Pedro Sá-Couto
Biographic Data
| ID | 199591 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Pedro Sá-Couto |
| GIVEN NAMES | Pedro |
| FAMILY NAME | Sá-Couto |
| SIGNATURE | SÁ-COUTO P |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Aveiro |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-5673-8683 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 9 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 3 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 9 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2014 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2024 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
Consciência morfológica: Leitura E Escrita No Primeiro Ciclo
O principal objetivo do estudo consiste em analisar a relação entre a consciência morfológica e a leitura (fluência), a escrita e a compreensão leitora, em crianças com desenvolvimento típico (DT) e com Perturbação de Aprendizagem Específica (PAE). A amostra é constituída por 150 crianças falantes do português europeu (120 com DT e 30 com PAE) do 2o e 4oanos. A recolha de dados realizou-se através da Grelha de Avaliação da Linguagem-Nível Escolar…
Companion Animals: Associations With Social Isolation, Loneliness, and Satisfaction With Life in Portuguese Community-Dwelling Older Adults
Companion animals play an increasingly important role in people's lives. However, research on how they affect community-dwelling older adults remains scarce and there are inconsistent results. This study examined the impact of companion animals on loneliness, social isolation, depressive symptomatology, satisfaction with life, and satisfaction with social support in Portuguese community-dwelling older adults. This cross-sectional descriptive and …
Impact of Wound Dressing Changes on Nursing Workload in an Intensive Care Unit
The objective of this study is to understand how the type of wound dressing changes (routine or frequent) in patients admitted to intensive care units influences nurses' workload. This study used a database of retrospective and analytical observational study from one Portuguese intensive care unit. The sample included 728 adult patients admitted between 2015 and 2019. The nursing workload was assessed by the TISS-28 scale, both at admission and a…
Spanish Older LGBT+ Adults: Satisfaction with Life and Generativity
Introduction Older lesbian, gay, bisexual, and trans (LGBT+) adults have been mainly studied in relation to stigma and mental and physical disorders. Understanding their satisfaction with life, along with their generative expression, is crucial in building healthy aging. This study examined the satisfaction with life of Spanish older LGBT+ adults, considering the role of generativity. Methods Data were gathered online; 141 Spanish LGBT+ people co…
Desenvolvimento da consciência morfológica no 1o ciclo
O artigo pretende caracterizar o nível de consciência morfológica no 1o ciclo e analisar a possível relação entre a consciência morfológica e a leitura e escrita. A amostra é constituída por 20 crianças, que frequentam o 2o (n=10) e o 4o ano de escolaridade (n=10). A recolha de dados foi realizada através da Grelha de Avaliação da Linguagem - Nível Escolar, da Bateria de Avaliação da Consciência Morfológica, da Bateria de Avaliação da Leitura em …
Factors Associated with Cardiovascular Disease Risk among Employees at a Portuguese Higher Education Institution
This study aimed to estimate the prevalence of risk factors for cardiovascular disease (CVD) and to assess the CVD risk (CVDRisk) in a sample of workers at a specific workplace: a higher education institution in Portugal. Data were collected using a questionnaire (e.cuidHaMUs.QueST ® ) with 345 HEI workers from June 2017-June 2018 with a high response rate (93.3%). Two constructs of risks for CVD were considered: (i) metabolic risk and hypertensi…
Effect of an Educational Nursing Intervention on the Mental Adjustment of Patients with Chronic Arterial Hypertension: An Interventional Study
The objective of this analytical and interventional prospective quantitative study was to assess the effect of an educational intervention performed by nurses for mental adjustment to chronic disease in patients with hypertension. A convenience sample was studied, composed of 329 participants with chronic hypertension, followed in a primary healthcare unit in the Central Region of Portugal. Data collection was carried out by applying the Mental A…
The Role of Frailty in Predicting 3 and 6 Months Functional Decline in Hospitalized Older Adults: Findings from a Secondary Analysis
Frailty represents one of the most relevant geriatric syndromes in the 21st century and is a predictor of adverse outcomes in hospitalized older adult, such as, functional decline (FD). This study aimed to examine if frailty, evaluated with the Frailty Index (FI), can predict FD during and after hospitalization (3 and 6 months). Secondary data analysis of a prospective cohort study of 101 hospitalized older adults was performed. The primary outco…
Estudo sobre a intervenção em crianças falantes do Português Europeu com atraso fonológico
O objetivo primordial do presente estudo foi avaliar a eficácia de duas abordagens de intervenção de base fonológica (Parents and Children Together (Bowen, 2009) e terapia de consciência fonológica (Gillon & McNeill, 2007)), num grupo de 6 crianças com idades entre 5;0 - 6;1 e diagnóstico de atraso fonológico. As seguintes medidas de resultados foram obtidas antes e após 10 sessões de intervenção: percentagem de consoantes corretas, percentagem d…
Spanish Older LGBT+ Adults: Satisfaction with Life and Generativity
Introduction Older lesbian, gay, bisexual, and trans (LGBT+) adults have been mainly studied in relation to stigma and mental and physical disorders. Understanding their satisfaction with life, along with their generative expression, is crucial in building healthy aging. This study examined the satisfaction with life of Spanish older LGBT+ adults, considering the role of generativity. Methods Data were gathered online; 141 Spanish LGBT+ people co…
