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Quality of life of older adults admitted to a Medical Clinic Unit of a Public Hospital in Brazil

Rev. Esc. Enferm. USP; 54 (), 2020
Abstract Objective: To evaluate the quality of life of older adults admitted to the Medical Clinic Unit of a public hospital in Belo Horizonte, Brazil, to correlate the quality of life with the functionality proposed by the Katz index, and to characterize the clinical and epidemiological profile of the...

Quality of life of adolescents with cerebral palsy: agreement between self-report and caregiver's report*

Objective: to assess the quality of life (QOL) of adolescents with cerebral palsy (CP) by self-report and by the caregiver's report, and to analyze the agreement between these reports. Method: cross-sectional study conducted with 101 adolescents with CP and 101 caregivers. Both answered the Pediatric Qu...

Association between knowledge and adherence to foot self-care practices performed by diabetics

ABSTRACT Objectives: to verify the association between knowledge and adherence to foot self-care practices performed by patients with diabetes mellitus type 2. Methods: cross-sectional, descriptive study carried out with 197 patients in basic health units located in the Northeast region of Brazil. For ...

Self-medication practices in riverside communities in the Brazilian Amazon Rainforest

ABSTRACT Objectives: to analyze the practice of self-medication and the associated factors in the riverside population of the Middle Solimões river region - Amazon rainforest. Methods: a cross-sectional population-based study conducted between April and July 2015, through interviews at home. Results:...

The association between knowledge about HIV and risk factors in young Amazon people

ABSTRACT Objectives: analyze the association between the level of HIV knowledge among young people from Amazonas region, their sociodemographic profile and infection risk factors. Methods: cross-sectional analytical study, which used a structured questionnaire containing questions about sociodemographi...

Patients and informal caregivers' questions about alveolar bone graft post-operative care

ABSTRACT Objectives: to identify patients' and informal caregivers' questions related to alveolar bone graft post-operative care. Methods: analytical and cross-sectional study, developed in a public and tertiary hospital between October 2017 and February 2018. The sample consisted of 46 participants. D...

Conicity index in people with hypertension followed in the Brazil's Family Health Strategy

ABSTRACT Objectives: to analyze the conicity index in people with hypertension followed in the Brazil's Family Health Strategy. Methods: cross-sectional study conducted in a medium-sized municipality located in the state of Paraná. Data collection took place in the first semester of 2016. using an ada...

Patient safety culture: perception of nursing professionals in high complexity institutions

ABSTRACT Objectives: to analyze the perception of nursing professionals about patient safety culture in three highly complex hospital institutions. Methods: descriptive and quantitative study with professionals working in care. The Hospital Survey on Patient Safety Culture questionnaire was applied, cl...

Culture of patient safety in hospital units of gynecology and obstetrics: a cross-sectional study

ABSTRACT Objectives: to assess the patient safety culture of the health team working in three maternity hospitals. Methods: observational, cross-sectional, comparative study. 301 professionals participated in the study. The Hospital Survey on Patient Safety Culture questionnaire validated in Brazil was...

Mental health of nursing in coping with COVID-19 at a regional university hospital

Rev. Bras. Enferm. (Online); 73 (supl.2), 2020
ABSTRACT Objective: to identify prevalence and factors associated with anxiety and depression in nursing professionals who work to cope with COVID-19 at a university hospital. Methods: a cross-sectional observational study using a sociodemographic questionnaire and Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale...