M Graça Pereira
Dados Biográficos
| ID | 3740550 |
|---|---|
| NOME | M Graça Pereira |
| PRENOMES | M Graça |
| SOBRENOME | Pereira |
| ASSINATURA | PEREIRA M G |
| AFILIAÇÕES | University of Minho |
| ORCID | 0000-0001-7987-2562 |
| VERIFICADO | Sim |
| TOTAL DE OBRAS | 45 |
| TOTAL DE CITAÇÕES | 19 |
| TOTAL COMO AUTOR | 45 |
| TOTAL COMO EDITOR | 0 |
| PRIMEIRO ANO DE PUBLICAÇÃO | 2011 |
| ANO MAIS RECENTE DE PUBLICAÇÃO | 2026 |
| ÍNDICE H | 2 |
IADem Plan
Background: The increase in cases of dementia and frailty in Ponte da Barca has brought about the need for an integrated approach, with a focus on improving the quality of life of the elderly and supporting their caregivers. Approach: The IADem Plan is a collaborative initiative resulting from a Cooperation and Partnership Agreement between the Local Health Unit of Alto Minho - Community Care Unit of Ponte da Barca, the Santa Casa da Misericordia…
IADem Plan
Context and Objective: The IADem Plan is a collaborative initiative resulting from a Cooperation and Partnership Agreement between the Local Health Unit of Alto Minho - Community Care Unit of Ponte da Barca, the Santa Casa da Misericordia of Ponte da Barca and the Psychology Research Centre of the University of Minho, namely the Health and Family Research Group. The IADem Plan aims to respond to the growing number of cases of dementia and frailty…
The Indirect Role of Emotions in University Students’ Psychological Well-Being
Mental health difficulties in university students are an increasing concern, especially after the COVID-19 global crisis. This study used a cross-sectional design to analyze the effect of psychological factors on students’ psychological well-being. Participants were 190 university students enrolled in undergraduate or graduate programs at a public university. Based on previous research and grounded theoretical models, a conceptual model was propo…
Parental distress following pediatric burn injuries
Risk Assessment Profiles for Caregiver Burden in Family Caregivers of Persons Living with Alzheimer’s Disease
Alzheimer’s disease (AD) places a profound global challenge, driven by its escalating prevalence and the multifaceted strain it places on individuals, families, and societies. Family caregivers (FCs), who are pivotal in supporting family members with AD, frequently endure substantial emotional, physical, and psychological demands. To better understand the determinants of family caregiving strain, this study employed machine learning (ML) to devel…
Educational Interventions on Diabetic Foot Self-Care
Diabetic foot is one of the most serious complications of diabetes and foot ulcer recurrence has been associated with poor foot care. Educational programs may work as a vehicle for promoting knowledge and adequate foot self-care behaviors, reducing potential ulcerative complications in the diabetic foot, and promoting a better quality of life. This study protocol will analyze the impact of two different educational strategies - an instructive vid…
Portuguese Validation of the TapqoL
In Portugal, there are few generic and specific instruments to assess health-related quality of life (HRQoL) in children, especially those of preschool age. This study aimed to adapt and validate the Portuguese version of the Preschool Children Quality of Life Questionnaire (TAPQoL) in a community and clinical sample of children aged 0–6 years. The parents of 409 healthy children and 137 children undergoing treatment for burns and acute lymphobla…
Portuguese Caregivers of Persons With Alzheimer’s Disease in the Context of the Covid-19 Pandemic
This study addresses the experiences of informal caregivers caring for elderly family members with Alzheimer's disease (AD) during the COVID-19 pandemic. The study includes a sample of eight informal caregivers who were evaluated through a semi-structured interview six months after the death of a loved one they cared for. A thematic content analysis was applied to the interviews and yielded two higher-order domains: (1) Experiencing the AD and th…
Quality of Life in Amazonian Women during Cervical Cancer Treatment
This study aimed to examine the contribution of psychological variables to quality of life (QoL) of Amazonian women and to analyze the moderating role of spirituality in the relationship between psychological morbidity and Qol and between illness perception and QoL. This cross-sectional study included 119 women undergoing treatment for cervical cancer (CC). The Pearson correlation test was used to evaluate the relationship between sociodemographi…
