Maria Rui Sousa

• PhD
• Professor (Full) at Centre for Health Technology and Services Research

Tradução Guia Orientador de Boas Práticas da RNAO Cuidados centrados na pessoa e na família

Background: Type 2 diabetes can lead to severe foot complications, making self-care education, guided by clinical guidelines, crucial. However, fragmented and dispersed recommendations challenge effective implementation of these guidelines. Bringing together recommendations and presenting them according to a self-care model can provide a solid fra...

Objective to analyze the nurses’ perspective on the possibility of incorporating the use of mobile applications into their care practice as a strategy for promoting self-care in people with chronic diseases. Method an exploratory-descriptive study with a qualitative approach. Data were collected between the months of February and March 2023 with 1...

Objective to analyze the nurses’ perspective on the possibility of incorporating the use of mobile applications into their care practice as a strategy for promoting self-care in people with chronic diseases. Method an exploratory-descriptive study with a qualitative approach. Data were collected between the months of February and March 2023 with 1...

Objective: To identify the needs and preferences of individuals with type 2 diabetes regarding the functionalities and characteristics for a mobile application to support foot self-care. Method: Qualitative research with 16 individuals diagnosed with type 2 diabetes recruited during clinical care at a university hospital in Porto, Portugal. Data w...

Enquadramento: As aplicações móveis podem ser úteis para a autogestão da diabetes. Conhecer as necessidades e preferências dos utilizadores é fundamental para que estas ferramentas sejam um suporte efetivo neste processo. Objetivos: Conhecer as experiências, identificar as necessidades e explorar as preferências de pessoas com diabetes mellitus ti...

Background: The COVID-19 pandemic has presented significant challenges to health care systems, particularly impacting the older population due to their vulnerability and increased susceptibility to severe complications. Many of the most vulnerable individuals rely on informal caregivers, who play a vital role in enabling them to continue living in...

Background: Massive Open Online Courses (MOOC) emerge as a solution to support the empowerment of family caregivers of vulnerable people, especially in times of social isolation due to the pandemic. This study intends to verify the MOOC's effect on caregivers' knowledge, integrating personal and housing hygiene measures to be adopted in self-care-r...

Background The COVID-19 pandemic has presented significant challenges to health care systems, particularly impacting the older population due to their vulnerability and increased susceptibility to severe complications. Many of the most vulnerable individuals rely on informal caregivers, who play a vital role in enabling them to continue living in t...

BACKGROUND The COVID-19 pandemic has presented significant challenges to health care systems, particularly impacting the older population due to their vulnerability and increased susceptibility to severe complications. Many of the most vulnerable individuals rely on informal caregivers, who play a vital role in enabling them to continue living in t...

Enquadramento: desde o aparecimento da COVID-19 os enfermeiros de família desempenharam um papel central no apoio às famílias. Mas, neste âmbito, a nível das publicações desconhece-se as suas temáticas. Objetivos: identificar e analisar as publicações relacionadas com enfermagem de família durante o aparecimento do SARS-Cov2 e a instalação da pand...

Aim: To evaluate students' self-perceived pedagogical outcomes when using a digital scenario-based tool compared to traditional scenarios printed on paper. Design: This study used a within-subjects experiment. Method: A digital platform for scenario development was developed, focusing on patients' regaining independence and returning home afte...

Background The COVID-19 disease caused several challenges to health systems, namely an increase in morbidity and mortality. The elderly are more vulnerable to this disease and more susceptible to develop serious complications. The WHO, recommends healthy directives to the elderly and their caregivers in the pandemic context. The Massive Open Online...

Background: The use of simulation allows students to develop skills. Simulation in the teaching of clinical skills is preceded by some stages, the first of which requires the development of a scenario. This study aimed to develop and test a virtual model for creating scenarios for realistic simulation, focusing on the person with dependence in self...

Na abordagem a este tema, importa destacar os recursos tecnológicos eHealth e mHealth, apps e jogos. Salienta-se a importância da promoção da capacitação do outro para o seu autocuidado, através destes diversos recursos, que potenciem a motivação, facilitem a participação ativa do sujeito, fornecendo materiais educacionais. Ao recorrer ou prescreve...

Tipo de estudo: Estudo descritivo, de natureza epidemiológica. População: Todos os indivíduos (estudantes, docentes e não docentes) que notificaram, de forma voluntária, à EPC a sua situação clínica. Período do estudo: Março de 2020 a fevereiro de 2021. Tipo de notificações: Quarentena ou Isolamentos por Covid-19. Dados: Auto reporte à EPC da inst...

As aplicações móveis apresentam-se como uma mais valia à autogestão da diabetes; vários estudos têm demonstrado resultados positivos ao nível do controlo glicémico, adesão à medicação e envolvimento nas mudanças de estilos de vida. As aplicações comercializadas fornecem funções e recomendações não baseadas em evidência científica3 e que não represe...

Type 1 Diabetes Mellitus (DM1) is one of the most prevalent chronic diseases in school age. Health policies point to a greater intervention and accountability of the community towards the health of its members and their full integration in society, promoting the development of health literacy based on an empowerment philosophy. Since the school is...

Introduction: The control of diabetes mellitus type 2 implies that people are actively engaged in self-care behaviours and self-efficacy is one of the variables involved in this process. Based on the Model of Behavioural Change, the Diabetes Empowerment Scale assesses the psychosocial self-efficacy of people with this disease. The aim of this study...

