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- Challenges of ageing in Portugal: data from the EpiDoC CohortPublication . Rodrigues, Ana Maria; Gregório, Maria João; Sousa, Rute Dinis; Dias, Sara Simões; Santos, Maria José; Mendes, Jorge M.; Coelho, Pedro Simões; Branco, Jaime C.; Canhão, HelenaPortuguese adults have a long lifespan, but it is unclear whether they live a healthy life in their final years. We aimed to determine the prevalence of multimorbidity and characterize lifestyle and other health outcomes among older Portuguese adults.
- Dietary Patterns Characterized by High Meat Consumption Are Associated with Other Unhealthy Life Styles and Depression SymptomsPublication . Gregório, Maria João; Rodrigues, Ana M.; Eusébio, Mónica; Sousa, Rute Dinis; Dias, Sara; André, Beate; Grønning, Kjersti; Coelho, Pedro S.; Mendes, Jorge M.; Graça, Pedro; Espnes, Geir A.; Branco, Jaime C.; Canhão, HelenaObjective: We aimed to identify dietary patterns (DPs) of Portuguese adults, to assess their socioeconomic, demographic, lifestyle determinants, and to identify their impact on health. Design: EpiDoC 2 study included 10,153 Portuguese adults from the EpiDoC Cohort, a population-based study. In this study, trained research assistants using computer assisted telephone interview collected socioeconomic, demographic, dietary, lifestyles, and health information from March 2013 to July 2015. Cluster analysis was performed, based on questions regarding the number of meals, weekly frequency of soup con sumption, vegetables, fruit, meat, fish, dairy products, and daily water intake. Factors associated with DP were identified through logistic regression models. results: Two DPs were identified: the “meat dietary pattern” and the “fruit & vegetables dietary pattern.” After multivariable adjustment, women (OR = 0.52; p < 0.001), older adults (OR = 0.97; p < 0.001), and individuals with more years of education (OR = 0.96; p = 0.025) were less likely to adopt the “meat dietary pattern,” while individuals in a situation of job insecurity/unemployment (OR = 1.49; p = 0.013), Azores island residents (OR = 1.40; p = 0.026), current smoking (OR = 1.58; p = 0.001), daily alcohol intake (OR = 1.46; p = 0.023), and physically inactive (OR = 1.86; p < 0.001) were positively and significantly associated with “meat dietary pattern.” Moreover, individuals with depres sion symptoms (OR = 1.50; p = 0.018) and the ones who did lower number of medical appointments in the previous year (OR = 0.98; p = 0.025) were less likely to report this DP. conclusion: Our results suggest that unhealthy DPs (meat DP) are part of a lifestyle behavior that includes physical inactivity, smoking habits, and alcohol consumption. Moreover, depression symptoms are also associated with unhealthy DPs.
- Psoriatic arthritis and ankylosing spondylitis impact on health-related quality of life and working life: a comparative population-based study.Publication . Rodrigues, Joana; Rodrigues, Ana Maria; Sousa, Rute Dinis; Branco, Jaime Cunha; Canhão, Helena; Dias, SaraPsoriatic arthritis (PsA) and ankylosing spondylitis (AS) are chronic disorders that significantly impact patients' quality of life (QoL), health care systems and society. There is very limited data on the epidemiology and the impact of PsA and AS in Portugal, so in this study we aim to: 1) estimate the prevalence of PsA and AS in the adult Portuguese population; 2) compare health-related quality of life (QoL) of PsA and AS with the one of other rheumatic and musculoskeletal diseases (RMD) and with subjects with no rheuma - tic diseases; 3) compare early retirement and productivity loss among PsA and AS with other RMD. Methods: We used data from EpiReumaPt, a population-based survey, conducted from 2011 to 2013, in which 10661 subjects, over 18 years old, were screened for RMD. Spondyloarthritis (SpA) was defined by a posi tive expert opinion combined with the fulfillment of the Assessment of Spondyloarthritis International Socie ty (ASAS) criteria for axial and peripheral SpA. Estimates were computed as weighted proportions considering the study design. Logistic regressions were used to compare AS/PsA subjects with other RMD and the adult Portuguese population without rheumatic di - seases. Results: Prevalence rate of SpA was of 1.6% (95% CI 1.2% to 2.1%). Subjects with AS or PsA had worse QoL, reflected by EQ5D score when compared with the adult Portuguese population without rheumatic diseases (b=- 0.08; p=0.031). AS and PsA also had worse QoL when compared with participants with other RMD (b=-0.22; p>0.001). AS and in comparison to patients with other RMD, PsA subjects retired early due to their illness (OR=4.95; 95% CI 1.54% to 15.93%). A significant proportion of patients with SpA (13.6%) referred absenteeism in the previous 12 months to the interview. Conclusions: AS and PsA were found to be associated with poor QoL and a high rate of disease-related early retirement, emphasizing the burden of such rheuma tic conditions in Portugal.
- Quality of life in adults living in the community with previous self-reported myocardial infarctionPublication . Timóteo, Ana Teresa; Dias, Sara Simões; Rodrigues, Ana Maria; Gregório, Maria João; Sousa, Rute Dinis; Canhão, HelenaQuality of life (QoL) is one of the most important patient-reported outcomes in chronic diseases. Using a population-based cohort, our objective was to assess health-related QoL in individuals with a previous myocardial infarction (MI).
- Sleep duration, lifestyles and chronic diseases: a cross-sectional population-based studyPublication . Reis, Cátia; Dias, Sara Simões; Rodrigues, Ana Maria; Sousa, Rute Dinis; Gregório, Maria João; Branco, Jaime; Canhão, Helena; Paiva, TeresaAdequate sleep is essential for health. Both, short and long sleep durations are associated to worse quality of life and poor health outcomes. Portugal represents a specific population model, since according to European statistics it has high rates of chronic diseases like depression, hypertension, diabetes and stroke; and low quality of life as well as low index of physical activity, while in parallel it has some other good health indicators such as: low age-standardized mortality for both genders, nutrition in terms of energy and fruit consumption, smoking and alcohol, obesity and overweight prevalence. The aim of this study was to characterize health and chronic diseases, lifestyles and quality of life in subjects with short and long sleep duration.