The Moderating Role of Self-Care Behaviors in Personal Care Aides of Older Adults during the Covid-19 Pandemic
The COVID-19 pandemic has brought new challenges and work changes for formal caregivers such as personal care aides with an impact on their quality of life (QoL). This cross-sectional study aims to analyze the relationships and contribution of sociodemographic and psychological variables towards QoL including the moderating role of self-care. This study included 127 formal caregivers from Portugal who were assessed on depression, anxiety and stre…
Quality of life in heterosexual menopausal women
Menopause may negatively impact Quality of Life (QoL). Our study used a cross-sectional design and research participants were 99 women in natural menopause. In our study, we analyzed the relationship between age at menopause onset, hormone therapy use, duration of couple relationship, menopause duration, psychological morbidity, marital satisfaction, menopause representations, and QoL following the Wilson and Cleary Health-Related QoL conceptual …
Factors Associated with Sexually Transmitted Infections among Users of Voluntary HIV Counseling and Testing Centers in Portugal
Objective: Users of publicly funded voluntary HIV Counseling and Testing Centers (VCT C) in the Portuguese National Service have been found to have higher rates of HIV risk behavior than the general population, but data concerning the relationship between socio-demographic, behavioral, and cognitive variables, and Sexually Transmitted Infections (ST Is) in this specific population are limited. This study tests the impact of socio-demographic, beh…
Effectiveness of Two Stress Reduction Interventions in Patients with Chronic Diabetic Foot Ulcers (PSY-DFU)
Diabetic foot ulcer (DFU) is the leading cause of lower-limb amputations, with a significant impact on patients, families, and society. Since DFU medical treatments represent a major socioeconomic burden, cost-effective interventions are needed. This trial aims to assess the effectiveness of a muscle relaxation intervention compared to a hypnosis intervention versus active and passive control groups on DFU healing, physiological indicators of hea…
How Does Hedonic Aroma Impact Long-Term Anxiety, Depression, and Quality of Life in Women with Breast Cancer? A Cross-Lagged Panel Model Analysis
Depression and anxiety are common symptoms during and after adjuvant chemotherapy treatment for breast cancer (BC), with implications on quality of life (QoL). The present study evaluates the temporal relationship between anxiety, depression, and QoL (primary outcomes), as well as the impact of hedonic aroma (essential oils) on this relationship. This is a secondary analysis of a previously reported randomized controlled trial, with two groups: a…
Evaluation of the effectiveness of a relaxation intervention on distress in university students
University students are particularly vulnerable to stress due to the demands of higher education and the developmental transition from adolescence to adulthood. The adverse effects of prolonged stress responses highlight the importance of the development of coping skills. Relaxation appears as a tool capable of restoring the resources depleted by stress and increasing positive emotions,cultivating also self-compassion. This study aimed (1) evalua…
HPV-related quality of life in diagnosed women
This paper explored changes in the HPV-related quality of life (QoL) of 209 women diagnosed with human papillomavirus (HPV) during 1 year of medical monitoring, at three time points (6-month interval between them). Participants completed the HPV Impact Profile (HIP) questionnaire to assess HPV-related QoL. The relationship between HIP scores and time was moderated by the HPV risk type and infection duration: an HPV diagnosis had a stronger negati…
Psychological Morbidity in Endometriosis
Endometriosis is a chronic gynecological disease that impacts more than 176 million women worldwide, having a strong impact on psychological morbidity. This study aimed to evaluate the contribution of psychological morbidity, in women with endometriosis, taking into consideration the duration of the couple's relationship and the duration of the disease and also examined whether women's sexual satisfaction had an impact on their psychological morb…
Application of hypnosis in psychOncology
Hypnosis is useful for multiple somatic and psychological disorders, particularly cancer disease-related issues. In fact, the literature points out that hypnosis is effective in helping patients deal with aspects disease related, as well as in reducing the side effects of treatment. This review of the literature aims to summarize and assess the evidence of the usefulness of hypnosis in cancer patients and was conducted based on articles published…
