Publicações

2020

Publications in international peer-review journals

  1. Martins, J., Marques, A., Teixeira, P. J., Mota, J., Lopes, C., & Nicola, P. J. (2020). Socio-demographic factors associated with physical activity and sitting time patterns in adults: An analysis based on the Portuguese Food, Nutrition and Physical Activity Survey. European journal of sport science, 1–11. Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.1080/17461391.2020.1736643
  2. Nogueira, P., de Araújo Nobre, M., Nicola, P., Furtado, C., & Vaz Carneiro, A. (2020). Excess Mortality Estimation During the COVID-19 Pandemic: Preliminary Data from Portugal. Acta Médica Portuguesa, 33(6), 376-383. doi:http://dx.doi.org/10.20344/amp.13928
  3. Nogueira, P. J., de Araújo Nobre, M., Costa, A., Ribeiro, R. M., Furtado, C., Bacelar Nicolau, L., Camarinha, C., Luís, M., Abrantes, R., & Vaz Carneiro, A. (2020). The Role of Health Preconditions on COVID-19 Deaths in Portugal: Evidence from Surveillance Data of the First 20293 Infection Cases. Journal of clinical medicine, 9(8), 2368. https://doi.org/10.3390/jcm9082368

2016

Publications in international peer-review journals

  1. Alarcão V, Almeida MJ, Ribeiro S, Giami A. (2016) Sexology as a profession in Portugal: sociographical composition and self-nomination of Portuguese sexologists, International Journal of Sexual Health (Published online: 15 Dec 2015); DOI: 10.1080/19317611.2015.1120841
  2. Alarcão V, Beato A, Almeida MJ, Machado FL, Giami A. (2016) Sexology in Portugal: Narratives by Portuguese sexologists, The Journal of Sex Research (Published online: 18 Dec 2015); DOI: 10.1080/00224499.2015.1104286
  3. Alarcão V, Machado FL, Giami A. (2016) A construção da sexologia como profissão em Portugal: composição de um grupo profissional e tipos de sexólogos, Ciência & Saúde Coletiva (forthcoming)
  4. Alarcão V, Machado FL, Giami A. (2016) Emergência e institucionalização da sexologia em Portugal: processos, atores e especificidades, Cadernos de Saúde Pública (forthcoming)
  5. Alarcão V, Machado FL, Giami A. (2016) Traditions and contradictions of sexual function definitions for Portuguese heterosexual men and women: medicalization and socially constructed gender effects. Sexual and Relationship Therapy (Published online: 28 Sep 2015)

2015

Publications in international peer-review journals

  1. Alarcão V, Virgolino A, Roxo L, Machado FL, Giami A. (2015) Exploring Gender in Portuguese Bedrooms: Men’s and Women’s Narratives of their Sexuality through a Mixed Methods Approach, Sociological Research Online; 20(2), 8.
  2. Alarcão V, Roxo L, Virgolino A, Machado FL. (2015) The intimate world of men's sexual problems: Portuguese men's and women's narratives explicated through a mixed methods approach, Sexuality & Culture; 19:543–560.
  3. Goulão B, Santos O, Alarcão V, Portugal R, Carreira M, Do Carmo I. (2015) Prevalência de excesso de peso nos imigrantes brasileiros e africanos residentes em Portugal, Rev Port Saúde Pública; 33(1):24-32.
  4. Matos IC, Alarcão V, Lopes E, Oiko C, Carreira M. (2015) SAIMI Study – Health and health care Access by Immigrants from the Indian subcontinent in Lisbon: what recommendations for equitable and culturally adequate health care?, Acta Med Port; 28(2):164-176.
  5. Rodrigues, J., Fernandes, M., Alarcão, V., Nicola, P., & Rocha, E. (2015). Decisão terapêutica na hipertensão: inquérito às atitudes dos médicos de família na região de Lisboa e Vale do Tejo. Revista Portuguesa de Medicina Geral e Familiar; 31(3):168-84.