Introdução: A autogestão é um conceito central no cuidado com a diabetes, sendo um processo complexo que exige a capacidade individual de gerir os sintomas, tratamento, consequências e mudanças de estilo de vida inerentes à cronicidade da condição. As estratégias eHealth têm demonstrado resultados positivos na capacidade de autogestão, permitindo a...

A intervenção digital, nomeadamente, as plataformas de uso remoto como as aplicações móveis, têm demonstrado eficácia em termos de controlo glicémico, adesão ao regime medicamentoso e envolvimento na mudança de estilos de vida. A literatura demonstra que as aplicações móveis disponíveis no mercado digital não foram testadas através de estudos rand...

Reflete-se sobre a formação e educação dos estudantes e enfermeiros para os cuidados digitais. Aludindo ao processo de Bolonha, que introduz um novo paradigma e uma nova perspetiva nas instituições do ensino superior, e que está especificamente centrado no desenvolvimento de competências ao longo da vida, prevê-se que o enfermeiro assuma o princip...

Objective: To evaluate the effects of an implementation intention intervention on adherence to an oral anti-diabetic medication regime, diabetes-related distress and on glycemic control in patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus. Methods: A randomized, parallel-group, single-center controlled trial was conducted among adults with type 2 diabetes...

Background: Studies suggest that empowerment-based educational models, implemented in patients with diabetes, may encourage the improvement of perceived self-efficacy. This variable is considered relevant in the therapeutic regimen self-management. Objectives: To evaluate the effectiveness of an empowerment-based educational program in patients wit...

BACKGROUND: The psychological well-being is a multidimensional construct that has deserved the attention of researchers in the field of positive mental health as it relates to the development of human potential. AIM: To validate for Portuguese the reduced version of 42 items of the Psychological Well-Being Scale. METHODS: We used confirmatory facto...

There are several educational programs designed to help people to manage their chronic illness and they are mostly prescriptive and based on the transmission of information about the disease, symptoms, treatment and consequences. Anderson and Funnel's model of behavioral change is more focused on empowerment and places the patient at the center of...

Organizadores: Margarida Abreu, Ana Isabel Vilar, Ana Paula Cantante, Elisabete Borges, Fátima Araújo, Fernanda Bastos, Manuela Teixeira, Maria José Peixoto, Maria Rui Sousa, Rosa Maria Freire, Teresa Martins, Teresa Tomé Ribeiro.

This study, conducted in the north of Portugal, is the result of a group of nurses’ intent to develop a closer and meaningful person-centered care for patients with diabetes, empowering them with skills to better manage their therapeutic regimen. Through a participatory action research process, the group of nurses involved in this study, reflected...

Background: The demographic changes have highly influenced the epidemiological profiles, specially reflected in the growth of the elderly populations coupled with a significant increase of chronic diseases. In the promoting of the adherence to medication, the literature stresses the need for a person-centered approach, with an active involvement in...

Social support and medication adherence in older adults L. Lima1, C. Pinto2, M.R. Sousa1, C. Barroso Pinto1, M.C. Bastos1, M.M. Martins1, C. Santos1 1CINTESIS-Escola Superior de Enfermagem do Porto, Portugal 2Escola Superior de Enfermagem, Portugal Social support is a major determinant of health in all stages of the life cycle but particularly impo...

This article focuses on patients’ and partners’ variables regarding adherence to self-care, in recently diagnosed patients with Type 2 diabetes. One hundred four patients and partners were included. Instruments answered were Family Inventory of Life Events and Changes (family stress), Family Crisis Oriented Personal Evaluation Scales (family coping...

Theoretical framework: The changes that have been seen in health, namely the increase in chronic illness, have resulted in challenges to health professionals. Objectives: The aim of this study is to reflect on the Nursing practices used in approaching the person with a chronic illness. Methodology: We conducted a qualitative study, using the techni...

This paper describes the psychometric properties of the Knowledge about Diabetes Questionnaire (QCD) developed by Sousa and McIntyre (2003) on the basis of the self‐regulation model of Leventhal and colleagues. Its purpose is to assess the knowledge that diabetics have about their disease and treatment. The questionnaire was administered to 249 pat...

Objective: this study assessed dyadic adjustment and psychological morbidity in type 2 diabetic patients and their partners, focusing on the role of gender. Methods: 214 diabetic patients and their partners participated in the cross-sectional study and were assessed on psychological morbidity (HADS) and marital adjustment (RDAS). Data was analyz...

Objective: To describe the knowledge of the diabetic patient about his/her disease, the treatment and the impact on the therapeutic adherence. Methods: A qualitative cross-sectional study, with an observational and correlational design, carried out with a convenient sample population of 133 type 2 diabetic patients assisted at a Health Care Centre...

Currently chronic diseases have a large impact on global health representing, in developed and developing countries, a considerable economic burden on health services and constituting an enormous challenge for healthcare professionals when identifying new strategies for action. Considering the chronic illness as a stressor event, how it is perceive...

Objective: To describe the knowledge of the diabetic patient about his/her disease, the treatment and the impact on the therapeutic adherence. Methods: A qualitative cross-sectional study, with an observational and correlational design, carried out with a convenient sample population of 133 type 2 diabetic patients assisted at a Health Care Centre...

RESUMO Objetivo: Descrever o conhecimento do paciente diabético sobre a doença, o tratamento e a repercussão na adesão. Métodos: Estudo quantitativo tipo transversal, observacional, correlacional, desenvolvido com uma população amostral por conveniência de 133 diabéticos assistidos em um Centro de Saúde na Zona do Grande Porto, Portugal. A hipótes...