Mariana Neto

• Doctor of Philosophy
• Head of Unit at Casa

Background Oral diseases are a global public health challenge and remain among the most prevalent non-communicable diseases. This study aims to characterize the self-assessment of oral health state, degree of edentulism, oral rehabilitation and the quality of life, namely chewing capacity, and the associated psychological and social aspects in the...

O Conselho Nacional de Secretários de Saúde (Conass) e o Instituto de Higiene e Medicina Tropical da Universidade Nova de Lisboa (IHMT), de Portugal, lançaram hoje, durante a Assembleia do Conselho, o mais recente volume da Série Linha Editorial Internacional de Apoio aos Sistemas de Saúde (Leiass). Esta obra, resultado de uma colaboração sem prece...

O Conselho Nacional de Secretários de Saúde (Conass) e o Instituto de Higiene e Medicina Tropical da Universidade Nova de Lisboa (IHMT), de Portugal, lançaram hoje, durante a Assembleia do Conselho, o mais recente volume da Série Linha Editorial Internacional de Apoio aos Sistemas de Saúde (Leiass). Esta obra, resultado de uma colaboração sem prece...

Introduction Work-family conflict is a public health concern due to the effects it has on the health of family members and on the work life and performance. During the COVID-19 pandemic work-family boundary management was a challenge for workers, with important consequences to the conflict between both domains, and was crucial for well-being at wor...

Background and objectives Most studies concerning the relationship between depression and chronic physical disease focused on a single physical disease and did not consider multimorbidity or depression severity. We aimed to characterize this relationship considering chronic physical diseases’ type and number, and depression severity. Methods We un...

Background Previous studies show high chronic physical disease/depression comorbidity and higher healthcare use in these patients. Most studies focus on a single physical disease and do not consider number of diseases or depression severity. We aimed to characterise the chronic physical disease/depression relation in the Portuguese and analyse its...

Falls are one of the most common mechanisms of injury namely at home and in leisure time reaching one of the most vulnerable groups of the population such as the older ones, with expression in morbidity and mortality. The pandemic context we are experiencing it has had effects on the physical, mental and social wellbeing of populations but also on...

Introduction Although research on leadership has privileged its effect on performance, there is also some empirical evidence that leadership can have a beneficial effect on the well-being of subordinates. The analysis of this effect in professions with high demands that can affect stress and well-being, as is the case with firefighters, is especial...

Objective The aim of this study was to identify the effects of severe wildfires on the population’s mental health in the long term and the role of perceived health status, health vulnerability, resiliency and sense of coherence. Methods A longitudinal survey with 3 waves (9, 19 and 24 months after the wildfire) was carried out in a representative...

Background Disability is not just a health problem. It is a wider phenomenon that reflects the gap between a person’s capacities and their ability to fully perform the role demanded by society. Both personal and environmental factors are major contributors to disability. Objective: We aimed to estimate the prevalence of self-reported disability, ov...

Unintentional injuries are recognized by the World Health Organization and the European Union as a preventable public health problem contributing to mortality and morbidity burden and expression in the emergency department (ED). According to EuroSafe injury is the fourth most common cause of death within the EU, being the leading cause of death in...

Background Injuries and accidents are a challenge for public health considering their impact on victims and their families, especially in the younger, and also the potential for prevention and predictability. Due to specific characteristics of children and young persons related to the need of exploration and curiosity injuries namely those occur in...

This paper has two goals: examine the effect of job characteristics proposed in the Job Demands-Control (JDC) model on work-family conflict (WFC) and the effect of this variable on employees’ mental health; examine the mediate role of WFC between these job characteristics and employees’ mental health. The hypotheses, using structural equation model...

The inclusion of well-being, as a subjective concept, in health understanding and conceptualization, reflects further evidence of its impact on health status, quality of life and longevity. Psychological Flourishing (PF) is a recent concept that describes well-being as a measure of both positive emotions and positive psychological and social functi...

Excessive salt consumption increases the risk of chronic diseases. Thus raising awareness is a measure to reduce its consumption, recommended by the World Health Organization (WHO) and the Portuguese Directorate General of Health. The aim of this study was to estimate the prevalence of individuals who reported awareness regarding their salt consump...

Job characteristics are important to work-family conflict (WFC). Additionally, is well established that WFC has a negative impact on mental health. As such, this research aims to examine the role of WFC as a mechanism that explains the relationship between job characteristics (i.e., those establishing by the Job Demands-Control-Support Model) and w...

Background: The promotion and maintenance of workers’ mental health is an increasingly important issue, both for employers and society. Previous research has shown that job characteristics (i.e. demands, control and support) are significantly associated with employees’ mental well-being. However, changes in work characteristics have given rise to t...

Job characteristics are important to work-family conflict (WFC). Additionally, is well established that WFC has a negative impact on mental health. As such, this research aims to examine the role of WFC as a mechanism that explains the relationship between job characteristics (i.e. those establishing by the Job Demands-Control-Support Model) and wo...

Introduction: Diabetes is a major public health problem and it is related to socioeconomic factors. The aim of this study is to describe socioeconomic inequalities in the distribution of diabetes in the population with 25 years or more, resident in Portugal in 2014. Material and Methods: Data from the Health National Survey 2014 was analysed, n = 1...

Objective To analyse a simplified model of psychosocial work environment in order to estimate how changes over time in factors related to psychological working conditions, work-life interface and personal characteristics influence workers well-being trajectory. Methods The simplified model, which includes working conditions (Job Demands, Job Contr...

Objective: Workplace bullying is an increasing phenomenon that concerns managers and employees. However, few studies have investigated how workplace bullying relates with work-related exhaustion and indicators of productivity loss due to presenteeism. Thus, the aim of the present study was to examine the intervening variables of emotional exhausti...

Objetivo: Os rastreios populacionais constituem uma ferramenta eficiente para detetar alterações potencialmente patológicas numa população assintomática, sendo particularmente importantes na área oncológica, existindo três em Portugal: mama, colo do útero e colon e reto. O presente estudo tem como objetivo caracterizar a população que realizou pesq...

The number of mesotheliomas diagnosed in Portugal and treated in hospitals of the National Health Service has been increasing, following the trends observed in other European countries. This is a malignant tumour of the serosa associated with old exposures to asbestos, that has not been properly valued due to the lack of records of utilisation and...

Objective: The development of work-family conflict over time was analyzed using Conservation of Resources Theory. Method: The reciprocal effect between work-family conflict and employee well-being was tested with cross-lagged analyses on the basis of three waves. The sample comprised 713 employees of a Portuguese service organization. Results: Stru...

Mesotheliomas: brief characterization of the Portuguese situation from hospital admission episodes occurred in the period 2000-2011.

Many studies have shown that social support is related with psychological disorders and both are high consumers of health service resources. A study was carried out by the author to identify psychological disorder relationships with social support and how they change in presence or absence of life events. An inquiry by questionnaire was conducted a...