Filipa Pimenta
Biographic Data
| ID | 383757 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Filipa Pimenta |
| GIVEN NAMES | Filipa |
| FAMILY NAME | Pimenta |
| SIGNATURE | PIMENTA F |
| AFFILIATIONS | ISPA - Instituto Universitário |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-9041-0497 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 19 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 19 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 19 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2011 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2025 |
| H-INDEX | 2 |
Menopause and weight loss (ME-WEL) randomised controlled trial: An e-health cognitive-behavioural group intervention for weight management in postmenopausal women
BACKGROUND: Successful weight management is important for menopausal women, given the high prevalence of overweight and obesity. This study evaluated the efficacy of a cognitive-behavioural e-Health group intervention for weight management in postmenopausal women with overweight or obesity. The intervention incorporates the Health Action Process Approach, Health Belief Model, Oxford Food and Activity Behaviours, and Behaviour Change Techniques. M…
Unveiling the complex landscape of successful weight loss: Perceived consequences and spontaneous self-concept insights
This study explores the perceived positive and negative consequences, as well as the spontaneous self-concept of 60 individuals who have achieved successful weight loss. Using a descriptive-transversal, exploratory design and Directed Qualitative Content Analysis, semi-structured interviews were analyzed. A quantitative exploration of the associations between the emergent categories was conducted using multiple correspondence analysis, which reve…
Development and Validation of a Measure of the Resolution Phase of the Sexual Response Cycle: The Sexual Resolution Scale (SRS)
We developed and validated a measure of the depth of the resolution experience - the Sexual Resolution Scale (SRS). Portuguese-speaking participants responded to an online survey including the SRS whose eight items were derived from the literature on post-sex states: 1) deeply relaxed, 2) with elevated heart rate, 3) with intensified emotions, 4) more aware of body, 5) in a profound peace, 6) more imaginative, 7) more predisposed to talk about em…
Are Prayer-Based Interventions Effective Pain Management Options? A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis of Randomized Controlled Trials
A Ballroom é um arquivo de pessoas negras que viveram a epidemia de aids: Narrativas Sobre O Arquivo Negro Da Prevenção
O objetivo deste artigo é apresentar as narrativas da Comunidade Ballroom de São Paulo, para situar como as práticas de prevenção combinada ao HIV se dão em pessoas negras LGBTQIAPN+, identificando como as estratégias se conformam, com que elementos e influências, ausências e restrições. Trata-se de uma pesquisa qualitativa no campo da Saúde Coletiva que utiliza entrevistas semiestruturadas com lideranças dessa comunidade para reconstruir as narr…
Foodlit-tool: Development and validation of the adaptable food literacy tool towards global sustainability within food systems
Stress reduction intervention with mothers of children/adolescents with asthma: A randomized controlled study in Brazil
Brazil has a high prevalence of pediatric asthma, which can be a stressor to parents/caretakers. Researchers aimed to assesses the efficacy of a stress reduction intervention for mothers of children/adolescents with asthma through a randomized controlled study. Stress, anxiety, and depression were evaluated in three moments. The intervention group ( n = 20), entailed 5-weekly sessions; the control group ( n =34) had waiting list format. There was…
Perceived consequences of a successful weight loss: A pluralist qualitative study
Weight loss improves health but little is known regarding how those who achieve feel about it. Aiming to identify positive and negative consequences of a successful weight loss, 30 men and women who achieved a successful weight loss were interviewed. Interviews were analysed (content and thematic analysis). Inter-rater agreement was assessed. With multiple correspondence analysis, a three-factor model explained the associations between categories…
Predictors of stress and depressive mood in Portuguese middle-aged women
This cross-sectional study investigates the predictors of psychological symptoms-stress and depressive mood-in a sample of middle-aged women. A community sample of 1,003 women filled in the questionnaires and instruments, which included the Depression, Anxiety and Stress Scales and the Life Events Survey; sociodemographic, health, and menopause-related and lifestyle information was also collected. Structural equation modeling was used to build th…
Psychometric evaluation of a unified Portuguese-language version of the Body Shape Questionnaire in female university students
