Introduction: Several viruses, including CoVs, can affect the nervous system, causing neuropsychiatric signs and symptoms. Because this is an unknown disease widely spread, there are few studies that deal with the effects of the SARS-CoV-2 on the nervous system. Objective: To describe the relationship between neuropsychiatric signs and symptoms and SARS-Cov-2 virus infection. Methods: integrative review conduct...
Objective: to identify modifiable risk factors for chronic non-communicable diseases among university students. Methods: a cross-sectional study, carried out at a private university center in the countryside of Ceará, with 329 students, interviewed by averages of a questionnaire and analyzed by descriptive and inferential statistics. Results: predominantly students with an average age of 21 years, female (74.5%...
Impaired tactile sensory perception is defined as change or inability to interpret stimuli provided under ideal conditions that come into contact with the body surface of the individual, due to changes in superficial and deep skin tactile receptors in nerve fibers conduction or cerebral interpretation of there. It is verified that the tactile sensory changes are referred to, but the evaluation of their presence...
EVARISTO, Andressa Coriolano et al. Estilo de vida de idosos com acidente vascular cerebral - análise de um grupo específico. Revista Encontros Universitários da UFC, Fortaleza, v. 1, n. 1, 2016. (Encontro de Iniciação Científica, 35); O aumento da expectativa de vida e do envelhecimento populacional aumentaram a exposição aos fatores responsáveis pelo aparecimento de doenças crônicas não transmissíveis. Dentre...
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...
Aim: to know the technology adopted by nurses in health promotion for elderly people with chronic diseases in Primary Health Care. Method: this is an exploratory research, with qualitative and descriptive approach, held at Cariri, south of Ceará, Brazil. Nurses who adopt technologies for the older adults with chronic were included. Semi-structured interview was used for data collection during July and August 20...
Objective: to investigate the association of risk factors with the Risk for aspiration nursing diagnosis and respiratory aspiration. Method: cross-sectional study assessing 105 patients with stroke. The instrument used to collect data addressing sociodemographic information, clinical variables and risk factors for Risk for aspiration. The clinical judgments of three expert RNs were used to establish the diagnos...
The purpose of this study was to evaluate the patient with a stroke in home treatment, investigating physical capacity, mental status and anthropometric analysis. This was a cross-sectional study conducted in Fortaleza/CE, from January to April of 2010. Sixty-one individuals monitored by a home care program of three tertiary hospitals were investigated, through interviews and the application of scales. The majo...
The occurrence of falls represents an obstacle in the health of the elderly, and it contributes to increase their dependence. This study aimed to investigate the intrinsic and extrinsic risk factors, and possible statistical associations for falls in elderly people in the last six months. A case-control study with quantitative approach developed in three Rehabilitation Associations and one Social Assistance Cen...
A proposta do estudo foi identificar a presença do diagnóstico de enfermagem Risco de quedas em portadores de cardiopatia isquêmica hospitalizados em Fortaleza, Ceará. Estudo descritivo e quantitativo. Dados coletados de julho/2010 a fevereiro/2011, mediante entrevista, exame físico e consulta ao prontuário. Utilizou-se instrumento para investigar perfil sociodemográfico e clínico do paciente e check-list compo...