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Dental anxiety in the municipal personnnel of Biblián, Ecuador, 2018

The aim of this study was to determine the degree of dental anxiety in the staff of the Municipality of Biblián, Ecuador. A cross-sectional study was carried out using the modified Corah dental anxiety scale in its Spanish version. A total of 159 employees, 72.3% men and 27.7% wom...

Impact of dental self-perception on the quality of life of students at the Catholic University of Cuenca, Azogues in 2018

Dental aesthetics is an important factor since it represents a determinant and influential physical stereotype on the individual in different age groups. Young people are particularly vulnerable due to the influence of social media. Thus, there is a greater collective interes...

Prevalence of temporomandibular disorders in a sample of Ecuadorian elderly

The aim of this study was to determine the prevalence of temporomandibular disorders ( TMDs) in a sample of Ecuadorian older adults in 2018. This is a cross-sectional study, which was conducted with a sample of 143 older adults of both sexes of the “Senderito ...

Fatores associados à não adesão dos antirretrovirais em portadores de HIV/AIDS

Resumo Objetivo Identificar os fatores associados à não adesão ao tratamento antirretroviral em portadores de HIV/ AIDS em um Hospital de referência em Manaus. Métodos Estudo com abordagem quantitativa, transversal de base hospitalar, desenvolvido com 100 participantes com HIV/AIDS em acompanham...

Evaluation of body image, quality of life, tactile sensitivity and pain in women with breast cancer submitted to surgical intervention

SUMMARY Breast cancer is one of the most common types of tumor in the world and the most common among women. There are several treatments for breast cancer; however, the condition often can be accompanied by severe complications in a woman's life. OBJECTIVE: o evaluate and compare body image perception,...

Physical activity and academic performance in high school students

There are still doubts about the real benefits of physical activity on the academic performance of adolescents. The aim of this study was to determine whether the physical activity (PA) interferes in the academic performance of high school students. The study included 348 adolescents from ...

Motivaciones que inciden en la participación de docentes en procesos de educación para la sexualidad

Resumen Objetivos: Determinar las características de la motivación y comprender los significados que tiene, para los colectivos docentes, participar en procesos formativos en educación para la sexualidad. Metodología: Método mixto: etapa cuantitativa fundamentada en la teoría de Deci y Ryan, eval...

Use of industrialized herbal medicines by patients attended at the basic health units in the County of Pinhais, Paraná, Brazil

The present article studied the use of industrialized phytotherapies by patients attended at the basic health units in Pinhais county, located in the metropolitan region of Curitiba, Paraná, Brazil. This is a quantitative, observational and cross-sectional study that was conducted by semi-structured qu...

Conocimiento tradicional de la flora silvestre en las comunidades campesinas del Santuario Histórico de la Pampa de Ayacucho (Quinua, Ayacucho, Perú)

El presente estudio registra el uso, conocimiento tradicional y distribución de la flora silvestre en las ocho comunidades campesinas andinas que rodean al Santuario Histórico de la Pampa de Ayacucho, ubicada en el distrito de Quinua, Perú. La metodología se basó en la recolección de la flora...

The triad of obstructive sleep apnea syndrome, COPD, and obesity: sensitivity of sleep scales and respiratory questionnaires

J. bras. pneumol; 44 (3), 2018
ABSTRACT Objective: To investigate whether the presence of obstructive sleep apnea syndrome (OSAS) alters the perception of respiratory symptoms and quality of life in COPD patients, by using specific questionnaires, as well as to determine whether scales for assessing daytime sleepiness and for screeni...