Maria José Lumini “I want my research to impact the community”
Maria José Lumini is a researcher at CINTESIS - Center for Health Technology and Services Research / Nursing School of Porto (ESEP) since the beginning, integrating the group NursID - Innovation and Development in Nursing, where she has stood out for her research on informal caregivers and information and communication technologies (ICT) in education. She was born 58 years ago [...]
“A National Chlamydia Screening Program in Portugal is urgently needed”
Researchers from the Faculty of Medicine of the University of Porto (FMUP)/CINTESIS - Center for Health Technology and Services Research defend the implementation of a "National Chlamydia Screening Program" in Portugal, including new methods of detection and control of this disease, currently considered "a public health problem". "Chlamydia is one of the most common sexually transmitted infections. However, in about [...]
Post-graduation in “Design of Health Technologies” brings together University of Porto and Fraunhofer-AICOS
The second phase of applications for the post-graduation course “Design de Tecnologias para a Saúde” (Design of Technologies for Health), in a partnership between the University of Porto (FBAUP, FMUP, FEUP, UPTEC) and Fraunhofer-AICOS, is taking place until August 31st. Framed within the scope of the "Impulso Adultos" RRP, this post-graduation aims to "design technology in the health area that [...]
Severe COVID-19 leaves marks on patients’ mental health
Symptoms of depression and anxiety and cognitive changes are clinical manifestations that a group of researchers from CINTESIS - Center for Health Technology and Services Research at the Faculty of Medicine of the University of Porto (FMUP) and the University Hospital Center of São João (UHCSJ) detected in patients recovered from severe COVID-19 states, who had been followed-up for up [...]
Expresso // Grandparents and Grandchildren: An Important Exchange Relationship “until the end of life”
CINTESIS researcher Lia Araújo spoke with the Expresso newspaper about the importance of the relationship between grandparents and grandchildren, regarding the National Day of Grandparents, which was celebrated on July 26. Portugal "gives great importance to family relationships and especially the relationship between grandparents and grandchildren. In Europe, it is even "one of the countries where grandparents have a more [...]
Depression Causes One in Five Psychiatric Hospitalizations in Portugal
Depression was one of the main causes of hospitalization in the Psychiatry services of Portuguese public hospitals, indicates a study by researchers from CINTESIS@RISE, the Faculty of Medicine of the University of Porto (FMUP) and the Tâmega and Sousa Hospital Center (CHTS). The research group counted 28,569 hospitalizations in adults over an eight-year period. The objective of the study, published [...]