Objective: quality of life issues are central to maternal health and well-being. Within the context of a study examining postnatal quality of life, we set out to translate into Brazilian Portuguese the Mother- Generated Index and ensure its cross-cultural adaption for use in a Brazilian context. Design: the Mother-Generated Index, a subjective quality of life tool, underwent a validated process of translation a...
Objetivos: objetivou-se traduzir e adaptar culturalmente a escala Adherence Determinants Questionnaire para a língua Portuguesa, no contexto brasileiro, e verificar a confiabilidade e a validade da mesma para analisar os elementos da adesão das pacientes ao tratamento clínico do câncer de mama e cervical. Método: trata-se de estudo metodológico, realizado em dois centros de referência em oncologia. A amostra fo...
The objective was to identify behaviors and sexual practices of men who have sexual relations with other men in the context of vulnerability to HIV/AIDS. This was a cross-sectional, exploratory and descriptive study. It was carried out in a gay sociability place in Fortaleza, Ceará, Brazil, between November 2010 and March 2011, through interviews with 189 men who have sex with men. The ethical aspects were resp...
Objetivos: se objetivó traducir y adaptar culturalmente la escala Adherence Determinants Questionnaire para la lengua Portuguesa, en el contexto brasileño, y verificar la confiabilidad y la validez de la misma para analizar los elementos de la adhesión de las pacientes al tratamiento clínico del cáncer de mama y cervical.Método: se trata de estudio metodológico, realizado en dos centros de referencia en oncolog...
Os tratamentos preconizados para o câncer de colo do útero e câncer de mama são agressivos e transformam significativamente as relações sociais e pessoais da mulher, motivos pelos quais muitas delas apresentam entraves na adesão ao tratamento proposto. Dentre os objetivos do estudo destacam-se: traduzir e adaptar culturalmente a escala Adherence Determinants Questionnaire para a língua Portuguesa no contexto br...
ABSTRACT: The objective of this study was to identify the gynecologic and obstetric profile of imprisoned females in the State of Ceará. This is a documental retrospective study with a quantitative approach, performed in the Female Prison Institute of the State of Ceará with 672 medical files. Regarding age, 62.3% of the women were 31 years old. The most prevalent age bracket for menarche was 10 to 13 years, (5...
The study aimed to identify risk factors for the development of cervical cancer in women prisoners. Cross sectional study with a quantitative approach carried out in a female penal institute on the state of Ceará, Brazil. The selection of the sample occurred according to the availability of female prisoners at the time of collection, with a total of 36 women prisoners. Regard to the risks for cervical cancer, 1...
El objetivo fue analizar los resultados de la prueba de Papanicolaou de mujeres privadas de libertad. Tipo de estudio documental, con un enfoque cuantitativo, desarrollado en una cárcel de mujeres en Ceará-Brasil, con muestra de 672 archivos. En cuanto a los resultados microbiológicos se comprobó que el principal colonización de cáncer cervical-vaginal fueron los Bacilos sugestivos de Gardnerella/Mobiluncus con...