OBJECTIVE To analyze strategies for self-management support by patients with stroke in the light of the methodology of the five A's (ask, advice, assess, assist and arrange). METHODS Integrative review conducted at the following databases CINAHL, SCOPUS, PubMed, Cochrane and LILACS. RESULTS A total of 43 studies published between 2000 and 2013 comprised the study sample. All proposed actions in the five A's met...
The study aimed to analyze the nursing interventions related to the competencies of health promotion of overweight children and adolescents in the school context, in light of the Galway Consensus through an integrative review. Articles published between 1988 and June, 2013 were found in the databases CINAHL, SCOPUS, MEDLINE/PubMed, Cochrane, LILACS and SciELO. A total of 139 publications were obtained from inde...
OBJECTIVE To investigate the association between C-reactive protein (CRP) and high blood pressure (BP) in overweight or obese children and adolescents. METHODS Cross-sectional study with 184 overweight or obese children and adolescents aged from two to 18 years old, from April, 2009 to April, 2010. The classification of nutritional status used the body mass index (BMI). Based on the Centers for Disease Control ...
FUNDAMENTO: Os portadores de resistência à insulina apresentam maior predisposição para desenvolver posteriormente Síndrome Metabólica (SM), Diabetes Mellitus tipo 2 e Doença Cardiovascular (DCV). OBJETIVO: Avaliar a associação entre resistência insulínica (RI) e os componentes da síndrome metabólica. MÉTODOS: Estudo transversal envolvendo 196 indivíduos entre 2 e 18 anos, usuários do sistema único de saúde. A ...