Identification
Personal identification
- Full name
- Ana Isabel Rodrigues de Morais
Citation names
- Morais, Ana
Author identifiers
- Ciência ID
- F711-099B-9FA3
- ORCID iD
- 0000-0002-3036-2526
Email addresses
- ana.morais@uevora.pt (Professional)
Addresses
- Escola de Saúde e Desenvolvimento Humano, Colégio Luís António Verney, Rua Romão Ramalho nº 59, 7000-671, Évora, Évora, Portugal (Professional)
Knowledge fields
- Medical and Health Sciences - Health Sciences
Languages
Language | Speaking | Reading | Writing | Listening | Peer-review |
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Portuguese (Mother tongue) | |||||
English | Advanced (C1) | Advanced (C1) | Advanced (C1) | Advanced (C1) | |
Spanish; Castilian | Upper intermediate (B2) | Upper intermediate (B2) | Upper intermediate (B2) | Upper intermediate (B2) | |
Catalan | Intermediate (B1) | Upper intermediate (B2) | Intermediate (B1) | Intermediate (B1) | |
French | Elementary (A2) | Intermediate (B1) | Elementary (A2) | Elementary (A2) |
Education
Degree | Classification | |
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2018
Concluded
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Motricidade Humana (Doutoramento)
Universidade de Lisboa Faculdade de Motricidade Humana, Portugal
"O perfil psicomotor do idoso com e sem demência (The psychomotor profile of elderly people with and without dementia)" (THESIS/DISSERTATION)
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Approval with unanimous distinction |
2009/09 - 2010/09
Concluded
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Reabilitação Psicomotora (Mestrado)
Universidade de Lisboa Faculdade de Motricidade Humana, Portugal
"Dissertation (format of 2 scientific articles): Stress in the Caregiver of People with Dementia: Influence on Physical and
Psychological Health; Impact of Therapeutic Relaxation on the State of Anxiety and Tension of the Caregiver of People with
Dementia" (THESIS/DISSERTATION)
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17 |
2007 - 2008
Concluded
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Gerontologia (Pós-Graduação)
Universidade Fernando Pessoa, Portugal
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17 |
1999 - 2004
Concluded
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Educação Especial e Reabilitação (Licenciatura)
Universidade de Lisboa Faculdade de Motricidade Humana, Portugal
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16 |
Affiliation
Science
Category Host institution |
Employer | |
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2023/11 - Current | Researcher (Research) | Comprehensive Health Research Centre Polo di Évora, Portugal |
Comprehensive Health Research Centre Polo di Évora, Portugal |
Teaching in Higher Education
Category Host institution |
Employer | |
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2022/07/01 - Current | Assistant Professor (University Teacher) | Universidade de Évora Escola de Saúde e Desenvolvimento Humano, Portugal |
Universidade de Évora Escola de Saúde e Desenvolvimento Humano, Portugal | ||
2012/07 - 2012/08 | Lecturer (University Teacher) | Universidade de Trás-os-Montes e Alto Douro, Portugal |
Other Careers
Category Host institution |
Employer | |
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2005 - 2016 | Assessor (Técnico Superior de Saúde) | Casa de Saúde da Idanha, Portugal |
2010 - 2012 | Assessor (Técnico Superior de Saúde) | Joaquim Chaves Saúde, Portugal |
Others
Category Host institution |
Employer | |
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2018 - Current | Teacher of various disciplines | Associação Portuguesa de Psicomotricidade, Portugal |
2006 - 2014 | Member and coordinator of the Profession Committee | European Forum of Psychomotricity, Germany |
2005 - 2014 | Coordinator of the Professional Framework Committee | Associação Portuguesa de Psicomotricidade, Portugal |
Projects
Grant
Designation | Funders | |
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2024/01 - Current | Educational Aid Kits in the field of Rare Diseases: bringing the reality of rare diseases to vet education
2023-1-ES01-KA220-VET-000153677
Research Fellow
Universidade de Évora, Portugal
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European Commission
Ongoing
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2023/06/18 - Current | Handwriting as an objective tool in the Alzheimer’s disease early-stage diagnosis: a pilot study
No grant number
Research Fellow
Comprehensive Health Research Centre Polo di Évora, Portugal
Universidade de Évora, Portugal |
Comprehensive Health Research Centre Polo di Évora
Ongoing
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2025/01/01 - 2026/12/31 | aBREAK4you - Evaluation of the impacts of a relaxation-mediated intervention during University classes - a pilot study
No grant number
Principal investigator
Universidade de Évora, Portugal
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EU GREEN
Ongoing
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2024/01/01 - 2025/12/31 | Mental Health of University Students - MHUS
No grant number
Research Fellow
Universidade de Évora, Portugal
Comprehensive Health Research Centre Polo di Évora, Portugal |
Ongoing
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Contract
Designation | Funders | |
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2023/02/01 - 2023/07/01 | KSM-66 Ashwagandha (Withania Somnifera) Efficacy and Security
