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Sá Couto PM: Mathematical models for educational simulation of materno-fetal oxygen transport. PhD Thesis (under non-discloser agreement), Faculty of Engineering, University of Porto, Portugal, 2013.

 

Sá Couto PM: A model for educational simulation of pulmonary gas exchange, incorporating water vapor, temperature and barometric pressure. Master Thesis (http://hdl.handle.net/10216/12293), Faculty of Engineering, University of Porto, Portugal, 2003.

 

Sá Couto PM: Educational Simulation of Fetal Heart Rate: Modeling of the Influence of Oxygen Supply and Uterine Contractions. Bachelor Thesis, Faculty of Sciences, University of Porto, Portugal, 1999.

 

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Teófilo Granjo, Luis M.T. Jesus, Pedro Sa-Couto, Maria Assunção C. Matos. The Portuguese Version of the Social Activities Checklist. Submitted to International Journal of Language & Communication Disorders

Luciana Isabel Correia; Pedro Sa-Couto; Sandra Marques; Maria da Conceição Raínho; Joao Lindo Simoes. The Effectiveness of an educational nursing intervention on the adherence to therapeutic regimen in patients with diabetes: an interventional study. Submited to Primary Care Diabetes

Tatiana Casado, Liliana Sousa, Sara Guerra, Pedro Sá Couto, João Paulo de Almeida Tavares. Loyola Generativity Scale e Generative Behavior Checklist: um estudo psicométrico com pessoas idosas espanholas LGBT+. Submitted to Revista de Enfermagem Referência

Carina Coelho; Sylvie Capelas; Pedro Sá Couto; Rita Vinagre; Marisa Lousada. The impact of morphological awareness on reading and spelling. Submitted to Revista Brasileira de Educação Especial

Carina Coelho, Sylvie Capelas, Pedro Sá Couto e Marisa Lousada. Consciência morfológica, leitura e escrita no primeiro ciclo. Submitted to CoDAS

Maria Piedade Brandão; Pedro Sá Couto; Gonçalo Gomes; Pedro Beça. Hypertension and its determinants in workers of a Portuguese Higher education institution: a cross-sectional study. Submitted to Preventive Medicine Reports

Book chapters

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Ramos, M., Sá-Couto, P., Pereira, A., Silva, C.F. Coping differentiates work ability of white collar workers – preliminary findings on the good coping at work profile (chapter, pp. 177-184). Stress and Anxiety: Applications to Social and Environmental Threats, Psychological Well-Being, Occupational Challenges, and Developmental Psychology. Editors: K. Kaniasty, P. Buchwald, S. Howard, & K. Moore. Berlin, Germany: Logos Verlag. ISBN-13: 978-3832537203, 2014

Figueiredo A, Portugal G, Sá-Couto P, Neto C. Early outdoor learning in Portugal (chapter), pp 65-78.International perspective on forest school: Natural Spaces to Play and learn. Editor: Sara Knight, Publisher: Sage Publications Ltd: London, ISSN-13: 978-1-4462-5914-6, 2013

 

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Matos AC, Lorigo J, Marques IA, Abrantes AM, Jóia-Gomes M, Sa-Couto P, Gonçalves AC, Valentim A, Tavares-Silva E, Figueiredo A, et al. (2024). Anti-Algics in the Therapeutic Response of Breast and Urological Cancers. International Journal of Molecular Sciences. 2024; 25(1):468. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijms25010468. 2024

Fernandes J, Sousa L, Sá-Couto P, Tavares J. (2023). Companion Animals: Associations With Social Isolation, Loneliness, and Satisfaction With Life in Portuguese Community-Dwelling Older Adults, Anthrozoös, DOI: 10.1080/08927936.2023.2287313. 2023

Araújo AFS , Jesus LMT , Sa-Couto P,  Matos MAC  (2023) Adaptation and Validation of the World Health Organization Quality of Life – BREF (WHOQOL-BREF) for People with Aphasia, Aphasiology, https://doi.org/10.1080/02687038.2023.2282651. 2023

Santos JMLG, Ribeiro O, Jesus LMT, Sa-Couto P, Matos MAC. Recommendations of good practice to prevent aspiration pneumonia in older adults at risk of oropharyngeal dysphagia living in nursing homes: A modified e-Delphi study protocol. Int J Lang Commun Disord. Nov 15. doi: https://doi.org/10.1111/1460-6984.12985. 2023

Oliveira, C.R., Sousa, L., Sa-Couto, P., Sequeiros, J., Mendes Álvaro, A. Living with Transthyretin-Related Familial Amyloid Polyneuropathy—TTR-FAP: Generativity, Satisfaction with Life and Health Perception in Older Affected Individuals. J Adult Dev . https://doi.org/10.1007/s10804-023-09459-2. 2023

Morais, A. J., Freitas, A., Sá-Couto, P., & Rocha, A... Adaptação Transcultural do SATS-36 para Estudantes do 3º Ciclo do Ensino Básico Português [Portuguese]. Bolema: Boletim De Educação Matemática, 37(76), 427–448. https://doi.org/10.1590/1980-4415v37n76a04. 2023

Tavares, J., Casado, T., Sá-Couto, P. Guerra S., Sousa, L. Spanish Older LGBT+ Adults: Satisfaction with Life and Generativity. Sex Res Soc Policy. https://doi.org/10.1007/s13178-023-00871-7. 2023

Lopes A.; Martins A.; Lousada M.; Sá Couto P. Desenvolvimento e estudo de eficácia do programa INSYNTAX em falantes tardios [Portuguese]. Revista Portuguesa de Terapia da Fala; Volume 15; agosto 2023. dx.doi.org/10.21281/rptf.2023.15.02. 2023

