Recognizing problems ín the quality of the attendance to the Family planning offered at our Country and, particularly, ín Ceará, we decided to accomplish the present study. It is an evaluation Research, accomplished in the Health Cell of Baturité-CE, with the objective of evaluating the attendance to the Family planning in what refers to the offer and the free choice of the birth-control methods, the informatio...
Objetivo: traduzir e adaptar a Condom Self-Efficacy Scale para língua portuguesa no contexto brasileiro, originada nos Estados Unidos para mensurar a autoeficácia no uso do preservativo. Método: estudo metodológico, que compreendeu duas etapas: tradução, adaptação transcultural e verificação das propriedades psicométricas. O processo de tradução e adaptação foi composto por quatro tradutores, um mediador da sín...
Objetivo: conhecer a satisfação de usuárias de anticoncepcionais injetáveis com os métodos; identificar efeitos colaterais relacionados ao uso e verificar associação entre satisfação e variáveis sociodemográficas, especificações dos injetáveis e efeitos colaterais. Métodos: estudo transversal com 52 usuárias de anticoncepcionais injetáveis, realizado através de um formulário. Resultados: 40 (76,9%) usuárias rel...
Objective: to know the satisfaction of users of injectable contraceptives with the methods; identify side effects related to the use and verify association between satisfaction and socio demographic variables, specifications of the injectable contraceptives and side effects. Methods: a cross-sectional study of 52 injectable contraceptives users filling a form. Results: 40 (76.9%) users reported being satisfied ...
Depression is an important variable related to the worsening of quality of life in post-stroke patients. This study aimed to identify the prevalence of depression in patients after stroke. It is a cross-sectional study conducted between February and April 2013, 51 patients admitted to specialized stroke unit in a hospital in Fortaleza, Ceará, Brazil. Hamilton Depression Rating Scale was applied to investigate d...
Objective: to know the satisfaction of users of injectable contraceptives with the methods; identify side effects related to the use and verify association between satisfaction and socio demographic variables, specifications of the injectable contraceptives and side effects. Methods: a cross-sectional study of 52 injectable contraceptives users filling a form. Results: 40 (76.9%) users reported being satisfied ...
Objective: to highlight the methodological approach used in thesis/dissertations for constructing and validating protocols in the Nursing area. Method: a literature review was performed online at the Library of the Center for Study and Research in Nursing, and at the Thesis Databank of the Coordination for the Improvement of Higher Education Personnel. Eight theses and 16 dissertations were included in the fina...
Objective: To identify scientifi c evidence regarding the infl uence of hormonal contraceptive use and the occurrence of stroke. Method: Integrative review of the literature, through database search using the descriptors “ contraceptive agents ”, “ contraceptive devices ”, “ contraceptives, Oral ” and “Stroke”. Original studies in Portuguese, Spanish and English, published in full and available online were incl...
Introduction: The clinical characteristics of women who conceive during leprosy and the association between leprosy and pregnancy are not well known. Methods: This cross-sectional study included 49 pregnant or lactating women diagnosed with leprosy in 2011. Results: The patients had a clinical dimorphous form of leprosy (44.9%), no physical incapacity at diagnosis (87.5%), and no complications in either the pat...
The study aimed to know the nurses’ conceptions and practices in the construction of a favorable environment to prevent teenage pregnancy in the city of Fortaleza-CE, Brazil. It was a qualitative study accomplished from March to April 2008. It was carried out with nurses of the Family Health Strategy that assists adolescents. As data analysis methods, resulting from the focus group, the discursive practices wer...