Invited conferences and presentations

  1. Luís G, Oliveira M, Bana e Costa C, Cardoso T, Nicola P Evaluating policies with the highest potential to improve health and reduce health inequities in Europe through multicriteria resource allocation 27th European Conference on Operational Research – July 12, 2015 – Glasgow [Poster].
  2. Oliveira M, Bana e Costa C, Lopes D, Forte H, Nicola P, Freitas C What Determines Population Health? From Structuring the Multidimensional Population Concept Towards Designing a MACBETH Model to Evaluate Population Health 27th European Conference on Operational Research – July 12, 2015 – Glasgow [Poster].
  3. Peixoto-Plácido C, Madeira T, Goulão B, Mendonça N, Santos N, Santos O, Alarcão V, Gorjão Clara J PEN-3S : Estado nutricional dos idosos Portugueses - Prevalência nacional e construção de um sistema de vigilância - Protocolo de Investigação Jornadas médicas do idoso - Outubro 10, 2015 - Santa Maria da Feira [Poster].

2014

Publications in international peer-review journals

  1. Ribeiro, S., Alarcão, V., Simões, R., Miranda, F. L., Carreira, M., Galvão-Teles, A. General Practitioners' Procedures for Sexual History Taking and Treating Sexual Dysfunction in Primary Care. The Journal of Sexual Medicine, 2014. Volume 11, Issue 2, pages 386–393.
  2. Peixoto, C., Carrilho, G., Alarcão, V., Guerra, F., Simões, R., Fernandes, M., Nicola, P., Guiomar, S., Nogueira, P., Rocha, E. Intervenção PRAdA: Efeitos no Peso Induzidos por Proposta de Alteração de Comportamento Alimentar em Hipertensos Medicados Nativos Portugueses e Imigrantes de Origem Africana. Acta Médica Portuguesa, 2014. Volume 27, n.º 3, pp. 331-341. Consultar artigo aqui.
  3. Bispo, A., Fernandes, M., Toscano, C., Marques, T., Machado, D., Weigert, A. Infeções do Trato Urinário numa Coorte de Transplantados Renais. Acta Médica Portuguesa, 2014. Volume 27, n.º 3, pp. 364-371. Consultar artigo aqui.
  4. Alarcão, V., Virgolino, A., Roxo, L. Exploring Portuguese Men and Women's Sexual Narratives and the Social Scene through an In-Depth Interview Study. In The Contested and the Poetic: The Gender and the Body. Witney: Inter-Disciplinary Press; 2014.

Invited conferences and presentations

  1. Alarcão, V., Miranda, F., Simões, R., Dias, R., Roxo, L., Virgolino, A., Carreira, M., Galvão-Teles, A. Relationship functioning and sexual satisfaction: What's sex got to do with it? 16th ESSM Congress joint by the 12th EFS Congress, 29 January - 01 February 2014, Istanbul – Turkey [Oral communication].
  2. Alarcão, V., Miranda, F., Simões, R., Mata, S., Roxo, L., Virgolino, A., Carreira, M., Galvão-Teles, A. Drivers, barriers and experiences in help-seeking for sexual problems: A gender-based approach. 16th ESSM Congress joint by the 12th EFS Congress, 29 January - 01 February 2014, Istanbul – Turkey [Highlighted Poster].
  3. Alarcão, V., Virgolino, A., Roxo, L., Miranda, F.L. Exploring Gender and Class Inequalities in the Bedroom: Men and Women’ Perceptions of their Sexuality through an In-depth Interview Study. 4th global conference femininities and masculinities, 2 - 4 May 2014, Lisbon - Portugal [Oral Communication].
  4. Alarcão, V., Roxo, L., Virgolino, A. How Do Men Feel in the Sexual Field? Presentation of Self in Sexual and Marital Everyday Life. Fortieth Annual Meeting, 25 - 28 June 2014, Dubrovnik, Croatia [Abstract].
  5. Almeida I, Manaças M, Alarcão V, Fernandes M, Lopes E, Franco J, Miranda F, Diamantino F, Nicola P. Impacto do controlo da asma no absentismo laboral em Portugal. 35.ª Reunião Anual da SPAIC. 2014. 3 a 5 de outubro; Porto, Portugal [Poster].
  6. Fernandes M, Simões R, Franco J, Alarcão V, Manaças M, Nicola P. Self-Reported Non-Adherence to asthma medication in Portugal. 18th ESPACOMP Annual Meeting – November 21-22, 2014 – Lausanne, Switzerland [Poster].

