Results: 57

Relationship between anxiety, depressive symptoms and compulsive overeating disorder in patients with cardiovascular diseases

ABSTRACT Objectives: to identify the presence of compulsive overeating disorder in patients with cardiovascular diseases and to verify its relation with sociodemographic, clinical variables and the presence of anxiety and depressive symptoms. Method: cross-sectional, correlational study with a sample o...

Atividade de vida diária e sintomas depressivos em pacientes com doença pulmonar obstrutiva crônica

Objetivo: avaliar a presença de sintomas depressivos e as atividades de vida diária em pacientes com doença pulmonar obstrutiva crônica (DPOC). Métodos: Participaram 114 pacientes com DPOC classificados de acordo com Global Strategy for the Diagnosis, Manegement and Prevention in COPD nos estágios ...

Prevalence of fibromyalgia in patients treated at the bariatric surgery outpatient clinic of Hospital de Clínicas do Paraná - Curitiba

Rev. bras. reumatol; 57 (5), 2017
Abstract Introduction: Fibromyalgia (FM) is a chronic pain syndrome characterized by generalized pain. It is known that obese patients have more skeletal muscle pain and physical dysfunction than normal weight patients. Therefore, it is important that the early diagnosis of FM be attained in obese patie...

Maternal depression and anxiety and fetal-neonatal growth

J. pediatr. (Rio J.); 93 (5), 2017
Abstract Objective: Maternal depression and anxiety have been found to negatively affect fetal and neonatal growth. However, the independent effects of maternal depression and anxiety on fetal-neonatal growth outcomes and trajectories remain unclear. This study aimed to analyze simultaneously the effect...

Different roles of resilience in depressive patients with history of suicide attempt and no history of suicide attempt

Objective: Suicidal ideation is modulated by several risk and protective factors. The aim of this study was to evaluate differences between patients with a history of suicide attempt and those with no such history, with special attention to depression, interpersonal sensitivity, humiliation, and resilien...

Health Conditions and Memory Performance: a study with older adult women

Rev. bras. enferm; 70 (3), 2017
ABSTRACT Objective: to verify the correlation between health condition and memory performance of older adult women in the community. Method: Analytical cross-sectional study developed with 28 older adult women living in Cuiabá-MT. They answered the Mini-Mental State Examination (MMSE), and a shortened...

Características polisomnográficas nocturnas y otras variables relacionadas, en pacientes adultos mayores
Nocturnal polysomnbnographic characteristics and other related variables in elderly patients

Se cree que los ancianos necesitan dormir menos. Sin embargo, no es la necesidad de sueño sino la capacidad de dormir lo que disminuye con la edad, en paralelo a la mayor prevalencia de enfermedades cardiovasculares o metabólicas, o de depresión. Poco se ha descripto sobre los hallazgos polisomnográf...

Association between Root Caries and Depressive Symptoms among Elders in Carlos Barbosa, RS, Brazil

Braz. dent. j; 28 (2), 2017
Abstract The aim of this study was to evaluate the association between depressive symptoms and root caries among independent-living older persons. All community-dwelling older adults (not hospitalized and not bedridden) living in Carlos Barbosa, RS, Brazil, were invited to participate, and 785 completed ...

Speech perception in noise in the elderly: interactions between cognitive performance, depressive symptoms, and education

Abstract Introduction: The difficulty the elderly experience in understanding speech may be related to several factors including cognitive and perceptual performance. Objective: To evaluate the influence of cognitive performance, depressive symptoms, and education on speech perception in noise of elder...

Assessment of factors related to smokers' adherence to a short-term support group for smoking cessation: a longitudinal study in a developing country

Abstract Objective: The aim of this study was to determine which individual characteristics of smokers are associated with their adherence to a support group for smoking cessation. Methods: Smokers from Porto Alegre, Brazil, were invited to participate in a support group for smoking cessation consistin...