No grant number
Co-Principal Investigator (Co-PI)
Universidade de Évora Escola de Saúde e Desenvolvimento Humano, Portugal
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Shri Kartikeya Pharma
Concluded
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Outputs
Publications
Book |
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Book chapter |
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Conference abstract |
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Journal article |
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Activities
Oral presentation
Presentation title | Event name Host (Event location) |
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2023/05/25 | Aquamentia®: an innovative intervention in dementia | 4th Comprehensive Health Research Centre Annual Summit
Comprehensive Health Research Centre (Évora, Portugal)
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2023/05/06 | The éxamen geronto-psychomoteur is a better predictor of disability at 3 months post-stroke than national institutes of health stroke scale, Barthel index and functional independence measure | X World Congress of Psychomotricity
University of Verona (Verona, Italy)
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Event organisation
Event name Type of event (Role) |
Institution / Organization | |
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2023/10/16 - 2023/10/19 | The 21st International Graphonomics Society Conference is a premier forum for presenting new advances and research results
in graphonomics from an interdisciplinary point of view. (2023/10/16 - 2023/10/19)
Conference (Member of the Organising Committee)
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Comprehensive Health Research Centre Polo di Évora, Portugal |
Event participation
Activity description Type of event |
Event name Institution / Organization |
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2023/11/16 - Current | Moderator at the IV National Mental Health Forum: Cooperation between Responses | Health and Social Security: Employability,
in the Panel entitled Mental Health Policies.
Conference
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Governo da República Portuguesa Ministério da Saúde, Portugal
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2023/10/28 - Current | Workshop on the role of the body in the identity of people with dementia.
Meeting
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Café Memória - Role of the body in the identity of people with dementia
Associação Alzheimer Portugal, Portugal
Formação Desportiva, Portugal |
2023/10/10 - Current | Communication about the mental health of older people, as part of the celebrations of Mental Health Day at the University
of Évora.
Round table
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Dia da Saúde Mental
Universidade de Évora Escola de Saúde e Desenvolvimento Humano, Portugal
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2023/09/29 - Current | Activities "Psychomotricity, Aging and Dementias" at the European Researchers' Night.
Exhibition
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Universidade de Évora, Portugal
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2023/03/30 - Current | Presentation of the project “Image Perception and Body Scheme in Institutionalized Versus Non-Institutionalized Elderly Persons”
Exhibition
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Universidade de Évora, Portugal
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2023/02/16 - Current | Moderator at the Senior Dance webinar and Psychomotor Intervention in the Elderly
Seminar
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Universidade de Évora, Portugal
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2022/12/13 - Current | Moderator of the "Pleasure with Risks" Panel at the Carpe Diem Conference.
Conference
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Carpe Diem
Universidade de Évora, Portugal
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2022/03/07 - Current | Workshop "D. Esperança was a lady who cared and was cared for"
Workshop
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Workshops
CoopLinque - Cuidados Paliativos em Casa, CRL, Portugal
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2023/05/04 - 2023/05/07 | This workshop addressed, in a practical way, the contents that must be present in the intervention with older people. Two
examples of studies in development with the Portuguese population were given: The impact of a group psychomotor intervention
on the psychomotor profile and three specific components (motor prevalence, cognitive prevalence and physical limitations)
and the study of the effects of Aquamentia® ( psychomotor intervention program in an aquatic environment for older people
with dementia) in terms of psychomotor and behavioral items.
Congress
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X World Congress of Psychomotricity
Università degli Studi di Verona, Italy
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Jury of academic degree
Topic Role |
Candidate name (Type of degree) Institution / Organization |
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2023/12/05 | A prática psicomotora na criança e na pessoa idosa – reflexões da transversalidade e interdisciplinaridade da psicomotricidade.
Psychomotor practice in children and elderly people – reflections on the transversality and interdisciplinarity of psychomotor
skills.
