Catarina Pereira
Biographic Data
| ID | 3882673 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Catarina Pereira |
| GIVEN NAMES | Catarina |
| FAMILY NAME | Pereira |
| SIGNATURE | PEREIRA C |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Évora |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-0414-2511 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 15 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 0 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 15 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1969 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 0 |
Referral Process for Green and Blue Patients from Emergency Services to Primary Health Care
Background: This project aims to optimize patient flow at the General Emergency Unit (UGP) of the São José Local Health Unit (ULS São José) by referring patients triaged as non-urgent (blue) or less urgent (green) to appropriate primary healthcare (PHC) units. The objective is to manage emergency demand more efficiently by utilizing the capacity of integrated primary health services, including ACES Lisboa Central and the Sacavém Health Center. Ap…
Portuguese College Students’ Perceptions of Barriers to Healthy Sleep and Strategies to Overcome Them
Poor sleep negatively influences college students’ health and school performance. Sleep and the behaviors that take place during the day are interrelated; as such, the aim of this work was to investigate the psycho-social-environmental factors in college life that may affect students’ sleep, using a mixed-method approach, with a view to informing the design of research-informed sleep-promotion initiatives. Six focus group interviews were conducte…
How to measure political polarization in text-as-data? A scoping review of computational social science approaches
The rise of political polarization within western societies has been portrayed by events such as the United States Capitol riot or the United Kingdom’s exit from the European Union. In this context, we argue that computational social science (CSS) methods offer a scalable and language-independent fashion to measure political polarization, enabling the processing of big data. In this vein, this article offers the first scoping review of the applic…
Exploring the benefits of a psychomotor intervention mediated by creative dance in community-dwelling older adults
ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: NCT04311931. Date of registration: March 17, 2020
Benefits of Two 24-Week Interactive Cognitive–Motor Programs on Body Composition, Lower-Body Strength, and Processing Speed in Community Dwellings at Risk of Falling
This 24-week randomized controlled trial study evaluated the effects of two interactive cognitive−motor programs on body composition, lower-body strength, and processing speed in community dwellings at risk of falling. Forty-eight participants (75.0 ± 5.4 years) were allocated into EG1 (psychomotor intervention program), EG2 (combined program (psychomotor intervention + whole-body vibration)), and a control group. EG programs induced significant …
The relationship between depression and risk of violence in portuguese community-dwelling older people
The severity of depressive symptomatology plays an essential role in the risk of violence against community-dwelling older people. Moreover, it was found that older persons with depression symptomatology were at higher risk of being victims of violence. Our study findings support the need for protective measures within mental health national or regional policies to prevent depression and violence against community-dwelling older people
Can two multimodal psychomotor exercise programs improve attention, affordance perception, and balance in community dwellings at risk of falling? A randomized controlled trial
ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: NCT03446352 . Date of registration: February 26, 2018
Creative dance associated with traditional Portuguese singing as a strategy for active aging
The results suggest that the two types of programs studied may have different impacts on some of the variables investigated and support the design of future experimental studies that include interventions based on the combination of creative dance and traditional Portuguese singing
Aging safely in Alentejo – understanding for action - preventing falls and violence against older people
In the ESACA project, a wide range of potential influencing factors on falls and violence risk factors were measured, and comprehensive quality control measures were applied. Overall, the results suggest that for falls and violence prevention strategies to be effective, it is essential to evaluate, diagnose, and inform all stakeholders in a directed and useful way. Moreover, we believe that our project outcomes may help change mindsets and behavi…
Development and validation of a continuous fall risk score in community-dwelling older people