Portinha, S., Sa-Couto, P., & Matos, M. A. A preliminary cross-sectional study to investigate the presence of sarcopenic dysphagia in a Portuguese geriatric population. Geriatric Care9(1).  https://doi.org/10.4081/gc.2023.10972. 2023

Matos M., Costa I., Portinha R., Afonso B., Barbosa K., Gouveia C., Sá-CoutoP. Contribution to the translation and reliability analysis of the Self-Administered Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis Functional Rating Scale -Revised, for European Portuguese. Journal of Statistics on Health Decision,5(1), e28483. https://doi.org/10.34624/jshd.v5i1.28483. 2023

Reis, J.D.d.; Sa-Couto, P.; Mateus, J.; Simões, C.J.; Rodrigues, A.; Sardo, P.; Simões, J.L. (2023): Impact of Wound Dressing Changes on Nursing Workload in an Intensive Care Unit. Int. J. Environ. Res. Public Health 2023, 20, 5284. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph20075284. 2023.

Vinagre R, Capelas S, Couto PS, Lousada M. (2023): Desenvolvimento da consciência morfológica no 1º ciclo [Portuguese]. DELTA, 2023; 39(2):202339252187. https://doi.org/10.1590/1678-460X202339252187. 2023.

Pereira, T; Ramalho, AM; Valente, ARS; Couto, PS; Lousada, M. (2022): The Effects of the Pragmatic Intervention Programme in Children with Autism Spectrum. Disorder and Developmental Language Disorder. Brain Sci. 2022, 12, 1640. https://doi.org/10.3390/brainsci12121640. 2022.

Andias R, Sa-Couto P, Silva AG (2022). Blended-Learning Pain Neuroscience Education and Exercise in High School Students With Chronic Neck Pain: A Randomized Controlled Trial. Phys Ther. 2022 Jun 3;102(6):pzac048. doi: https://doi.org/10.1093/ptj/pzac048. 2022.

Tavares, J. P. de A. T.; Sá-Couto, P.; Santiago Machado, I. I.; Pedreira, L. C. P., & de Oliveira, L. M. S. (2022). Validade do prisma-7 na identificação do síndrome de fragilidade em idosos na atenção primária à saúde [Portuguese]. Revista Baiana De Enfermagem, 36. https://doi.org/10.18471/rbe.v36.46927. 2022

Camões C, Matos A, Sa-Couto P, Dourado M (2022). The Volume-Viscosity Swallowing Test - Portuguese Version: Validation and prevalence of safety and efficacy clinical signs in acute stroke patients. Revista de Logopedia, Foniatría y Audiología, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.rlfa.2022.03.001. 2022

Tavares JPA, Sá-Couto PMF, Pedreira LC. Predictors of frailty in older people users of Primary Health Care (2022). Rev Bras Enferm. 2022;75 (Suppl 4): e20201292. https://doi.org/10.1590/0034-7167-2020-1292. 2022

Cerveira FR, Matos MAC, Sa-Couto P (2022). Development of the European Portuguese version of the oral health assessment tool: Content validity and reliability study in an elderly population. Special Care Dentist. 2022; 17. https://doi.org/10.1111/scd.12724. 2022

Simões JL, Sa-Couto P, Voegeli D. (2022). Factors Predicting Pressure Injury Incidence in Older Adults Following Elective Total Hip Arthroplasty: A Longitudinal Study. Adv Skin Wound Care. 2022 Jan 1;35(1):48-55. https://doi.org/10.1097/01.ASW.0000801540.04621.57. 2022

Brandão, M.P.; Sa-Couto, P.; Gomes, G.; Beça, P.; Reis, J. (2022). Factors Associated with Cardiovascular Disease Risk among Employees at a Portuguese Higher Education Institution. Int. J. Environ. Res. Public Health 2022, 19, 848. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph19020848. 2022

Sá M., Sa-Couto P., Lousada M. (2022). Phonological awareness digital program: a randomized controlled study. Revista de Investigación en Logopedia 12(1), e77402. https://dx.doi.org/10.5209/rlog.77402. 2022

Alves, A.M., Rodrigues, A., Sa-Couto, P.; Simões, J.L. (2022). Effect of an Educational Nursing Intervention on the Mental Adjustment of Patients with Chronic Arterial Hypertension: An Interventional Study. Int. J. Environ. Res. Public Health 2022, 19,170. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph19010170. 2022

Freire, F., Afreixo, V., Sá Couto, P. (2021). Characterization of the epidemiological curve of the 1st wave of the pandemic - study of the determinants for death and hospitalization due to COVID-19 in Portugal. Journal of Statistics on Health Decision3(2), In press. https://doi.org/10.34624/jshd.v3i2.24208. 2021

Albuquerque L, Valente ARS, Teixeira A, Figueiredo D, Sa-Couto P, Oliveira C (2021) Association between acoustic speech features and non-severe levels of anxiety and depression symptoms across lifespan. PLoS ONE 16(4): e0248842. Doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0248842. 2021

Seabra RMF, Reis FRM, Novo VAC, Rego Simões CMA, Sa-Couto P, Simões JLS. Knowledge and Behaviors of Oral Health in Children: A Cross-Sectional and Correlational Study. Am J Nurs Stud. 2021;2(2):1015. 2021.

