Anna Silva currently holds a post-doctoral internship at UFSC/Brazil, focusing on digital inclusion for older people and health indicators such as cognitive decline. She finished her first post-doctoral at the Institute of Life and Health Sciences (ICVS) at the University of Minho/Portugal with digital proficiency using smartphones with older people. She serves as a Professor of the Physiotherapy course at the Polytechnic Institute of Health of the North, CESPU, with research and Musculoskeletal physiotherapy classes. She is a Collaborating Professor in the Post-Graduate Program in Public Health at UFSC. Beyond the I&A Research Group, she is an esteemed EpiFloripa Idoso Research Group member at UFSC, Brazil, a cohort-based population of older adults; and Remobilize - Rede de Estudos em Mobilidade no Envelhecimento at UNICID, Brazil.
Research interests:
Anna's research focuses on cognitive stimulation using technology, digital inclusion for adults over 45, and the functional capacity of older adults.
Selected publications:
Quialheiro, Anna; Miranda, André; Garcia Jr, Miguel; Carvalho, Adriana Camargo de; Costa, Patrício; Correia-Neves, Margarida; Santos, Nadine Correia. "Promoting Digital Proficiency and Health Literacy in Middle-aged and Older Adults Through Mobile Devices With the Workshops for Online Technological Inclusion (OITO) Project: Experimental Study". JMIR Formative Research 7 (2023): e41873. http://dx.doi.org/10.2196/41873.
Quialheiro, Anna; Figueiró, Thamara Hubler; Rech, Cassiano Ricardo; Marques, Larissa Pruner; Paiva, Karina Mary de; Xavier, André Junqueira; d'Orsi, Eleonora. "Can internet use reduce the incidence of cognitive impairment? Analysis of the EpiFloripa Aging Cohort Study (2009-2019)". Preventive Medicine 154 (2022): 106904. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ypmed.2021.106904.
Quialheiro, Anna; Bobinski, Francine; Haefliger, Jéssica de Godoy; Del Antonio, Renata; Lins, Elisa Flores; Martins, Daniel Fernandes; d’Orsi, Eleonora; Xavier, André Junqueira; Peres, Marco Aurélio. "A comprehensive program of cognitive stimulation with digital inclusion, physical activity and social interaction can modify BDNF levels and improve cognition in adults over 50: a randomized controlled pilot study". Aging & Mental Health (2022): https://doi.org/10.1080/13607863.2021.1966742.
Quialheiro, Anna; d´Orsi, Eleonora; Moreira, Júlia Dubois; Xavier, André Junqueira; Peres, Marco Aurélio. "The association between vitamin D and BDNF on cognition in older adults in Southern Brazil". Revista de Saúde Pública (2022): https://doi.org/10.11606/s1518-8787.2022056004134.
Rescarolli, Marcos; Neto, Francisco Timbó de Paiva; Lopes, Adalberto Aparecido dos Santos; Justina, Marcelo Dutra Della; Quialheiro, Anna (DE1B-5724-2D52); d’Orsi, Eleonora; Rech, Cassiano Ricardo. "Is Walk Score Associated With Physical Activity and Screen Time in Brazilian Older Adults?". Journal of Aging and Physical Activity (2023): 1-9. http://dx.doi.org/10.1123/japa.2022-0165.
Anna Silva currently holds a post-doctoral internship at UFSC/Brazil, focusing on digital inclusion for older people and health indicators such as cognitive decline. She finished her first post-doctoral at the Institute of Life and Health Sciences (ICVS) at the University of Minho/Portugal with digital proficiency using smartphones with older people. She serves as a Professor of the Physiotherapy course at the Polytechnic Institute of Health of the North, CESPU, with research and Musculoskeletal physiotherapy classes. She is a Collaborating Professor in the Post-Graduate Program in Public Health at UFSC. Beyond the I&A Research Group, she is an esteemed EpiFloripa Idoso Research Group member at UFSC, Brazil, a cohort-based population of older adults; and Remobilize - Rede de Estudos em Mobilidade no Envelhecimento at UNICID, Brazil.
Anna's research focuses on cognitive stimulation using technology, digital inclusion for adults over 45, and the functional capacity of older adults.
Quialheiro, Anna; Miranda, André; Garcia Jr, Miguel; Carvalho, Adriana Camargo de; Costa, Patrício; Correia-Neves, Margarida; Santos, Nadine Correia. "Promoting Digital Proficiency and Health Literacy in Middle-aged and Older Adults Through Mobile Devices With the Workshops for Online Technological Inclusion (OITO) Project: Experimental Study". JMIR Formative Research 7 (2023): e41873. http://dx.doi.org/10.2196/41873.
Quialheiro, Anna; Figueiró, Thamara Hubler; Rech, Cassiano Ricardo; Marques, Larissa Pruner; Paiva, Karina Mary de; Xavier, André Junqueira; d'Orsi, Eleonora. "Can internet use reduce the incidence of cognitive impairment? Analysis of the EpiFloripa Aging Cohort Study (2009-2019)". Preventive Medicine 154 (2022): 106904. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ypmed.2021.106904.
Quialheiro, Anna; Bobinski, Francine; Haefliger, Jéssica de Godoy; Del Antonio, Renata; Lins, Elisa Flores; Martins, Daniel Fernandes; d’Orsi, Eleonora; Xavier, André Junqueira; Peres, Marco Aurélio. "A comprehensive program of cognitive stimulation with digital inclusion, physical activity and social interaction can modify BDNF levels and improve cognition in adults over 50: a randomized controlled pilot study". Aging & Mental Health (2022): https://doi.org/10.1080/13607863.2021.1966742.
Quialheiro, Anna; d´Orsi, Eleonora; Moreira, Júlia Dubois; Xavier, André Junqueira; Peres, Marco Aurélio. "The association between vitamin D and BDNF on cognition in older adults in Southern Brazil". Revista de Saúde Pública (2022): https://doi.org/10.11606/s1518-8787.2022056004134.
Rescarolli, Marcos; Neto, Francisco Timbó de Paiva; Lopes, Adalberto Aparecido dos Santos; Justina, Marcelo Dutra Della; Quialheiro, Anna (DE1B-5724-2D52); d’Orsi, Eleonora; Rech, Cassiano Ricardo. "Is Walk Score Associated With Physical Activity and Screen Time in Brazilian Older Adults?". Journal of Aging and Physical Activity (2023): 1-9. http://dx.doi.org/10.1123/japa.2022-0165.
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