Quality of life and sexual satisfaction in women with endometriosis
Endometriosis is a chronic female disease affecting the quality of life (QoL) and sexual satisfaction (SS) of approximately 176 million women of reproductive age worldwide. This study analysed the variables that contributed to QoL and SS, and whether symptom severity moderated the relationship between symptom intensity and QoL/ SS. This cross-sectional study included 124 women diagnosed with clinical endometriosis. Participants answered the Endom…
Validation of the spiritual and religious attitudes in dealing with illness (SpReuk) in Portuguese Alzheimer‘s patients
Literature shows that spirituality is a helpful resource for patients to cope with illness, having a positive impact on their quality of life. This study aimed to analyze the psychometric qualities of the Spiritual and Religious Attitudes in Dealing with Illness (SpREUK) using a sample of 128 Portuguese Alzheimer‘s patients. Results showed that the instrument kept its original factorial structure, with a good adjustment and reliability in all sub…
The mediator role of unmet needs on quality of life in myeloma patients
Unmet needs and quality of life in multiple myeloma patients
This cross-sectional study analysed the contributors and moderators of quality of life. The sample comprised 124 Portuguese multiple myeloma patients assessed on social support, spirituality, unmet needs, psychological morbidity and quality-of-life measures. Results showed that being older and a woman, as well as psychological morbidity and unmet emotional needs were significant predictors of worse quality of life as measured by the QLQ-C30. Unme…
Differences, predictors, and moderators of therapeutic adherence in patients recently diagnosed with type 2 diabetes
This study analyzed the differences over time in newly diagnosed type 2 diabetes patients on reported adherence. A longitudinal design with two assessment moments was used with 268 patients who were assessed on adherence to self-care behaviors and medication, beliefs about medicines, psychological distress, trust in the physician, and satisfaction with care. HbA1c and general beliefs about medicines decreased from T1 to T2 while adherence to foot…
Psychological Morbidity, Social Intimacy, Physical Symptomatology, and Lifestyle in Adult Children of Divorced Parents
This study assessed the relationships between psychological morbidity, social intimacy, perception of the parental relationship, lifestyle and physical symptomatology as well as the contributors of physical symptomatology, in adult children of divorced parents. Participants answered the Physical Symptom Questionnaire, the Anxiety, Depression and Stress Scale, the Lifestyle Questionnaire, the Social Intimacy Scale and The Perception of the Parenta…
Quality of life of women with urinary incontinence in rehabilitation treatment
This article analyzed how sexual satisfaction, suffering, severity and impact of urinary incontinence, and psychological morbidity affected women's quality of life and whether suffering mediated the relationship between psychological morbidity and quality of life. The study included 80 women diagnosed with urinary incontinence receiving rehabilitation treatment. Regression analysis showed that sexual satisfaction, suffering, and urinary incontine…
Attachment, Infidelity, and Loneliness in College Students Involved in a Romantic Relationship
Portuguese Validation of Faces-IV in Adult Children Caregivers Facing Parental Cancer
The purpose of the present study was to examine the psychometric properties of the FACES-IV in Portuguese caregivers of cancer patients. In this cross-sectional study, a sample of 214 adult children caregivers of cancer patients receiving chemotherapy, completed FACES-IV, Family Communication Scale (FCS), Family Satisfaction Scale (FSS), and Satisfaction with Social Support Scale (SSSS). Internal consistencies above .70 were found for all FACES-I…
Predictors of quality of life in patients with diabetic foot ulcer
The goal of this study was to analyze the relationships between anxiety, depression symptoms, and functionality as predictors of quality of life, in patients with diabetic foot ulcer taking in consideration clinical variables. A sample of 202 participants indicated for a lower limb amputation surgery, were assessed before the surgery, on physical and mental quality of life, functionality, a anxiety and depression symptoms. Anxiety and depression …
