A qualitative study based on focus groups was conducted. Recruitment occurred through invitations on social me…

  • The Hemodialysis Distress Thermometer for Caregivers (HD-DT-C)

    Open AccessHelena Sousa, Oscar Ribeiro et al.ARTICLEQuality of Life Research2024

    The HD-DT-C is a brief, reliable, valid, and acceptable measure for identifying self-reported psychological distress and its sources among people caring for a family member or friend on hemodialysis. Future research is needed to explore the measurement properties of the American English version of this new tool

  • Livro didático na Educação Infantil

    Open AccessDébora Figueiredo, Geisa Magela VelosoARTICLERevista Diálogo Educacional2024

    O objetivo do trabalho é discutir os posicionamentos das professoras em relação ao uso de livro didático na Educação Infantil, captando as implicações do uso de material estruturado no trabalho pedagógico. As Diretrizes Curriculares Nacionais para a Educação Infantil (Brasil, 2010) estabelecem que as interações e a brincadeira devem ser os eixos estruturantes do currículo. O estudo configura-se como uma abordagem metodológica de natureza qualitat…

  • Assessing Caregivers’ Skills in Assisting People with Dementia during Mealtime

    Open AccessLígia Passos, João Tavares et al.ARTICLEInternational Journal of…2021

    In advanced dementia, individuals usually develop feeding difficulties. The Feeding Skills Checklist (FSC) is an instrument to assess caregivers' skills when assisting people with dementia (PwD) at mealtimes. This study aimed to adapt and culturally validate a European Portuguese version of the FSC (FSC-PT) and test its reliability. Initially, translation and cultural validation of the FSC, with estimation of the content validity index (CVI), was…

  • Preditores do medo de cair em idosos portugueses na comunidade

    Open AccessSónia Cristina Antunes dos Santos, Débora Figueiredo et al.ARTICLECiência & Saúde Coletiva2019

    O medo de cair é um fator de risco de queda. Também tem sido associado ao declínio funcional, diminuição da qualidade de vida e aumento do isolamento social na população idosa. Este estudo teve como objetivo analisar preditores do medo de cair em pessoas idosas portuguesas residentes na comunidade. Foi desenvolvido um estudo transversal com uma amostra de conveniência de 98 participantes (57,1% mulheres; média etária 74,07 ± 8,74 anos). O protoco…

  • Impacts of COPD on family carers and supportive interventions

    Open AccessJoana Cruz, Alda Marques et al.ARTICLEHealth & Social Care in the…2017

  • Qualidade de vida e bem-estar dos idosos

    Open AccessL Sousa, Helena Galante et al.ARTICLERevista de Saúde Pública2003Cited by: 9

    OBJECTIVOS: Caracterizar a qualidade de vida e bem-estar dos idosos do ponto de vista dos próprios. MÉTODOS: Foi caracterizada uma amostra de 1.665 idosos com 75 anos ou mais, residentes em 13 Distritos de Portugal. Destes, 311 sujeitos foram excluídos por incapacidade de expressarem opiniões. O instrumento utilizado na recolha dos dados dos 1.354 sujeitos (81,3%) da amostra foi o EASYcare (Sistema de Avaliação dos Idosos). A análise estatística …