Tavares, J.; Sa-Couto, P.; Reis, J.D.; Boltz, M.; Capezuti, E. The Role of Frailty in Predicting 3 and 6 Months Functional Decline in Hospitalized Older Adults: Findings from a Secondary Analysis. Int. J. Environ. Res. Public Health18, 7126. 2021. Doi: 10.3390/ijerph18137126. 2021

Brandão MP, Sa-Couto P, Gomes G, Beça P. Description of an integrated e-health monitoring system in a Portuguese higher education institution: the e.cuidHaMUstm program. Global Health Promotion. February 2021. doi:10.1177/1757975920984222. 2021

Carramate LFND, Rodrigues A, Simões JL, Sá-Couto P, Pereira RM, Pinto S, De Francesco S. Simulation of Image-Guided Intervention in Medical Imaging Education. J Med Imaging Radiat Sci. 2020 Jan 16. Doi: 10.1016/j.jmir.2019.12.007. 2020

Bohn L, Sa-Couto P, Ramoa Castro A, Ribeiro F, Oliveira J. Effects of a short health education intervention on physical activity, arterial stiffness and cardiac autonomic function in individuals with moderate-to-high cardiovascular risk. Patient Educ Couns. 2020 Sep;103(9):1856-1863. doi: 10.1016/j.pec.2020.03.005. Epub 2020 Mar 7. PMID: 32173214. 2020

Simões JL, Sa-Couto P, Simões CJ, Oliveira C, Dos Santos NM, Mateus J, Magalhães C, Martins M. Nursing workload assessment in an intensive care unit: a 5-year retrospective analysis. J Clin Nurs. 2020 Nov 25. doi: 10.1111/jocn.15570. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 33238046. 2020

Diniz-Sousa F, Veras L, Boppre G, Sa-Couto P, Devezas V, Santos-Sousa H, Preto J, Vilas-Boas JP, Machado L, Oliveira J, Fonseca H. The Effect of an Exercise Intervention Program on Bone Health After Bariatric Surgery: A Randomized Controlled Trial. J Bone Miner Res. 2020 Dec 9. doi: 10.1002/jbmr.4213. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 33295063. 2020

Albuquerque L, Oliveira C, Teixeira A, Sa-Couto P, Figueiredo D. A Comprehensive Analysis of Age and Gender Effects in European Portuguese Oral Vowels. J Voice. 2020 Dec 5:S0892-1997(20)30412-4. doi: 10.1016/j.jvoice.2020.10.021. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 33293174. 2020

Lousada M, Sa-Couto P, Sutre D, Figueiredo C, Fazenda M, Lousada MJ, Valente AR. Validity and reliability of the Intelligibility in Context Scale: European Portuguese version.  Clin Linguist Phon. 2019 Apr 9:1-14. doi: 10.1080/02699206.2019.1589579. 2019

Simões JL, Soares S, Sa-Couto P, Lopes C, Magina D, Melo E, Voegeli D, Bolhão I. The influence of presurgical factors in the rehabilitation outcome of patients following hip arthroplasty. Rehabil Nurs. 44(4):189-202 July/August 2019. doi:10.1097/rnj.0000000000000126. 2019.

Reis A, Santos M, Furtado I, Cruz C, Sa-Couto P, Queirós A, Almeida L, Rocha N. Disability and its clinical correlates in pulmonary hypertension measured through the World Health Organization Disability Assessment Schedule 2.0 (WHODAS 2.0): a prospective, observational study. J Bras Pneumol. 45(4):1-10.2019. doi: 10.1590/1806-3713/e20170355. 2019

Reis A, Santos M, Vicente M, Furtado I, Cruz C, Melo A, Carvalho L, Gonçalves F, Sa-Couto P, Almeida L. Health-Related Quality of Life in Pulmonary Hypertension and Its Clinical Correlates: A Cross-Sectional Study. Biomed Res Int. 2018 Mar 19;2018:3924517. doi: 10.1155/2018/3924517. 2018

Silva AG, Couto PS, Queirós A, Neto M, Rocha NP. Musculoskeletal Multisite Pain and Patterns of Association After Adjusting for Sleep, Physical Activity and Screen Time in Adolescents. Spine (Phila Pa 1976). 2018 Oct 15;43(20):1432-1437. doi:10.1097/BRS.0000000000002646. 2018

Tribuna L, Silva A, Sá Couto P, Bastião L. A study to understand the acceptance of DICOM Structured Reports on Breast Imaging. Procedia Computer Science.121(2017) 672–680. 10.1016/J.PROCS.2017.11.088. 2017

Tavares JPA, Sá-Couto P, Boltz M, Capezuti E. Identification of Seniors at Risk (ISAR) in the emergency room: a prospective study. Int Emerg Nurs. Jun 24. Doi: 10.1016/j.ienj.2017.05.008. 2017

Silva AG; Couto PS; Queirós A, Neto M, Rocha NP. Chronic pain in high school students is associated with physical activity and sleeping hours but not with screen time. International Journal of Adolescent Medicine and Health. Jun 17 Doi: 10.1515/ijamh-2017-0014. 2017

Silva AG; Sa-Couto P; Queirós A, Neto M, Rocha NP. Pain, pain intensity and pain disability in high school students are differently associated with physical activity, screening hours and sleep. BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders 18:194, doi: DOI 10.1186/s12891-017-1557-6. 2017

de Almeida Tavares J, Sá-Couto P, Boltz M, Capezuti E. Portuguese older adults presenting at the emergency department: Predictive validity of the identification of seniors at risk (ISAR) tool. Journal of Gerontological Nursing; 43(8), 18–24, doi: 10.3928/00989134-20170405-02. 2017