The objectives of this study were to develop a unified Portuguese-language version, for use in Brazil and Portugal, of the Body Shape Questionnaire (BSQ) and to estimate its validity, reliability, and internal consistency in Brazilian and Portuguese female university students. Confirmatory factor analysis was performed using both original (34-item) and shortened (8-item) versions. The model's fit was assessed with χ2/df, CFI, NFI, and RMSEA. Conc…
Hot Flushes and Night Sweats in Midlife: Why do Some Women Have Them and Others do Not
This study investigated what predicts the occurrence of hot fl ushes (HF) and night sweats (NS). A community sample of 992 women (42-60 years) answered a questionnaire to collect socio-demographic, health and menopause-related, as well as lifestyle information. Depressive mood and stress, as well as HF and NS (in terms of presence, frequency and intensity), were also assessed. Structural equation modelling was used to build a structural model to …
Menopausal Symptoms: Is Spirituality Associated with the Severity of Symptoms
Does spirituality really matter: A study on the potential of spirituality for older adult's adjustment to aging
This study intended to analyze the indicators of adjustment to aging ( AtA ) and to investigate the latent constructs that can work as major determinants in spirituality for a cross‐national older community‐dwelling population. Questionnaires were completed to assess the participants' background information. Interviews were performed, addressing one core area: indicators of AtA . Complete data were available for 154 older adults from two national…
Predictors of weight variation and weight gain in peri- and post-menopausal women
This research encompasses a community sample of 497 women in peri- and post-menopause and uses structural equation modelling to investigate the structural models of weight variation and weight gain. Variables such as body shape concerns, depression, stress and life events are explored. Weight gain (from pre-menopause to current menopausal status) was observed in 69 per cent of participants. The predictors of weight gain were lower education level…
Assessing Adjustment to Aging: A Validation Study for the Adjustment to Aging Scale (AtAS)
Menopause Symptoms' Predictors: The Influence of Lifestyle, Health- and Menopause-Related, and Sociodemographic Characteristics
This research explores a causal model of menopausal symptoms in peri- and postmenopausal women. A community sample of 710 women was assessed regarding menopausal symptoms, and sociodemographic, health- and menopause-related, and lifestyle characteristics. Structural equation modelling was used. Menopausal status predicted skin/facial hair changes (β = .156; p <.001), vasomotor (β = .122; p <.001) and sexual symptoms (β = .158; p <.001). Age was s…
O peso da mente – Uma revisão de literatura sobre factores associados ao excesso de peso e obesidade e intervenção cognitivo-comportamental
A presente revisão de literatura foca os factores associados ao excesso de peso em diferentes fases do ciclo de vida, bem como a prevalência do excesso de peso e obesidade nas várias faixas etárias e em diferentes países. É também objecto de exploração o comportamento de dieta, o seu impacto no desempenho cognitivo, bem como a conceptualização da ingestão de comida como comportamento aditivo. Explana-se, por fim, a eficácia da intervenção cogniti…
Menopausa, a experiência intrínseca de uma inevitabilidade humana: Uma revisão da literatura
Neste artigo propomo-nos fazer uma revisão de literatura sobre a menopausa. A investigação que tem sido desenvolvida no âmbito da menopausa tem focado de forma sistemática os sintomas decorrentes das mudanças hormonais, conceituando a experiência do climatério do ponto de vista bio-médico. A investigação da vivência psico-sócio-cultural evidencia que outros factores poderão ter um papel determinante na forma como a mulher experimenta os sintomas …
Representations and Perceived Consequences of Menopause by Peri- and Post-Menopausal Portuguese Women: A Qualitative Research
Our aim in conducting this study is to describe the representations and perceived consequences of menopause, elicited through a semistructured interview with 36 Portuguese women, in peri- and post-menopause. The most prevalent response of the interviewed women was to see menopause as a normal/neutral phase of their life cycle (28.3%). Menses' cessation (58.7%) was identified as the most prevalent positive consequence of menopause, and a range of …
Assessing Adjustment to Aging: A Validation Study for the Adjustment to Aging Scale (AtAS)
Foodlit-tool: Development and validation of the adaptable food literacy tool towards global sustainability within food systems
Perceived consequences of a successful weight loss: A pluralist qualitative study
