Objetivo: Identificar os fatores que influenciam o conhecimento de estudantes de enfermagem sobre hanseníase. Método: Trata-se de um estudo transversal com abordagem quantitativa, realizado no período de maio a junho de 2016. A amostra foi constituída 167 estudantes de enfermagem de uma Universidade Pública do Nordeste do Brasil. Resultado: A maioria dos estudantes conhece os principais aspectos da doença. Fato...
Objective: To describe the process of development and validation of an educational booklet about the sexual activity of people with spinal cord injury. Methods: Methodological study performed in four steps: documentary search in blogs, integrative review, development of the educational booklet, and face and content validation, namely content validation with 11 referees, technical face validation with three refe...
Background: The single or combined use of herbal and dietary products with medications has shown benefits in the metabolic modulation of carbohydrates, in the restoring of the function of pancreatic beta cells, and in insulin resistance. To analyze the effect of the use of flour made from the rind of the yellow passion fruit on the glycemic control of people with diabetes mellitus type 2. Methods: An open, pros...
Problem: Nursing care requires attention and systematized care in the immediate postoperative period in order to prevent complications. Aim: To characterize the care provided to patients in the immediate postoperative period; to identify the care offered by nurses to patients and correlate the difficulties of nurses in terms of the use of nursing care systematization. Method: This was a cross-sectional study th...
Objectives. This study’s objective was to compare the prevalence of intestinal parasites and associated risk factors in children in urban communities, in the Brazilian Northeast, between two decades. Methods. This quantitative transversal study consisted of a comparative analysis of two different samples: the first viewing the years 1992–1996 and the other through a coproepidemiological data survey undertaken i...
Objective: Identify condom use in people living with HIV/AIS attended at a Specialized Care Service in STD/ HIV/AIDS and associate it with sociodemographic and behavioral variables. Methods: Cross-sectional study, involving 300 people living with HIV/AIDS between 18 and 66 years of age. Student’s t-test was used for intergroup comparison. The association between condom use and the sociodemographic and behaviora...