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Oxigenoterapia hiperbárica para tratamento de feridas

Rev. gaúch. enferm; 37 (2), 2016
RESUMO Objetivo Descrever os tipos mais frequentes de feridas com indicação para terapia por oxigênio hiperbárico e os resultados obtidos. Método Estudo transversal, realizado em um Centro Hiperbárico localizado na cidade de Salvador, Bahia. Os prontuários de 200 pacientes tratados com oxigên...

Factors associated with problematic drug use among psychiatric outpatients

ABSTRACT Objective: to examine the factors associated with problematic drug use among psychiatric outpatients. Method: a cross-sectional study was carried out in two mental health services. Eligible individuals were patients of these mental health services, who used them within the data collection peri...

Neuropsychiatric symptoms of the elderly with Alzheimer's disease and the family caregivers' distress

ABSTRACT Objective: to analyze the relationship between the distress of the family caregiver and the presence of neuropsychiatric symptoms in elderly patients with Alzheimer's disease or mixed dementia. Method: a descriptive, cross-sectional study conducted in the Geriatric and Dementias Clinic of a ...

Vulnerability to alcohol consumption, spiritual transcendence and psychosocial well-being: test of a theory

Abstract Objective: to demonstrate the relations among vulnerability, self-transcendence and well-being in the young adult population and the effect of each of these variables on the adoption of low-risk consumption conducts. Method: quantitative and cross-sectional correlation study using structural...

Quality of life in the workplace for nursing staff at public healthcare institutions

Abstract Objective: to determine the quality of life in the workplace for nursing staff at public institutions in Hermosillo, Sonora, Mexico. Method: quantitative, correlational, cross-sectional, and comparative. We used a probabilistic sample of 345 nurses with data collected in 2013 using an instru...

Pelvic floor muscle strength in primiparous women according to the delivery type: cross-sectional study

ABSTRACT Objectives: to compare the pelvic floor muscle strength in primiparous women after normal birth and cesarean section, related to the socio-demographic characteristics, nutritional status, dyspareunia, urinary incontinence, perineal exercise in pregnancy, perineal condition and weight of the ne...

Pain from the life cycle perspective: Evaluation and Measurement through psychophysical methods of category estimation and magnitude estimation

Abstract Objective: to describe acute and chronic pain from the perspective of the life cycle. Methods: participants: 861 people in pain. The Multidimensional Pain Evaluation Scale (MPES) was used. Results: in the category estimation method the highest descriptors of chronic pain for children/ adol...

Men's health: non-communicable chronic diseases and social vulnerability

ABSTRACT Objectives: to evaluate the relationship between absences in scheduled appointments and the number of non-communicable chronic diseases and to investigate the relationship between spatial distribution of these diseases and social vulnerability, using geoprocessing. Method: a quantitative stu...

Prevalencia, control metabólico y relación con estadía hospitalaria de pacientes diabéticos hospitalizados en el Hospital de Quilpué

Diabetes Mellitus (DM) is a prevalent pathology. It has been noticed that patients tend to have longer stays in the hospital and one of the factors that causes it corresponds to bad metabolic control. AIM:To assess prevalence and different variables related to an erroneous metabolic control and a longer ...

Prevalencia puntual de consumo de sustancias en individuos que cometen suicidio por asfixia secundario a ahorcamiento en Santiago, 2014-2015

Rev. ANACEM (Impresa); 10 (2), 2016
Introducción: El trastorno por consumo de sustancias se ha asociado a suicidio, el que constituye la segunda causa de muerte en individuos entre 15 y 29 años. Dentro de los mecanismos más comunes de suicidio, se encuentra la asfixia por ahorcamiento. Objetivo: Determinar la preva...