Companion Animals: Associations With Social Isolation, Loneliness, and Satisfaction With Life in Portuguese Community-Dwelling Older Adults
Companion animals play an increasingly important role in people's lives. However, research on how they affect community-dwelling older adults remains scarce and there are inconsistent results. This study examined the impact of companion animals on loneliness, social isolation, depressive symptomatology, satisfaction with life, and satisfaction with social support in Portuguese community-dwelling older adults. This cross-sectional descriptive and …
Estudo sobre a intervenção em crianças falantes do Português Europeu com atraso fonológico
O objetivo primordial do presente estudo foi avaliar a eficácia de duas abordagens de intervenção de base fonológica (Parents and Children Together (Bowen, 2009) e terapia de consciência fonológica (Gillon & McNeill, 2007)), num grupo de 6 crianças com idades entre 5;0 - 6;1 e diagnóstico de atraso fonológico. As seguintes medidas de resultados foram obtidas antes e após 10 sessões de intervenção: percentagem de consoantes corretas, percentagem d…
Effect of an Educational Nursing Intervention on the Mental Adjustment of Patients with Chronic Arterial Hypertension: An Interventional Study
The objective of this analytical and interventional prospective quantitative study was to assess the effect of an educational intervention performed by nurses for mental adjustment to chronic disease in patients with hypertension. A convenience sample was studied, composed of 329 participants with chronic hypertension, followed in a primary healthcare unit in the Central Region of Portugal. Data collection was carried out by applying the Mental A…
The Role of Frailty in Predicting 3 and 6 Months Functional Decline in Hospitalized Older Adults: Findings from a Secondary Analysis
Frailty represents one of the most relevant geriatric syndromes in the 21st century and is a predictor of adverse outcomes in hospitalized older adult, such as, functional decline (FD). This study aimed to examine if frailty, evaluated with the Frailty Index (FI), can predict FD during and after hospitalization (3 and 6 months). Secondary data analysis of a prospective cohort study of 101 hospitalized older adults was performed. The primary outco…
Factors Associated with Cardiovascular Disease Risk among Employees at a Portuguese Higher Education Institution
This study aimed to estimate the prevalence of risk factors for cardiovascular disease (CVD) and to assess the CVD risk (CVDRisk) in a sample of workers at a specific workplace: a higher education institution in Portugal. Data were collected using a questionnaire (e.cuidHaMUs.QueST ® ) with 345 HEI workers from June 2017-June 2018 with a high response rate (93.3%). Two constructs of risks for CVD were considered: (i) metabolic risk and hypertensi…
Impact of Wound Dressing Changes on Nursing Workload in an Intensive Care Unit
The objective of this study is to understand how the type of wound dressing changes (routine or frequent) in patients admitted to intensive care units influences nurses' workload. This study used a database of retrospective and analytical observational study from one Portuguese intensive care unit. The sample included 728 adult patients admitted between 2015 and 2019. The nursing workload was assessed by the TISS-28 scale, both at admission and a…
Spanish Older LGBT+ Adults: Satisfaction with Life and Generativity
Introduction Older lesbian, gay, bisexual, and trans (LGBT+) adults have been mainly studied in relation to stigma and mental and physical disorders. Understanding their satisfaction with life, along with their generative expression, is crucial in building healthy aging. This study examined the satisfaction with life of Spanish older LGBT+ adults, considering the role of generativity. Methods Data were gathered online; 141 Spanish LGBT+ people co…
Desenvolvimento da consciência morfológica no 1o ciclo
O artigo pretende caracterizar o nível de consciência morfológica no 1o ciclo e analisar a possível relação entre a consciência morfológica e a leitura e escrita. A amostra é constituída por 20 crianças, que frequentam o 2o (n=10) e o 4o ano de escolaridade (n=10). A recolha de dados foi realizada através da Grelha de Avaliação da Linguagem - Nível Escolar, da Bateria de Avaliação da Consciência Morfológica, da Bateria de Avaliação da Leitura em …
Consciência morfológica: Leitura E Escrita No Primeiro Ciclo
O principal objetivo do estudo consiste em analisar a relação entre a consciência morfológica e a leitura (fluência), a escrita e a compreensão leitora, em crianças com desenvolvimento típico (DT) e com Perturbação de Aprendizagem Específica (PAE). A amostra é constituída por 150 crianças falantes do português europeu (120 com DT e 30 com PAE) do 2o e 4oanos. A recolha de dados realizou-se através da Grelha de Avaliação da Linguagem-Nível Escolar…
Companion Animals: Associations With Social Isolation, Loneliness, and Satisfaction With Life in Portuguese Community-Dwelling Older Adults
Companion animals play an increasingly important role in people's lives. However, research on how they affect community-dwelling older adults remains scarce and there are inconsistent results. This study examined the impact of companion animals on loneliness, social isolation, depressive symptomatology, satisfaction with life, and satisfaction with social support in Portuguese community-dwelling older adults. This cross-sectional descriptive and …
Medicine (7 works) · Gerontology (4 works) · Internal Medicine (4 works) · Psychology (4 works) · Psychiatry (3 works) · Blood Pressure and Hypertension Studies (2 works) · Developmental psychology (2 works) · Disease (2 works) · Life satisfaction (2 works) · Nursing (2 works)