2013

Publications in international peer-review journals

  1. Alarcão, V., Miranda, F., Simões, R., Lopes, E., Carreira, M., Rodrigues, I., Mapril, J., Saraiva, C. O Rosto da Morte em Portugal: Explorando a Ansiedade face à Morte em adultos portugueses e imigrantes (abstract) Gaceta Sanitaria (2013) 27:S432–S433
  2. Alarcão, V., Miranda, F., Simões, R., Lopes, E., Godinho, M., Carreira, M., Rodrigues, I., Mapril, J., Saraiva, C. Sociodemographic, religious and ethnic influences on willingness to donate organs: a Portuguese perspective with Portuguese natives and immigrants (abstract) Eur J Epidemiol (2013) 28:S232–S233
  3. Peixoto, C., Carrilho, G., Goulão, B., Alarcão, V., Simões, R., Guerra, F., Cardoso, I., Fernandes, M., Nicola, P., Guiomar, S. Effect on weight loss of food and lifestyles intervention in treated hypertensive natives and African immigrants in Lisbon (PRAdA Study) (abstract) Eur J Epidemiol. 2013. 28:S209
  4. Peixoto, C., Carrilho, G., Goulão, B., Alarcão, V., Simões, R., Guerra, F., Cardoso, I., Fernandes, M., Nicola, P., Guiomar, S. Efeito na perda de peso de uma intervenção alimentar e de estilos de vida em hipertensos medicados nativos e imigrantes africanos seguidos nos cuidados de saúde primários da região de Lisboa e Vale do Tejo (Estudo PRAdA). Revista Nutrícias, Nº17, APN, Abril-Junho 2013
  5. Fernandes, M., Leite, A., Basto, M., Nobre, M., Vieira, N., Fernandes, R., Nogueira, P., Nicola, P. Non-adherence to antibiotic therapy in patients visiting community pharmacies. Int J Clin Pharm 2014 Feb;36(1):86-91 Epub 2013 Oct 8
  6. Oliveira M, Fernandes M, Primo J, Reis H, Nicola P; on behalf of the PORTLink study Investigators. Remote versus face-to-face monitoring for implantable cardiac devices: Rationale and design of the PORTLink (PORTuguese Research on Telemonitoring with CareLink) trial. Rev Port Cardiol. 2013. doi: 10.1016/j.repc.2013.06.009
  7. Nogueira, P., Paixão, E., Morais L. Temperaturas do ar de Lisboa e Portugal (por distritos) - Distribuições semanais e geográficas: modelos para previsão e monitorização dos impactos das ondas de calor na mortalidade humana / Distributions of air temperatures in Lisbon and Portugal (by district): models for time and space to predict and monitoring heatwaves impacts on human mortality. Portugal Saúde em Números. 2013. 1 (8-18) ISSN 2182-7389
  8. Pina, E., Silva, G., Nogueira P. Vigilância da infeção nosocomial na corrente sanguínea nos hospitais portugueses/ Surveillance of nosocomial bloodstream infections in portuguese hospitals. Portugal Saúde em Números. 2013. 1 (35-40) ISSN 2182-7389
  9. Fernandes, M., Leite, A., Basto, M., Nobre, M., Vieira, N., Nogueira, P., Nicola, P. Different methods for evaluation of non-adherence to antibiotics, different risk factors? Eur J Epidemiol. 2013. 28: S161 [P-239]
  10. Leite, A., Fernandes, M., Nicola, P., Caldeira, L., Martins, AP., Maria, V., Andreozzi, V. Longitudinal analysis of antiretroviral therapy switch in HIV patients. Eur J Epidemiol. 2013 28:S1–S270 [P-240]
  11. Miguel, L.S., Rocha, E., Ferreira, J. Avaliação económica do dabigatrano na prevenção de acidentes vasculares cerebrais isquémicos em doentes com fibrilação auricular não valvular. Revista Portuguesa de Cardiologia. 2013, 32 (7-8): 557
  12. Rocha, E. Comentário a "Níveis de atividade física, domínio dos bens promotores de um comportamento sedentário e risco de enfarte do miocárdio: Resultados do estudo INTERHEART". Revista Portuguesa de Cardiologia. 2013, 32 (4): 359

