This study aimed to evaluate the association between life quality and the work capacity of nursing professionals in a public hospital of the public health system. A cross-sectional, quantitative study with the participation of 115 nursing professionals. The study method used the WHOQOL-brief questionnaire, the Work Capacity Index questionnaire, and a sociodemographic and occupational questionnaire. The da...
The influenza B virus is more stable than influenza A, with less antigenic drift and consequent immunologic stability, and does not undergo the process of antigenic shift, its participation in epidemics is minimal, being of lesser academic interest. The aim of this work was to describe the occurrence of a series of SARS cases in a municipality in the Central region of Brazil. This is a case series study with a ...
Assess the nutritional and biochemical state of patients with Alzheimer Disease (AD) compared to a control group. This is an observational, case-control and descriptive type study, based on the recruiting of 22 elderly individuals with a clinical diagnosis of AD considered as the case group, and 22 other elderly individuals considered as the control group. Evaluations were made using the results from the follow...
The objective was to describe the infection profile of multidrug-resistant organisms of newborns (NB), admitted to the neonatal intermediate care unit and the intensive care unit. It was a descriptive cross-sectional study of epidemiological nature, composed of 931 medical records and/or Hospital Infection Control Committee notification records, during the period of June to September 2012. Eight hundred and sev...
to evaluate quality of life and its relationship to lifestyle along with the personal and work characteristics of agro-industry workers from Goias, Brazil. A cross-sectional, descriptive and quantitative study, using the WHOQOL-BREF instrument as well as personal and work data, the data collection occurred in 2014. A bivariate analysis was used to check for associations between the predictor variables and the a...
The challenges concerning safety and quality at health institutions are phenomena documented by researchers the world over, such manifestations are the result of the newly found understanding in contemporary society of the rights attained by workers and/or users of such health-associated services. Thus, the detection of workers from Emergency Sectors and from the Mobile Urgency Care Service - SE/SAMU, carriers ...
Fundamentos: A pressão arterial sistêmica (PAS) se modifica com o envelhecimento. A PAS central apresenta correlação mais forte com os fatores de riscos cardiovasculares do que a PAS braquial. Nos idosos, o enrijecimento arterial progressivo e a onda de reflexão precoce, desenvolvem à amplificação da pressão de pulso (PP), em consequência da elevação da pressão arterial sistólica (PS). A mortalidade por doenças...
To gain knowledge into the social, emotional and sexual implications experienced by women attending the Ostomy Program in the municipality of Jataí-GO. This is a descriptive, exploratory and qualitative approach. The research was conducted in a basic care service, between May and September 2016. Eleven women were interviewed, using a semi-structured questionnaire and an audio recorder. The implications lived by...
Conselho Nacional de Desenvolvimento Científico e Tecnológico; Introduction: Systolic blood pressure (SP) and pulse pressure (PP) rise gradually during the aging process as a consequence of a reduction in arterial elasticity. The measure of systemic arterial pressure (SAP) taken at the root of the aorta has been considered an independent determinant of cardiovascular mortality superior to the values of brachial...