Quality of life
How do participants describe and measure changes in perceived quality of life over time?
Research
Connection as a public health question.
Dmitry's research examines how designed social and digital environments may support quality of life, self-regulation, meaning and human connection.
Dmitry is a PhD candidate in Public Health at NOVA University Lisbon.
His current research context includes the Opendialogue.space intervention: a digital environment combining dialogic practice, open peer support, educational content, individual goals and structured reflection.
A randomized controlled trial protocol for an intervention associated with Opendialogue.space is registered as NCT07276451.
Research questions
What becomes measurable when connection is treated as infrastructure?
Self-regulation
Which practices and social conditions are associated with sustained reflection and purposeful action?
Social connection
How do peer presence, dialogue and belonging relate to loneliness, meaning and perceived support?
Digital design
How can technology support human-to-human connection without simulating clinical authority or replacing relationship?
Facilitation
What competencies, boundaries and supervision structures support responsible peer environments?
Implementation
What helps a promising practice remain usable, safe and measurable outside a laboratory setting?
Scientific record
Documented scientific and intellectual work.
Selected indicators across publications, patents and registered software products.
54printed works, including scientific and methodological publications
2monographs within the documented publication record
18patents as author or co-author
2registered software products
Evidence ladder
Different sources answer different questions.
A responsible account separates theory, experience, observational signals and causal evidence.
- Theoretical groundingFunctional systems theory and relevant research fields help define mechanisms, questions and design choices.
- Practice and qualitative evidenceParticipant accounts and facilitator observation can reveal patterns and hypotheses, but not causal effects.
- Observational measurementRepeated measures can show associations and trajectories, while remaining vulnerable to selection and confounding.
- Randomized evaluationA well-conducted RCT can estimate intervention effects for defined outcomes and populations; interpretation still depends on execution and results.
- Replication and implementationDurable confidence requires independent scrutiny, transparent reporting and evidence across settings.
Primary references
Follow the source, not the headline.
Research collaboration
Bring a precise question.
For academic collaboration, methodology, intervention design, measurement, peer support and responsible digital mental health.