ABSTRACT Objective: determine the prevalence and factors associated with frailty syndrome (FS) in the elderly in the rural population of Pelotas. Method: Quantitative, analytical, transversal study conducted with 820 elderly subjects registered in the Family Health Strategy (FHS) in the rural area in t...
ABSTRACT Objective: Identify the prevalence of anxious and depressive symptoms and their correlations with sociodemographic and occupational characteristics in university students. Method: This is census, cross-sectional and analytical study, developed with nursing students of a federal public universi...
Ansiedad/epidemiología,
Brasil,
Censos,
Estudios Transversales,
Depresión/epidemiología,
Prevalencia,
Psicometría/instrumentación,
Psicometría/métodos,
Sector Público/organización & administración,
Sector Público/normas,
Estudiantes/psicología,
Encuestas y Cuestionarios,
Universidades/organización & administración,
Universidades/normas
ABSTRACT Objective: to identify the prevalence of physical aggression and neglect and abandonment in the hospitalizations of Brazilian elderly people for violence and assault from 2008 to 2013 and the association of these causes with socio-demographic variables related to hospitalization. Method: quant...
ABSTRACT Objective: To estimate the prevalence of depression and to identify the main risk factors associated with depression in wives of convicted men. Method: Descriptive, cross - sectional, quantitative approach. The data were collected with 349 female partners of convicted patients in three peniten...
Brasil/epidemiología,
Distribución de Chi-Cuadrado,
Estudios Transversales,
Depresión/epidemiología,
Modelos Logísticos,
Persona de Mediana Edad,
Prevalencia,
Prisioneros/psicología,
Prisiones/normas,
Psicometría/instrumentación,
Psicometría/métodos,
Factores de Riesgo,
Conducta Sexual/psicología,
Esposos/psicología,
Estrés Psicológico/complicaciones,
Estrés Psicológico/etiología,
Estrés Psicológico/psicología,
Encuestas y Cuestionarios
ABSTRACT Objective: To characterize the profile of users at risk of developing diabetes mellitus type 2 according to sociodemographic and clinical variables. Method: Cross-sectional study, descriptive, quantitative approach conducted with 266 users of Basic Care. Inferential statistics analysis, calcul...
Índice de Masa Corporal,
Peso Corporal,
Brasil/epidemiología,
Estudios Transversales,
Diabetes Mellitus Tipo 2/clasificación,
Diabetes Mellitus Tipo 2/prevención & control,
Persona de Mediana Edad,
Análisis Multivariante,
Sobrepeso/complicaciones,
Sobrepeso/epidemiología,
Prevalencia,
Medición de Riesgo/métodos,
Factores de Riesgo,
Factores Socioeconómicos
ABSTRACT Objective: to know the prevalence and factors associated with frailty in elderly assisted by the Centro Mais Vida de Referência em Assistência à Saúde do Idoso (Mais Vida Health Reference Center for the Elderly) in the North of Minas Gerais, Brazil. Method: cross-sectional study, with samp...
ABSTRACT Objective: Identifying prevalence of frailty in elderly caregivers inserted in a high social vulnerability context and its correlation with sociodemographic and health aspects. Method: Descriptive, correlational and cross-sectional study. Forty elderly caregivers were evaluated with: questionn...
Cuidadores/psicología,
Cuidadores/normas,
Cognición,
Estudios Transversales,
Fragilidad/psicología,
Fragilidad/terapia,
Persona de Mediana Edad,
Prevalencia,
Psicometría/instrumentación,
Psicometría/métodos,
Factores Sexuales,
Encuestas y Cuestionarios
ABSTRACT Objective: to identify the prevalence of Metabolic Syndrome and its components in a population of patients with type 2 Diabetes Mellitus. Method: a cross-sectional study was conducted with 201 diabetic patients. A descriptive analysis and Chi-square and Fisher's exact tests ( p <0.05) were ...
Brasil/epidemiología,
Distribución de Chi-Cuadrado,
Estudios Transversales,
Diabetes Mellitus Tipo 2/complicaciones,
Diabetes Mellitus Tipo 2/epidemiología,
Síndrome Metabólico/epidemiología,
Síndrome Metabólico/etiología,
Persona de Mediana Edad,
Obesidad/complicaciones,
Obesidad/epidemiología,
Sobrepeso/complicaciones,
Sobrepeso/epidemiología,
Prevalencia
ABSTRACT Objective: to evaluate the risk of infection and illness caused by Mycobacterium tuberculosis among health care and security staff in prisons in two regions of Rio Grande do Sul (RS). Method: cross-sectional study involving prison staff. An interview and sputum smear microscopy and culture wer...
Brasil/epidemiología,
Estudios Transversales,
Personal de Salud/estadística & datos numéricos,
Tuberculosis Latente/epidemiología,
Tuberculosis Latente/etiología,
Persona de Mediana Edad,
Mycobacterium tuberculosis/patogenicidad,
Prevalencia,
Prisiones/organización & administración,
Prisiones/estadística & datos numéricos,
Factores de Riesgo,
Prueba de Tuberculina/estadística & datos numéricos,
Tuberculosis/epidemiología,
Tuberculosis/etiología