Invited conferences and presentations

  1. Fernandes, M., Leite, A., Basto, M., Nobre, M., Vieira, N., Nogueira, P., Nicola, PJ. Conhecimento e Utilização dos Antibióticos pelos Utentes das Farmácias Comunitárias em Lisboa. Gac Sanit. 2013; 27 (Espec Congr 2):1 [abstract 794, oral communication]
  2. Costa, A., Rosa, M., Nogueira, P. Was it possible to anticipate dengue in madeira? The IEA-EEF European Congress of Epidemiology. Epidemiology for a Fair and Healthy Society. European Journal of Epidemiology. 2013. Volume 28, Supplement 1, 31, ISSN: 0393-2990 [abstract, oral communication]

2012

Publications in international peer-review journals

  1. Alarcão, V., Ribeiro, S., Miranda, F. L., Carreira, M., Dias, T., Garcia e Costa, J. and Galvão-Teles, A. General Practitioners' Knowledge, Attitudes, Beliefs, and Practices in the Management of Sexual Dysfunction—Results of the Portuguese SEXOS Study. Journal of Sexual Medicine, 9: 2508–2515. Article doi: 10.1111/j.1743-6109.2012.02870.x
  2. Souto D, Fernandes M, Simões R, Alarcão V, Gomez V, Lopes E, Nicola PJ, Rocha E, Adherence to antihypertensive treatment among African migrants and Portuguese natives: results from a primary care-based cohort study in Lisbon, Portugal (abstract) Eur J Epidemiol (2012) 27:S1–S197

Invited conferences and presentations

  1. Alarcão, V, Beato, A, Miranda, FL, Teles, AG. Prevalência das disfunções sexuais masculinas e femininas em Portugal e no mundo (Prevalence of male and female sexual dysfunctions in Portugal and worldwide). [comunicação oral] 19º Curso NEDO Pós-Graduado de Endocrinologia. 2012. 18 de Fevereiro; Lisboa, Portugal.
  2. Mata, S, Dias, T, Alarcão, V, Miranda, FL, Dias, R, Teles, AG. Disfunções Sexuais e Doença Cardiovascular nos Cuidados de Saúde Primários (Sexual Dysfunctions and Cardiovascular Disease in the Primary Health Care Setting). [comunicação oral] 19º Curso NEDO Pós-Graduado de Endocrinologia. 2012. 18 de Fevereiro; Lisboa, Portugal.
  3. Ribeiro, S, Alarcão, V, Miranda, FL, Teles, AG. Percepções e Barreiras dos Médicos de Família na Abordagem da Disfunção Sexual (General Practitioners' Perceptions and Barriers in the management of Sexual Dysfunction). [comunicação oral] 19º Curso NEDO Pós-Graduado de Endocrinologia. 2012. 18 de Fevereiro; Lisboa, Portugal.
  4. Ribeiro, S, Alarcão, V, Miranda, FL, Carreira, C, Teles, AG. Perceções e Práticas dos Médicos de Família na Abordagem da Disfunção Sexual. [comunicação oral] 2012 XIII Congresso da Sociedade Portuguesa de Andrologia | IX Reunião Ibérica de Andrologia. 22 e 23 de Julho; Tomar, Portugal.

2011

Publications in international peer-review journals

  1. Alarcão V,Ribeiro S, Carreira M, Galvão-Teles A. General Practitioners’ Knowledge, Perceptions and barriers in the Management of Sexual Dysfunctions (abstract), Journal of Sexual Medicine, Vol. 8, Supplement 3.
  2. Alarcão V, Dias R, Mata S, Carreira M, Galvão-Teles A. Sexual Dysfunction and Cardiovascular Disease in the Primary Health Care Setting (abstract), Journal of Sexual Medicine, Vol. 8, Supplement 3.
  3. Alarcão V, Miranda FL, Almeida A, Carreira M, Galvão-Teles A. Sexual (Con)tradi(c)tions in the Primary Health Care Setting: Male Results of the Portuguese Sexual Observational Study (abstract), Journal of Men’s Health, Vol. 8, Number 3.
  4. Myasoedova E, Crowson CS, Nicola PJ, Maradit-Kremers H, Davis III JM, Roger VL, Therneau TM, Gabriel SE. The Influence of Rheumatoid Arthritis Disease Characteristics on Heart Failure J Rheumatol published 15 May 2011, 10.3899/jrheum.100995

