Introduction: the practice of physical activities is related to a better quality of life. In the case of people with disabilities, sport can assist in their rehabilitation process. The work analyzed the perception of the multiprofessional team about the strategy of attendance, social interaction and mental health of disabled sports practitioners. Method: a qualitative, descriptive and transversal approach was u...
Tuberculosis is an infectious disease of great public health importance, caused by Mycobacterium tuberculosis, being transmitted through aerosols expelled into the environment through speech, coughing or sneezing, coming from a previously infected individual. The objective of this study was to define an epidemiological profile of tuberculosis in the state of Piauí, from 2015 to 2020. It was a descriptive epidem...
With the demographic transition that took place in Brazil and in the world, there was a reduction in mortality and an increase in longevity, evidencing a population composed of elderly people. Depression affects a good portion of the elderly, especially those living in long-term care facilities (ILP), far from their families. The general objective of this study was to investigate the main factors associated wit...
The occupational therapist is one of the professionals who can make up the Family Health Support Centers (NASF). The general objective of this study was to investigate the contribution of occupational therapists to the NASF team in the national scientific literature. It was a bibliographic research, through an integrative descriptive review. The search strategy was performed in the Virtual Health Library (VHL),...
The study aimed to identify the need for school adaptations for children with ASD, to facilitate the teaching and learning process. It is predominantly quantitative, descriptive field research. It was held in a municipal teaching institution in Teresina-PI, with 3 teachers, where it will be necessary to work at the institution for more than a year and have autistic students in their classes. Data collection was...
Community pharmacists have been expanding their scope of action. Dispensing has been added to the responsibilities in the Brazilian health system, such as the search for the development of clinical pharmaceutical services. Thus, the objective was to assess the knowledge of community pharmacists working on the clinical attributions established by Resolution No. 585/13, in the city of Teresina-Piauí. The work was...
The increase in the consumption of antimicrobials has resulted in high costs for public health, in addition to impacting the increase in microbial resistance as a worldwide problem. This study aimed to assess the consumption and economic impact of antimicrobials in a University Hospital, through the analysis of use and costs, in the period from 2015 to 2017. It is a longitudinal, analytical study with retrospec...
Diabetes Mellitus (DM) is considered an important public health problem due to high epidemiological indexes and the negative impact brought to society not only in Brazil but also for everyone. Type 1 (DM) is characterized by deficiency absolute insulin, where the carrier through his cells ß pancheaticas stops secreting this hormone for several factors, like viral infection and external environmental factors. Al...