ABSTRACT Introduction Breast cancer has innumerable consequences in women’s lives and physical activity can be beneficial during this period. Objectives To analyze the influence of belly dancing on the body image and self-esteem of women during and after breast cancer treatment. Methods Nineteen women diagnosed with breast cancer, divided into a control group (8 women) and a study group (11 women), who were und...
ABSTRACT OBJECTIVE: To analyze the factors associated with the presence of depression symptoms in women after breast cancer. METHODS: Cross-sectional study with 181 women with breast cancer, aged 57.0 years (SD = 9.5), who were undergoing treatment or after treatment in the Oncology Research Center in Florianópolis, state of Santa Catarina, Brazil. The questionnaire comprised items addressing general and health...
ABSTRACT Objective: to build a theoretical model on the experience and meaning of the breast reconstruction process in women with breast cancer. Method: a qualitative research using Grounded Theory and Symbolic Interactionism as theoretical-methodological frameworks. Data collection and analysis occurred simultaneously, from April to October 2015, through theoretical sampling and theoretical saturation of the c...
ABSTRACT Objective: to analyze qualitative studies published in the national and international scientific literature on breast reconstruction after mastectomy for breast cancer, from the perspective of women. Method: systematic literature review using meta-ethnography, where the synthesis of knowledge is based on the induction and interpretation of the data found. Searches in the electronic databases identified...
ABSTRACT Introduction: Breast cancer treatment can cause different side effects on the quality of life of women. Physical activity, in turn, can reduce these side effects. Objective: To investigate the physical activity and quality of life of women during and after breast cancer treatment. Methods: Sample of 174 women (57.0±9.5 years) during or after clinical treatment for breast cancer. Interview questionnaire...
RESUMO Objetivo O principal objetivo deste estudo foi investigar o efeito do tempo de contração e repouso na atividade dos músculos masseter e temporal. Métodos 49 sujeitos do sexo feminino com idade entre 18 e 30 anos foram divididos em grupos DTM (n: 26) e controle (n: 23). A eletromiografia de superfície foi utilizada para avaliar os músculos temporal anterior e masseter durante protocolos de contração e rep...
Resumo A musculatura do assoalho pélvico (AP) exerce importante papel na estabilização pélvico-lombar durante atividades funcionais. Objetivo: Verificar a associação entre aptidão cardiorrespiratória percebida e a função do AP no controle por idade. Métodos: Foram avaliadas 269 mulheres adultas com a Escala de Capacidade Percebida e exame da função muscular do AP por palpação. Resultados: 70,2% das mulheres con...
Resumo Como a demanda por instituições de longa permanência para idosos (ILPIs) está aumentando, torna-se relevante para os sistemas de saúde pública discutir o processo de avaliação das condições de saúde dos seus residentes. O presente estudo objetivou identificar instrumentos de medida construídos especificamente para o gerenciamento e o cuidado de residentes idosos, em instituições de longa permanência. Rea...
Resumo Objetivos: verificar a prevalência de dispareunia no terceiro trimestre gestacional e fatores associados. Métodos: foram avaliadas 202 puérperas. Para a coleta de dados foram utilizados um questionário sociodemográfico; questionário ICIQ-Short Form; questionário de constipação intestinal e, para a avaliação da dispareunia foram utilizadas as questões do questionário FSFI. Os dados foram analisados com os...
The objective of this study was to determine the prevalence of intestinal constipation and its association with sociodemographic and health-related factors in 605 adult women of metropolitan Florianópolis/SC who underwent screening tests for cervical cancer. This is a cross-sectional study in which intestinal constipation was evaluated by Rome III criteria. We used Poisson regression considering p <0.05.Results...