Objective: Analyze the temporal trend of the incidence/mortality by COVID-19 and its relationship with socioeconomic indicators. Methods: Ecological time series study on COVID-19 cases/deaths in municipalities in Piauí, Brazil, between March/2020 and May/2021. Prais-Winsten linear regression model and the Spearman correlation test were used. Results: There were 271.228 cases and 5.888 deaths in the period. Ther...
Objective: To analyze the prevalence and factors associated with overweight in Brazilian capitals and the Federal District, Brazil, 2019. Methods: Cross-sectional study, with data from the Surveillance of risk and protective factors for chronic diseases by telephone survey, 2019. Prevalence was calculated overweight and association with sociodemographic and behavioral characteristics and health status, stratifi...
Objective: Assess the level of health literacy of adults, with and without hypertension, treated in three basic health units (UBS) in Picos, Piauí. Methods: Cross-sectional study conducted with 357 adults. Data were collected using a questionnaire with sociodemographic variables, and literacy was assessed by the Test of Functional Literacy in Adults. Descriptive analysis was performed followed by the associatio...
Objective: To develop and validate an educational technology focused on prevention of metabolic syndrome among adolescents. Methods: This was methodological research. Using an integrative review, the available publications on the subject were analyzed. Then, this knowledge was used to describe the theoretical content and, with the help of a graphic designer, the art and layout of the pages were developed. In th...
Objetivo: investigar o perfil clínico e metabólico e sua relação com resistência à insulina entre escolares.Métodos: estudo transversal realizado com 186 adolescentes de 10 a 19 anos. Foram consideradas variáveis clínicas: índice de massa corporal, circunferência da cintura e do pescoço, índice de conicidade, pressão arterial sistólica, diastólica e média; variáveis metabólicas: triglicerídeos, glicemia, colest...
Objective: to investigate the clinical and metabolic profile and its relationship with insulin resistance among school children. Methods: a Cross-sectional study of 186 adolescents aged 10 to 19 years old. Clinical variables were: body mass index, waist circumference, and neck, conicity index, systolic, diastolic and mean blood pressure; and metabolic variables were: triglycerides, glucose, total cholesterol, h...
Objective : to investigate the clinical and metabolic profile and its relationship with insulin resistance among school children. Methods : a cross-sectional study of 186 adolescents aged 10 to 19 years old. Clinical variables were: body mass index, waist circumference, and neck, conicity index, systolic, diastolic and mean blood pressure; and metabolic variables were: triglycerides, glucose, total cholesterol,...
The respiratory diseases are very common in childhood. The chronic asthma earns eminence for being the principal chronic disease in childhood and their symptoms generate suffering to patients and their families. The study aimed to analyze the nursing diagnosis present in children with respiratory signs and symptoms in Quixadá-CE, Brazil. This work was a descriptive and transversal research, accomplished with 30...
A alimentação e a administração de medicamentos são indispensáveis na rotina hospitalar, porém sua interação pode acarretar prejuízos ao estado nutricional ou ao tratamento farmacológico, principalmente em crianças, uma vez que possuem certas particularidades. Por isso, profissionais da saúde devem aumentar a atenção durante a administração de fármacos, sobretudo os enfermeiros, por estarem envolvidos diretamen...
OBJECTIVE: To investigate the knowledge of nurses in a public hospital in the city of Picos - PI on the destination of solid waste from health services. METHODS: Cross-sectional study which was developed with 24 nurses in a public hospital, from July to November 2010. To collect data, we used a questionnaire on topics of professional knowledge about health and solid waste segregation. RESULTS: On the process of...