Resultados: 31

Perfil da equipe de enfermagem de unidades ambulatoriais universitárias: considerações para a saúde do trabalhador

RESUMO Objetivo identificar o perfil sociodemográfico, laboral e de saúde da equipe de enfermagem de unidades ambulatoriais especializadas. Método Estudo quantitativo, descritivo, realizado com 388 profissionais de enfermagem de ambulatórios de universidades públicas no município do Rio de Janeir...

Factors associated with the functional capacity of elderly individuals with hypertension and/or diabetes mellitus

Abstract Objective: To identify the association of sociodemographic and clinical factors with the functional capacity of elderly individuals with hypertension and/or diabetes mellitus. Method: An outpatient, non-probabilistic cross-sectional study, performed in two Health Units in a city from the inlan...

Profile of women with lymphedema after breast cancer treatment

ABSTRACT Objective: To identify the profile of women with lymphedema after breast cancer treatment. Methods: This is a descriptive, retrospective and quantitative study with data from medical records of women with lymphedema who began treatment between 2010 and 2015 in a rehabilitation center. An instr...

Characterization of people with hemato-oncological diseases admitted to an emergency unit

Abstract Objectives: To identify the demographic and clinical profile and the reasons for seeking care of people with hemato-oncological diseases attended at an emergency unit. Methods: This descriptive, correlational, quantitative study was carried in the emergency unit of a general teaching hospital ...

Factors associated to potential drug interactions in one Intensive Care Unit: a cross-sectional study

ABSTRACT Objective: to identify the factors associated to Potential Drug Interactions with High Alert Medications in the Intensive Care Unit of a Sentinel Hospital. Methods: a cross-sectional, retrospective study using a quantitative approach carried out at a Sentinel Hospital in Rio de Janeiro. The re...

Arterial hypertension in the elderly accompanied in primary care: profile and associated factors

Abstract Objective: to analyze blood pressure control in elderly hypertensives accompanied by a Basic Health Unit of the Federal District, determining the sociodemographic profile and the associated risk factors. Method: this is a cross-sectional study with 133 elderly hypertensive patients. Variables ...

Medication consumption in a Brazilian area covered by the Family Health Strategy: Prevalence and associated factors

Abstract Objective: The aim of the present study was to determine the prevalence and factors associated with the medication consumption among users registered in the Family Health Strategy (FHS) of Rondonópolis, Mato Grosso State, Brazil. Method: The population was constituted of all adult residents i...

Sociodemographic and health characteristics of formal and informal caregivers of elderly people with Alzheimer's Disease

Abstract Objective: to evaluate and compare the sociodemographic characteristics, depressive symptoms, anxiety and perceived stress of formal and informal caregivers of elderly people with Alzheimer's disease. Method: Quantitative, cross-sectional and comparative study with 44 caregivers that were divi...

Evaluation of the health attention to pregnant women with HIV: comparison between primary and specialized service

ABSTRACT The public network for health care of pregnant women with HIV, in Santa Maria, Rio Grande do Sul/Brazil, includes primary and specialized care services. Objective: Evaluating whether the type of service interferes in the quality score of the health care in the experience of the pregnant women w...

Schistosomiasis mansoni in families of fishing workers of endemic area of Alagoas

Abstract Objective: To analyze the epidemiological and clinical aspects involved in the transmission and manifestation of schistosomiasis in a community of fishermen from the endemic area of Alagoas. Methods: Epidemiological, transversal, prospective, descriptive, quantitative study. The coproparasitol...