Abstract: Objective: Report prevalence of functioning difficulties and disabilities among Mexican adolescent women 15-17 years old and identify differences in characteristics of those with and without a functioning difficulty or disability Materials and methods: Using data from the National Survey of...
Abstract: Objective: To better understand the health profiles of people with intellectual disability (ID), focusing on the variables that are associated with a poorer health status. Materials and methods: Data were collected from the Survey on Disability, Personal Autonomy and Dependency (EDAD 2008) ...
ABSTRACT Objective This study was designed to identify the major musculoskeletal symptoms of individuals with obesity, to assess their health-related quality of life, and to evaluate the correlation between the musculoskeletal symptoms and the individuals' health-related quality of life. Materials and...
Summary Objective: Translate, transcultural adaptation and application to Brazilian Portuguese of the Alzheimer's Disease Cooperative Study - Activities of Daily Living (ADCS-ADL) scale as a cognitive screening instrument. Method: We applied the back translation added with pretest and bilingual methods...
Abstract Background Regardless the progress in perioperative care postoperative cognitive decline (PCD) has been accepted unequivocally as a significant and frequent complication of surgery in older patients. The aim of this study was to evaluate the incidence of postoperative cognitive decline and its ...
Introdução: Projeções da população mundial mostram que número de pessoas com 65 anos ou mais irá aumentar de 524 milhões em 2010 para aproximadamente 1,5 bilhões em 2050, sendo que o envelhecimento é associado com a incapacidade. Considerando que um dos objetivos das políticas públicas na á...
ABSTRACT CONTEXT AND OBJECTIVE: Aging causes changes in men and women. Studies have shown that women have worse postural balance and greater functional dependence than men, but there is no consensus regarding this. The aim of this study was to compare the balance and functional independence of elderly ...
Fundamento: la labor de formación vocacional y orientación profesional se ha incluido entre los lineamientos aprobados por el VI Congreso del Partido Comunista de Cuba, en ella se integran los contenidos de la profesión con los elementos educativos que aporta esta actividad. Objetivo: describir el imp...