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Quality of life in mild dementia: patterns of change in self and caregiver ratings over time

Objectives: To determine changes over time in self and caregiver ratings of quality of life (QoL) in people with dementia (PwD) and to identify factors associated with changes in QoL ratings. Methods: In this longitudinal study, 69 people with mild Alzheimer’s disease and their caregivers were ass...

Assistência dos cuidadores nas atividades de autocuidado de crianças em acolhimento institucional

Psicol. teor. prát; 18 (3), 2016
Este estudo teve como objetivo analisar, do ponto de vista ecológico, os níveis de assistência prestados pelos cuidadores às crianças nas atividades de autocuidado, em uma instituição de acolhimento. Os dados foram obtidos em observação da interação entre 10 cuidadores e crianças de 3 a 6 ano...

Translation and validation of Hyperhidrosis Disease Severity Scale

SUMMARY Introduction The evaluation of patients with hyperhidrosis (HH) can be accomplished, among other ways, through questionnaires and scales. The Hyperhidrosis Disease Severity Scale (HDSS) has been used as a simple and quick tool to perform this evaluation. Although HDSS has been well established i...

Health-related quality of life in Brazilian community-dwelling and institutionalized elderly: Comparison between genders

SUMMARY Objective To compare the health-related quality of life (HRQL) indicators between institutionalized and community-dwelling elderly men and women. Method This was a cross-sectional study with a sample of 496 elderly men and women, surveyed by researchers at a private hospital that attends instit...

Capacidade funcional para atividades da vida diária de idosos da Estratégia de Saúde da Família da zona rural

Resumo O artigo objetivou descrever o perfil dos idosos da zona rural de Pelotas, considerando a prevalência de capacidade funcional para as atividades básicas e instrumentais da vida diária segundo idade, sexo, renda, escolaridade e doenças crônicas não transmissíveis. Estudo quantitativo, transv...

Ventilatory demand and dynamic hyperinflation induced during ADL-based tests in Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease patients

ABSTRACT Background Airflow limitation frequently leads to the interruption of activities of daily living (ADL) in patients with Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD). These patients commonly show absence of ventilatory reserve, reduced inspiratory reserve volume, and dynamic hyperinflation (DH)....

Incapacidade funcional: condições de saúde e prática de atividade física em idosos

Rev. bras. enferm; 69 (5), 2016
RESUMO Objetivo: verificar a prevalência de incapacidade funcional entre idosos e sua associação com condições de saúde e prática de atividade física regular. Método: trata-se de um estudo de base domiciliar, transversal, realizado com idosos de ambos os sexos. As variáveis associadas à inca...

Nutritional status and its relationship with different dimensions of functional status in patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease

Rev. Nutr. (Online); 29 (5), 2016
ABSTRACT Objective: To investigate whether there is a relationship between nutritional status and limitations in activities of daily living in patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease. Methods: A cross sectional study was conducted from July to December 2011 in Santa Catarina. Seventeen chro...

The relevance of trunk evaluation in Duchenne muscular dystrophy: the segmental assessment of trunk control

Arq. neuropsiquiatr; 74 (10), 2016
ABSTRACT The aim was to describe trunk control in ambulant and non-ambulant patients with Duchenne muscular dystrophy (DMD). We conducted a cross-sectional analysis of a sample of 50 DMD patients, (M age = 16.7 years) who underwent the Segmental Assessment of Trunk Control (SATCo). A seven-level scale of...