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Sousa‐Guedes D, Sillero N, Bessa F, Marco A. Plastic pollution can affect the emergence patterns of the loggerhead turtle hatchlings. Anim Conserv 2022. [DOI: 10.1111/acv.12837] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
Affiliation(s)
- D. Sousa‐Guedes
- Centro de Investigação em Ciências Geo‐Espaciais (CICGE) Faculdade de Ciências da Universidade do Porto Vila Nova de Gaia Portugal
- Department of Life Sciences University of Coimbra, MARE ‐ Marine and Environmental Sciences Centre/ ARNET – Aquatic Research Network Coimbra Portugal
- Estación Biológica de Doñana, CSIC, C/ Américo Vespucio Sevilla Spain
- BIOS.CV ‐ Conservation of the Environment and Sustainable Development Sal Rei Cabo Verde
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- Centro de Investigação em Ciências Geo‐Espaciais (CICGE) Faculdade de Ciências da Universidade do Porto Vila Nova de Gaia Portugal
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- Department of Life Sciences University of Coimbra, MARE ‐ Marine and Environmental Sciences Centre/ ARNET – Aquatic Research Network Coimbra Portugal
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- Estación Biológica de Doñana, CSIC, C/ Américo Vespucio Sevilla Spain
- BIOS.CV ‐ Conservation of the Environment and Sustainable Development Sal Rei Cabo Verde
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Bessa F, Morais S, Lopes-Conceição L, Costa AR. Impact of a Cancer Diagnosis on Quality of Life among Cancer Survivors and their Partners. Eur J Public Health 2022. [DOI: 10.1093/eurpub/ckac131.148] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
Abstract
Abstract
Background
Cancer survivors (CS) often experience physical, psychological and socioeconomic problems, which may have a negative effect on their quality of life (QoL). Additionally, cancer may also have a significant impact on patientś families, particularly their partners (PCS), who are typically the main informal caregiver.
Objective
To estimate the association between a cancer diagnosis and a poor QoL among both members of the couples, according to sociodemographic, health-related and cancer characteristics.
Methods
This cross-sectional study was based on data from the Sixth Wave of the Survey of Health, Ageing and Retirement in Europe - SHARE, conducted in 2015, in 18 countries. All cancer survivors (n = 2,040) who lived with a partner in the same household, as well as PCS (n = 2,040) were selected, and were country-, sex-, age- and education-matched (1:1) to non-cancer individuals (NC) and their partners (PNC), respectively. QoL was assessed using the Control, Autonomy, Self-Realization and Pleasure scale (CASP-12). The association between a cancer diagnosis and a poor QoL among both members of the couple was estimated through odds ratios (ORs) and 95% confidence intervals (95%CIs).
Results
In nearly one-fifth of couples, both members reported a poor QoL (17.0%); this outcome was more frequently observed among CS than NC (OR = 1.31, 95%CI: 1.10-1.56). A tendency towards stronger odds of poor QoL among both couples’ members was observed among CS who lived in urban areas (OR = 1.91, 95%CI: 1.30-2.80), with no multimorbidity (OR = 2.07, 95%CI: 1.14-3.76), as well as among those diagnosed <5 years (OR = 1.65, 95%CI: 1.21-2.24) and with cancers with a usually poor prognosis (OR = 1.82, 95%CI: 1.04-3.18), when compared with respective NC.
Conclusions
A poor QoL among both couples’ members was more frequent among couples dealing with cancer than those without cancer, which highlights the importance of closely monitoring CS and their partners, throughout the cancer survivorship course.
Key messages
• Couples dealing with cancer more frequently reported a worse quality of life among both members, when compared with couples without cancer.
• The findings of this study highlights the importance of family-focused care from an early phase after the cancer diagnosis and throughout the cancer survivorship trajectory.
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Affiliation(s)
- F Bessa
- EPIUnit, Instituto de Saúde Pública da Universidade do Porto , Porto, Portugal
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- EPIUnit, Instituto de Saúde Pública da Universidade do Porto , Porto, Portugal
- ITR, Laboratório para a Investigação Integrativa e Translacional em Saúde Populacional , Porto, Portugal
- Departamento de Ciências da Saúde Pública e Forenses, e Educação Médica , Porto, Portugal
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- EPIUnit, Instituto de Saúde Pública da Universidade do Porto , Porto, Portugal
- ITR, Laboratório para a Investigação Integrativa e Translacional em Saúde Populacional , Porto, Portugal
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- EPIUnit, Instituto de Saúde Pública da Universidade do Porto , Porto, Portugal
- ITR, Laboratório para a Investigação Integrativa e Translacional em Saúde Populacional , Porto, Portugal
- Departamento de Ciências da Saúde Pública e Forenses, e Educação Médica , Porto, Portugal
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Monteiro R, Queiroz C, Maresch Â, Mendes A, Bessa F, Cunha R, Rodrigues F. Anti-centromere antibodies: What has changed in the last 10 years – Retrospective study. Clin Chim Acta 2019. [DOI: 10.1016/j.cca.2019.03.226] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/26/2022]
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Vendel AL, Bessa F, Alves VEN, Amorim ALA, Patrício J, Palma ART. Widespread microplastic ingestion by fish assemblages in tropical estuaries subjected to anthropogenic pressures. Mar Pollut Bull 2017; 117:448-455. [PMID: 28214011 DOI: 10.1016/j.marpolbul.2017.01.081] [Citation(s) in RCA: 140] [Impact Index Per Article: 20.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/05/2016] [Revised: 01/27/2017] [Accepted: 01/28/2017] [Indexed: 06/06/2023]
Abstract
Our aim was to quantify microplastic ingestion by fish assemblages in two tropical Brazilian estuaries and to evaluate whether biological and ecological factors influence the ingestion of microplastics by fish species. Of 2233 fish from both estuaries (from 69 species) examined in this study, 9% of the individuals (24 species) had microplastics in their gut contents. Microplastic ingestion occurred irrespective of fish size and functional group. The diet of fish species was analyzed based on prey items identified in the fish's full stomach contents and five feeding guilds were defined. Microplastics were common throughout all feeding guilds. Low (average ingestion values 1.06±0.30 items/total fish) but widespread occurrence among estuaries also indicates proliferation of microplastic pollution. Our findings highlight the need to focus on assemblage level studies to understand the real magnitude of the problem and emphasize the urgency of mitigation measures directed at microplastic pollution in estuarine ecosystems.
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- A L Vendel
- Centre for Applied Biological and Social Sciences, Paraiba State University, Campus V, Rua Horacio Trajano, Cristo Redentor, 58070-450 João Pessoa, Paraiba, Brazil.
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- MARE - Marine and Environmental Sciences Centre, Faculty of Sciences and Technology, University of Coimbra, 3004-517 Coimbra, Portugal
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- Centre for Applied Biological and Social Sciences, Paraiba State University, Campus V, Rua Horacio Trajano, Cristo Redentor, 58070-450 João Pessoa, Paraiba, Brazil
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- Centre for Applied Biological and Social Sciences, Paraiba State University, Campus V, Rua Horacio Trajano, Cristo Redentor, 58070-450 João Pessoa, Paraiba, Brazil
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- MARE - Marine and Environmental Sciences Centre, Faculty of Sciences and Technology, University of Coimbra, 3004-517 Coimbra, Portugal
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- Department of Systematics and Ecology, Paraiba Federal University, Castelo Branco, 58051-900 João Pessoa, Paraiba, Brazil
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