Project/scholarship details
- Project/scholarship ID
99981
- Reference
PTDC/PSI-PCL/099981/2008
- FundRef URI
- Funder
FCT - Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia, I.P.
- Funder's country
Portugal
- Funding program
5876-PPCDTI
- Funding amount
135,300.00 €
- Start date
2010-04-01
- End date
2013-09-30
Documents
Understanding depressive symptoms after bariatric surgery: the role of weight, ...
Sousa, P; Bastos, AP; Venâncio, P; Vaz, AR; Brandão, I; Costa, JM; Machado, P; Conceição, EINTRODUCTION: Depressive symptoms have been reported as prevalent after bariatric surgery. This study aims to analyze the role of weight, eating behaviors and body image in depressive symptomatology in bariatric surgery patients assessed post-operatively. MATERIAL AND METHODS: This is a cross-sectional study including 52 bariatric surgery patients assessed post-operatively with a follow-up time ranging from 22 ...
The prevalence of binge eating disorder in a sample of college students in the ...
Ribeiro, Mónica; Conceição, Eva Martins; Vaz, Ana Rita Rendeiro Ribeiro; Machado, Paulo P. P.Binge eating disorder (BED) has important associated comorbidities and has been recently considered as a diagnostic category in the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders - Fifth Edition. This study investigates the prevalence of BED in a sample of college students using a two-stage design. Between October 2008 and July 2009, 805 students attending a public college campus completed the Questionna...
Eating disorder examination questionnaire (EDE-Q): psychometric properties and ...
Machado, Paulo P. P.; Martins, Carla; Vaz, Ana Rita Rendeiro Ribeiro; Conceição, Eva Martins; Bastos, Ana Pinto; Gonçalves, SóniaObjectiveThe first aim of the current study was to establish general population norms for the Portuguese version of the Eating Disorder Examination Questionnaire (EDE-Q) in a large community sample of female adolescents and young women, as well, for a diverse Eating Disorder (ED) clinical sample, and for women with obesity without an ED. A second aim of the study was to assess the discriminant validity of the E...
Loss of control eating and weight outcomes after bariatric surgery: a study wit...
Conceição, Eva Martins; Silva, Ana Isabel Pinto Bastos Leite; Brandão, Isabel; Vaz, Ana Rita Rendeiro Ribeiro; Ramalho, Sofia Marlene MarquesThe present study aim is to investigate the frequency of loss of control eating (LOC) episodes in three groups with different assessment times: one before, one at short and one at long-term after bariatric surgery; as well as to explore the association of postoperative problematic eating behaviors and weight outcomes and psychological characteristics. This cross-sectional study compared a group of preoperative ...
Dysregulated behaviors in bulimia nervosa - A case-control study
Gonçalves, Sónia; Machado, Bárbara César; Martins, C.; Brandão, Isabel; Torres, António Roma; Machado, Paulo P. P.Background: Bulimia nervosa (BN) is often related to self-control difficulties and to dysregulated behaviours. This study aimed to evaluate the frequency of self-injurious behaviour, suicide attempts, and other dysregulated behaviours in BN, using two control groups (a healthy group and a general psychiatric group), and also to examine the association between these behaviours and alleged sexual abuse in BN.Meth...
Volumetric alterations in the nucleus accumbens and caudate nucleus in bulimia ...
Coutinho, Joana; Ramos, Ana Filipa Pereira; Maia, Liliana Filipa Costa; Castro, Liliana Correia de; Conceição, Eva Martins da; Geliebter, AllanBulimia nervosa (BN) is an eating disorder characterized by recurrent episodes of binge eating and inappropriate compensatory behaviors (such as purging, fasting, or excessive exercise) to prevent weight gain. BN has been associated with deficits in inhibitory control processes. The basal ganglia specifically, the nucleus accumbens (NAc) and the caudate nucleus (CN) are part of the frontostriatal circuits invol...
Use of text messaging services to promote health behaviors in children
Fassnacht, Daniel Benjamin; Ali, Kathina; Silva, Cátia Sofia Botelho; Gonçalves, Sónia; Machado, Paulo P. P.Objective: To examine adherence to, satisfaction with, and preliminary efficacy of mobile phone short message service (SMS) to promote health behaviors in school-aged children.Methods: A total of 49 children (aged 8-10 years) were randomized by school classes into a monitoring vs nomonitoring group. All children participated in 2 educational group sessions that focused on health behaviors: the advantages of inc...
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