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  • Building a model to analyse and compare social policies on ageing
    Publication . Bárrios, Maria João; Fernandes, Ana Alexandre; Fonseca, António M.
    Demographic ageing results in issues both for individuals and for organizations, with regards to social, economic and health issues. The challenge for public policies is to create the adequate resources and to adapt devices, in order to facilitate and allow an ageing process with well-being. The WHO’s proposal of Active Ageing has a great potential in guiding ageing policies, in particular local interventions. In this research we aimed to convert the active ageing concept into a practical instrument, built for use by policy-makers, researchers and stakeholders to evaluate and compare different social policies on ageing. We have proceeded to the validation of both the content and the design of the instrument, using the Delphi technique. Through the instrument created, it will be possible to analyse ageing policies from the active ageing point of view, to compare programmes and communities/organizations, to share the best policy practices and identify the least appropriate policy actions as the intervention priorities, adjusting and improving them.
  • Burnout em médicos e enfermeiros: estudo quantitativo e multicêntrico em unidades de cuidados paliativos em Portugal
    Publication . Pereira, Sandra Martins; Teixeira, Carla Margarida; Ribeiro, Orquídea; Hernández-Marrero, Pablo; Fonseca, António M.; Carvalho, Ana Sofia
    Theoretical Framework: Systematic contact with death is considered a risk factor for burnout in health, particularly for doctors and nurses who develop their professional activity in palliative care. Objectives: To study the syndrome of burnout in these professionals in Portugal. Methodology: A multicenter quantitative survey study. Results: Out of 142 professionals, 88 returned the completed questionnaire; of these, only 3% were in burnout and 13% at high risk of developing this syndrome. Professing a religion (p=.005) and having post-graduate education/training in palliative care (p=.011) were significantly and inversely associated with burnout. Conflicts with other professionals (p=.012) were significantly associated with developing this syndrome. Conclusion: Although the percentage of professionals with high levels of burnout in palliative care is low, there are risk factors that can be optimized to promote a higher well-being state among professionals.
  • Promoção do desenvolvimento psicológico no envelhecimento
    Publication . Fonseca, António M.
    O objetivo deste texto é apresentar as principais bases teóricas e empíricas no âmbito da promoção do desenvolvimento psicológico em pessoas idosas. A orientação da psicologia do desenvolvimento para a população idosa deve-se ao interesse partilhado por um número crescente de psicólogos no uso de abordagens desenvolvimentais do comportamento humano. Através delas tem sido possível entender melhor a plasticidade do processo de envelhecimento e a importância das relações entre os indivíduos e os seus contextos de referência para a compreensão da diversidade no decurso do desenvolvimento humano, na segunda metade da vida. A emergência de uma perspectiva desenvolvimental aplicada ao indivíduo idoso fez-se acompanhar do aparecimento de intervenções simultaneamente dirigidas ao próprio indivíduo e aos contextos comunitários a que ele pertence, tendo como elemento comum a preocupação com o respectivo desenvolvimento. As bases conceituais e empíricas mais importantes subjacentes à promoção do desenvolvimento psicológico no envelhecimento são apresentadas neste artigo, discutindo-se igualmente as implicações desta perspectiva para o desenho de programas de intervenção e para a ciência desenvolvimental, realçando a sua pertinência para a compreensão e promoção da vida das pessoas idosas.
  • Psychometric properties of the reminiscence functions scale for the Portuguese population: a preliminary report
    Publication . Gonçalves, Daniela C.; Guedes, Joana Martins; Fonseca, António M.; Martín, Inácio
    The aim to the present study was to assess the psychometric properties of a version in Portuguese of the reminiscence function scale. Total sample was composed of 628 participants aged between 18 and 92 years, divided into three groups according to their age (18-24 years, n=249; 26-54 years, n=174; 55 and older, n=205). Results indicated a five-factor solution for the Portuguese version of the reminiscence function scale, which accounted