Palliative care education as an integrated component of pulmonary rehabilitation: a real-world mixed-methods feasibility study.

Aim: To explore the feasibility of integrating palliative care education in pulmonary rehabilitation (PR).

Methods: A mixed-methods feasibility study was conducted in people with chronic respiratory diseases enrolled in 12-weeks outpatient hospital-based PR. A session about palliative care was integrated in the education content.

Translation and validation of the Portuguese version of the internet severity and activities addiction questionnaire (ISAAQ-10) towards the identification of problematic social media use: A population study.

Background: Problematic usage of the internet (PUI) refers to a pattern of internet use that results in negative consequences in an individual's life. It encompasses a broad spectrum of activities, which require assessment in terms of both severity and diversity, for a comprehensive understanding. This study aimed to translate the Internet Severity and Activities Questionnaire (ISAAQ-10) into Portuguese, to analyze its psychometric properties and to explore the validity of the ISAAQ-10 social networking use activity score towards identifying problematic social media use.

Effects of a Self-Management Program on Adults with Stroke: A Quasi-Experimental Study.

Background: Stroke is a leading cause of death and disability, underscoring the importance of effective self-management programs to improve the quality of life for survivors.

Objectives: This study investigates the impact of the ComVida (Bridges-PT) self-management program on self-efficacy, physical function, health-related quality of life, and emotional state of stroke survivors in Portugal.

Methods: A quasi-experimental study was conducted with 28 participants from hospital and community settings.

Individual and Joint Associations of Cancer Diagnosis and Handgrip Strength with Depression in European Middle-Aged and Older Adults.

Depression is influenced by a multitude of interconnected factors, including cancer and handgrip strength. The purpose of our study is to examine how handgrip strength and cancer diagnosis are individually and jointly associated with depression. An observational study was employed using secondary data from the Survey of Health, Aging, and Retirement in Europe waves 7 and 8.

, , and humans have distinct transcriptomic responses to larval bites.

ticks are an important vector for at least seven tick-borne human pathogens, including a North American Lyme disease spirochete, . The ability for these ticks to survive in nature is credited, in part, to their ability to feed on a variety of hosts without triggering an immune response capable of preventing tick feeding. While the ability of nymphal ticks to feed on a variety of hosts has been well documented, the host-parasite interactions between larval and different vertebrate hosts are relatively unexplored.