ABSTRACT Objectives: to assess the reliability and validity of the 46 items version of the comfort scale for family members of people in critical condition. Methods: a methodological study, carried out with 278 family members of critically ill patients, admitted to adult and pediatric intensive care units, in a city in the interior of the state of São Paulo, in Brazil. The analyzes were based on the Classical T...
Abstract Background: Health-related quality of life assesses how diseases affect the daily life of people; there are several generic instruments for this assessment in dermatology. Skindex was created in 1996; it is a multidimensional instrument, aiming to encompass some psychological and social aspects not yet addressed by other questionnaires. Among its versions (Skindex-29, 16, and 17), Skindex-17 had not be...
ABSTRACT Objective: To identify factors associated with methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) infection in adult patients admitted to the Intensive Care Unit (ICU), and to compare them with a control group. Methods: Retrospective case-control study carried out in an adult ICU, from January 2015 to June 2017, with 61 patients who developed methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus infection and th...
Resumo Objetivo Identificar prevalência e fatores associados à lesão renal aguda em pacientes clínicos intensivos, e compará-los com um grupo controle; analisar se a coexistência de fatores constitui preditor de risco para o desenvolvimento de lesão renal aguda. Métodos Estudo caso-controle, com abordagem quantitativa, realizado em unidade de terapia intensiva geral adulto do interior de São Paulo, Brasil, com ...
ABSTRACT Objective To evaluate the resolubility of ophthalmologic care in an integrated health center. Methods This was a cross-sectional study including 816 patients who were attended from November 2013 to November of 2015. Data were collected from a medical consultation database and patients’ medical records. Results The majority of participants were women, non-diabetic, and had high school education. The mai...
Abstract: BACKGROUND: Melasma has a major impact on quality of life. MELASQoL is the only validated specific psychometric instrument to evaluate melasma QoL. OBJECTIVE: To develop and validate a multidimensional questionnaire for evaluating quality of life related to facial melasma. METHODS: Cross-sectional study performed in 2 institutions (public and private) from Brazil. Two focus groups were carried out: 5 ...
ABSTRACT Objective: To understand the perception of cancer patients in palliative care about quality of life and identify propositions for its improvement. Method: This is a quantitative research carried out with 96 patients in palliative care, admitted in a public hospital from March 2015 to February 2015. The interviews were transcribed and analyzed by the methodology Discourse of the Collective Subject. Resu...
Abstract: Background: Although asymptomatic, melasma inflicts significant impact on quality of life. MELASQoL is the main instrument used to assess quality of life associated with melasma, it has been validated in several languages, but its latent dimensional structure and psychometric properties haven´t been fully explored. Objectives: To evaluate psychometric characteristics, information and dimensional struc...
Resumo Objetivo Analisar as mudanças na qualidade de vida em pacientes cardiopatas durante a gestação e após o parto, e estudar as correlações das características sociodemográficas e clínicas com medidas de qualidade de vida no puerpério. Métodos Estudo prospectivo que incluiu 33 gestantes selecionadas por amostra não probabilística. O instrumento de pesquisa foi o questionário SF-36. Para a comparação das médi...
Objetivou-se desvelar as principais dificuldades enfrentadas pelos cuidadores de pacientes em cuidados paliativos no domicílio e compreender a percepção dos mesmos em relação ao suporte oferecido pela Estratégia da Saúde da Família. Pesquisa qualitativa realizado com 50 cuidadores de pacientes em cuidados paliativos, atendidos pela Estratégia da Saúde da Família em município do interior de São Paulo. As entrevi...