Physical activity
This study focused on the contribution of the extended theory of planned behavior regarding intention to perform physical activity, adherence to physical activity, and its mediator role in the relationship between trust in the physician and adherence to physical activity, in a sample of 120 patients with type 2 diabetes. The results revealed that positive attitudes and perception of control predicted a stronger intention to do physical activity. …
HPV-related quality of life in diagnosed women
This paper explored changes in the HPV-related quality of life (QoL) of 209 women diagnosed with human papillomavirus (HPV) during 1 year of medical monitoring, at three time points (6-month interval between them). Participants completed the HPV Impact Profile (HIP) questionnaire to assess HPV-related QoL. The relationship between HIP scores and time was moderated by the HPV risk type and infection duration: an HPV diagnosis had a stronger negati…
Cognitive representations in low back pain in patients receiving chiropractic versus physiotherapy treatment
This study focused on cognitive representations of low back pain patients receiving chiropractic ( n = 213) versus physiotherapy treatment ( n = 125). Variables assessed included satisfaction with care, illness perceptions, beliefs about pain and medicines, attitudes towards doctors and medicine, suffering, adherence and functional incapacity. In the chiropractic treatment, functional incapacity was predicted by painful symptoms, suffering and pe…
The mediator role of psychological morbidity in patients with chronic low back pain in differentiated treatments
This study analyzed the mediating role of psychological morbidity and the variables that discriminated low versus high disability, in patients receiving physiotherapy and acupuncture. A total of 203 patients answered measures of illness and medication representations, coping, depression, anxiety, quality of life, and functional disability. Morbidity was a mediator between functional disability and quality of life. Treatment consequences and quali…
Vitimização secundária nos filhos adultos de veteranos da guerra colonial Portuguesa
Este estudo avaliou a vitimização secundária em filhos adultos de veteranos da Guerra Colonial Portuguesa e sua relação com outras variáveis psicológicas. A amostra incluiu 80 filhos. Os instrumentos utilizados foram: Questionário de Vivências Familiares na Infância; Escala de Avaliação Resposta ao Acontecimento Traumático; Questionário de Estilo de Vida e as versões portuguesas do Brief Symptoms Checklist e Health Symptoms Checklist. Os resultad…
Hábitos tabágicos dos pais de alunos do 1.o Ciclo do Ensino Básico
A evidência de que a exposição ao Fumo Ambiental do Tabaco (FAT) é prejudicial para a saúde, em todas as fases da vida do ser humano, particularmente na infância, é consistente, robusta e consensual. Os principais responsáveis pela exposição das crianças ao fumo ambiental do tabaco no domicílio são os pais. Os objectivos deste artigo são: 1) Caracterizar os hábitos tabágicos dos pais/mães dos alunos; 2) Determinar a prevalência de pais/mães, que …
Atribuição de sintomas, comportamentos de saúde e adesão em utentes de Centro de Saúde da Zona Norte
Este artigo descreve um estudo, na área da psicologia da saúde, sobre a relação entre o estilo atribucional de sintomas, a prática de comportamentos saudáveis e a adesão terapêutica (avaliada em termos de toma demedicamentos). A amostra é composta por utentes de três Centros de Saúde num total de 246 sujeitos seleccionados a partir do método de amostragem estratificada para o concelho de Braga. A avaliação psicométrica incluiu o questionário de E…
Auto-eficácia na diabetes
O presente estudo descreve a adaptação para uma amostra portuguesa da Escala de Auto-Eficácia relativa à Diabetes (SEDS) – (Grossnman, Brink & Hauser,1987). Esta escala está baseada na teoria da auto-eficácia de Bandura e pretende avaliar as percepções pessoais relativas à competência, capacidades e meios para os adolescentes lidarem adequadamente com a diabetes. A amostra do nosso estudo é composta por 175 adolescentes provenientes do Serviço de…
Questionário de Avaliação da Qualidade de Vida para adolescentes com Diabetes Tipo 1
A Diabetes Tipo 1 é uma doença crónica complexa e de difícil controlo. Esta dificuldade é mais notória na adolescência, período em que a problemática que envolve a transição da dependência parental para uma vida mais autónoma. A adolescência caracteriza-se também por alterações nas características psicossociais que se podem repercutir na adesão ao tratamento, no controlo metabólico da Diabetes e na qualidade de vida. O objectivo da presente inves…
