Resultados: 34

Association of socioeconomic and clinical variables with the state of frailty among older inpatients

Objectives: to identify the prevalence of frailty among inpatient older adults in a clinical hospital and check the association of the socioeconomic and clinical characteristics with the state of frailty. Method: observational, cross-sectional and analytical study, conducted with 255 hospitalized patient...

Prevalence of Metabolic Syndrome among nursing personnel and its association with occupational stress, anxiety and depression

OBJECTIVE:

to identify the prevalence of Metabolic Syndrome among nursing personnel, and its association with occupational stress, anxiety and depression.

METHOD:

a descriptive correlational study undertaken with 226 nursing personnel from a teaching...

Influence of preoperative emotional state on postoperative pain following orthopedic and trauma surgery

OBJECTIVES: to analyze the relationship between preoperative emotional state and the prevalence and intensity of postoperative pain and to explore predictors of postoperative pain. METHOD: observational retrospective study undertaken among 127 adult patients of orthopedic and trauma surgery. Postoperativ...

Neutropenia: occurrence and management in women with breast cancer receiving chemotherapy

OBJECTIVES: to identify the prevalence, and describe the management of, neutropenia throughout the chemotherapy treatment among women with breast cancer. METHODS: observational study, cycles of chemotherapy. 116 neutropenic events were recorded, and 63.3% of the patients presented neutropenia at some poi...