We aimed to compare the association of depression with aspects of quality of life (QoL) among older people users of primary health care (PHC) living in Brazil and Portugal. We carried out an observational, cross-sectional and comparative study with a quantitative approach in the PHC scope in Brazil and Portugal, where we obtained a nonrandom sample of 150 participants aged 65 years or older (100 Brazilians and ...
ste livro pretende apresentar os conceitos e definições relacionados ao processo de envelhecimento e à qualidade de vida (QV) que fundamentam o planejamento e as intervenções multiprofissionais em saúde. O envelhecimento populacional é considerado um fator relevante e positivo para a sociedade quando associado à saúde e qualidade de vida, entretanto, o acréscimo de anos à vida humana não necessariamente implica...
Objetivo: verificar o nível de autoestima de pessoas com úlcera venosa e sua relação com características sociodemográficas, assistenciais e clínicas. Métodos: estudo transversal com 44 pacientes com úlceras venosas atendidos na atenção primária à saúde e avaliados mediante a Escala de Autoestima de Rosenberg. Foi realizada estatística descritiva e inferencial dos dados. Utilizou-se o Test t na identificação de ...
Objective: to verify the level of self-esteem of people with venous ulcer and its relationship with sociodemographic, care and clinical characteristics. Methods: cross-sectional study with 44 patients with venous ulcers assisted in primary health care and evaluated using the Rosenberg Self-Esteem Scale. Descriptive and inferential statistics were performed. The t-test was to compare means of the scale scores in...
To analyze the correlation between self-efficacy, self-esteem and adherence to treatment with the Charing Cross Venous Ulcer Questionnaire in people with Venous Ulcer in Primary Health Care. This is a cross-sectional, descriptive and quantitative study, carried out between February and September 2014 at the Primary Health Care of the city of Natal, Rio Grande do Norte, Brazil, with 101 people with VU. A structu...
Objective: to verify the level of self-esteem of people with venous ulcer and its relationship with sociodemographic, care and clinical characteristics. Methods: cross-sectional study with 44 patients with venous ulcers assisted in primary health care and evaluated using the Rosenberg Self-Esteem Scale. Descriptive and inferential statistics were performed. The t-test was to compare means of the scale scores in...
A quitosana é biodegradável, biocompatível e atóxica, sendo eficazmente utilizada como um material em pensos para feridas (Harkins et al., 2014), melhorando a eficácia do tratamento compressivo de úlceras venosas (UV) (Sandoval, Albornoz, Munoz et al., 2011).
A quitosana é um polissacarídeo natural derivada da quitina, indicada no tratamento de feridas (Ribeiro, Espiga, Silva et al., 2009), acelerando a recuperação de úlceras venosas (UV) quando associada ao tratamento compressivo (Sandoval, Albornoz, Munoz et al., 2011).
The aim of this study was to evaluate the effectiveness of showering for the relief of the parturients pain in the phase activates of the labor. Study presented as a clinic essay of therapeutic intervention kind “before and after" realized in the Humanized Unit of Childbirth of the Maternity Januário Cicco School of the Federal University of Rio Grande do Norte, in Natal/RN, whit 100 parturients in the applicat...