Prof. Sara S. Dias

Polytechnic Institute of Leiria, Portugal

Email: [email protected]

Qualifications

2012 Ph.D., University of Lisbon, Portugal

2006 M.Sc., University of Lisbon, Portugal

2002 B.Sc., University of Lisbon, Portugal

Publications (Selected)

1. Braga-Pontes, C., Ferreira, PV., Barros, N., et al. (2025). Veggies4myHeart digital game: an educational tool to promote vegetable consumption in preschool children - a multicentre experimental study. Journal of Health Population and Nutrition, 44(1), Article 326.
2. Hoffmeister, L., Gama, A., Gonçalves, B., et al. (2024). Factors of mental health patients' uptake in social prescribing: a mixed methods study in Portugal. European Journal of Public Health, 34(Suppl. 3). Advance online publication.
3. Rosário, J., Dias, SS., Dias, S., et al. (2024). Health literacy and its determinants among higher education students in the Alentejo region of southern Portugal-A cross-sectional survey. PLOS ONE, 19(9), Article e0309806.
4. Destri, K., Henriques, AR., Mendonça, N., et al. (2024). Hospitalization costs in Portugal among people with obesity: results from a nationwide population-based cohort 2011 to 2021. Frontiers in Public Health, 12, Article 1380690.
5. Casanova, J., Duarte, GS., da Costa, AG., et al. (2024). Prognosis of polymerase epsilon (POLE) mutation in high-grade endometrioid endometrial cancer: Systematic review and meta-analysis. Gynecologic Oncology, 182, 99–107.
6. Torre, SBD., Lages, M., Dias, SS., et al. (2023). Translating and Testing a Digital Game Promoting Vegetable Consumption in Young Children: Usability Study. JMIR Serious Games, 11, Article e43843.
7. Braga-Pontes, C., Simoes-Dias, S., Lages, M., et al. (2022). Nutrition education strategies to promote vegetable consumption in preschool children: the Veggies4myHeart project. Public Health Nutrition, 25(4), 1061–1070.
8. Braga-Pontes, C., Simoes-Dias, S., Lages, M., et al. (2021). Veggies4myHeart-a digital game to promote vegetable consumption in preschool children. European Journal of Public Health, 31(Suppl. 2). Advance online publication.
9. Rodrigues, J., Rodrigues, AM., Dias, SS., et al. (2019). Psoriatic arthritis and ankylosing spondylitis impact on health-related quality of life and working life: a comparative population-based study. Acta Reumatologica Portuguesa, 44(4), 254–265.
10. Gregório, MJ., Rodrigues, AM., Graça, P., et al. (2018). Food Insecurity is Associated with Low Adherence to the Mediterranean Diet and Adverse Health Conditions in Portuguese Adults. Frontiers in Public Health, 6, Article 38.
11. Rodrigues, AM., Gregório, MJ., Sousa, RD., et al. (2018). Challenges of Ageing in Portugal: Data from the EpiDoC Cohort. Acta Medica Portuguesa, 31(2), 80–93.
12. Dias, SS., Mbofana, F., Cassy, SR., et al. (2018). Estimating risk factors for HIV infection among women in Mozambique using population-based survey data. AJAR-African Journal of AIDS Research, 17(1), 62–71.
13. de Sousa, RD., Rodrigues, AM., Gregorio, MJ., et al. (2017). Anxiety and Depression in the Portuguese Older Adults: Prevalence and Associated Factors. Frontiers in Medicine, 4, Article 196.
14. Fonseca, AG., Dias, SS., Baptista, JL., et al. (2017). Portuguese expatriates' health in Angola and Mozambique-a cross-sectional study: increasing awareness and need for more surveillance. Journal of Travel Medicine, 24(4), Article tax020.
15. Vilhena, M., Fonseca, AG., Dias, S., et al. (2017). Human cysticercosis in Portugal: long gone or still contemporary?. Epidemiology and Infection, 145(2), 329–333.
16. Fonseca, AG., Dias, SS., Baptista, JL., et al. (2016). Surveillance of imported hospital requiring malaria in Portugal: can it be improved?. European Journal of Public Health, 26(3), 403–406.
17. Rebelo-Neves, C., Dias, SS., Dias, CA., et al. (2015). Acne and Psychological Characteristics. European Psychiatry, 30(Suppl. 1). Advance online publication.
18. Fonseca, AG., Dias, SS., Baptista, JL., et al. (2014). The Burden of Imported Malaria in Portugal 2003 to 2012. Journal of Travel Medicine, 21(5), 354–356.
19. Bugalho, A., Ferreira, D., Dias, SS., et al. (2014). The Diagnostic Value of Transthoracic Ultrasonographic Features in Predicting Malignancy in Undiagnosed Pleural Effusions: A Prospective Observational Study. Respiration, 87(4), 270–278.
20. Bugalho, A., Martins, C., Dias, SS., et al. (2013). Cytokeratin 19, Carcinoembryonic Antigen, and Epithelial Cell Adhesion Molecule Detect Lung Cancer Lymph Node Metastasis in Endobronchial Ultrasound-Guided Transbronchial Aspiration Samples. Clinical Lung Cancer, 14(6), 704–712.

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WOS ResearcherID: I-9965-2018