Results: 493

Educational technology: a facilitating instrument for the elderly care

Rev. bras. enferm; 71 (supl.2), 2018
ABSTRACT Objective: To develop educational technology with caregivers of older people based on the needs, difficulties and concerns related to the elderly care expressed by the caregivers themselves. Method: Research of qualitative nature, with participant observation, based on concepts used by Paulo F...

Elderly people with mental disorders: experiencing the use of psychotropic medicines

Rev. bras. enferm; 71 (supl.2), 2018
ABSTRACT Objective: To interpret the experience of the elderly with mental disorder in the use of psychotropic medicines. Method: Qualitative study in the interpretative modality, supported by the Grounded Theory. It was carried out from interviews with 16 elderly people with mental disorder and six re...

Factors associated to the dependence of older adults with diabetes mellitus type 2

Rev. bras. enferm; 71 (supl.2), 2018
ABSTRACT Objective: to identify factors associated to the dependence of older adults with Diabetes Mellitus, Type 2 Method: analytical and epidemiological study with 99 older adults. The Brazilian Multidimensional Functional Assessment Questionnaire and a questionnaire composed by socio-demographic and...

Avaliação da qualidade de vida, perda de peso e comorbidades de pacientes submetidos à cirurgia bariátrica

Rev. Col. Bras. Cir; 45 (3), 2018
RESUMO Objetivo: mensurar a eficácia da perda de peso, analisar a evolução de comorbidades, investigar a qualidade de vida e avaliar o protocolo BAROS (Bariatric Analysis and Reporting Outcome System) no pós-operatório de pacientes submetidos à cirurgia bariátrica. Métodos: estudo transversal e...

Repercussões em longo prazo da derivação gástrica em Y de Roux em população de baixa renda: avaliação após dez anos de cirurgia

Rev. Col. Bras. Cir; 45 (4), 2018
RESUMO Objetivo: avaliar a evolução ponderal, nutricional e a qualidade de vida de pacientes de baixa renda, após dez anos de derivação gástrica em Y de Roux (DGYR). Métodos: estudo longitudinal, retrospectivo e descritivo, que avaliou a perda do excesso de peso, o reganho de peso, a evolução ...

Impacto da Anosognosia Associada à Demência de Alzheimer na Qualidade de Vida de Cuidadores

Estud. psicol. (Natal); 23 (3), 2018
Impacto da Anosognosia Associada à Demência de Alzheimer na Qualidade de Vida de Cuidadores. A Demência de Alzheimer (DA) apresenta como um dos sintomas a anosognosia, um prejuízo na capacidade de o indivíduo julgar alterações decorrentes da doença. Relaciona-se a diversos comprometimentos cognit...

Saúde mental e trabalho docente

Estud. psicol. (Natal); 23 (3), 2018
Este estudo examina causas do absenteísmo por doença de professores em um município do Rio Grande do Sul. Parte de uma pesquisa documental sobre licenças-saúde concedidas durante um ano e a complementa com entrevistas com professores afastados no período. Foram realizadas análises estatísticas do...

Evaluation of quality of sleep in women with stress urinary incontinence before and after surgical correction

Einstein (Säo Paulo); 16 (2), 2018
ABSTRACT Objective: To evaluate the quality of sleep in women with urinary incontinence before and after sling surgery. Methods: A prospective study of case series of women with urodynamic diagnosis of stress urinary incontinence. To evaluate the subjective quality of sleep, two specific questionnaires...

Outcomes analysis of breast reduction in Brazilian women using the BREAST-Q® questionnaire: a cross-sectional controlled study

Clinics; 73 (), 2018
OBJECTIVE: The aim of this study was to analyse patient-reported outcomes of reduction mammoplasty among Brazilian women. METHODS: A total of 100 women were enrolled in this cross-sectional controlled study, 50 with breast hypertrophy (Hypertrophy Group) and 50 who had undergone breast reduction at leas...

Sleep duration, health status, and subjective well-being: a population-based study

ABSTRACT OBJECTIVE To evaluate, in a population-based approach, the association of extreme sleep duration with sociodemographic factors, health, and well-being. METHODS We analyzed the data from the 2014/2015 Health Survey in the city of Campinas, State of São Paulo, Brazil (ISACamp), performed with 1...