3 results match your criteria: "National School of Public Health - NOVA University Lisbon[Affiliation]"
Low back pain management in primary healthcare: findings from a scoping review on models of care.
BMJ Open
May 2024
Department of Physiotherapy, Polytechnic Institute of Setúbal - School of Health Care, Setúbal, Portugal.
Article Synopsis
- Models of care (MoCs) for low back pain (LBP) aim to bridge the gap between evidence and practice in primary healthcare, enhancing the effectiveness of treatments.
- A scoping review of 29 studies identified 11 MoCs, mostly implemented in high-income countries, with a focus on structured care approaches and involvement of general practitioners and physiotherapists.
- While education and exercise were common components across the MoCs, the details concerning intervention content and follow-up protocols were often insufficiently reported.
Effect of the COVID-19 pandemic on the frequency of emergency department visits in Portugal: An interrupted time series analysis until July 2021.
J Am Coll Emerg Physicians Open
February 2023
NOVA National School of Public Health Public Health Research Center, Comprehensive Health Research Center, CHRC NOVA University Lisbon Lisbon Portugal.
Objectives: This study aims to evaluate the effect of the COVID-19 pandemic on the frequency of emergency department (ED) visits in Portugal between March 2020 and July 2021.
Methods: We used data on the monthly number of visits for all public hospitals' EDs from mainland Portugal between January 2017 and July 2021. We studied the impact of the pandemic overall, by type of ED (general, pediatric, and obstetric) and by Manchester Triage System color (red, orange, yellow, green, and blue) using an interrupted time series analysis.
Point-of-care HIV and hepatitis screening in community pharmacies: a quantitative and qualitative study.
Int J Clin Pharm
October 2022
Public Health Research Centre (CISP), National School of Public Health - NOVA University Lisbon, Avenida Padre Cruz, 1600-560, Lisbon, Portugal.
Background: Point-of-care tests can contribute to earlier diagnosis and treatment of infectious diseases, thereby affording the opportunity to prevent chronic stages and the spread to others. As part of the Fast-Track Cities initiative, a pilot study was initiated in community pharmacies in Portugal.
Aim: To characterize the individuals choosing to have point-of-care testing or screening for human immunodeficiency virus, hepatitis C, and hepatitis B virus infections in community pharmacies, their risk behaviours and motivations to perform the tests, as well as to understand the facilitators and barriers from the perspective of pharmacists.