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Opening of call for research scholarship

17 March 2022

The Polytechnic of Leiria opened a call for 1 Research Scholarship under the Knowledge Circle project – Knowledge Circle [AAC nº 04/SIAC/2021 – project nº 181295], co-financed by the Operational Program Competitiveness and Internationalization. The Research Scholarship in the scientific area of Health Sciences is intended for Masters enrolled or who meet the conditions of enrollment in non-conferring courses of academic degree or students enrolled or who meet the conditions of enrollment in a PhD, preferably, with a master in Health Sciences area as Therapy and Rehabilitation, Nutrition, Nursing, Pharmacy, Biomedicine, Public Health, Psychology, Epidemiology and Biostatistics. The duration of

Research article turned into a book chapter

17 March 2022

With the purpose of studying and understanding, during Portuguese coronavirus lockdown, in april, how the physical activity and the anxiety levels were perceived by people, Raul Antunes, Pedro Morouço and Roberta Frontini, researchers at ciTechCare, coauthored the article entitled “Higher physical activity levels may help buffer the negative psychological consequences of Coronavirus Disease 2019 pandemic”, which was recently integrated as a chapter in Psychological Factors In Physical Education and Sport book. The study shows that higher levels of physical activity are related with lower anxiety levels during the lockdown, underlying the importance of having multidisciplinary teams working on social isolation

Paper Co-authored by ciTechCare researchers receives an honourable mention

11 March 2022

Last february 22, in Coimbra, the article entitled “Physical activity, anxiety and basic psychological needs: characterization of a portuguese population sample in covid-19 context” received an honourable mention at History and Sport Sociology Category in Sport Science Awards 2022/2021. This article was the result of an extended research work that started in april 2020, in which Raul Antunes, Roberta Frontini e Pedro Morouço, ciTechCare researchers, were involved.

Role of healthcare professionals in chronic pain

3 March 2022

Cristina Costeira, researcher at ciTechCare, published an article entitled “Appropriated management of chronic pain: a personal right, a healthcare professional duty”, on Diário de Leiria journal, for raising awareness about the importance of treating chronic pain, which affects about 3 million portuguese. According to Cristina, living with continuous pain should not be considered as a natural way of life, therefore, a proper intervention from the healthcare professionals is essential, what turns up to be more relevant since “only 22% of people with chronic pain have regular medical appointments”. However, a patients’ dedicated attitude is also mandatory in this process. Some

Cooking Workshop – Veggies4myheart project

1 March 2022

Saturday, February 26, the Cooking Workshop of the Veggies4MyHeart project took place at the School of Health Sciences (ESSLei) of the Polytechnic of Leiria, with the special participation of Chef and Nutritionist Rui Lopes and the presence of the project team.Veggies4myHeart is a ciTechCare project, led by Cátia Pontes and promoted by Intern Nutritionists Neuza Barros and Patrícia Ferreira. The project aims to promote literacy in food and nutrition as well as to reinforce the consumption of vegetables in preschool age.This year, the project was carried out in partnership with the PIICIE program (Integrated and Innovative Plan to Combat School Withdraw)

Effect of exercise training on fatigue in colorectal cancer survivors

4 February 2022

On World Cancer Day, February 4, we share an article recently published by researchers from ciTechCare in this area, entitled “Effectiveness of exercise training on cancer-related fatigue in colorectal cancer survivors: a systematic review and meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials” (journal Supportive Care in Cancer). According to the International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC), colorectal cancer is the most incident and deadliest tumor in Portugal. In patients diagnosed with colorectal cancer, fatigue is one of the most common and disabling problems, affecting nearly 70% patients during chemotherapy treatment and lasting for several years after its end. This high prevalence, and