Costa Ferreira B, Sá-Couto P, Khouri L, Lopes MC. Biological dose-escalated definitive radiation therapy in head and neck cancer. Br J Radiol; Apr 90(1072): 21060477, doi:10.1259/bjr.20160477. 2017

Santos G, Sousa L, Sá Couto P. Hospitalização de pessoas idosas: Espiritualidade, risco de dependência, quedas e readmissão [Portuguese]. Psicologia, Saúde e Doenças, 2016, 17(3), 542-560, doi:10.15309/16psd170318. 2016

Tavares JP, Silva AL, Sá-Couto P, Boltz M, Capezuti E. Nurse perception of care of hospitalized older adults – a comparative study between northern and central regions of Portugal Revista Latino-Americana de Enfermagem 2016, 24:e2757, doi: 10.1590/1518-8345.0839.2757. 2016

Ferreira BC, Sá-Couto P, Lopes MC, Khouri L. Compliance to radiation therapy of head and neck cancer patients and impact on treatment outcome. Clinical Translational Oncology. 2016, Jul;18(7):677-84. doi: 10.1007/s12094-015-1417-5. 2016

Silva AG, Queirós A, Sa-Couto P, Rocha NP. Higher Pain Intensity, Depression, and Being 75 Years or Older are Associated with Lower Levels of Self-Reported Physical Activity in Older Adults with Pain Attending Primary Care. Clinical Gerontologist 2016, 39(4):324-341. Doi: 10.1080/07317115.2015.1135839. 2016

Brandão MP, Gonçalves J, Sá-Couto P, Sousa L. Functional independence of old people with mental disorders: a study in a psychogeriatric unit in Portugal [Portuguese]. Revista Portuguesa de Saúde Pública. 2015 33(2):199–206, doi: 10.1016/j.rpsp.2015.06.001. 2015

Almeida A, Fernandes A, Graça A, Carvalho J, Couto P, Matos M. Mini-Mental State Examination para pessoas escolarizadas com afasia - estudo preliminar de validação e fiabilidade [Portuguese]. Revista Portuguesa de Terapia da Fala (APTF), 2015, 4: 8-16. 2015

Silva AG, Queirós A, Sa-Couto P, Rocha NP. Self-Reported Disability: Association With Lower Extremity Performance and Other Determinants in Older Adults Attending Primary Care. Phys Ther. 2015 Dec;95(12):1628-37. doi:10.2522/ptj.20140323. 2015

Alvarelhão J, Queirós A, Sa-Couto P, Rocha NP. Goal setting for cerebral palsy children in context therapy: improve reliability when linking to ICF. Stud Health Technol Inform. 2015;217:886-91. 2015 Doi: 10.3233/978-1-61499-566-1-886. 2015

Loureiro CC, Sa-Couto P, Todo-Bom A, Bousquet J. Cluster analysis in phenotyping a Portuguese population. Rev Port Pneumol 2015 Dec; 21 (6), 299-306. doi: 10.1016/j.rppnen.2015.07.006. 2015

Ferreira BC, Marques RV, Khouri L, Santos T, Sá-Couto P, Lopes MC. Assessment and topographic characterization of locoregional recurrences in head and neck tumours. Radiation Oncolology. 2015 Feb 15;10:41. doi: 10.1186/s13014-015-0345-4. 2015

Mota MJO, Cardoso M, Carvalho A, Marques A, Sá-Couto P, Demain S. Women's experiences of low back pain during pregnancy. Journal of back and musculoskeletal rehabilitation; 28; 351-357, 2015 doi: 10.3233/BMR-140527. 2015

de Almeida Tavares JP, Silva AL, Sá-Couto P, Boltz M, Capezuti E. Portuguese nurses' knowledge of and attitudes toward hospitalized older adults. Scandinavian Journal of Caring Sciences (SCS); 29 (1); 51-61, 2015 doi: 10.1111/scs.12124. 2015

Pedro C, Oliveira T, Lousada M, Couto P. Estudo sobre a intervenção em crianças falantes do Português Europeu com atraso fonológico [portuguese]. Documentação de Estudos em Lingüística Teórica e Aplicada, 30(1), 61-93. 2014

Tavares JPA, Alcione LS; Sá-Couto P, Boltz B, Capezuti EA: Validation of geriatric care environment scale in Portuguese Nurses. Current Gerontology and Geriatrics Research vol. 2013, Article ID 426596, 9 pages, 2013. doi:10.1155/2013/4265962013: 9, 2013

Tavares JPA, Alcione LS; Sá-Couto P, Boltz B, Capezuti EA: Validation of the professional issues scale with Portuguese Nurses. Research in Gerontological Nursing 6(4): 264:274, 2013

Oliveira CA, Cunha MMA, Silva SB, Teixeira AB, Sá-Couto P: Acoustic analysis of European Portuguese oral vowels produced by children. Communications in Computer and Information Science, 328 CCIS, pp. 129-138, 2012

FMB, Sundberg J, Howard DM, Sá-Couto P, Freitas A: Effects of the Menstrual Cycle and Oral Contraception on Singer’s Pitch Control. Journal of Speech, Language, and Hearing Research. 55(1):247-61, 2012

Jácome C, Oliveira D, Marques A, Sá-Couto P: Prevalence and impact of urinary incontinence among female athletes. International Journal of Gynecology and Obstetrics. 114(1): 60-3, 2011

Simões JFFL, Jesus LMT, Voegeli D, Sa-Couto P, Fernandes J, Morgado M: Assessment of comatose patients: a Portuguese instrument based on the Coma Recovery Scale – Revised and using nursing standard terminology. Journal of Advanced Nursing 67: 1129: 1140, 2011.

