Resultados: 2132

Association of cardiovascular risk factors with the different presentations of acute coronary syndrome

Rev. latinoam. enferm; 22 (4), 2014
OBJECTIVE: to identify the relationship between different presentations of acute coronary syndrome and cardiovascular risk factors among hospitalized individuals. METHOD: cross-sectional study performed in a teaching hospital in São Paulo, in the State of São Paulo (SP). Socio-demographic, clinical and...

Prevalence and intensity of chronic pain and self-perceived health among elderly people: a population-based study

Rev. latinoam. enferm; 22 (4), 2014
OBJECTIVE: to identify the prevalence and intensity of chronic pain among elderly people of the community and to analyze associations with the self-perceived health status. METHOD: cross-sectional study with a populational sample (n=934), conducted through household interviews in the city of Goiânia, Br...

The effects of compensatory workplace exercises to reduce work-related stress and musculoskeletal pain

Rev. latinoam. enferm; 22 (4), 2014
OBJECTIVES: to assess the effect of a compensatory workplace exercise program on workers with the purpose of reducing work-related stress and musculoskeletal pain. METHOD: quasi-experimental research with quantitative analysis of the data, involving 30 administrative workers from a Higher Education Publi...

Beliefs related to adherence to oral antidiabetic treatment according to the Theory of Planned Behavior

Rev. latinoam. enferm; 22 (4), 2014
OBJECTIVE: to identify salient behavioral, normative, control and self-efficacy beliefs related to the behavior of adherence to oral antidiabetic agents, using the Theory of Planned Behavior. METHOD: cross-sectional, exploratory study with 17 diabetic patients in chronic use of oral antidiabetic medicati...

Child safety from the perspective of essential needs

Rev. latinoam. enferm; 22 (4), 2014
OBJECTIVE: to characterize the maternal care for children under one year of age with a view to child health promotion at home. METHOD: exploratory study with qualitative data analysis, thematic mode, based on the conceptual framework of the essential needs of children, based on interviews recorded with 1...

Pre-frailty and frailty of elderly residents in a municipality with a low Human Development Index

Rev. latinoam. enferm; 22 (4), 2014
OBJECTIVE: to identify the prevalence of the factors associated with pre-frailty and frailty of elderly residents in a municipality with a low Human Development Index METHOD: Cross-sectional study with a populational and household framework conducted with 316 elderly people. Frailty was determined from t...

Arterial Hypertension and other risk factors associated with cardiovascular diseases among adults

Rev. latinoam. enferm; 22 (4), 2014
OBJECTIVE: to identify the prevalence of arterial hypertension and its association with cardiovascular risk factors among adults. METHOD: cross-sectional, population-based, descriptive study conducted with 408 adult individuals. Data were collected through a questionnaire and measurements of weight, heig...

Quality of life assessment of patients with and without venous ulcer

Rev. latinoam. enferm; 22 (4), 2014
OBJECTIVES: to compare the quality of life of patients with chronic venous disease with and without ulcer and to identify the most affected aspects. METHOD: cross-sectional study with a sample of 204 patients with chronic venous disease. The quality of life was assessed with the help of the SF-36 questio...

The principle of integrality of care in the political-pedagogical projects of nursing programs

Rev. latinoam. enferm; 22 (4), 2014
Objective: to identify the political-pedagogical projects of the undergraduate nursing programs in Santa Catarina, Brazil according to the guidelines of the Ministries of Health and Education, considering the education of professionals under the principle of integrality. Method: documentary study with a ...