Resultados: 293

Prevalência e fatores associados a quedas em idosos

Texto & contexto enferm; 25 (2), 2016
RESUMO Esta pesquisa objetivou determinar a prevalência de quedas, nos últimos 12 meses, entre os idosos; comparar as variáveis sociodemográficas, clínicas, de saúde e funcionais entre os idosos que tiveram quedas e aqueles que não as tiveram; e verificar os fatores associados a quedas em idosos. ...

Colonização nasal por Staphylococcus aureus entre estudantes de Enfermagem: subsídios para monitorização

Rev. bras. enferm; 69 (6), 2016
RESUMO Objetivo: monitorar as cepas de Staphylococcus aureus resistentes ou não à oxacilina, entre estudantes da graduação em enfermagem, com ênfase no processo de colonização. Método: estudo transversal de prevalência, realizado com 138 estudantes de Enfermagem. As amostras biológicas da cav...

Depressive symptoms in patients with coronary artery disease

Invest. educ. enferm; 34 (2), 2016
Objective.To assess the presence of depressive symptoms in patients with coronary artery disease in the preoperative period for coronary artery bypass surgery (CABG) in Aracaju, Sergipe, Brazil. Methods. A cross-sectional study with 63 hospitalized patients prior to CABG. Two instruments were used for da...

Prevalence and factors associated with preoperative anxiety in children aged 5-12 years

Abstract Objective: to estimate the prevalence and factors associated with preoperative anxiety in children who wait for outpatient surgery. Method: cross-sectional analysis of baseline data of a prospective cohort study that investigates the predictors of postoperative pain in children aged 5-12 years...

Diabetes mellitus and drug abuse during pregnancy and the risk for orofacial clefts and related abnormalities

Abstract Objective: to assessed the prevalence of diabetes mellitus (DM) and drug abuse in mothers of children with orofacial clefts (OFC). Methods: 325 women who had children (0-3y) with clefts were interviewed. Data regarding type of diabetes, use of legal/illegal drugs during pregnancy, waist girt...

Prevalence of hypoalbuminemia and nutritional issues in hospitalized elders

ABSTRACT Objective: to estimate the prevalence of hypoalbuminemia in hospitalized elders, related to socio-demographic variables, nutritional status and length of stay. Methods: crosscutting study with 200 patients hospitalized in a large hospital in the South of Brazil during three months. Evaluatio...

Trauma in elderly people: access to the health system through pre-hospital care

Objective: to identify the prevalence of trauma in elderly people and how they accessed the health system through pre-hospital care. Method: documentary and retrospective study at a mobile emergency care service, using a sample of 400 elderly trauma victims selected through systematic random sampling. A...

Level of anxiety versus self-care in the preoperative and postoperative periods of total laryngectomy patients

Abstract Objective: estimate the prevalence of anxiety in laryngectomy patients in the pre and postoperative periods and its relation with the self-care level. Method: observational research of 40 patients with stage IV laryngeal cancer. Three observations took place: in the preoperative phase, at se...

Association between secondhand smoking in the home and respiratory morbidity in preschool children

Rev. Esc. Enferm. USP; 50 (4), 2016
Abstract OBJECTIVE Identifying the prevalence of secondhand smoking in the home and its association with morbidity and hospitalization from respiratory causes in preschool children. METHOD This is a cross-sectional study conducted in five early childhood education centers at a public university in São...

Doenças cardiovasculares: fatores de risco em adolescentes

Cogit. Enferm. (Online); 21 (2), 2016
O objetivo do estudo foi investigar os fatores de risco para doenças cardiovasculares em adolescentes do município de Picos-Piauí. Estudo descritivo e transversal realizado com 151 adolescentes. A coleta de dados ocorreu no período de agosto a outubro de 2013 nas escolas particulares. Os resultados e...