Publications by authors named "Andreia Fonseca de Paiva"

Article Synopsis
  • GPs recognize their role in dementia prevention but often don't discuss it with patients, despite being aware of modifiable risk factors.
  • They suggest a team-based approach to integrate dementia risk communication into existing health reviews and checks for at-risk individuals.
  • Key barriers include time constraints and a lack of education on dementia risks, with 'brain health' being a more favorable term for discussions to alleviate patient anxiety.
View Article and Find Full Text PDF

Studies show that older individuals with multimorbidity are more susceptible to develop a more severe case of COVID-19 when infected by the virus. These individuals are more likely to be admitted to Intensive Care Units and to die from COVID-19-related conditions than younger individuals or those without multimorbidity. This research aimed to assess whether there are differences in terms of precautionary behaviours between individuals aged 50 + with multimorbidity and their counterparts without multimorbidity residing in 25 European countries plus Israel.

View Article and Find Full Text PDF

A PHP Error was encountered

Severity: Warning

Message: fopen(/var/lib/php/sessions/ci_sessionacbg9r43i5o7c28h79331scb9r572vp1): Failed to open stream: No space left on device

Filename: drivers/Session_files_driver.php

Line Number: 177

Backtrace:

File: /var/www/html/index.php
Line: 316
Function: require_once

A PHP Error was encountered

Severity: Warning

Message: session_start(): Failed to read session data: user (path: /var/lib/php/sessions)

Filename: Session/Session.php

Line Number: 137

Backtrace:

File: /var/www/html/index.php
Line: 316
Function: require_once