2010

Publications

  1. Alarcão V, Carreira M, Garcia e Costa J, Galvão-Teles A. Sociography of erectile dysfunction in Portugal: a study with a representative sample of 1459 men aged 40 to 69 years (abstract), European Journal of Sexology and Sexual Health, Vol. 19, Supplement 1, 2010.
  2. Alarcão V, Miranda A, Carreira M, Ramos E, Lopes C. Galvão-Teles A. Breakfast eating and overweight in Portuguese and Migrant Children and Adolescents: is breakfast skipping related to overweight independently of ethnicity? (abstract), Public Health Nutrition, Vol. 13, Number 9(A), 2010.
  3. Pinto A, Alarcão V, Guiomar S, Nicola P, Rocha EC. Diet-Related Disparities: Comparison of Dietary Risk Factors for Cardiovascular Disease in Hypertensive Medicated African Migrants and Non-migrants (abstract), Public Health Nutrition, Vol. 13, Number 9(A), 2010.
  4. Alarcão V, Bispo P, Godinho M, Carreira M. Portugal R. Number of meals and food intake in African and Brazilian: the Evaluation of Health and Health Assessment of African and Brazilian Immigrants in Portugal Study (abstract), Public Health Nutrition, Vol. 13, Number 9(A), 2010.
  5. Miranda A, Ramos E, Araújo J, Alarcão V, Lopes C. Galvão-Teles A. Regional Differences in the Prevalence of Overweight and Obesity in Portuguese Children (2-5 years) and Adolescents (11-15 years) (abstract), Public Health Nutrition, Vol. 13, Number 9(A), 2010.
  6. Alarcão V, Carreira M, Garcia e Costa J, Galvão-Teles A. Erectile Dysfunction and Mental Health: Results of the Portuguese Erectile Dysfunction Study (PEDS) (abstract), Journal of Men’s Health, Vol. 7, Number 3, 2010.

2009

Publications in international peer-review journals

  1. Peters MJL, Symmons D, McCarey D, Dijkmans BAC, Gonzalez-Gay M, Kitas G, Haentzschel H, Kvien T, McInnes I, Nicola PJ, Provan S, Sattar N, Semb A, Sidiropoulos P, Smulders Y, Soubrier M, Szekanecz Z, Nurmohamed M. EULAR evidence-based recommendations for cardiovascular risk management in patients with rheumatoid arthritis and other forms of inflammatory arthritis Ann Rheum Dis. 2010 Feb;69(2):325-31. Epub 2009 Sep 22.
  2. Icen M, Nicola PJ, Maradit-Kremers H, Crowson CS, Therneau TM, Matteson EL, Gabriel SE. Systemic lupus erythematosus features in rheumatoid arthritis and their effect on overall mortality J Rheumatol. 2009 Jan;36(1):50-7.

2008

Publications in international peer-review journals

  1. do Carmo I, Dos Santos O, Camolas J, Vieira J, Carreira M, Medina L, Reis L, Myatt J, Galvão-Teles A. Overweight and obesity in Portugal: national prevalence in 2003-2005. Obes Rev. 2008 Jan;9 (1):11-9.
  2. Teles AG, Carreira M, Alarcão V, Aragüés JM, Lopes L, Mascarenhas M, Costa JG. Prevalence, Severity, and Risk Factors for Erectile Dysfunction in a Representative Sample of 3,548 Portuguese Men Aged 40 to 69 Years Attending Primary Healthcare Centers: Results of the Portuguese Erectile Dysfunction Study. J Sex Med. 2008; 5:1317-1324.
  3. Alarcão V, Godinho M, Abukumail N, Cortes M, Carreira M, Nicola PJ, Hypertension awareness, treatment and control among African and Brazilian Immigrants in Portugal – a population-based study, 16th EUPHA Conference, Lisbon, 6-8 November 2008, abstract published in European Journal of Public Health, Vol. 18, Supplement 1, 2008.
  4. V Alarcão, M Carreira, M Godinho, R Portugal; Breastfeeding initiation and duration in African and Brazilian immigrant women in Portugal, 16th EUPHA Conference, Lisbon, 6-8 November 2008, abstract published in European Journal of Public Health, Vol. 18, Supplement 1, 2008.
  5. M Godinho, V Alarcão, M Carreira, R Portugal; Existence of probable psychological distress in African and Brazilian immigrants in Portugal, 16th EUPHA Conference, Lisbon, 6-8 November 2008, abstract published in European Journal of Public Health, Vol. 18, Supplement 1, 2008