Supervisor
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Maria Inês Mariano da Costa (Master)
Universidade de Évora Escola de Saúde e Desenvolvimento Humano, Portugal
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2023/06/02 | Gerontopsychomotricity in Pathological Aging – Casa de Saúde da Idanha - Gerontopsicomotricidade no Envelhecimento Patológico
– Casa de Saúde da Idanha
(Thesis) Main arguer
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Maria Beatriz Fernandes Freitas (Master)
Universidade de Lisboa Faculdade de Motricidade Humana, Portugal
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2023/06/02 | Gerontopsychomotricity at the Santa Rosa de Lima Health House - Gerontopsicomotricidade na Casa de Saúde de Santa Rosa de
Lima
(Thesis) Main arguer
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Rita Luísa Fulgêncio Palma (Master)
Universidade de Lisboa Faculdade de Motricidade Humana, Portugal
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2023/02/20 | Transversalidade da Prática Psicomotora – Da Psicomotricidade Infantil à Gerontopsicomotricidade - Transversality of Psychomotor
Practice – From Child Psychomotricity to Gerontopsychomotricity
Supervisor
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Ana Filipa Lopes Pereira (Master)
Universidade de Évora Escola de Saúde e Desenvolvimento Humano, Portugal
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2022/10/25 | Effects of Covid-19 confinement on elderly people: benefits of multidisciplinary psychomotor intervention at home - Efeitos
do confinamento Covid-19 em pessoas idosas: benefícios de intervenção Psicomotora em âmbito multidisciplinar no domicílio
(Thesis) Main arguer
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Ana Raquel Belchior Paulos (Master)
Universidade de Évora Escola de Saúde e Desenvolvimento Humano, Portugal
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2022/10/21 | The impact of COVID-19 on psychomotor skills, functionality and quality of life of elderly people with and without dementia:
the case of psychomotor intervention - O impacto da COVID-19 nas competências psicomotoras, funcionalidade e qualidade de
vida de idosos com e sem demência: o caso da intervenção psicomotora
(Thesis) Main arguer
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Sofia Carolina Correia Borges (Master)
Universidade de Lisboa Faculdade de Motricidade Humana, Portugal
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2022/05/04 | Psychomotor Intervention at the Association of Parents and Friends of Children in Barcelos - Intervenção Psicomotora na Associação
de Pais e Amigos de Crianças em Barcelos
(Thesis) Main arguer
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Ana Isabel Antunes Oliveira Gomes (Master)
Universidade de Lisboa Faculdade de Motricidade Humana, Portugal
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2022/02/02 | Psychomotor Intervention in a Therapeutic Community - Intervenção Psicomotora numa Comunidade Terapêutica
(Thesis) Main arguer
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Cláudia Raquel Laurêncio Rodrigues (Master)
Universidade de Évora, Portugal
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2021/10/13 | Psychomotor Intervention at the Azores Child and Youth Development Center - A Intervenção Psicomotora no Centro de Desenvolvimento
Infanto-Juvenil dos Açores
(Thesis) Main arguer
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Beatriz de Sousa Madeira (Master)
Universidade de Lisboa Faculdade de Motricidade Humana, Portugal
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2021/10/13 | Psychomotor Intervention in a clinical and educational at MR-Terapias - Intervenção Psicomotora em contexto clínico e
escolar na MR-Terapias
(Thesis) Main arguer
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Carolina Gomes Matias Ventura (Master)
Universidade de Lisboa Faculdade de Motricidade Humana, Portugal
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Course / Discipline taught
Academic session | Degree Subject (Type) | Institution / Organization | |
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2024/01/30 - Current | Gerontomotricity and dementia: -Sessions and materials in Gerontomotricity. -The importance of time and routines in intervention. -Intervention with people with moderate and advanced dementia (strategies, etc.) -Intervention with the caregiver of the person with dementia. | Gerontomotricity (Outros) | Formação Desportiva, Portugal |
2023/05/15 - Current | Healthy Aging and Main Changes Fundamentals of Gerontomotricity Intervention Contexts Observation and Assessment | Gerontomotricity (Outros) | Formação Desportiva, Portugal |
2018 - Current | Assessment Methods and Instruments in Gerontopsychomotricity and Gerontopsychomotricity II, from the postgraduate course in Psychomotricity in Geriatrics and Mental Health. | Geriatrics and Mental Health (Pós-Graduação) | Associação Portuguesa de Psicomotricidade, Portugal |
2022/03/18 - 2022/05/14 | Training on psychomotor assessment and intervention with elderly people, in 4 online modules. | Psychomotor intervention in the senior stage of life (Pós-Graduação) | Associação Portuguesa de Psicomotricidade, Portugal |
2012/07 - 2012/08 | Gerontopsychomotricity curricular unit. | Master's degree in Gerontology, Physical Activity and Health (Mestrado) | Universidade de Trás-os-Montes e Alto Douro, Portugal |
Distinctions
Award
2012 | Second prize for best oral communication
Instituto Piaget, Portugal
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2002 | Merit scholarship
Universidade de Lisboa, Portugal
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