Publications by authors named "Tiago F Ferreira"

Unlabelled: Dementia is a highly prevalent syndrome with various causes, characterized by cognitive deficit in one or more domains, with important impairment of functioning, which frequently presents with neuropsychiatric symptoms that may include obsessive-compulsive symptoms.

Objectives: The main goal of this meta-analysis was to describe and determine the prevalence of obsessive-compulsive symptoms in dementia.

Materials And Methods: To accomplish that, MEDLINE, CENTRAL and Psycnet databases were searched from inception to March 2023.

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To review the literature on the neurobiological mechanisms of obsessive-compulsive symptoms (OCS) in people with dementia. MEDLINE/PubMed, CENTRAL, and PsycNet databases were searched from inception to March 2023. Original studies of any methodology with newly published data on the neurobiological underpinnings of OCS in patients with dementia, regardless of patient age or comorbidity and publication year, were included.

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Background And Hypothesis: Recent studies have reported high prevalences of obsessive-compulsive symptoms and obsessive-compulsive disorder in at risk and first-episode psychosis patients. This sparked an interest in the effect of these symptoms in the clinical characteristics and outcomes of patients. However these studies have never been formally meta-analyzed.

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Aims: This study aimed to identify the symptoms associated with early stage SARS-CoV-2 (COVID-19) infections in healthcare professionals (HCPs) using both clinical and laboratory data.

Methods: A total of 1297 patients, admitted between 18 March and 8 April 2020, were stratified according to their risk of developing COVID-19 using their responses to a questionnaire designed to evaluate symptoms and risk conditions.

Results: Anosmia/hyposmia (p<0.

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A taxonomic study of Paspalum L. was carried out using a genetic diversity approach. Thirty accessions representing twenty one different species from the Notata and Linearia groups of Paspalum were studied using restriction fragment length polymorphism analysis of the amplified ITS ribosomal DNA (rDNA) and from the psbA-trnH of the chloroplast genome (cpDNA).

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