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Quality of life and sleep in obese adolescents
Turco,Giovina; Bobbio,Tatiana; Reimão,Rubens; Rossini,Sueli; Pereira,Helen; Barros Filho,AntonioObesity and sleep disorders in adolescence are strongly associated, and they impact both on the health and on quality of life (QL) in this age group. OBJECTIVE: To comparatively assess QL and sleep in obese and eutrophic adolescents, who are older than ten years of age. METHODS: Cross-sectional study including obese adolescents. This analysis was carried out between August 2009 and August 2010. The Control (eut...
Executive attention and working memory in narcoleptic outpatients
Moraes,Mirleny; Rossini,Sueli; Reimão,RubensOBJECTIVE: This pioneering study aimed to evaluate executive attention and working memory in Brazilian narcoleptic outpatients. METHODS: Narcoleptic group: 19 treated narcoleptic outpatients (13 F; 6 M) (mean age=37.58; SD = 8.93); control group: 19 subjects (15 F; 4 M) (mean age=34.42; SD=12.31). INSTRUMENTS: Epworth Sleepiness Scale - Brazilian Portuguese Version (ESS-BR), Victoria Stroop Test (VST), Trail Ma...
Psychological assessment in patients with phobic postural vertigo
Ferreira,Liliani Souza dos Santos; Pereira,Cristiana Borges; Rossini,Sueli; Kanashiro,Aline Mizuta Kozoroski; Adda,Carla Cristina; Scaff,MilbertoPhobic postural vertigo (PPV) is a frequent diagnosis which can be challenging to treat. OBJECTIVE: To investigate the presence of psychiatric disturbances in patients with PPV; to assess the psychological status of patients using adaptive diagnosis; to verify possible correlations between severity of psychiatric disturbance and adaptive efficacy. METHOD: A total of nineteen subjects were assessed and two instr...
Sleep disorders and quality of life of harvesters rural labourers
Lima,Joseane; Rossini,Sueli; Reimão,RubensThe various kinds of work may interfere in the laborer's quality of sleep. Among the factors, the unemployment caused by the period between the coffee harvests on the agriculture of South Minas may influence the appearance of anxiety and depression symptoms, and it may cause impairments to the quality of life and changes in the rural laborers' pattern of sleep. OBJECTIVE: To appraise the sleep and the effects o...
Sleep disorders in high school and pre-university students
Rocha,Célia R.S.; Rossini,Sueli; Reimão,RubensAdolescence is a period in which youngsters have to make choices such as applying for university. The selection process is competitive, and it brings distress and anxiety, risk factors for the appearance of sleep disorders. OBJECTIVE: To verify the occurrence of sleep disorders in third-year high school and pre-university students. METHOD: This cross-sectional descriptive study comprised a sample of 529 student...
Causas de insônia nos primeiros anos de vida e repercussão nas mães: atualização
Tenenbojm,Eduardina; Rossini,Sueli; Estivill,Eduard; Segarra,Francisco; Reimão,RubensOBJETIVO: Revisar a literatura sobre insônia de crianças pequenas e seus aspectos relacionados às repercussões familiares, à abordagem pediátrica e ao seu tratamento. FONTES DE DADOS: Levantamento de publicações indexadas no Medline e Lilacs entre os anos de 1998 e 2008, rastreadas com a combinação dos descritores: "sleep", "insomnia", "child", "depression", "mother-child relationship", além de teses e capítulo...
Quality of life in patients with narcolepsy: a WHOQOL-bref study
Rovere,Heloísa; Rossini,Sueli; Reimão,RubensOBJECTIVE: To evaluate the perception of Quality of Life (QL) in Brazilian patients with narcolepsy. METHOD: 40 adult patients aged between 20 and 72 years (mean=41.55; SD=14.50); (28 F; 12M), with the diagnosis of chronic narcolepsy were followed up at the outpatient clinic (Patient Group). The Control Group was composed of 40 adults. The instrument utilized was the World Health Organization Quality of Life (W...
Professor Antonio Branco Lefèvre: the forefather of child neurology in Brazil
Reimão,Rubens; Rossini,Sueli; Lima,Adriana; Moraes,Mirleny; Rovere,HeloísaOBJECTIVE: To report on the life and works of Prof. Antonio Branco Lefèvre and the relevance that led him to be considered the Forefather of Child Neurology in Brazil. METHOD: The method utilized was the historical documents research; bibliographical. RESULTS: Antonio Branco Lefèvre (1916-1981) was born in São Paulo city; graduated in 1941 from the São Paulo Medical School. The date - 1950 - can be considered w...
Quality of life and sleep impairment in chronic cocaine dependents
Lima,Adriana; Rossini,Sueli; Reimão,RubensOBJECTIVE: To evaluate quality of life (QL) and sleep quality impairment of cocaine chronic dependents in use of cocaine. METHOD: 40 patients, chronic cocaine dependents were evaluated (37 M; 3 F), with mean age of 28.92 years, along with 40 controls paired for gender and age. The following instruments were used: a) the semi-structured clinical interview; b) the Brazil Economic Classification; c) the Pittsburgh...
Women living with HIV/AIDS: sleep impairment, anxiety and depression symptoms
Junqueira,Priscila; Bellucci,Silvia; Rossini,Sueli; Reimão,RubensOBJECTIVE: To evaluate sleep impairment, symptoms of anxiety and depression, and associations with sleep characteristics of sleep in female HIV/AIDS patients. METHOD: 30 female patients with HIV/AIDS were evaluated along with 30 female controls with a mean age of 35.4 years in the study group and 33.1 years in the control group, with: a) the Pittsburgh Sleep Quality Index; b) the Beck Anxiety Inventory; c) the ...