ABSTRACT Objective: To analyze the knowledge, religious beliefs and the adoption of preventive measures against HIV/AIDS of non-Catholic elderly women. Method: A qualitative study, carried out in religious institutions of a municipality in the state of Ceará, Northeast Brazil, with 78 elderly women. O...
Envejecimiento,
Brasil,
Condones/estadística & datos numéricos,
Infecciones por VIH/prevención & control,
Infecciones por VIH/psicología,
VIH-1/patogenicidad,
Conocimientos, Actitudes y Práctica en Salud,
Persona de Mediana Edad,
Investigación Cualitativa,
Factores de Riesgo
ABSTRACT Objective: To identify hypertensive and diabetic patients at risk for developing acute kidney injury in the primary health care setting. Method: Observational, longitudinal, prospective study. Sample of 56 diabetic and hypertensive individuals. A semi-structured questionnaire was adopted for d...
Lesión Renal Aguda/epidemiología,
Lesión Renal Aguda/etiología,
Lesión Renal Aguda/fisiopatología,
Brasil,
Complicaciones de la Diabetes/fisiopatología,
Hipertensión/complicaciones,
Hipertensión/fisiopatología,
Unidades de Cuidados Intensivos/organización & administración,
Estudios Longitudinales,
Persona de Mediana Edad,
Atención Primaria de Salud/métodos,
Estudios Prospectivos,
Medición de Riesgo/métodos,
Factores de Riesgo
Objective. This work sought to identify the prevalence of overweight and obesity conditions and the associated factors in nursing students in a public university in Medellín, Colombia. Methodology. This was a descriptive cross-sectional study conducted in 2015. The study selected 171 participants throug...
ABSTRACT Objective: to estimate the incidence of surgical site infection in general surgeries at a large Brazilian hospital while identifying risk factors and prevalent microorganisms. Method: non-concurrent cohort study with 16,882 information of patients undergoing general surgery from 2008 to 2011. ...
Aim: To analyze the implications of self-care on the risk factors of ulceration in the feet of patients with diabetes mellitus, related to dermatology, orthopedic, neurological and vascular alterations. Method: Cross-sectional study, involving 1,515 patients with diabetes mellitus type 2, older than 40 y...
Objective. To evaluate the factors that predispose to the development of cardiovascular diseases in women who were attended at a Basic Health Unit in Londrina, Paraná, Brazil. Methods. The research was characterized as observational and quantitative. The population sample consisted of 60 women aged over...
Introducción: las radiaciones ultravioletas representan un factor de riesgo para los trabajadores que por razones de su oficio deben laborar a cielo abierto. Objetivos: relacionar las radiaciones ultravioletas como factor de riesgo relacionado con la génesis del pterigión en personas expuestas laboral...
Introducción: el bajo peso al nacer guarda relación con la morbilidad, mortalidad y bienestar del binomio madre-hijo, el desconocimiento sobre sus factores de riesgo requiere de intervenciones educativas en las gestantes.
Objetivo: evaluar la efectividad de intervención educativa en el nivel de conoci...
Abstract Objective The aim of this study was to investigate fall preventive behaviors in elderly patients who suffered hip fractures as a result of falling. Methods This descriptive and cross-sectional study was performed at a university hospital in Izmir, Turkey between January 2014 and December 2015....
Resume Objective: to identify the prevalence of falls among older adults and the extrinsic factors associated with them. Method: population-based cross-sectional study with 350 older adults. A household survey was conducted using a questionnaire addressing socio-demographic, clinical, and environmental...
