Objetivo: verificar a prevalência de incapacidade funcional para realização de atividades básicas e instrumentais
de vida diária em idosos. Métodos: estudo transversal que utilizou dados da Pesquisa Nacional de Saúde, cuja
amostra foi de 7.373 idosos. Resultados: a prevalência de incapacidade fun...
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 patients suspected of drug use according to the nursing professionals' judgement, and compare the behavior of these professionals in opioid administration when there is or there is no suspicion that patient is a drug user. Method: A cross-sectional stud...
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
ABSTRACT Objective: To determine the prevalence of intestinal parasites and possible associated factors. Method: Cross-sectional epidemiological study of 962 children (3-12-years) from an area within the scope of a basic health unit in Ribeirão Preto, São Paulo, Brazil. Data were collected by home in...
Abstract OBJECTIVE To analyze the prevalence of falls and frailty syndrome and the association between these two syndromes in the elderly population. METHOD Systematic review, without restriction of dates, in English, Portuguese and Spanish languages, in the databases PubMed, CINAHL, LILACS and in the ...
Objetivo: Conocer la prevalencia del consumo de alcohol en estudiantes de una secundaria de Coatzacoalcos, Veracruz. Método: Estudio descriptivo y transversal. Muestra constituida por 248 adolescentes seleccionados por muestreo probabilístico, estratificado por sexo y grado escolar. Se utilizó el T...
Objetivo: Identificar a prevalência de acidentes ocupacionais entre profissionais de enfermagem atuantes em setores críticos de um pronto-socorro e apreender a vivência profissional dentre os acidentados. Métodos: Pesquisa descritiva, transversal, realizada em duas etapas consecutivas, com 75 profis...
