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Qualidade de vida de pessoas vivendo com HIV atendidas em serviços públicos de saúde

Objetivo: descrever o perfil e avaliar a qualidade de vida de pessoas vivendo com HIV atendidas em serviços públicos de saúde. Métodos: estudo transversal, quantitativo com 281 pessoas vivendo com HIV atendidas em serviços públicos de saúde nos municípios do Rio de Janeiro e Niterói. Os dados fo...

Evaluación de programa de intervención psicosocial para cuidadoras de niños y jóvenes con discapacidad severa: ensayo clínico aleatorizado

INTRODUCCIÓN: El cuidado de un familiar dependiente implica un alto riesgo para el cuidador quien se ve propenso a padecer diversas alteraciones. Institutos Teletón a partir del año 2017 implementó el programa Cuidar Cuidándote, que trabaja con cuidadoras de personas dependientes, a través de un ac...

Predictors of quality of life in Brazilian medical students: a systematic review and meta-analysis

Objective: To examine predictors associated with quality of life (QoL) in Brazilian medical students. Methods: PubMed, PsycINFO, EMBASE, LILACS, and Google Scholar were searched for research articles in English or Portuguese published through August 2018. Observational studies that measured QoL with sta...

Effects of mindfulness-based stress reduction combined with music therapy on pain, anxiety, and sleep quality in patients with osteosarcoma

Objectives: To evaluate the effects of mindfulness-based stress reduction (MBSR) combined with music therapy (MT) on clinical symptoms in patients with osteosarcoma. Methods: Patients diagnosed with osteosarcoma were assessed for eligibility. A total of 101 patients were ultimately randomized into the i...

Comparison of quality of life and functionality in type 2 diabetics with and without insulin

SUMMARY INTRODUCTION Type 2 diabetes mellitus compromises physical, psychological, economic, and social life. OBJECTIVES To identify and compare the quality of life, depression, functional performance, and physical activity in patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus who use insulin or not. METHODS A...

Brazilian Nursing and Psychology students' visits to patients with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis: prospective analysis

Arq. neuropsiquiatr; 77 (11), 2019
ABSTRACT Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) is a neurodegenerative disease without a cure, but multidisciplinary treatment can maintain the quality of life (QOL) of persons with ALS (PALS). Despite health professionals possibly being affected by ALS in their care roles, little is known about the impact ...

HRQOL related to urinary diversion in Radical Cystectomy: a systematic review of recent literature

Int. braz. j. urol; 45 (6), 2019
ABSTRACT Introduction: The health-related QoL is a patient-centered evaluation covering several aspects. This evaluation seems to be particularly important in patients submitted to radical cystectomy (RC) and urinary diversion with ileal conduit (IC) or a neobladder (NB). Objective: Review all recent d...

Qualidade de vida sob a ótica de portadores de HIV/AIDS: perspectivas futuras nas práticas educativas

Objective: The study’s purpose has been to describe the life quality of HIV/AIDS bearing people through their own perspective. Methods: It is a descriptive study with a qualitative approach. This research counted with the participation of 21 individuals enrolled in a municipality from the Paraná State...

Sarcopenia e gravidade da doença hepática gordurosa não-alcoólica

Arq. gastroenterol; 56 (4), 2019
ABSTRACT BACKGROUND: Non-alcoholic fatty liver disease is characterized by deposition of lipids in the hepatic parenchyma exceeding 5% of liver weight in the absence of other conditions, such as viral or alcoholic hepatitis and metabolic disease. Non-alcoholic fatty liver disease is the most common for...

Desordens mentais e qualidade de vida em pacientes em lista de espera para realização de transplante de fígado

Arq. gastroenterol; 56 (4), 2019
ABSTRACT BACKGROUND: Liver transplantation is the main therapeutic alternative for patients with advanced liver disease. These patients have high prevalence of psychiatric comorbidities that may negatively interfere in clinical outcomes and quality of life. It is not clear in the literature whether the...