Weight loss improves health but little is known regarding how those who achieve feel about it. Aiming to identify positive and negative consequences of a successful weight loss, 30 men and women who achieved a successful weight loss were interviewed. Interviews were analysed (content and thematic analysis). Inter-rater agreement was assessed. With multiple correspondence analysis, a three-factor model explained the associations between categories…
Predictors of weight variation and weight gain in peri- and post-menopausal women
This research encompasses a community sample of 497 women in peri- and post-menopause and uses structural equation modelling to investigate the structural models of weight variation and weight gain. Variables such as body shape concerns, depression, stress and life events are explored. Weight gain (from pre-menopause to current menopausal status) was observed in 69 per cent of participants. The predictors of weight gain were lower education level…
Representations and Perceived Consequences of Menopause by Peri- and Post-Menopausal Portuguese Women: A Qualitative Research
Our aim in conducting this study is to describe the representations and perceived consequences of menopause, elicited through a semistructured interview with 36 Portuguese women, in peri- and post-menopause. The most prevalent response of the interviewed women was to see menopause as a normal/neutral phase of their life cycle (28.3%). Menses' cessation (58.7%) was identified as the most prevalent positive consequence of menopause, and a range of …
Menopause Symptoms' Predictors: The Influence of Lifestyle, Health- and Menopause-Related, and Sociodemographic Characteristics
This research explores a causal model of menopausal symptoms in peri- and postmenopausal women. A community sample of 710 women was assessed regarding menopausal symptoms, and sociodemographic, health- and menopause-related, and lifestyle characteristics. Structural equation modelling was used. Menopausal status predicted skin/facial hair changes (β = .156; p <.001), vasomotor (β = .122; p <.001) and sexual symptoms (β = .158; p <.001). Age was s…
O peso da mente – Uma revisão de literatura sobre factores associados ao excesso de peso e obesidade e intervenção cognitivo-comportamental
A presente revisão de literatura foca os factores associados ao excesso de peso em diferentes fases do ciclo de vida, bem como a prevalência do excesso de peso e obesidade nas várias faixas etárias e em diferentes países. É também objecto de exploração o comportamento de dieta, o seu impacto no desempenho cognitivo, bem como a conceptualização da ingestão de comida como comportamento aditivo. Explana-se, por fim, a eficácia da intervenção cogniti…
Menopausa, a experiência intrínseca de uma inevitabilidade humana: Uma revisão da literatura
Neste artigo propomo-nos fazer uma revisão de literatura sobre a menopausa. A investigação que tem sido desenvolvida no âmbito da menopausa tem focado de forma sistemática os sintomas decorrentes das mudanças hormonais, conceituando a experiência do climatério do ponto de vista bio-médico. A investigação da vivência psico-sócio-cultural evidencia que outros factores poderão ter um papel determinante na forma como a mulher experimenta os sintomas …
Menopausal Symptoms: Is Spirituality Associated with the Severity of Symptoms
Does spirituality really matter: A study on the potential of spirituality for older adult's adjustment to aging
This study intended to analyze the indicators of adjustment to aging ( AtA ) and to investigate the latent constructs that can work as major determinants in spirituality for a cross‐national older community‐dwelling population. Questionnaires were completed to assess the participants' background information. Interviews were performed, addressing one core area: indicators of AtA . Complete data were available for 154 older adults from two national…
Predictors of weight variation and weight gain in peri- and post-menopausal women
This research encompasses a community sample of 497 women in peri- and post-menopause and uses structural equation modelling to investigate the structural models of weight variation and weight gain. Variables such as body shape concerns, depression, stress and life events are explored. Weight gain (from pre-menopause to current menopausal status) was observed in 69 per cent of participants. The predictors of weight gain were lower education level…
Assessing Adjustment to Aging: A Validation Study for the Adjustment to Aging Scale (AtAS)
Hot Flushes and Night Sweats in Midlife: Why do Some Women Have Them and Others do Not
This study investigated what predicts the occurrence of hot fl ushes (HF) and night sweats (NS). A community sample of 992 women (42-60 years) answered a questionnaire to collect socio-demographic, health and menopause-related, as well as lifestyle information. Depressive mood and stress, as well as HF and NS (in terms of presence, frequency and intensity), were also assessed. Structural equation modelling was used to build a structural model to …
Predictors of stress and depressive mood in Portuguese middle-aged women