Sá-Couto CD, Andriessen P, van Meurs WL, Sá-Couto PM, Ayres-de-Campos D: A model for educational simulation of hemodynamic transitions at birth. Pediatric Research, 67: 158:165, 2010

van Meurs WL, Sá Couto PM, Sá Couto CD, Bernardes JF, Ayres de Campos D: Development of fetal and neonatal simulators at the University of Porto. Medical Education, 37(Suppl. 1):29-33, 2003.

Sá Couto PM, van Meurs WL, Bernardes JF, Marques de Sá JP, Goodwin JA: Mathematical Model for Educational Simulation of the Oxygen Delivery to the Fetus, Control Engineering Practice, 10,  59-66, 2002.

Abstracts with referee

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Simões R, Oliveira J, Sá-Couto P, Ramos M (2023). Coping strategies and psychosocial factors at work of Dietitians/Nutritionists J. Stat. Health Decis. 2023;5(2):e31525. https://doi.org/10.34624/jshd.v5i2.31525. 2023

Pires JR, Sá-Couto P, Bem-Haja P, Ramos M (2023). Are coping and workplace psychosocial factors related to work ability in physicians? J. Stat. Health Decis. 2023;5(2): e31528 https://doi.org/10.34624/jshd.v5i2.31528. 2023

Lucas D, Senra H, Rodrigues V, Sá-Couto P, Ramos M (2023). Occupational health, well-being and ability to work in a sample of Portuguese Nurses. J. Stat. Health Decis. 2023;5(2):e31540 | https://doi.org/10.34624/jshd.v5i2.31540. 2023

Messias A, Estrela M, Couto P, Sá-Couto P, Marco Ramos (2023). Physicians’ coping and work ability: a multivariate analysis. J. Stat. Health Decis. 2023;5(2):e31600  https://doi.org/10.34624/jshd.v5i2.31600. 2023

Humenyuk A, Baptista I., Antunes R., Sá-Couto P, Ramos M (2023). Relationships between WAI, BriefCOPE and COPSOQII scales: health care professionals. J. Stat. Health Decis. 2023;5(2):e31567 https://doi.org/10.34624/jshd.v5i2.31567. 2023

Sá M, Lousada M, Sa-Couto P (2021). Efeitos de um programa de estimulação da consciência fonológica – um estudo randomizado controlado [Abstract] [Portuguese]. Revista Portuguesa de Terapia da Fala, volume 12, ISSN:2183-1297, page 45, 2021

Portinha S, Sa-Couto P, Matos MA (2021). Cross-sectional study to investigate the presence of sarcopenic dysphagia in a Portuguese geriatric population [Extended abstract].  J. Stat. Health Decis. 2021;3(1):38-39 Doi: 10.34624/jshd.v3i1.24820. 2021

Gouveia C, Sa-Couto P, Matos MA (2021). Neuromuscular Electrostimulation vs TraditionalTherapy in the Stroke Patient with Oropharyngeal Dysphagia: Effects on Quality of Life - Randomized Study [Extended abstract].  J. Stat. Health Decis. 2021;3(1):38-39 Doi: 10.34624/jshd.v3i1.24844. 2021

Albuquerque L., Oliveira C., Teixeira, A., Sa-Couto, P., Figueiredo D. (2019) Age-Related Changes in European Portuguese Vowel Acoustics. Proc. Interspeech 2019, 3965-3969, DOI: 10.21437/Interspeech.2019-1818. 2019

Cossa I., Campos G., Couto P., Lindo J. Making Clinical Simulation Mannequins Talk. In Proceedings of the 12th International Joint Conference on Biomedical Engineering Systems and Technologies - Volume 5: HEALTHINF, ISBN 978-989-758-353-7, pages 450-455. DOI: 10.5220/0007571404500455. 2019

Tribuna L., A Clemente A., Teixeira T., Sa Couto P., Oliveira P.,  Agostinho P. Cine shortaxis image quality optimisation on 3T cardiac MR. European Heart Journal Cardiovascular Imaging 20 (Supplement 2), ii328. 2019 https://doi.org/10.1093/ehjci/jez118.006. 2019

Tavares J., Sa-Couto P., Machado I. Prevalence of frailty in primary care: the influence of different hand grip strength cut-offs. Eur Geriatr Med (2018) 9 (Suppl 1):S116. https://doi.org/10.1007/s41999-018-0097-4. 2018

Tavares J., Sa-Couto P., Machado I. The identification of frailty in primary care: Portuguese Prisma-7 analysis. Eur Geriatr Med (2018) 9 (Suppl 1):S117. https://doi.org/10.1007/s41999-018-0097-4. 2018

Machado I., Sá-Couto P, Tavares J. Identification of frailty condition of elderly people in the community. Proceedings of the 4th IPLeiria’s International Health Congress: Leiria, Portugal. 11-12 May 2018. (2018). BMC Health Services Research, 18(Suppl 2), 684: 29-30. 2018 http://doi.org/10.1186/s12913-018-3444-8. 2018

Costa L.,Sa-Couto P., Tavares J. Function-Focused Care: validation of self-effecacy, outcomes expectations and knowledge scales. . Proceedings of the 4th IPLeiria’s International Health Congress: Leiria, Portugal. 11-12 May 2018. (2018). BMC Health Services Research, 18(Suppl 2), 684: 106. 2018 http://doi.org/10.1186/s12913-018-3444-8. 2018 

Abreu L, Sa Couto P., Mestre S. Safety protocol for Nasolaringoscopic Evaluation of Swallowing: Cultural and linguistic validation and adaption for European Portuguese Language. Proceedings of the 4th IPLeiria’s International Health Congress: Leiria, Portugal. 11-12 May 2018. (2018). BMC Health Services Research, 18(Suppl 2), 684: 99. 2018 http://doi.org/10.1186/s12913-018-3444-8. 2018

Alves A., Simões J., Rodrigues A., Couto P. Family nurse intervention in the mental adjustment of patients with arterial hypertension. . Proceedings of the 4th IPLeiria’s International Health Congress: Leiria, Portugal. 11-12 May 2018. (2018). BMC Health Services Research, 18(Suppl 2), 684: 33. 2018 http://doi.org/10.1186/s12913-018-3444-8. 2018.

