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...
The aim of this study is to investigate the use of biosafety practices by health professionals working in an ICU of a public hospital in Teresina-PI. This is a cross-sectional study, approved by the ethics committee (2,583,723), conducted at a state hospital in Teresina-PI, using questionnaires to ICU health professionals. The data were analyzed using the SPSS 17.0 and BioEstat 5.0 programs, using the Chi-squar...
Aim: To analyze the effect of Bag squeezing maneuver in heart rate variability in elderly patients admitted to an intensive care unit in the Northern Regional Hospital in the city of Sobral-CE. Method: It was an interventional study with a quantitative approach, carried out in the Intensive Care Unit of Hospital Regional Norte in the municipality of Sobral, Ceará, from January 2015 to March 2015. The research c...
The objective is to investigate the main origins by Badminton athletes, how they manifest themselves and the impact on the athlete's performance. This is an observational, quantitative research, carried out in a sports club, from September to October 2020, after approval by the Ethics Committee of the UNIFACID University Center, under the number of opinions 4,276,525. Badminton athletes were included, with at l...
The study evaluated the vasorelaxant effect induced by the ethanolic extract of the leaves of Zanthoxylum rhoifolium Lam (EEtOH-Zr/leaves). Wistar rats were treated with the leaf extract containing a single dose of 2,000 mg / kg, v.o. After 14 days, the animals were anesthetized for blood collection and subsequent analysis of the biochemical parameters; they were then euthanized (sodium pentobarbital-100 mg/kg,...