Objetivo: Identificar as variáveis relacionadas ao estresse percebido e à resiliência de migrantes internacionais. Método: Estudo multicêntrico, observacional e de corte transversal, realizado com 403 migrantes que residiam no Brasil, Espanha ou Portugal. Para a coleta de dados foram utilizados os instrumentos: Perceived Stress Scale e Resilience Scale. Na análise foram aplicados os testes t-student e análise d...
OBJECTIVE: To identify variables related to perceived stress and resilience of international migrants. METHOD: Multicenter, observational, cross-sectional study carried out with 403 migrants residing in Brazil, Spain, or Portugal. The following instruments were used to collect data: Perceived Stress Scale and Resilience Scale. Student's t-test and analysis of variance were applied in the analysis. RESULTS: Perc...
Objective: To analyze self-concept adaptation and role function models in patients with oral cavity cancer. Methods: This is a qualitative study conducted with patients at a cancer reference hospital in Fortaleza, CE, Brazil. The interview was used as a data collection technique, using a semi-structured instrument, based on Callista Roy’s theoretical framework. Data verifi cation occurred based on thematic cont...
Objective: To evaluate the effect of Raja yoga meditation on the level of distress and anxiety in women with breast cancer. Method: A randomized, controlled, clinical trial was carried out in a specialized center between February and December 2019. The patients in the intervention group (n = 25) participated in four group meditation sessions for one month, and the participants in the control group (n = 25) were...
Individuals affected by stroke are predisposed to have low self-esteem. However, there is a gap in the scientific production of synthesis with respect to the causal factors and the magnitude of the effect of these factors in the referred population under study. Therefore, it is proposed to analyze the evidence produced on the causal factors of Low self-esteem in adults and elderly individuals with stroke. A sys...
Objective: to identify the factors associated with the pattern of alcohol consumption among motorcycle taxi drivers. Methods: cross-sectional study, carried out with 68 motorcycle taxi professionals. A socio-demographic questionnaire, work-related aspects, traffic accidents and the Alcohol Use Disorders Identification were used, for the pattern of alcohol use. The Chi-square and Fisher’s exact association tests...
Objective: to assess the pain and the differences of this assessment with social, economic and clinical variables in individuals with chronic kidney disease. Methods: cross- -sectional study, with 90 patients with hemodialysis clinics. Three instruments were used clinical/sociodemographic, visual analogue pain scale and McGill pain questionnaire. Mann-Whitney and Kruskal-Wallis U tests were used. Results: the m...
Objective: to analyze the factors associated with the human papillomavirus as related to cervical cancer. Methods: cross-sectional study carried out using secondary data from 75 medical records. The chi-squared and Fisher’s exact tests were used, considering papillomavirus infections as an outcome. Odds ratio were used to measure the effect, and the level of significance adopted was 5%. Results: the characteris...
Objetivo: evaluar el efecto de la crioterapia oral, comparándola con el suero fisiológico, sobre el desarrollo de mucositis oral en pacientes ambulatorios con cáncer en tratamiento con el antineoplásico 5-fluorouracilo. Método: se trata de un ensayo clínico controlado, aleatorizado, a doble ciego y multicéntrico, realizado con 60 pacientes en tratamiento de quimioterapia. El grupo experimental (n=30) utilizó cr...
Objective: to analyze the factors related to the impaired comfort of chronic kidney diseases (CKD) patients on hemodialysis. Method: this is a cross-sectional study with 80 patients undergoing hemodialysis in a renal replacement therapy unit through interviews using two instruments, one for clinical and sociodemographic characteristics and the General Comfort Questionnaire, during the hemodialysis session. Mann...