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- I Encontro Internacional de Literacia e Saúde Mental Positiva - Conference ProceedingsPublication . Sequeira, Carlos; Carvalho, Daniel; Soares, Joana; Araújo, Odete; Valentim, Olga; Pires, Regina
- Primeira ajuda em saúde mental para cuidadores familiares de pessoas idosas com perturbação neurocognitivaPublication . Araújo, Odete; Sequeira, Carlos; Ferré-Grau, Carme
- A randomized controlled trial of a nursing psychotherapeutic intervention for anxiety in adult psychiatric outpatientsPublication . Sampaio, Francisco Miguel; Araújo, Odete; Sequeira, Carlos; Lluch Canut, Maria Teresa; Martins, TeresaAim: To evaluate the short-term efficacy of a psychotherapeutic intervention in nursing on Portuguese adult psychiatric outpatients with the nursing diagnosis “anxiety.” Background: Several efficacious forms of treatment for anxiety are available, including different forms of psychotherapy and pharmacotherapy. However, literature tends to favour findings from studies on the efficacy of psychotherapies and therapies provided by nurses to the detriment of those arising from studies on the efficacy of nursing psychotherapeutic interventions (interventions which are classified, for instance, on Nursing Interventions Classification). Design: Randomized controlled trial. Methods: The study was performed, between November 2016 - April 2017, at a psychiatry outpatient ward. Participants were randomly allocated to an intervention group (N = 29) or a treatment-as-usual control group (N = 31). Patients in the intervention group received psychopharmacotherapy with interventions integrated in the Nursing Interventions Classification for the nursing diagnosis “anxiety.” A treatmentas- usual control group received only psychopharmacotherapy (if applicable). Anxiety level and anxiety self-control were the primary outcomes. Results: Patients from both groups had reduced anxiety levels, between the pretest and the posttest assessment; however, according to analysis of means, patients in the intervention group displayed significantly better results than those of the control group. Furthermore, only patients in the intervention group presented significant improvements in anxiety self-control. Conclusion: This study demonstrated the short-term efficacy of this psychotherapeutic intervention model in nursing in the decrease of anxiety level and improvement of anxiety self-control in a group of psychiatric outpatients with pathological anxiety.
- Envelhecimento e Comunicação: Desafios para os(as) Enfermeiros(as)Publication . Araújo, Odete; Sousa, Lia; Vieira, Teresa; Sequeira, Carlos
- The impact of the COVID‐19 pandemic on the mental health of Portuguese university studentsPublication . Sequeira, Carlos; Araújo, Odete; Lourenço, Tânia; Freitas, Otília; Carvalho, José Carlos; Costa, PatrícioWorldwide, the COVID-19 pandemic has had a disruptive effect on daily routines, especially for university students. This study aimed to compare pre-pandemic domains of students’ mental health during the pandemic lockdown. One cross-sectional study was conducted in two waves with academic students from 20 Portuguese universities, in March 2020 before the COVID19 pandemic (n = 3579) and 2 months after the first lockdown in May 2020 (n = 1228). The Positive Mental Health Questionnaire (PMHQ), the Mental Health Knowledge Questionnaire, the Mental Health-promoting knowledge, and the Psychological Vulnerability Scale were used. Statistical analyses were performed by bivariate associations and multiple linear regression models. Students were mostly women (79%), with an average age of 23.2 years (SD = 6.6), displaced from their family environment (43%), out-of-home (43%), and scholarship holders (37%). Higher scores found in the PVS were associated with decreased PMHQ in both moments (P < 0.01). These crosssectional studies showed a slight variation in the mental health variables studied in the period before and during the COVID-19 outbreak. Being a woman, younger, out-of-home, and having a scholarship (P < 0.01) seem to increase susceptibility to mental health variation before and during the pandemic. Universities should develop strategies that promote students’ mental health.
- Short-term efficacy of a psycotherapeutic intervention model in nursing on adult psyquiatric outpatients with the nursing diagnosis "anxiety" : A randomised controlled trialPublication . Sampaio, Francisco; Araújo, Odete; Sequeira, Carlos; Lluch-Canut, Teresa; Martins, Teresa