This cross-sectional study investigates the predictors of psychological symptoms-stress and depressive mood-in a sample of middle-aged women. A community sample of 1,003 women filled in the questionnaires and instruments, which included the Depression, Anxiety and Stress Scales and the Life Events Survey; sociodemographic, health, and menopause-related and lifestyle information was also collected. Structural equation modeling was used to build th…
Psychometric evaluation of a unified Portuguese-language version of the Body Shape Questionnaire in female university students
The objectives of this study were to develop a unified Portuguese-language version, for use in Brazil and Portugal, of the Body Shape Questionnaire (BSQ) and to estimate its validity, reliability, and internal consistency in Brazilian and Portuguese female university students. Confirmatory factor analysis was performed using both original (34-item) and shortened (8-item) versions. The model's fit was assessed with χ2/df, CFI, NFI, and RMSEA. Conc…
Stress reduction intervention with mothers of children/adolescents with asthma: A randomized controlled study in Brazil
Brazil has a high prevalence of pediatric asthma, which can be a stressor to parents/caretakers. Researchers aimed to assesses the efficacy of a stress reduction intervention for mothers of children/adolescents with asthma through a randomized controlled study. Stress, anxiety, and depression were evaluated in three moments. The intervention group ( n = 20), entailed 5-weekly sessions; the control group ( n =34) had waiting list format. There was…
Perceived consequences of a successful weight loss: A pluralist qualitative study
Weight loss improves health but little is known regarding how those who achieve feel about it. Aiming to identify positive and negative consequences of a successful weight loss, 30 men and women who achieved a successful weight loss were interviewed. Interviews were analysed (content and thematic analysis). Inter-rater agreement was assessed. With multiple correspondence analysis, a three-factor model explained the associations between categories…
Foodlit-tool: Development and validation of the adaptable food literacy tool towards global sustainability within food systems
Are Prayer-Based Interventions Effective Pain Management Options? A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis of Randomized Controlled Trials
A Ballroom é um arquivo de pessoas negras que viveram a epidemia de aids: Narrativas Sobre O Arquivo Negro Da Prevenção
O objetivo deste artigo é apresentar as narrativas da Comunidade Ballroom de São Paulo, para situar como as práticas de prevenção combinada ao HIV se dão em pessoas negras LGBTQIAPN+, identificando como as estratégias se conformam, com que elementos e influências, ausências e restrições. Trata-se de uma pesquisa qualitativa no campo da Saúde Coletiva que utiliza entrevistas semiestruturadas com lideranças dessa comunidade para reconstruir as narr…
Development and Validation of a Measure of the Resolution Phase of the Sexual Response Cycle: The Sexual Resolution Scale (SRS)
We developed and validated a measure of the depth of the resolution experience - the Sexual Resolution Scale (SRS). Portuguese-speaking participants responded to an online survey including the SRS whose eight items were derived from the literature on post-sex states: 1) deeply relaxed, 2) with elevated heart rate, 3) with intensified emotions, 4) more aware of body, 5) in a profound peace, 6) more imaginative, 7) more predisposed to talk about em…
Menopause and weight loss (ME-WEL) randomised controlled trial: An e-health cognitive-behavioural group intervention for weight management in postmenopausal women
BACKGROUND: Successful weight management is important for menopausal women, given the high prevalence of overweight and obesity. This study evaluated the efficacy of a cognitive-behavioural e-Health group intervention for weight management in postmenopausal women with overweight or obesity. The intervention incorporates the Health Action Process Approach, Health Belief Model, Oxford Food and Activity Behaviours, and Behaviour Change Techniques. M…
Unveiling the complex landscape of successful weight loss: Perceived consequences and spontaneous self-concept insights
This study explores the perceived positive and negative consequences, as well as the spontaneous self-concept of 60 individuals who have achieved successful weight loss. Using a descriptive-transversal, exploratory design and Directed Qualitative Content Analysis, semi-structured interviews were analyzed. A quantitative exploration of the associations between the emergent categories was conducted using multiple correspondence analysis, which reve…
Medicine (14 works) · Psychology (13 works) · Clinical Psychology (8 works) · Internal Medicine (7 works) · Menopause (7 works) · Structural equation modeling (7 works) · Gerontology (6 works) · Menopause: Health Impacts and Treatments (6 works) · Eating Disorders and Behaviors (5 works) · Psychiatry (5 works)