Bohn L.; Sa-Couto, P.; Castro, A.; Ribeiro, F.; Oliveira, J. Effects of a health education intervention on sedentary time, moderate-to-vigorous physical activity, and body mass index in individuals with moderate-to-high cardiovascular risk. Obes Facts 2017, 10 (suppl 1): 119. 2017

Ferreira M, Jesus L, Sá-Couto P, Vilarinho H. University of Aveiro’s Standardised Voice Case History Form [abstract]. Revista de Saúde Pública 48 (Special Number), 297. 2014

Leal A, Jesus L, Gomes A, Sá-Couto P, Matos M. Aphasia Assessment by the Portuguese Speech and Language Therapists [abstract]. Revista de Saúde Pública 48 (Special Number), 291. 2014

Almeida A, Fernandes A, Graça A, Carvalho J,  Sá-Couto P, Matos M. Adaptation and Validation of Mini-Mental State Examination for Individuals with Aphasia [abstract]. Revista de Saúde Pública 48 (Special Number), 305. 2014

Santos MRD, Silva A, Rocha N, Couto PS: DICOM metadata-mining in PACS for computed radiography X-Ray exposure analysis: a mammography multisite study [abstract]. Insights into Imaging 5 (Suppl 1): S195. 2014

Gonçalves JS, Sousa L, Sá-Couto P, Brandão MP: Dependency in Portuguese older people with mental disorders through the EASYcare [abstract]. European Journal of Epidemiology 27:S155, 2012

Coimbra B, Jesus LMT, Sá-Couto P: Fricative Spectra in Normal and Hearing Impaired Children with Cochlear [abstract]. International Journal of Pediatric Otorhinolaryngology 75, 33, 2011

Coimbra B, Jesus LMT, -Couto P: Vowel Acoustics in Normal and Hearing Impaired Children with Cochlear Implant [abstract]. International Journal of Pediatric Otorhinolaryngology 75, 46, 2011

Sá Couto PM, van Meurs WL, Bernardes JF, Marques de Sá JP, Goodwin JA. Simulation of fetal heart rate during hypoxic stress [abstract]. European Journal Anaesthesia, 20-840, 2003.

Van Meurs WL, Sá Couto P, Bernardes JF, Marques de Sá JP, Goodwin JA: Educational Simulation of the Oxygen Delivery to the Fetus [abstract]. European Journal Anaesthesia, 17, 515-526, 2000.

 

Papers in conference proceedings

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Brandão MP, Sa-Couto P, Gomes G, Beça P. (2021). Risk of Cardiovascular Disease among the staff members of University of Aveiro [Abstract]. 2nd International Congress on Intervention in Health and Well-being (2nd ICHWBI2021), Viseu, Portugal. May 28-29 2021

Cerveira F, Sa-Couto P, Matos M. (2021). Desenvolvimento da versão portuguesa do The Oral Health Assessment Tool (OHAT) Saúde oral [Abstract] [Portuguese].  2nd International Congress on Intervention in Health and Well-being (2nd ICHWBI2021), Viseu, Portugal. May 28-29, 2021

Araújo A., Sa-Couto P., Valente P., Matos M. (2020) World Health Organization Quality of Life-BREF - Versão Aphasia – Friendly [Portuguese]. 14th Congresso Português do AVC, Porto, Portugal, February 6-8, P:71-72, 2020

Brandão MP, Sa-Couto P, Gomes G. & Beça P. (2020). Prevalence of pain, self-reported health status and physical activity on a sample of University of Aveiro workers [Poster]. 2nd Statistics on Health Decision Making – clinical trials, Aveiro, Portugal, October 23rd. 2020.

Brandão MP, Sa-Couto P, Gomes G. & Beça P. (2020). Prevalence of hyperglycemia, hypercholesterolemia and hyperuricemia on a sample of University of Aveiro workers [Poster]. 2nd Statistics on Health Decision Making – clinical trials, Aveiro, Portugal, October 23rd , 2020

Sa-Couto P., Sa-Couto C. A simple mathematical model for the maternal-fetal respiratory gas exchange: the uncontrolled system. 2nd Portuguese Meeting in Biomathematics, Aveiro, Portugal, July 19-20, 2018

Bohn L., Sa-Couto P., Castro A.R., Ribeiro F., Oliveira J. Effects of a health education intervention on physical activity in individuals with moderate-to-high cardiovascular risk. III Encontro Luso-Galaico de Biometria, Aveiro, Portugal, June 28-30, 2018

Costa B., Gouveia C., Sá Couto P., Matos M., Jesus L. M. T. Portuguese Translation and Cultural Adaptation of The Self-Administered Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis Functional Rating ScaleRevised. Proceedings of 10th European Congress of Speech and Language Therapy, Cascais, Portugal, May 10-12, 2018.