The cFRs was shown to be a valid dynamic multifactorial fall risk assessment tool for epidemiological analyses and clinical practice. Moreover, the potential for the cFRs to become a widely used approach regarding fall prevention in community-dwelling older people was demonstrated, since it involves a holistic intrinsic-exposure approach to the phenomena. Further investigation is required to validate the cFRs with other samples since it is a samp…
Key factor cutoffs and interval reference values for stratified fall risk assessment in community-dwelling older adults
Assessment of community-dwelling older adults' fall risk should focus on the above outcomes to establish individual older adults' fall risk profiles. Moreover, the design of fall prevention interventions should manage a person's identified risks and take into account the determined cutoffs and respective interval values for fall risk stratification
Effects of two 24-week multimodal exercise programs on reaction time, mobility, and dual-task performance in community-dwelling older adults at risk of falling
ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: NCT03446352. Date of registration: February 07, 2018
The Impact of the “Semente” Program on the Family-Focused Practice of Mental Health Professionals in Portugal
Background: Children of parents with mental illness (COPMI) are a high-risk group. There is a strong association between parents' psychiatric disorders and the incidence of psychopathology in their children. These children need to be identified and supported by mental health workers early, and hence, clinical practice in adult mental health services needs to change from a focus on individual patients to a more systemic family focus. "Semente," a …
A Grande Guerra e os quotidianos no Porto
O presente artigo resulta de uma investigação realizada no âmbito do tema "Quotidianos e Sociabilidades Portuenses no Contexto da Grande Guerra" desenvolvida entre a Escola Superior de Educação do Porto e o Arquivo Distrital do Porto. Procura, através da análise de quatro fundos - Processos de Passaporte dos Emigrantes (cartas de chamada); Companhia de Carris de Ferro do Porto; Processos de Admissão da Casa dos Hospícios do Porto (Casa da Roda); …
Bullying homofóbico no contexto escolar em Portugal
O presente estudo pretendeu explorar o fenómeno do bullying homofóbico em Portugal relativamente à sua prevalência, consequências e formas de agressão. Mediante um questionário online, distribuído pelos núcleos locais da Associação rede ex aequo e preenchido por 184 estudantes, verificou?se que, à semelhança de resultados internacionais, o recinto escolar é o local privilegiado para a ocorrência deste fenómeno. Os resultados indicam que prevalece…
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Bullying homofóbico no contexto escolar em Portugal
O presente estudo pretendeu explorar o fenómeno do bullying homofóbico em Portugal relativamente à sua prevalência, consequências e formas de agressão. Mediante um questionário online, distribuído pelos núcleos locais da Associação rede ex aequo e preenchido por 184 estudantes, verificou?se que, à semelhança de resultados internacionais, o recinto escolar é o local privilegiado para a ocorrência deste fenómeno. Os resultados indicam que prevalece…
A Grande Guerra e os quotidianos no Porto
O presente artigo resulta de uma investigação realizada no âmbito do tema "Quotidianos e Sociabilidades Portuenses no Contexto da Grande Guerra" desenvolvida entre a Escola Superior de Educação do Porto e o Arquivo Distrital do Porto. Procura, através da análise de quatro fundos - Processos de Passaporte dos Emigrantes (cartas de chamada); Companhia de Carris de Ferro do Porto; Processos de Admissão da Casa dos Hospícios do Porto (Casa da Roda); …
The Impact of the “Semente” Program on the Family-Focused Practice of Mental Health Professionals in Portugal
Background: Children of parents with mental illness (COPMI) are a high-risk group. There is a strong association between parents' psychiatric disorders and the incidence of psychopathology in their children. These children need to be identified and supported by mental health workers early, and hence, clinical practice in adult mental health services needs to change from a focus on individual patients to a more systemic family focus. "Semente," a …
Aging safely in Alentejo – understanding for action - preventing falls and violence against older people
In the ESACA project, a wide range of potential influencing factors on falls and violence risk factors were measured, and comprehensive quality control measures were applied. Overall, the results suggest that for falls and violence prevention strategies to be effective, it is essential to evaluate, diagnose, and inform all stakeholders in a directed and useful way. Moreover, we believe that our project outcomes may help change mindsets and behavi…
Development and validation of a continuous fall risk score in community-dwelling older people
