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- Anxiety and depression in the initial stage of the COVID-19 outbreak in a Portuguese sample: exploratory studyPublication . José, Helena; Oliveira, Cláudia; Costa, Emília; Matos, Filomena; Pacheco, Eusébio; Nave, Filipe; Valentim, Olga; Sousa, LuísIn previous studies, it was found that the confinement to which the population was subjected during the quarantine of the COVID-19 pandemic increased the risk of anxiety and depression. Objective: to analyze the levels of anxiety and depression symptoms in Portugal residents during the quarantine of the COVID-19 pandemic. Methods: This is a descriptive, transversal, and exploratory study of non-probabilistic sampling. Data collection was carried out between 6th and 31st of May 2020. Sociodemographic and health questionnaires PHQ-9 and GAD-7 were used. Results: The sample consisted of 920 individuals. The prevalence for depressive symptoms (PHQ-9 ≥ 5) was 68.2% and (PHQ-9 ≥ 10) was 34.8%, and for anxiety symptoms (GAD-7 ≥ 5) was 60.4% and (GAD-7 ≥ 10) was 20%. Depressive symptoms were moderately severe for 8.9% of the individuals, and 4.8% presented severe depression. Regarding the generalized anxiety disorder, we found that 11.6% of individuals present moderate symptoms, and 8.4% severe anxiety symptoms. Conclusions: The prevalence of depressive and anxiety symptoms were substantially higher than those previously found for the Portuguese population and when compared with other countries during the pandemic. Younger individuals, female, with chronic illness and medicated, were more vulnerable to depressive and anxious symptoms. In contrast, participants who maintained frequent levels of physical activity during confinement had their mental health protected.
- Projeto Lado a Lado - Dispositivo móvel de animação sociocultural rural. Relatório de resultados.Publication . Anica, Aurízia; Nave, Filipe; Gaudêncio, Jacinto; Pereira, AntónioCom o objetivo de avaliar os resultados e impacte social do Projeto Lado a Lado, cuja área de intervenção selecionada foi a zona rural da freguesia de Tavira (Santa Maria-Santiago), concelho de Tavira, pretendeu-se avaliar alterações na perceção da qualidade de vida, na depressão e no suporte das redes sociais, tendo sido desenhado um processo de avaliação que se desenrolou em duas fases: a) primeira fase que decorreu entre novembro de 2019 e março de 2020, com n= 59; b) fase de avaliação final que decorreu entre maio e setembro de 2022, com n= 102, em pleno contexto da pandemia de COVID-19. O indicador de sucesso do Projeto, em sede de candidatura, foi fixado na melhoria em 10%, em relação ao valor obtido à entrada, na qualidade de vida percecionada, bem como na presença de sintomas depressivos e no suporte das redes sociais.
- Patient-safety culture among emergency and critical Care Nurses in a Maternal and Child DepartmentPublication . Fuseini, Abdul-Karim Jebuni; Costa, Emília Isabel; Adelaide de Matos, Filomena; Merino-Godoy, Maria-de-los-Angeles; Nave, FilipeIntroduction: The quality of healthcare has multiple dimensions, but the issue of patient safety stands out due to the impact it has on health outcomes, particularly on the achievement of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), expressly SDG3. In the services that we propose to study, the patient-safety culture had never been evaluated. Aim: To evaluate nurses’ perceptions of the patient-safety culture in the Emergency and Critical Care Services of the Maternal and Child Department of a University Hospital and to identify strengths, vulnerabilities, and opportunities for improvement. Methods: This an exploratory, cross-sectional study with a quantitative approach, using the Hospital Survey on Patient Safety Culture as an instrument for data collection. The population were all nurses working in the emergency and critical care services of the maternal and child-health department, constituted, at the time of writing, by 184 nurses, with a response rate of 45.7%. Results: Applying the guidelines from the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ), only teamwork within units had a score greater than 75%. For this reason, it is considered the strength (fortress) in the study. The lowest-rated were non-punitive responses to errors and open communication. Conclusion: The overall average percentage score is below the benchmark of the AHRQ, indicating that issue of patient safety is not considered a high priority, or that the best strategies to make it visible have not yet been found. One of the important implications of this study is the opportunity to carry out a deep reflection, within the organization, that allows the development of a non-punitive work environment that is open to dialogue, and that allows the provision of safe nursing care.
