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Associação entre desempenho funcional e quedas em idosas classificadas segundo a faixa etária

Acta fisiátrica; 22 (4), 2015
Objetivo: Avaliar o desempenho funcional e o histórico de quedas de idosas. Método: Estudo observacional de corte transversal, onde foram selecionadas 57 idosas da comunidade, divididas em 3 grupos, segundo a faixa etária: G1- 60 a 69 anos; G2- 70 a 79 anos e G3- 80 a 89 anos. Foram avaliados: mobilid...

A influência da postura corporal nos parâmetros do sistema de oscilometria de impulso em crianças

Acta fisiátrica; 22 (4), 2015
Oscilometria de impulso (IOS) é um método alternativo e complementar de avaliação da mecânica respiratória, mas cuja técnica de execução ainda necessita padronização. Objetivo: Analisar e comparar os resultados de parâmetros do IOS quando realizado em escolares nas posições ortostática e s...

Influencia de los medios de comunicación y el riesgo de padecer trastornos de la conducta alimentaria en escolares mujeres en Lima, Perú

Arch. argent. pediatr; 113 (6), 2015
Introducción. Los trastornos de conducta alimentaria (TCA) son un problema de salud pública y su relación con los medios de comunicación es aún controversial. Objetivo. Evaluar si existe asociación entre los modelos de imagen corporal mostrados por los medios de comunicación y el riesgo de TCA en ...

Salud percibida y rendimiento académico en adolescentes de escuelas públicas de la ciudad de Córdoba

Arch. argent. pediatr; 113 (6), 2015
Introducción. El desempeno en la escuela podría estar vinculado a la salud en la adolescencia, y los logros educativos en esta edad pueden influir en la vida futura. El objetivo fue estudiar la asociación entre el rendimiento académico y la salud percibida en adolescentes, teniendo en cuenta las cara...

Detección del virus del papiloma humano en Corrientes, Argentina: alta prevalencia de genotipo 58 y su filodinámica

Rev. argent. microbiol; 47 (4), 2015
Human papillomavirus (HPV) has the highest mortality rate due to cervical cancer in Northeastern Argentina. The aim of this work was to detect and characterize HPV in samples from the Province of Corrientes, Argentina. HPV detection and typing was performed using PCR-RFLP on samples with different cervic...

Systemic Arterial Hypertension in the Emergency Service: medication adherence and understanding of this disease

Objective: to identify the epidemiological profile of hypertension patients, how much they understand about the disease and the rate of adherence to treatment by these patients who had been hospitalized in the Brazilian emergency service. Methods: this cross-sectional study was performed with 116 patient...

Safety culture in the operating room of a public hospital in the perception of healthcare professionals

Objective: to evaluate the perception of healthcare professionals about the safety culture in the operating room of a public hospital, large-sized, according to the domains of the Safety Attitudes Questionnaire (SAQ). Method: descriptive, cross-sectional and quantitative research, with the application of...

Hypertension and diabetes-related morbidity and mortality trends in a municipality in the countryside of São Paulo

Objectives: to identify the main causes for hospital admissions and deaths related to systemic arterial hypertension and diabetes mellitus (DM), and to analyze morbidity and mortality trends, in a municipality in São Paulo's countryside, by comparing two three-years periods, 2002 to 2004 and 2010 to 201...

Diagnostic accuracy of the defining characteristics of the excessive fluid volume diagnosis in hemodialysis patients

Objective: to evaluate the accuracy of the defining characteristics of the excess fluid volume nursing diagnosis of NANDA International, in patients undergoing hemodialysis. Method: this was a study of diagnostic accuracy, with a cross-sectional design, performed in two stages. The first, involving 100 p...

Evaluation of self-esteem in cancer patients undergoing chemotherapy treatment

Objective: to evaluate the self-esteem of cancer patients undergoing chemotherapy. Method: descriptive analytical cross-sectional study with a quantitative approach. Around 156 patients that attended an oncology unit of a mid-sized hospital participated in the study. Results: we found a higher frequency ...