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Infant mortality and prenatal care: contributions of the clinic in the light of Canguilhem and Foucault

Rev. latinoam. enferm; 20 (1), 2012
This review study aimed to verify how studies conducted in Brazil have related infant mortality to prenatal care and to present contributions of the clinic in the light of Canguilhem and Foucault for qualification of the care. An integrative literature review was conducted from searches in the databases ...

Quality of life and depressive symptoms among caregivers and drug dependent people

Rev. latinoam. enferm; 20 (1), 2012
The aim of this study was to evaluate the quality of life and the presence of depressive symptoms among the caregivers and drug dependent people of the CAPSad. This is a cross-sectional study, with 109 users of four Psychosocial Care Centers for alcohol and other drugs of Mato Grosso and their caregivers...

Active cutaneous warming systems to prevent intraoperative hypothermia: a systematic review

Rev. latinoam. enferm; 20 (1), 2012
This study analyzed the evidence available in the literature concerning the effectiveness of different active cutaneous warming systems to prevent intraoperative hypothermia. This is a systematic review with primary studies found in the following databases: CINAHL, EMBASE, Cochrane Register of Controlled...

Associations among socio-demographic and clinical factors and the quality of life of ostomized patients

Rev. latinoam. enferm; 20 (1), 2012
This study identifies the socio-demographic and clinical factors of patients with irreversible colostomy secondary to colorectal cancer and correlates them with quality of life (QOL). It is a cross-sectional study. Socio-demographic and clinical data were collected through interviews and the WHOQOL-bref ...

Patients' experiences of peritoneal dialysis at home: a phenomenological approach

Rev. latinoam. enferm; 20 (1), 2012
The aim of this study was to highlight the meaning of home dialysis as experienced by patients with chronic renal failure. The research design was influenced by Ricoeur´s phenomenology. Nineteen patients from a Brazilian public hospital were interviewed, from May to September 2009. Interviews were guide...

The Pain Disability Questionnaire: a reliability and validity study

Rev. latinoam. enferm; 20 (1), 2012
The goal of this study was to translate and adapt The Pain Disability Questionnaire (PDQ) to Brazilian Portuguese, as well as to assess its psychometric properties and practicability. The following methodological steps were followed: translation, synthesis, back-translation, expert committee assessment a...

Impact of a participatory program to reduce noise in a Neonatal Unit

Rev. latinoam. enferm; 20 (1), 2012
This study evaluated the impact of a participatory program to reduce noise in a neonatal intermediate care unit of a university hospital. A time-series quasi-experimental design was used, in which sound pressure levels were measured before and after the intervention was implemented using the Quest-400 do...

Functional disability of adult individuals with spinal cord injury and its association with socio-demographic characteristics

Rev. latinoam. enferm; 20 (1), 2012
The aim was to investigate the Functional Disability degree in adults with spinal cord injury and its association with socio-demographic characteristics. The Barthel Index was used and 75 subjects answered a questionnaire with socio-demographic variables. The Chi-Square, Cronbach's Alpha and Fisher tests...