Books and chapters of books

  1. Nicola PJ, Como construir uma boa questão de investigação?In Silva E. (coord), Investigação passo a passo – Perguntas e respostas para a investigação clínica, Núcleo de Investigação da APMCG, 1.ª Edição, Lisboa, Setembro 2008.
  2. Silva E., Nicola PJ, Que informações relevantes seleccionar da pesquisa bibliográfica? In Silva E. (coord), Investigação passo a passo – Perguntas e respostas para a investigação clínica, Núcleo de Investigação da APMCG, 1.ª Edição, Lisboa, Setembro 2008.
  3. Nicola PJ, Como escolher o programa estatístico? In Silva E. (coord), Investigação passo a passo – Perguntas e respostas para a investigação clínica, Núcleo de Investigação da APMCG, 1.ª Edição, Lisboa, Setembro 2008.
  4. Nicola PJ, Como apresentar os resultados de um estudo? In Silva E. (coord), Investigação passo a passo – Perguntas e respostas para a investigação clínica, Núcleo de Investigação da APMCG, 1.ª Edição, Lisboa, Setembro 2008.
  5. Nicola PJ, Como elaborar o orçamento para a investigação? In Silva E. (coord), Investigação passo a passo – Perguntas e respostas para a investigação clínica, Núcleo de Investigação da APMCG, 1.ª Edição, Lisboa, Setembro 2008.
  6. Nicola PJ, Como obter apoios para a investigação clínica? In Silva E. (coord), Investigação passo a passo – Perguntas e respostas para a investigação clínica, Núcleo de Investigação da APMCG, 1.ª Edição, Lisboa, Setembro 2008

2007

Publications in international peer-review journals

  1. Maradit-Kremers H, Nicola PJ, Crowson CS, Ballman KV, Jacobsen SJ, Roger VL, Gabriel SE. Raised erythrocyte sedimentation rate signals heart failure in patients with rheumatoid arthritis. Ann Rheum Dis. 2007 Jan;66(1):76-80
  2. Gonzalez A, Maradit Kremers H, Crowson CS, Nicola PJ, Davis JM 3rd, Therneau TM, Roger VL, Gabriel SE. The widening mortality gap between rheumatoid arthritis patients and the general population. Arthritis Rheum. 2007 Nov;56(11):3583-7.
  3. Davis JM 3rd, Maradit Kremers H, Crowson CS, Nicola PJ, Ballman KV, Therneau TM, Roger VL, Gabriel SE. Glucocorticoids and cardiovascular events in rheumatoid arthritis: a population-based cohort study. Arthritis Rheum. 2007 Mar;56(3):820-30.
  4. do Carmo I, Dos Santos O, Camolas J, Vieira J, Carreira M, Medina L, Reis L, Myatt J, Galvão-Teles A. Overweight and obesity in Portugal: national prevalence in 2003-2005. Obes Rev. 2008 Jan;9(1):11-9. Epub 2007 Nov 23.

Invited conferences and presentations

  1. Nicola PJ. The influence of extra-articular manifestations on the cardiovascular risk. First Meeting of the EULAR Taskforce for recommendations for cardiovascular risk management in patients suffering from rheumatoid arthritis (and other inflammatory arthritis), Zurich.
  2. Nicola PJ. How to review a clinical study (Como rever um estudo clínico). Reunião de Outono da Sociedade Portuguesa de Reumatologia, Beja, Portugal. [Portuguese]
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