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Patient participation in hand hygiene among health professionals

ABSTRACT Objective: To investigate the perception and attitude of health professionals (HPs) about the patient participation in hand hygiene (HH). Method: A cross-sectional study with 150 HPs from a university hospital in Brazil. A descriptive analysis was conducted. Results: Simple hand hygiene was t...

Calf circumference: clinical validation for evaluation of muscle mass in the elderly

ABSTRACT Objective: To validate calf circumference as a technology for assessing muscle mass in the elderly. Method: Cross-sectional study with 132 elderly people from Goiânia, Goiás, Brazil. Decreased muscle mass was determined by the skeletal muscle mass index (IME) using Dual Energy X-Ray Absortom...

Non-frail elderly people and their license to drive motor vehicles

ABSTRACT Objective: to analyse the link between the non-frailty condition and the results of driving license for elderly people to drive motor vehicles. Method: cross-sectional study with data collection in the sample period from August 2015 to March 2016. Study performed with 347 elderlies (≥60 ...

Burnout and nursing work environment in public health institutions

ABSTRACT Objective: to identify associations between the Burnout domains and the characteristics of the work environment. Method: cross-sectional study with 745 nurses from 40 public health institutions in São Paulo. Nursing Work Index-Revised (NWI-R) and Maslach Burnout Inventory were used. Similar i...

Associação entre as características macroscópicas do cordão umbilical, gestação de alto risco e repercussões neonatais

Rev. Esc. Enferm. USP; 51 (), 2017
RESUMO Objetivo Verificar a associação entre as características macroscópicas do cordão umbilical, a gestação de alto risco e as repercussões neonatais. Método Estudo transversal, realizado no período de janeiro de 2012 a janeiro de 2015 em uma maternidade pública de Goiânia/GO. A popula...

Diferencias por sexo en el índice de masa corporal, percepción del peso corporal, satisfacción con el peso, desórdenes de la alimentación y estrategias para el control de peso en estudiantes de medicina y enfermería de la India

Invest. educ. enferm; 35 (3), 2017
Objective. To assess gender disparity in body weight perception, Body Mass Index (BMI), weight satisfaction and role of depression among undergraduate Medical and Nursing students. Methods. A descriptive cross sectional descriptive study was conducted in conveniently selected medical (n=241) and nursing ...

Urinary incontinence in hospital patients: prevalence and associated factors

ABSTRACT Objectives: to analyze the prevalence of urinary incontinence and its associated factors in hospital patients. Method: this is a cross-sectional epidemiological study whose data were collected using the instruments Sociodemographic and Clinical Data, Characteristics of Urinary Leakage and Inte...

Pregnancy complications in Brazilian puerperal women treated in the public and private health systems

ABSTRACT Objective: to analyze the prevalence of pregnancy complications and sociodemographic profile of puerperal patients with complications, according to the form of financing of the childbirth service. Method: cross-sectional study with interview of 928 puerperal women whose childbirth was financed...

Obesity, physical activity and prediabetes in adult children of people with diabetes

ABSTRACT Objectives: Determine prevalence of obesity / overweight, physical activity (PA) and prediabetes in adult children of parents with type 2 diabetes; identify differences according to sociodemographic variables, and describe the relationship of obesity/overweight with fasting glucose (FG) and gly...

Conhecimentos dos profissionais de enfermagem de centro cirúrgico sobre hipotermia em pacientes cirúrgicos oncológicos

Rev. SOBECC; 22 (4), 2017
Objetivo: Este estudo teve como objetivo analisar o conhecimento dos profissionais de enfermagem de centro cirúrgico sobre hipotermia em pacientes cirúrgicos oncológicos, antes e após intervenção educativa. Método: Trata-se de um estudo descritivo de caráter exploratório, transversal, de campo e...