Clara Rocha

Prof. Dr. Clara Rocha

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20Years (2007-Present)

(Calculated once Scilit publication data is synced: current year − year of first publication + 1)

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6 July 2016 in BMC Health Services Research
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CTCatarina Cardoso Tomás
Catarina Cardoso Tomás
EOEmanuel Oliveira
Emanuel Oliveira
CACeleste Alves
Celeste Alves
SGStefan Gisin
Stefan Gisin
ECElisabete Catarino
Elisabete Catarino
ATAna Maria Teixeira
Ana Maria Teixeira
S1 Health literacy and health education in adolescence Catarina Cardoso Tomás S2 The effect of a walking program on the quality of life and well-being of people with schizophrenia Emanuel Oliveira, D. Sousa, M. Uba-Chupel, G. Furtado, C. Rocha, A. Teixeira, P. Ferreira S3 Diagnosis and innovative treatments - the way to a better medical practice Celeste Alves S4 Simulation-based learning and how it is a high contribution Stefan Gisin S5 Formative research about acceptability, utilization and promotion of a home fortification programme with micronutrient powders (MNP) in the Autonomous Region of Príncipe, São Tomé and Príncipe Elisabete Catarino, Nelma Carvalho, Tiago Coucelo, Luís Bonfim, Carina Silva S6 Safety culture of the patient: a reflexion about the therapeutic approach on the patient with vocal pathology Débora Franco S7 About wine, fortune cookies and patient experience Jesús Alcoba González O1 The psychological impact on the emergency crews after the disaster event on February 20, 2010 Helena G. Jardim, Rita Silva O2 Musculoskeletal disorders in midwives Cristina L. Baixinho, Mª Helena Presado, Mª Fátima Marques, Mário E. Cardoso O3 Negative childhood experiences and fears of compassion: Implications for psychological difficulties in adolescence Marina Cunha, Joana Mendes, Ana Xavier, Ana Galhardo, Margarida Couto O4 Optimal age to give the first dose of measles vaccine in Portugal João G. Frade, Carla Nunes, João R. Mesquita, Maria S. Nascimento, Guilherme Gonçalves O5 Functional assessment of elderly in primary care Conceição Castro, Alice Mártires, Mª João Monteiro, Conceição Rainho O6 Smoking and coronary events in a population of Spanish health-care centre: An observational study Francisco P. Caballero, Fatima M. Monago, Jose T. Guerrero, Rocio M. Monago, Africa P. Trigo, Milagros L. Gutierrez, Gemma M. Milanés, Mercedes G. Reina, Ana G. Villanueva, Ana S. Piñero, Isabel R. Aliseda, Francisco B. Ramirez O7 Prevalence of musculoskeletal injuries in Portuguese musicians Andrea Ribeiro, Ana Quelhas, Conceição Manso O8 Hip fractures, psychotropic drug consumption and comorbidity in patients of a primary care practice in Spain Francisco P. Caballero, Jose T. Guerrero, Fatima M. Monago, Rafael B. Santos, Nuria R. Jimenez, Cristina G. Nuñez, Inmaculada R. Gomez, Mª Jose L. Fernandez, Laura A. Marquez, Ana L. Moreno, Mª Jesus Tena Huertas, Francisco B. Ramirez O9 The role of self-criticism and shame in social anxiety in a clinical SAD sample Daniel Seabra, Mª Céu Salvador O10 Obstruction and infiltration: a proposal of a quality indicator Luciene Braga, Pedro Parreira, Anabela Salgueiro-Oliveira, Cristina Arreguy-Sena, Bibiana F. Oliveira, Mª Adriana Henriques O11 Balance and anxiety and depression symptoms in old age people Joana Santos, Sara Lebre, Alda Marques O12 Prevalence of postural changes and risk factors in school children and adolescents in a northern region (Porto) Clarinda Festas, Sandra Rodrigues, Andrea Ribeiro, José Lumini O13 Ischemic stroke vs. haemorrhagic stroke survival rate Ana G. Figueiredo O14 Chronobiological factors as responsible for the appearance of locomotor pathology in adolescents Francisco J. Hernandez-Martinez, Liliana Campi, Mª Pino Quintana-Montesdeoca, Juan F. Jimenez-Diaz, Bienvenida C. Rodriguez-De-Vera O15 Risk of malnutrition in the elderly of Bragança Alexandra Parente, Mª Augusta Mata, Ana Mª Pereira, Adília Fernandes, Manuel Brás O16 A Lifestyle Educational Programme for primary care diabetic patients: the design of a complex nursing intervention Mª Rosário Pinto, Pedro Parreira, Marta L. Basto, Ana C. Rei, Lisete M. Mónico O17 Medication adherence in elderly people Gilberta Sousa, Clementina Morna, Otília Freitas, Gregório Freitas, Ana Jardim, Rita Vasconcelos O18 Hospitalization for cervical cancer of residents in the metropolitan region of Porto Alegre, Southern Brazil, 2012 to 2014 Lina G. Horta, Roger S. Rosa, Luís F. Kranz, Rita C. Nugem, Mariana S. Siqueira, Ronaldo Bordin O19 Oncologic assistance of high complexity: evaluation of regulating accesses Rosiane Kniess, Josimari T. Lacerda O20 Perceived barriers for using health care services by the older population as seen by the social sector: findings from the Vila Nova de Gaia Gerontological Plan Joana Guedes, Idalina Machado, Sidalina Almeida, Adriano Zilhão, Helder Alves, Óscar Ribeiro O21 Sleep difficulties and depressive symptoms in college students Ana P. Amaral, Ana Santos, Joana Monteiro, Mª Clara Rocha, Rui Cruz O22 Psychopathological symptoms and medication use in higher education Ana P. Amaral, Marina Lourenço, Mª Clara Rocha, Rui Cruz O23 Sexually transmitted diseases in higher education institutions Sandra Antunes, Verónica Mendonça, Isabel Andrade, Nádia Osório, Ana Valado, Armando Caseiro, António Gabriel, Anabela C. Martins, Fernando Mendes O24 Alcohol consumption and suicide ideation in higher education students Lídia Cabral, Manuela Ferreira, Amadeu Gonçalves O25 Quality of life in university students Tatiana D. Luz, Leonardo Luz, Raul Martins O26 Male and female adolescent antisocial behaviour: characterizing vulnerabilities in a Portuguese sample Alice Morgado, Maria L. Vale-Dias O27 Risk factors for mental health in higher education students of health sciences Rui Porta-Nova O28 International classification of functioning disability and health as reflexive reasoning in primary attention in health Tânia C. Fleig, Éboni M. Reuter, Miriam B. Froemming, Sabrina L. Guerreiro, Lisiane L. Carvalho O29 Risk factors and cardiovascular disease in Portalegre Daniel Guedelha, P....

11 October 2007 in Journal of Global Optimization
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Clara Rocha
LDLuis Dias
Luis Dias

2 August 2018 in JMIR Research Protocols
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AMAnabela Martins
Anabela Martins
Juliana Santos MoreiraJuliana Santos Moreira
Juliana Santos Moreira
CSCatarina Silva
Catarina Silva
JSJoana Raquel Silva
Joana Raquel Silva
CTCláudia Tonelo
Cláudia Tonelo
ISInes Sousa
Ines Sousa
Journal of Medical Internet Research - International Scientific Journal for Medical Research, Information and Communication on the Internet #Preprint #PeerReviewMe: Warning: This is a unreviewed preprint. Readers are warned that the document has not been peer-reviewed by expert/patient reviewers or an academic editor, may contain misleading claims, and is likely to undergo changes before final publication, if accepted, or may have been rejected/withdrawn. Readers with interest and expertise are encouraged to sign up as peer-reviewer, if the paper is within an open peer-review period. Please cite this preprint only for review purposes or for grant applications and CVs (if you are the author). Background: Falls are a major health problem among older adults. About a third of community-dwelling adults aged 65 years or over fall each year. The risk of falling can be increased by polypharmacy, vision impairment, high blood pressure, environmental home hazards, fear of falling and changes in function of musculoskeletal and sensory systems, associated with aging. Moreover, individuals who experienced previous falls are at higher risk. Nevertheless falls can be prevented by screening to detect risk factors. Objective: To understand if FallSensing screening tool is able to determine the fall risk of community-dwelling adults aged 50 years or over. Methods: FallSensing screening tool is a technological solution for fall risk screening, including a software, a pressure platform and two inertial sensors. The screening software includes questions about sociodemographic and health and lifestyle behaviors, a detailed explanation about procedures to accomplish six functional tests (Grip Strength, Timed Up and Go, 30 seconds Sit-to-Stand, Step test, 4 Stage Balance test “modified” and 10 meters Walking Speed) and three questionnaires concerning environmental risk, activities and participation profile related to mobility and self-efficacy for exercise. The questions registers information about demographic and anthropometric data (age, sex, height and weight), Fear of Falling, history of fall (previous 12 months), health conditions, medication, sedentary lifestyle, upper extremities assistance to stand from a chair, living settings, alcohol habits, self-perceived health and unintentional or involuntary weight lost. We will recruit community-dwelling adults aged 50 years or over, independent to be standing and walking with or without walking aids in different regions of continental Portugal. In order to be a representative sample of Portuguese population, a minimum of 385 participants is needed. Results: The development of the FallSensing screening tool started in October 2015, and the screening of participants started in June 2016 and continues by the time of submission. A set of seniors’ university, parish councils, physical therapy clinics and other community facilities have consented to participate in the study. Conclusions: In order to develop a multifactorial screening tool for fall risk in community-dwelling adults, it is essential to identify key risk factors for falls and select the best method to evaluate them. FallSensing screening tool, gathers a multifactorial assessment, designed and studied through the best evidence, which seek to identify factors that influence the fall risk. Understanding these factors, will allow that preventive strategies could be implemented and decrease falls rates.

