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Motor control assessment of community-dwelling older adults with depressive symptoms

Motriz (Online); 23 (4), 2017
AIMS: The purpose of this study was to investigate how depressive symptoms mediate different motor control requirements in elderlies and to assess the concurring effects fomented by the interaction between aging and depressive symptoms, providing indirect measures of brain functionality. METHODS: Sixty-...

Depression, sexuality and fibromyalgia syndrome: clinical findings and correlation to hematological parameters

Arq. neuropsiquiatr; 74 (11), 2016
ABSTRACT Fibromyalgia (FM) is characterized by chronic pain and comorbidities. Objective To investigate sexuality and depression in women with FM compared with controls and to correlate the findings with hematological parameters. Methods 33 women with FM and 19 healthy women were included and evaluat...

Relationship between anxiety, depression and quality of life with the intensity of reflex sweating after thoracoscopic sympathectomy for treatment of primary hyperhidrosis

Rev. Col. Bras. Cir; 43 (5), 2016
ABSTRACT Objective: to compare the intensity of reflex sweating with the degree of anxiety and its interference in the quality of life of patients undergoing Thoracoscopic (VATS) sympathectomy in the pre- and postoperative period. Methods: we evaluated 54 patients with a mean age of 26 years (16-49 yea...

Prevalence and factors associated with urinary incontinence in climacteric

SUMMARY Objective: To estimate the prevalence and identify associated factors to urinary incontinence (UI) in climacteric women. Method: In a cross-sectional study with a stratified random sample, 1,200 women aged between 35 and 72 years were studied, enrolled in the Family Health Strategy in the city ...

A family-based association study of the HTR1B gene in eating disorders

Objective: To explore the association of three polymorphisms of the serotonin receptor 1Dβ gene (HTR1B) in the etiology of eating disorders and their relationship with clinical characteristics. Methods: We analyzed the G861C, A-161T, and A1180G polymorphisms of the HTR1B gene through a family-based...

Components of the metabolic syndrome and depressive symptoms in community-dwelling older people: the Bambuí Cohort Aging Study

Objective: To investigate the moderating effect of an increasing number of clustered metabolic syndrome (MetS) components on the association between MetS and depressive symptoms in a population-based cohort of older adults in Brazil. Methods: This analysis used data from the Bambuí Cohort Aging Study. ...

Desempenho cognitivo-perceptual de indivíduos com doença de Parkinson submetidos à fisioterapia

Objetivo: Verificar a efetividade da fisioterapia no sistema cognitivo-perceptual de indivíduos com doença de Parkinson (DP). Métodos: Trata-se de série de casos prospectiva, composta por 16 indivíduos com DP, entre os estágios 1,5 a 3 na escala de Hoehn e Yahr modificada (HY)...

Los síntomas vasomotores de la menopausia durarían más de lo esperado
Menopause vasomotor symptoms would last more than expected

Factores asociados a la esquizofrenia en pacientes atendidos en el Hospital psiquiátrico Mario Mendoza, Honduras
Schizophrenia associated factors on patients treated in Mario Mendoza Psychiatric Hospital, Honduras

La esquizofrenia es una enfermedad crónica, con expresión genética tardía y con múltiples factores que contribuyen en su etiopatogenia. La prevalenciamundial oscila entre 0.9-3.8 casos por 1000 habitantes. Objetivo: Determinar factores asociados en pacientesdiagnosticados con esquizofrenia atendidos...