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Correlation between motor function recovery and daily living activity outcomes after brachial plexus surgery

Arq. neuropsiquiatr; 75 (9), 2017
ABSTRACT Objective To establish the correlation between clinical evaluation of motor function recovery and daily living activities in 30 patients with upper traumatic brachial plexus injury submitted to surgery. Methods The score of the Disabilities of the Arm, Shoulder and Hand (DASH) questionnaire ...

Translation of social and occupational functioning scale for epilepsy into Portuguese - Brazil

Arq. neuropsiquiatr; 75 (9), 2017
ABSTRACT Epilepsy has important consequences on functionality and social activities. There are few evaluation tools for this purpose. This study aimed to translate the Social and Occupational Functioning Scale for Epilepsy. It is a translation study, for which Beaton et al's. guidelines were used. Sixty ...

Calidad de sueño y rendimiento académico en alumnos de educación secundaria

Rev. méd. Chile; 145 (9), 2017
Background: Sleeping and studying are the day-to-day activities of a teenager attending school. Aim: To determine the quality of sleep and its relationship to the academic performance among students attending morning and afternoon shifts in a public high school. Material and Methods: Students of the fi...

Medidas de salud mental y bienestar subjetivo en una muestra de hombres gays y mujeres lesbianas en Chile

Rev. méd. Chile; 145 (9), 2017
Background: Most of the information in Chile about health and wellbeing of sexual minorities refers to risk behaviors. Aim: To assess health and wellbeing in a sample of Chilean homosexual men and women. Material and Methods: Spanish versions of the Satisfaction With Life Scale and Outcome Questionnair...

Índice C en médicos de dos centros hospitalarios chilenos según el test de competencia moral de Lind

Rev. méd. Chile; 145 (9), 2017
Background: Moral competence (MC) in physicians is fundamental, given the increasing complexity of medicine. The "Moral Competence Test" (MCT © Lind) evaluates this feature and its indicator is the C Index (CI). Aim: To explore moral competence and its associated factors among physicians working in Chi...

Avaliação da qualidade de vida de indivíduos com carcinoma bem diferenciado de tireoide pelo whoqol-100*

Cogit. Enferm. (Online); 22 (3), 2017
Este estudo objetivou avaliar a qualidade de vida de pacientes em acompanhamento clínico por carcinoma bem diferenciado de tireoide, por meio do questionário WHOQOL-100. Trata-se de estudo quantitativo realizado entre março de 2015 e março de 2017 em São Carlos, SP, Brasil, descritivo e transversal,...

Frailty syndrome and socioeconomic and health characteristics among older adults

Colomb. med; 48 (3), 2017
Abstract Objective: To investigate the association of frailty syndrome with socioeconomic and health variables among older adults. Methods: This is a cross-sectional, observational and analytical household research conducted with a sample of 1,609 urban elderly. We used: semi-structured questionnaire...

Gastroesophageal reflux disease in patients with long standing type 1 diabetes mellitus: utility of two self-report questionnaires in a multifactorial disease

Colomb. med; 48 (3), 2017
Abstract Background: Gastroesophageal pathologies are common and multifactorial in patients with type 1 diabetes (T1DM). The evaluation with endoscopy and 24 h pH esophageal monitoring is expensive and not always available in all medical centers, especially in developing countries so more cost-effective...

Social Media Marketing Strategy Applied to Oral Hygiene

ABSTRACT: This project aims to apply psychological strategies based on social media marketing in order to set an oral hygiene habit in school-aged children to prevent dental caries in the long term. This is a descriptive study that assessed the recall of an oral hygiene campaign based on social media mar...

Atendimento dos casos de violência em serviços de urgência e emergência brasileiros com foco nas relações intrafamiliares e nos ciclos de vida

Resumo O presente estudo analisa dados de violência intrafamiliar atendidos nos serviços de emergência segundo as características sociodemográficas das pessoas atendidas, do evento e a evolução do atendimento, da infância à velhice por sexo; e os fatores que diferenciam os eventos de violência ...