27 June 2012 in Journal of Multi-Criteria Decision Analysis
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Clara Rocha
LDLuis Dias
Luis Dias
IDIsabel Dimas
Isabel Dimas
This work proposes an approach to cluster and sort a set of alternatives considering multi‐criteria categories with a partial order structure. It can be considered a heuristic approach because it does not attempt to derive an optimal partial order among all conceivable clusters of alternatives. Rather than this, it intends to be a simple approach that is transparent to the Decision Maker (DM) whose assistance is sought to help shaping the results. The approach proposed arises from the conjugation of traditional Clustering analysis and Multi‐criteria sorting tools. At the outset, the number of categories and their characteristics is unknown. First, we need to detect only the clusters themselves on the basis of a similarity measure independent of the preferences of the DM. Next, we detect potential partial order relations that might exist between them, according to the subjective preferences of the DM. Such preferences are elicited only after the DM has examined the clusters detected and deemed that these categories made sense. The new approach performs very well in a real‐world problem of management of intragroup conflicts and conflict handling strategies. Copyright © 2012 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.

6 September 2023 in Nutrition
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CGCatarina Gaspar
Catarina Gaspar
CRClara Rocha
Clara Rocha
JBJorge Balteiro
Jorge Balteiro
HSHelder Santos
Helder Santos
The objective of the present study is to evaluate whether, after caffeine ingestion, there are variations in blood velocity of the middle cerebral arteries in clinically healthy young people as well as to evaluate whether this variation is dependent on the administered dose. We used transcranial Doppler ultrasonography to record blood velocities of the middle cerebral arteries in three groups of 15 clinically healthy young adults each: no caffeine, a45 mg, and 120 mg of caffeine groups. Transcranial Doppler ultrasonography provided simultaneous bilateral velocity of the middle cerebral arteries measurements while participants performed functional tests (hyperventilation and hypoventilation orders) and three cognitive activities (test 1, short-term memory; test 2, solving a vocabulary problem; and test 3, solving a math problem) each in 31-s tests with 1-min rests between them. Participants were assessed before and 30 min after caffeine ingestion. There was a significant decrease in mean velocity, peak systolic velocity, end-diastolic velocity, and heart rate after high caffeine intake, except in hyperventilation, which was only observed in peak systolic velocity. With the intake of a lower dose, significant decreases were seen with hypoventilation and with test 1. In hyperventilation, there was only a significant decrease in end-diastolic velocity and heart rate; in test 2, it was found in mean velocity and peak systolic velocity; and in test 3, only in heart rate. With this study, we conclude that caffeine influences the cardiovascular system acutely, interfering with the velocity of the middle cerebral arteries, causing its decrease. We also conclude that this acute effect causes vasodilation of the cerebral arteries, more accentuated with higher doses of caffeine.

18 November 2015 in Medical Oncology
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Fernando MendesFernando Mendes
Fernando Mendes
TSTiago Sales
Tiago Sales
Cátia DominguesCátia Domingues
Cátia Domingues
SSSusann Schugk
Susann Schugk
Ana Margarida AbrantesAna Margarida Abrantes
Ana Margarida Abrantes
MRManuel Santos Rosa
Manuel Santos Rosa