Machado I., Sá-Couto P, Tavares J. Identification of frailty condition of elderly people in the community. Proceedings of 4th International Health Congress, Leiria, Portugal, May 11-12, 2018

Costa L.,Sa-Couto P., Tavares J. Function-Focused Care: validation of self-effecacy, outcomes expectations and knowledge scales. Proceedings of 4th International Health Congress, Leiria, Portugal, May 11-12, 2018 

Abreu L, Sa Couto P., Mestre S. Safety protocol for Nasolaringoscopic Evaluation of Swallowing: Cultural and linguistic validation and adaption for European Portuguese Language. Proceedings of 4th International Health Congress, Leiria, Portugal, May 11-12, 2018

Alves A., Simões J., Rodrigues A., Couto P. Family nurse intervention in the mental adjustment of patients with arterial hypertension.Proceedings of 4th International Health Congress, Leiria, Portugal, May 11-12, 2018.

Rodrigues A., Lindo Simões J., Carramate L., Sá-Couto P., Pereira R., De Francesco S.. Simulation of pace maker implantation for medical imaging professionals training. Proceedings of European Congress of Radiology (ERC 2018), Viena, Austria, February 28 to March 4, 2018 doi:10.1594/ecr2018/C-171. 2018

Silva AG, Sa Couto P, Queirós A, Neto M, Rocha NP. Pain presence, pain intensity and disability in high school students are differently associated with physical activity, screening hours and sleep. Abstract. Proceedings of World Confederation of Physical Therapy Congress, Cape Town, South Africa, July 2-4 2017

Sa-Couto P, Santiago MJ, Hall A: A graphical guideline for the selection of reliability and agreement methods for clinical studies. Abstract. Proceedings of 38th International society for Clinical Biostatistics (ISCB2017), Vigo, Spain, 9-13 July, 2017

Sá-Couto P, Lindo JF, Descalço L. Nursing student ward: requirements for a simulation environment. Abstract. Proceedings of 4rd Portuguese Society of Applied Simulation to Health Sciences (SPSIM 2017), Coimbra, Portugal, February 23, 2017.

Sá-Couto P, Lindo JF, Descalço L. Requirements for a nursing student ward simulation environment. Abstract. Proceedings of 22th Society in Europe for Simulation Applied to Medicine (SESAM 2016), Lisboa, Portugal, June 15- 17, 2016.

Nunes A, Sa-Couto P, Henriques AG, Martins I, Silva OC, Chaló D. Clinical simulation scenarios in high-fidelity simulator - learning tool for students of Master Degree in Molecular Biomedicine. Abstract. Proceedings of 22th Society in Europe for Simulation Applied to Medicine (SESAM 2016), Lisboa, Portugal, June 15- 17, 2016.

Nunes A, Chaló D, Sá Couto P, Amaro A. Cenários de AVC num simulador de alta fidelidade – ferramenta de aprendizagem para estudantes de Ciências Biomédicas [abstract; Portuguese]. Proceedings of 3rd Portuguese Society of Applied Simulation to Health Sciences (SPSIM 2015), Porto, Portugal, February 19-21, 2015   

Nunes A, Chaló D, Sá Couto P, Amaro A. Combinação de simuladores para identificação de quadros clínicos ginecológicos para estudantes de Ciências Biomédicas [abstract; Portuguese]. Proceedings of 3rd Portuguese Society of Applied Simulation to Health Sciences (SPSIM 2015), Porto, Portugal, February 19-21, 2015    

Sá-Couto P, Lindo JF. Requisitos para um ambiente de simulação num contexto de enfermaria [abstract; Portuguese]. Proceedings of 3rd Portuguese Society of Applied Simulation to Health Sciences (SPSIM 2015), Porto, Portugal, February 19-21, 2015    

Chaló P, Sá Couto P, Lindo J, Amaro A. Centro de Simulação Clínica da Universidade de Aveiro (SIMULA): projetos e expectativas [abstract; Portuguese]. Proceedings of 3rd Portuguese Society of Applied Simulation to Health Sciences (SPSIM 2015), Porto, Portugal, February 19-21, 2015

Santos MRD, Sá-Couto P, Silva A, Rocha N: DICOM metadata-mining in PACS for computed radiography X-Ray exposure analysis: a mammography multisite study. Proceedings of European Congress of Radiology (ERC 2014), Viena, Austria, March 6-10, 2014  dx.doi.org/10.1594/ecr2014/B-0276 

Albuquerque L, Oliveira C, Teixeira AJS, Sá-Couto P, Freitas J, Dias MS. Impact of age in the production of European Portuguese vowels. Proceedings of the international Speech Communication Association (15th InterSpeech), Singapura, September 14-18, 2014

Sá-Couto P, Sá-Couto C: Global sensitivity analysis of a cardiovascular model [abstract]. Proceedings of EURO Mini-conference on Optimization in the Natural Sciences, Aveiro, Portugal, February 5-9, 2014

Ramos M, Sá-Couto P, Pereira A, Silva CF: Coping differentiates work ability of white collar workers – preliminary findings, further directions. Proceedings of 34th Stress and Anxiety Research Society  (34th STAR), Faro, Portugal, July 1-3, 2013

Oliveira C, Monteiro D, Marques I, Sá-Couto P, Teixeira A: An acoustic study of /l/ velarization in three dialects of European Portuguese [abstract]. Proceedings of The Phonetics and Phonology in Iberia Conference (PaPI 2013), Lisboa, Portugal, June 25-26, 2013.

