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Aplicación del Examen Clínico Objetivo Estructurado en la residencia de Pediatría de la Ciudad de Buenos Aires

Rev. chil. pediatr; 87 (4), 2016
Introducción: A pesar de considerarse el estándar de oro para la evaluación de competencias en posgrado, el Examen Clínico Objetivo Estructurado (ECOE) es escasamente aplicado en América Latina. El Gobierno de la Ciudad de Buenos Aires (GCBA) posee un sistema de residencia de Pediatría con cerca de...

Effects of 10, 000 steps a day on physical and mental health in overweight participants in a community setting: a preliminary study

ABSTRACT Background Being overweight is associated not only with physical health problems, but also with risk of mental health problems. Increased physical activity (PA) has been recommended for the prevention of cardiovascular disease; however, little is known about the effect of walking on physical an...

Health, function and disability in stroke patients in the community

ABSTRACT Background Stroke patients commonly have impairments associated with reduction in functionality. Among these impairments, the motor impairments are the most prevalent. The functional profile of these patients living in the community who are users of the primary health-care services in Brazil ha...

Analysis of agreement between cardiac risk stratification protocols applied to participants of a center for cardiac rehabilitation

ABSTRACT Background Cardiac risk stratification is related to the risk of the occurrence of events induced by exercise. Despite the existence of several protocols to calculate risk stratification, studies indicating that there is similarity between these protocols are still unknown. Objective To evalua...

Family's presence associated with increased physical activity in patients with acute stroke: an observational study

ABSTRACT Background: Inherent differences in organization of stroke care and rehabilitation practices in various settings influence the activity levels of patients in the hospital. The majority of published studies have been carried out in developed countries such as the United States, United Kingdom, A...

Nursing terminology as a work process instrument of nurses in collective health

Rev. Esc. Enferm. USP; 50 (4), 2016
Abtract OBJECTIVE To analyze the use of nursing terminology as an instrument of the nursing work process in Collective Health. METHOD Exploratory case study. For data collection was conducted a group interview with 24 nurses working in health units of a municipality in south central Paraná, Brazil. Da...

Elder-friendly emergency services in Brazil: necessary conditions for care

Rev. Esc. Enferm. USP; 50 (4), 2016
Abstract OBJECTIVE To identify and analyze the aspects necessary to provide an elder-friendly emergency service (ES) from the perspective of nurses. METHOD This is a descriptive, quantitative study using the Delphi technique in three rounds. Nurses with professional experience in the ES and/or resear...

Is there any link between accreditation programs and the models of organizational excellence?

Rev. Esc. Enferm. USP; 50 (4), 2016
Abstract OBJECTIVE To evaluate whether accredited health organizations perform better management practices than non-accredited ones. METHOD The study was developed in two stages: a literature review, and a study of multiple cases in 12 healthcare organizations in the state of São Paulo, Brazil. It sur...

Portuguese cultural adaptation and validation of the Activities Scale for Kids (ASK)

J. pediatr. (Rio J.); 92 (4), 2016
Abstract Objectives: The main purpose of the current study was to perform the cross cultural adaptation and validation of the Activities Scale for Kids (ASK) both in its capability and performance versions to the European Portuguese language so it can be used in Portugal by healthcare professionals in c...

Development of the Portuguese version of a standardized reading test: the Radner-Coimbra Charts

Arq. bras. oftalmol; 79 (4), 2016
ABSTRACT Purpose: To develop 27 short sentence optotypes for the Portuguese version of the Radner Reading Charts. Methods: Thirty-four Portuguese sentences were constructed following the concept of the Radner Reading Charts to obtain highly comparable sentences in terms of lexical difficulty, syntactic...