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- How chronic disease affects children's views on being ill and healthy: a comparative studyPublication . Lima, Ligia; Silva, Vanessa; Lemos, Marina S.Background: Understanding children’s views of illness and health is vital to a child-centred approach in patient education and care. Paediatric healthcare providers should incorporate children’s views of health and illness to enable children and their families to participate in selfmanagement plans and achieve better health outcomes. However, there is limited scientific knowledge regarding the views of children with specific diseases. Method: This comparative study investigated whether and in what ways the experience of having different chronic diseases influenced children’s views of being ill and healthy. The participants were 82 children aged 8– 13 years diagnosed with a chronic disease (31 had asthma, 27 had diabetes and 24 had cancer). A group of 81 healthy children participated as a comparison group. The ‘draw-and-write’ technique was used to collect the children’s views, and the data were analysed using a previously validated coding system (inter-rater agreement of 93%) and subsequently quantified for the examination of any differences in relation to illness. Results: Statistically significant differences were found in all dimensions of the children’s conceptions of health and illness according to whether they had a chronic condition (effect sizes calculated with Cohen’s d ranged from 0.35 to 1.22). Globally, the chronically ill children expressed a narrower definition of being healthy and ill than their healthy peers. Moreover, the comparison among the children with asthma, diabetes and cancer showed differences that seemed to reflect their specific experiences with their type of chronic disease and the associated treatments (effect sizes calculated with Etasquared ranged from 0.07 to 0.25). Conclusions: This study’s findings can be used to guide education and clinical services tailored to ill children suffering from different chronic conditions
- Illness perception in adolescents with inflammatory Bowel disease and association with distress and well-beingPublication . Silva, Vanessa; Lima, Ligia; Lemos, Marina
- Illness perceptions of adolescents with in'ammatory bowel disease and the association with distress and well-beingPublication . Silva, Vanessa; Lima, Ligia; Lemos, MarinaIn'ammatory Bowel Disease is one of the most common chronic diseases a*ecting children and adolescents. It requires a lifelong medical treatment, as well as the adoption of a healthy lifestyle. However, little is known about illness perceptions of adolescents su*ering from IBD and how they relate to well-being measures. Aims were 1) to describe illness perceptions, distress and well-being of adolescents with IBD; and 2) to associate illness perceptions with distress and well-being of adolescents with IBD. Thirty-six adolescents aged 12 to 18, diagnosed with IBD, answered the Brief Illness Perception Questionnaire and distress and well-being items from the Health Behaviour in School-aged Children questionnaire. Overall the disease is perceived as benign. The majority of adolescents show some concerns about the disease but they feel a reasonable self-control over their illness and strongly believe in the bene+ts of treatment. Globally, adolescents showed positive perceptions of their health status and of their life. However, tiredness, exhaustion and nervousness were referred as frequent symptoms. Signi+cant correlations showed that higher threatening perception of illness was associated with an increased frequency of physical symptoms, of tiredness and exhaustion, of depression and nervousness and with less satisfaction with life (rs ranging from .331 to .587). All descriptive and correlational results were signi+cantly stronger in adolescents with active disease compared to those in remission. Negative illness perceptions will likely trigger distress and malaise in adolescents with IBD. From the evaluation/comprehension of illness perceptions, it is possible to plan interventions to change negative perceptions and illness outcomes.
- The added value of narratives for understanding adolescent's experiences with diabetesPublication . Silva, Vanessa; Lima, Ligia; Lemos, Marina
- The added value of narratives in the understanding of adolescent’sPublication . Lima, Ligia; Silva, Vanessa; Lemos, MarinaEvidence shows that living with diabetes during adolescence is a challenging experience. Besides the disease and treatment implications, it is important to comprehend how young people make sense of and manage their illness. Illness perceptions have been associated with a range of physical and mental health outcomes in adolescents with chronic disease. In order to contribute to a better understanding of the adolescent’s experiences with diabetes, this study aimed at1 describing illness perceptions of young people with diabetes2; understanding whether and in what ways, an in-depth analysis of the adolescent’s narratives, o%ers additional insight into their experience of living with diabetes. Participants were 32 adolescents with diabetes, aged 12 to 18 years, who completed the Brief Illness Perception Questionnaire and wrote a text about “What it is like to have diabetes”. Narratives were analysed with thematic analysis and illustrate how adolescents experience their disease, and the strategies adopted by them to maintain a sense of normalcy. Signi*cant associations with the scores for illness perceptions were found, as for example, adolescents who reported a better understanding of their illness, evaluated the experience of having diabetes as less restrictive (r = -0,445; p = 0.011). The use of narratives proved very informative on the adolescent’s experiences with diabetes. For clinical interventions aimed to promote the adaptation of young people with diabetes, this study *ndings address the need to focus on normalizing their lives, and to promote more positive illness beliefs and coping strategies, to balance the restrictive impact that diabetes has on adolescent’s lives.
- O Uso da Inteligência Artificial no MarketingPublication . Silva, Vanessa; Hemsworth, KevinO seguinte relatório de estágio tem a finalidade de compreender a evolução da Inteligência Artificial no marketing, através da análise da empresa acolhedora de estágio, Companhia das Soluções, visto que, esta beneficia desta tecnologia como meio de apoio no recorrer da atividade laboral. Assim, de forma a constatar os factos empíricos com a realidade, optou-se pela abordagem qualitativa, isto é, recorreu-se como metodologia a entrevista, implementada a uma amostra de marketeers, onde se pretende perceber se os profissionais do marketing se encontram a favor ou contra da IA, e compreender como é aplicada esta ferramenta nesta área de estudo. Por conseguinte, os resultados que se retiraram desta análise mantiveram-se coesos, apresentando que a IA ajuda em diversas etapas do processo do marketing, nomeadamente na criatividade, visto que, esta fornece grande variedade de templates e ideias. Também contribuiu numa maior personalização dos clientes, já que, é possível memorizar grandes bases de dados, e por fim, fornece insights para análise de dados de cada rede social. Desta forma, é possível concluir que a automação do marketing é uma mais-valia, porque facilita todo o processo de criação e desenvolvimento de uma estratégia de marketing, dando uma melhor gestão de tempo aos marketeers de darem prioridade às tarefas que a IA não pode resolver. Assim, este é um assunto de extrema importância, já que, cada vez mais será implementado nas empresas e é essencial começar a perceber a utilização e os benefícios que esta tecnologia fornece.