Ramos M, Sá-Couto P, Pereira A, Silva CF: Análise da estrutura do coping em profissionais de trabalhos mentais [Portuguese]. Proceedings of VIII Simpósio Nacional de Investigação em psicologia (SNIP 2013), Aveiro, Portugal, June 20-22, 2013

Sa-Couto P, Sa-Couto C: Global sensitivity analysis of Beneken’s hemodynamic model [abstract]. Proceedings of 1st Jan Beneken Conference on Modeling and Simulation of Human Physiology, Eindhoven, Netherlands, April 25-26, 2013.

Oliveira AC, Martins AP, Avelãs RT, Santos MSCD, Martins PM, De Francesco S, Sá-Couto P, Ferreira C: Visual grading analysis of image quality in pediatric abdominal images acquired by direct digital radiography and computer radiography systems. Proceedings of European Congress of Radiology (ERC 2013), Viena, Austria, March 7-11, 2013 

Oliveira C, Martins P, Teixeira A, Marques I, Sá-Couto P: An articulatory and acoustic study of the European Portuguese /l/.  Proceedings of 17th International Congress of Phonetic Sciences (ICPhS 2011), Hong Kong, China, August 17-21,p. 1538-1542, 2011.

Coimbra B, Jesus LMT, Sá-Couto P: Fricative Spectra in Normal and Hearing Impaired Children with Cochlear [abstract]. Proceedings of 10th European Symposium on Paediatric Cochlear Implantation (ESPCI 2011), Athens, Greece, May 12-15, 2011.

Coimbra B, Jesus LMT, -Couto P: Vowel Acoustics in Normal and Hearing Impaired Children with Cochlear Implant [abstract]. Proceedings of 10th European Symposium on Paediatric Cochlear Implantation (ESPCI 2011), Athens, Greece, May 12-15, 2011.

Jesus LMT, Barney A, Sá-Couto PM, Vilarinho H, Correia A: Voice Quality Evaluation Using Cape-V and GRBAS. Proceedings of European Portuguese. Proceedings of 6th International Workshop on Models and Analysis of Vocal Emissions for Biomedical Applications (MAVEBA), Florence, Italy, December 14-16, p. 61-64, 2009.

Jesus LMT, Barney A, Santos R, Caetano J, Jorge J, Sá-Couto PM: Universidade de Aveiro’s Voice Evaluation Protocol. Proceedings of 10th Annual Conference of the International Speech Communication Association (INTERSPEECH), Brighton, UK, September 6-10, p. 971-974, 2009.

Rocha J, Jesus LMT, Sá-Couto PM, Coimbra RL and Silva CF: Voice Quality, Pragmatics and Psychosocial Functioning in Schizophrenia: An Exploratory Study. [Poster]. Proceedings of Annual Congress of the German Society of Psychiatry (DGPPN) [Proceedings on CD-ROM], Berlin, Germany, November 26-29, 2008.

Teixeira J, Sá Couto PM, Ayres-de-Campos D, van Meurs WL.: Training analysis and system requirements for a screen-based model-driven fetal heart rate simulator. Abstract. Proceedings of 12th Society in Europe for Simulation Applied to Medicine (SESAM) [Proceedings on CD-ROM], Porto, Portugal, July 29-June 01, 2006.

Sá Couto PM: A mathematical model for educational simulation of the fetal oxygen supply and metabolism. Proceedings of Conference Views on ODEs, Aveiro, Portugal, June, 2006.

Sá Couto PM, Bernardes JF, Ayres-de-Campos D, van Meurs WL: Clinical validation of simulated fetal heart rate. Abstract. Proceedings of 11th Society in Europe for Simulation Applied to Medicine (SESAM) [Proceedings on CD-ROM], Bristol, UK, May, 2005.

Sá Couto PM, van Meurs WL, Costa VM: Model For Educational Simulation Of Pulmonary Gas Exchange, Incorporating Water Vapor, Temperature And Barometric Pressure. Proceedings of the 7th Portuguese Conference on Biomedical Engineering (BIOENG) [Proceedings on CD-ROM]; Lisbon, Portugal, June, 2003.

Sá Couto PM, van Meurs WL: Demonstration of a fetal distress prototype. Extended Abstract. Proceedings of the workshop on  Mathematical and Mental Models of Human Physiology and the future of medical educational simulation, Porto, Portugal, November, p.16-17, 2002.

Sá Couto PM, van Meurs WL, Costa VM: Model For Educational Simulation Of Pulmonary Gas Exchange, Incorporating Water Vapor, Temperature And Barometric Pressure. Extended Abstract. Proceedings of the workshop on Mathematical and Mental Models of Human Physiology and the future of medical educational simulation, Porto, Portugal, November, p.4-5, 2002.

Sá Couto PM, van Meurs WL, Bernardes JF, Marques de Sá JP, Goodwin JA: Combined Model-Driven And Rule-Based Approach For Educational Simulation Of Fetal Heart Rate. Proceedings of the 16th Biennial International Conference of European Association for Speech, Signal and Image Processing (EURASIP), Brno, Czech Republic, June, p.400-402, 2002.

Sá Couto PM, van Meurs WL, Bernardes JF, Marques de Sá JP, Goodwin JA: Simulation of fetal heart rate during hypoxic stress. Abstract. Proceedings of 9th Society in Europe for Simulation Applied to Medicine (SESAM), Santander, Spain, May p.18, 2002.

Sá Couto P, van Meurs WL, Bernardes JF, Marques de Sá JP, Goodwin JA: Mathematical Model for Educational Simulation of the Oxygen Delivery to the Fetus, Proceedings of the 4th Symposium of the International Federation of Automatic Control on Modeling and Control of Biomedical Systems (IFACS), Karlsburg, Germany, March, p.65-71, 2000.