The cFRs was shown to be a valid dynamic multifactorial fall risk assessment tool for epidemiological analyses and clinical practice. Moreover, the potential for the cFRs to become a widely used approach regarding fall prevention in community-dwelling older people was demonstrated, since it involves a holistic intrinsic-exposure approach to the phenomena. Further investigation is required to validate the cFRs with other samples since it is a samp…
Key factor cutoffs and interval reference values for stratified fall risk assessment in community-dwelling older adults
Assessment of community-dwelling older adults' fall risk should focus on the above outcomes to establish individual older adults' fall risk profiles. Moreover, the design of fall prevention interventions should manage a person's identified risks and take into account the determined cutoffs and respective interval values for fall risk stratification
Effects of two 24-week multimodal exercise programs on reaction time, mobility, and dual-task performance in community-dwelling older adults at risk of falling
ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: NCT03446352. Date of registration: February 07, 2018
Benefits of Two 24-Week Interactive Cognitive–Motor Programs on Body Composition, Lower-Body Strength, and Processing Speed in Community Dwellings at Risk of Falling
This 24-week randomized controlled trial study evaluated the effects of two interactive cognitive−motor programs on body composition, lower-body strength, and processing speed in community dwellings at risk of falling. Forty-eight participants (75.0 ± 5.4 years) were allocated into EG1 (psychomotor intervention program), EG2 (combined program (psychomotor intervention + whole-body vibration)), and a control group. EG programs induced significant …
The relationship between depression and risk of violence in portuguese community-dwelling older people
The severity of depressive symptomatology plays an essential role in the risk of violence against community-dwelling older people. Moreover, it was found that older persons with depression symptomatology were at higher risk of being victims of violence. Our study findings support the need for protective measures within mental health national or regional policies to prevent depression and violence against community-dwelling older people
Can two multimodal psychomotor exercise programs improve attention, affordance perception, and balance in community dwellings at risk of falling? A randomized controlled trial
ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: NCT03446352 . Date of registration: February 26, 2018
Creative dance associated with traditional Portuguese singing as a strategy for active aging
The results suggest that the two types of programs studied may have different impacts on some of the variables investigated and support the design of future experimental studies that include interventions based on the combination of creative dance and traditional Portuguese singing
Portuguese College Students’ Perceptions of Barriers to Healthy Sleep and Strategies to Overcome Them
Poor sleep negatively influences college students’ health and school performance. Sleep and the behaviors that take place during the day are interrelated; as such, the aim of this work was to investigate the psycho-social-environmental factors in college life that may affect students’ sleep, using a mixed-method approach, with a view to informing the design of research-informed sleep-promotion initiatives. Six focus group interviews were conducte…
How to measure political polarization in text-as-data? A scoping review of computational social science approaches
The rise of political polarization within western societies has been portrayed by events such as the United States Capitol riot or the United Kingdom’s exit from the European Union. In this context, we argue that computational social science (CSS) methods offer a scalable and language-independent fashion to measure political polarization, enabling the processing of big data. In this vein, this article offers the first scoping review of the applic…
Exploring the benefits of a psychomotor intervention mediated by creative dance in community-dwelling older adults
ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: NCT04311931. Date of registration: March 17, 2020
Referral Process for Green and Blue Patients from Emergency Services to Primary Health Care
Background: This project aims to optimize patient flow at the General Emergency Unit (UGP) of the São José Local Health Unit (ULS São José) by referring patients triaged as non-urgent (blue) or less urgent (green) to appropriate primary healthcare (PHC) units. The objective is to manage emergency demand more efficiently by utilizing the capacity of integrated primary health services, including ACES Lisboa Central and the Sacavém Health Center. Ap…
Medicine (11 works) · Balance, Gait, and Falls Prevention (7 works) · Environmental health (7 works) · Gerontology (7 works) · Physical therapy (6 works) · Poison control (6 works) · Biostatistics (5 works) · Epidemiology (5 works) · Injury prevention (5 works) · Physical medicine and rehabilitation (5 works)