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- Elderly development: perceived cognitive performance, activities of daily living and leisure activitiesPublication . Alves, Catarina Filipa Silva; Meneses, RuteThe development of the elderly can be characterized through several dimensions. The present study assesses three of those: perceived cognitive performance, Instrumental Activities of Daily Living (IADL) and leisure activities. Perceived cognitive performance can be defined as the person's perception of what he/she can do, in this case, the elderly person's perception of his/her cognitive abilities and functions. IADL are activities that allow a person to be independent in his/her daily life and maintain his/her social role in society. The following can be considered instrumental activities: planning and cooking one’s own food, riding public transport or driving without difficulty, using cash and administering own medication. Leisure activities are activities that allow a person to relax, rest, have fun through hobbies, are practiced in the person's free time, in which there is no relationship with professional positions, nor is a reward expected. In this study, the following activities were considered: reading, watching television, listening to music, walking, gardening, doing horticulture, knitting, playing cards and chatting with friends. That said, and in view of the objectives of the study, this dissertation is organized in two articles. The first had as objectives: to characterize the sample's perceived cognitive performance and IADL performed; and to analyze the relationship between these two variables. The second article aimed to characterize the leisure activities performed by the sample and to analyze the relationship between perceived cognitive performance and leisure activities. In this study, 203 people between 60 and 100 years old participated. The participants answered to a Sociodemographic and Clinical Questionnaire, the ESI-55 Cognitive Function Scale, the Lawton-Brody Scale and the Leisure Activities Index, in person or through Google Forms. Data was collected from different sites, institutions, hospitals, and online. The results suggest that the participants show a good perception of their cognitive performance, they are moderately dependent when it comes to IADL, and they don’t practice a lot of the leisure activities presented, or at least with a lot of frequency. Also, it can be seen that there are Elderly development: Perceived cognitive performance, activities of daily living and leisure activities relationships between perceived cognitive performance and IADL performed, as well as between perceived cognitive performance and leisure activities performed. These results can show a small part of the development of the elderly in Portugal.
- Da privação da liberdade à privação pandémica: efeitos na saúde mentalPublication . Boticas, Ana Sofia Teixeira; Jólluskin, GloriaLimitados de movimentos e privados da liberdade provocado pela pandemia da Covid-19, como também decorrente do cumprimento de uma medida restritiva da liberdade, são esperadas repercussões no nível físico, como consequências invisíveis para a saúde mental da população. A presente investigação tem como foco central o reconhecimento das mudanças que o isolamento social e privação da liberdade poderão ter produzido nos níveis de saúde mental e qualidade de vida na população reclusa que, por motivos penais, tenha passado algum período de encarceramento/confinamento num estabelecimento prisional, bem como quais as consequências que o isolamento social provocado pela pandemia da Covid-19 pode ter produzido nos níveis de saúde mental e qualidade de vida na população que, por diversos motivos, tenha passado algum período de confinamento no domicílio.