Abstract This cross-sectional study aimed to investigate the association between the Sense of Coherence and impact of oral health on the quality of life. Was conducted with a sample of 720 individuals of both sexes, between the ages of 50 and 74 years, selected through multistage proportional random samp...
Objetivou-se analisar o efeito de dados sociodemográficos sobre o nível de resiliência de uma parcela da população brasileira. Para tanto, contou-se com uma amostra nacional não probabilística composta por 2.038 participantes, que responderam à Escala de Resiliência desenvolvida por Wagnild e Yo...
Abstract Objectives To compare health-related quality of life (QoL) of medical students in initial and final phases of the program, and to evaluate the association between ego defense mechanisms and specific health-related QoL domains within each group. Methods This was an observational, cross-sectio...
ABSTRACT BACKGROUND: Cerebral palsy is the most common cause of physical disability in childhood. Caregivers of patients presenting tetraparesis cerebral palsy (TCP) and gastrostomy tube feeding (GTF) were selected for this study because both conditions represent a great demand for their caregivers. O...
ABSTRACT BACKGROUND: Inflammatory bowel disease encompasses pathological entities, the main being Crohn's disease and ulcerative rectocolitis. Both are characterized by chronic inflammation of the intestine. It affects young people of active age, compromising the situation of those patients, especially...
ABSTRACT Objective Diabetes mellitus (DM) is a chronic disease with great impact on patients' quality of life (QoL). This variable can be measured using reliable, standardized, and validated instruments. The purpose of this study was to evaluate the application and reporting of the Diabetes Quality of L...
Abstract Background: Heart failure (HF) is a multifactorial syndrome with repercussions on quality of life (QoL). Objectives: To investigate the main interacting factors responsible to worsen quality of life of outpatients with HF. Methods: Cross-sectional observational study with 99 patients of both ...
Introducción: Los costes informales derivan de cuidados informales que es la atención
prestada a un enfermo o discapacitado por parte de personas que no son profesionales
socio sanitarios y que no reciben una remuneración económica. El objetivo del trabajo
es explicar los costes informales en salu...
Abstract The sense of coherence (SOC) is a measure of global orientation regarding the ability of individuals to cope with stressful situations. The aim of the present study was to evaluate the association between SOC and quality of life (QoL) and clinical and sociodemographic characteristics among survi...
Carcinoma de Células Escamosas/patología,
Carcinoma de Células Escamosas/psicología,
Estudios Transversales,
Neoplasias de Cabeza y Cuello/patología,
Neoplasias de Cabeza y Cuello/psicología,
Persona de Mediana Edad,
Estadificación de Neoplasias,
Calidad de Vida/psicología,
Valores de Referencia,
Análisis de Regresión,
Sentido de Coherencia,
Índice de Severidad de la Enfermedad,
Factores Socioeconómicos,
Estadísticas no Paramétricas,
Encuestas y Cuestionarios,
Trismo/psicología,
Xerostomía/psicología
ABSTRACT OBJECTIVE This study evaluated the oral health-related quality of life (OHRQoL) of older adults participating or not in Seniors Centers (SC). METHODS Two independent samples were compared: older adults who participate in SC (n = 124) and older adults who visited Primary Healthcare Centers (P...
Brasil/epidemiología,
Estudios Transversales,
Prótesis Dental/psicología,
Prótesis Dental/estadística & datos numéricos,
Accesibilidad a los Servicios de Salud,
Persona de Mediana Edad,
Salud Bucal/estadística & datos numéricos,
Distribución de Poisson,
Calidad de Vida/psicología,
Centros para Personas Mayores,
Sentido de Coherencia,
Factores Socioeconómicos,
Encuestas y Cuestionarios,
Pérdida de Diente/epidemiología,
Pérdida de Diente/psicología