Grupo de suporte para mulheres de veteranos de guerra
As consequências dos episódios traumáticos vividos em teatro de guerra afectam não só a vítima directa mas também a esposa/companheira do próprio veterano. A intervenção psicológica junto das mulheres dos veteranos é importante a dois níveis: por um lado porque estas mulheres apresentam psicopatologia e dificuldades na relação conjugal. Por outro lado, a recuperação do próprio veterano é facilitada através da melhoria da sua relação marital que c…
Portuguese Validation of Faces-IV in Adult Children Caregivers Facing Parental Cancer
The purpose of the present study was to examine the psychometric properties of the FACES-IV in Portuguese caregivers of cancer patients. In this cross-sectional study, a sample of 214 adult children caregivers of cancer patients receiving chemotherapy, completed FACES-IV, Family Communication Scale (FCS), Family Satisfaction Scale (FSS), and Satisfaction with Social Support Scale (SSSS). Internal consistencies above .70 were found for all FACES-I…
Preditores da dependência nicotínica e do comportamento planeado para deixar de fumar
Este estudo avaliou os preditores da dependência tabágica e o modo como as representações do tabaco contribuem para as variáveis socio-cognitivas na cessação tabágica. Participaram no estudo 224 fumadores. Os resultados revelaram que ter menos idade, ser do sexo masculino, ter doença respiratória, fumar mais cigarros por dia, ter um parceiro que fuma, menor qualidade de vida mental e mais morbilidade psicológica foram preditores de maior dependên…
Family and Systems Therapy and Training in Portugal
Attachment, Infidelity, and Loneliness in College Students Involved in a Romantic Relationship
The mediator role of psychological morbidity in patients with chronic low back pain in differentiated treatments
This study analyzed the mediating role of psychological morbidity and the variables that discriminated low versus high disability, in patients receiving physiotherapy and acupuncture. A total of 203 patients answered measures of illness and medication representations, coping, depression, anxiety, quality of life, and functional disability. Morbidity was a mediator between functional disability and quality of life. Treatment consequences and quali…
Women’s Perception of Separation/Divorce in Portugal
This article focuses on the personal experiences of Portuguese women regarding separation and divorce. The sample included 96 women, with at least 1 child, who responded to an inventory that addressed conflict, dysfunctional conjugality, emotional experiences, social support, and adaptation to divorce. Higher levels of conflict and marital dysfunction in litigious divorces were found, as well as more conflict when different lawyers were employed.…
HIV Voluntary Testing among Portuguese Women Attending Family Planning Clinics
Objectives: The aim of this article is to analyze the factors associated with HIV testing among 767 sexually active women. Methods: Participants were administered several self-report questionnaires that assessed behavioral and psychosocial measures. Results: Overall, 59.8% of the participants reported ever having tested for HIV. Results show that higher levels of education, being pregnant or having been pregnant, concern about AIDS, AIDS knowledg…
Predictors of consistent condom use among Portuguese women attending family planning clinics
Women account for 30% of all AIDS cases reported to the Health Ministry in Portugal and most infections are acquired through unprotected heterosexual sex with infected partners. This study analyzed socio-demographic and psychosocial predictors of consistent condom use and the role of education as a moderator variable among Portuguese women attending family planning clinics. A cross-sectional study using interviewer-administered fully structured q…
Depression, distress, burden and social support in caregivers of active versus abstinent addicts
This study focuses on the relationships between clinical, demographic, and psychological variables, such as depression, distress, burden and social support in informal caregivers of addicts. The sample included 120 informal caregivers who answered the Beck Depression Inventory, Brief Symptom Inventory, Caregiver Reaction Assessment, and the Instrumental and Expressive Social Support Scale. Results pointed to significant associations between burde…
Demographic factors, mental health problems, and psychosocial resources influence women's Aids risk