- Qualidade de vida dos idosos no concelho de AlcoutimPublication . Gomes, Sónia; Anica, Aurízia; Nave, FilipeAlcoutim is one of the oldest rural municipalities in Portugal. an investigation was carried out in order to answer the question of departure: Does ageing in the municipality of Alcoutim provide good quality of life for the elderly? We aimed to examine the reality of ageing in the municipality of Alcoutim, analyzing the quality of life perceived by the elderly and provided by social care networks. In the design of this descriptive and exploratory study, we opted for a mixed methodology. Through the method of purposive sampling of the population over 65 years old in the county, which corresponds to 44% of the total population, a sample of about 5% was selected, which means 76 people were surveyed. The instruments used were a sociodemographic questionnaire and the WHOQOL-BREF and data analysis was performed using the SPSS-IBM program25. The qualitative methodology was used in the semi-structured interviews, as well as in the analysis and interpretation of the latter, which were conducted with the municipal authorities of the municipality. From the analysis of the results, there was a statistically significant relationship between: the Quality of Life (QoL) of elderly people and their relationship with their neighbours; between the QoL and the environment; between the QoL and the ease of locomotion in the county; between QoL and participation in events; between QoS and existing health services. Based on the results of this study, we concluded that the perceptions of elderly people, as well as the perceptions of the municipal authorities, reveal that the ageing process in the Municipality of Alcoutim provides quality of life to its residents. This quality of life is positively associated to the variables: neighbour relations, environment, accessibility, social participation and health services.
- Family culture and adolescent sexualityPublication . Ferreira, Manuela; Nelas, Paula; Duarte, Joao; Albuquerque, Carlos; Grilo, Celia; Nave, FilipeBackground: Adolescence is characterized by an increase in autonomy and the transformation of family relationships. Their experience has different meanings in future quality of life. Objectives: To analyze the relationship between the sociodemographic variables, of Sexual context and attitudes adopted by teenagers facing sexuality with the organizational culture of the family. Methods: Observational descriptive and correlational, transversal study. The non-probabilistic convenience sample consists of 1216 adolescents attending the 9th year of study in Portuguese Public Schools and is part of the project PTDC/CPE-CED/103313/2008, the questionnaire applied was family organizational culture of Nave (2007) and attitudes towards sexuality of Nelas et al (2010). Results: The majority lives in a village (47.5% of boys and 50.0% girls).12.9%of boys do not use condoms in all relationships, and the same applies to 17.8% of girls. They belong mostly (55.8% boys and 49.5% girls) to a family with poor interpersonal relationships culture. The majority (51.8%) males and (58.9%) females have a family with moderate heuristic culture. Boys and girls (33.6% and 36.9%) both demonstrate a predominantly moderate hierarchy family culture and a moderate social goals family culture as well. Adolescents who have a bad attitude towards sexuality, mostly (43.2%) present a weak interpersonal relationships family culture with statistical significance (chi(2) = 32,092, p = 0.000) and have moderate hierarchy family culture and also moderate social goals family culture, without statistical significance. Conclusion: The family that loves, welcomes and cares is the same that educates and informs about sexuality, promoting youth empowerment making them safer, healthier and happier (C) 2013 Elsevier Espana, S.L. Open access under CC BY-NC-ND license
- Gender and tobacco consumption among University studentsPublication . Costa, Emília; Godoy, María de los Ángeles Merino; Almeida, Manuela; Silva, Alexandra; Nave, FilipeIn 2019, an estimated 155 million people aged between 15 and 24 were smokers. It is also known that 82.6% of current smokers started smoking between 14 and 25 years old. Tobacco uses in adolescents and young adults can lead to the development of serious and potentially life-threatening health problems. The aim of the present investigation is to identify and describe the practices related to the consumption of tobacco products and their distribution according to gender among students at the University of Algarve. This is an exploratory, cross-sectional study with a quantitative approach. For inferential statistics, a non-parametric analysis (χ 2 ) was performed. The sample consisted of 326 university students, 75.5% female, with an average age of 26.03 years. In this sample, 45% of men and 57.7% of women reported never having smoked. In male students, the pattern of combined consumption is more frequent, with female students preferring conventional cigarettes. Statistically significant differences were found between genders for the pattern of tobacco consumption, the number of colleagues/peers who smoke, the opinion about tobacco-free outdoor spaces and the knowledge about new forms of tobacco/nicotine consumption. The university campus is identified by students as the second space where they most consume tobacco products and where they are most exposed to tobacco smoke. This fact forces a reflection on the strategies to be implemented to develop a healthier university