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The influence of the internet on choices about older adults' health and well-being

ABSTRACT Objectives: to describe the profile of older adults who access the internet to search for health information and identify the factors that can influence older adults' decisions about their health based on information collected online. Methods: 391 older adults answered an online questionnaire ...

Nurses' perception of the nursing process and its relationship with leadership

ABSTRACT Objectives: to describe Nurses' perception of the Nursing Process and its relationship with leadership. Methods: action research conducted between September/2021 and April/2022 with nurses from a medium-sized hospital in southern Brazil. The data investigated, one of the stages of the method, ...

Predictors of excess fluid volume in hemodialysis patients: an observational study

ABSTRACT Objectives: to assess risk factors for excess fluid volume in hemodialysis patients. Methods: a retrospective case-control study was conducted. A total of 392 patients (196 cases and 196 controls) from two hemodialysis centers were included. Sociodemographic data and 23 risk factors for excess...

Pregnancy loss in women with systemic lupus erythematosus: Grounded Theory

ABSTRACT Objective: to learn the meanings attributed to pregnancy loss by women with Lupus. Method: qualitative research, based on Symbolic Interactionism and Grounded Theory. Data collection took place between January and August 2022 through in-depth interviews. Data analysis went through the stages o...

What is the burden of multimorbidity and the factors associated with its occurrence in elderly Brazilians?

ABSTRACT Objective: To estimate the prevalence of multimorbidity in elderly people and its association with sociodemographic characteristics, lifestyle, and anthropometry. Methods: This was a cross-sectional study using data from the National Health Survey, 2019. A total of 22,728 elderly individuals f...

Mothers' perception of the care of newborn in the home environment

ABSTRACT Objectives: to identify mothers' perceptions about caring for newborns in the home environment, from the perspective of complexity thinking. Methods: qualitative, exploratory and descriptive research, carried out between November/2022 and February/2023. Data were collected through individual i...

Psychometric properties of the Chilean version of the quality of life questionnaire for multiple myeloma

ABSTRACT Objectives: To evaluate the internal consistency and construct validity of the QLQ-MY20 for assessing the quality of life in multiple myeloma survivors in Chile. Methods: This was a cross-sectional study conducted between March 2020 and December 2022. It involved 118 individuals from two publi...

Nivel de ansiedad en adolescentes con sobrepeso u obesidad

Objetivo: Conocer el nivel de ansiedad en los adolescentes con sobrepeso u obesidad. Material y Método: Estudio cuantitativo, no experimental, descriptivo y transversal, realizado entre abril y agosto 2023 en una Unidad Educativa del cantón Ambato, provincia de Tungurahua, Ecuador. De una población de...

Uso del cigarrillo electronico y riesgo de padecer enfermedades respiratorias en adolescentes y adultos jóvenes

Objetivo: Determinar el riesgo de padecer enfermedades respiratorias por el uso del cigarrillo electrónico. Materiales y métodos: Revisión integrativa, basada en el análisis de artículos científicos completos en bases de datos como: PubMed, Scopus y SciELO utilizando el método PRISMA, en el period...