The aim of this study was to examine how depressive mood, posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) symptoms, self-efficacy, and social support are associated with HIV risk behaviors. Participants were sexually active women (N = 1488) recruited when attending gynecological consultations in primary care settings. Standardized questionnaires were administered to assess for depressive mood, abuse/assault-related PTSD, social support, self-efficacy, stres…
Physical activity
This study focused on the contribution of the extended theory of planned behavior regarding intention to perform physical activity, adherence to physical activity, and its mediator role in the relationship between trust in the physician and adherence to physical activity, in a sample of 120 patients with type 2 diabetes. The results revealed that positive attitudes and perception of control predicted a stronger intention to do physical activity. …
Cognitive representations in low back pain in patients receiving chiropractic versus physiotherapy treatment
This study focused on cognitive representations of low back pain patients receiving chiropractic ( n = 213) versus physiotherapy treatment ( n = 125). Variables assessed included satisfaction with care, illness perceptions, beliefs about pain and medicines, attitudes towards doctors and medicine, suffering, adherence and functional incapacity. In the chiropractic treatment, functional incapacity was predicted by painful symptoms, suffering and pe…
Spirituality, Distress and Posttraumatic Growth in Breast Cancer Patients
Predictors of quality of life in patients with diabetic foot ulcer
The goal of this study was to analyze the relationships between anxiety, depression symptoms, and functionality as predictors of quality of life, in patients with diabetic foot ulcer taking in consideration clinical variables. A sample of 202 participants indicated for a lower limb amputation surgery, were assessed before the surgery, on physical and mental quality of life, functionality, a anxiety and depression symptoms. Anxiety and depression …
Psychological Morbidity, Social Intimacy, Physical Symptomatology, and Lifestyle in Adult Children of Divorced Parents
This study assessed the relationships between psychological morbidity, social intimacy, perception of the parental relationship, lifestyle and physical symptomatology as well as the contributors of physical symptomatology, in adult children of divorced parents. Participants answered the Physical Symptom Questionnaire, the Anxiety, Depression and Stress Scale, the Lifestyle Questionnaire, the Social Intimacy Scale and The Perception of the Parenta…
Quality of life of women with urinary incontinence in rehabilitation treatment
This article analyzed how sexual satisfaction, suffering, severity and impact of urinary incontinence, and psychological morbidity affected women's quality of life and whether suffering mediated the relationship between psychological morbidity and quality of life. The study included 80 women diagnosed with urinary incontinence receiving rehabilitation treatment. Regression analysis showed that sexual satisfaction, suffering, and urinary incontine…
Validation of the spiritual and religious attitudes in dealing with illness (SpReuk) in Portuguese Alzheimer‘s patients
Literature shows that spirituality is a helpful resource for patients to cope with illness, having a positive impact on their quality of life. This study aimed to analyze the psychometric qualities of the Spiritual and Religious Attitudes in Dealing with Illness (SpREUK) using a sample of 128 Portuguese Alzheimer‘s patients. Results showed that the instrument kept its original factorial structure, with a good adjustment and reliability in all sub…
The mediator role of unmet needs on quality of life in myeloma patients
Unmet needs and quality of life in multiple myeloma patients
This cross-sectional study analysed the contributors and moderators of quality of life. The sample comprised 124 Portuguese multiple myeloma patients assessed on social support, spirituality, unmet needs, psychological morbidity and quality-of-life measures. Results showed that being older and a woman, as well as psychological morbidity and unmet emotional needs were significant predictors of worse quality of life as measured by the QLQ-C30. Unme…
Psychology (33 obras) · Medicine (32 obras) · Psychiatry (25 obras) · Clinical Psychology (22 obras) · Clinical Psychology (18 obras) · Psychological intervention (15 obras) · Quality of life (healthcare (13 obras) · Anxiety (12 obras) · Psychotherapist (10 obras) · Internal Medicine (9 obras)