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Grade 2 disabilities in leprosy patients from Brazil: Need for follow-up after ...
Raposo, Marcos Túlio; Reis, Martha Cerqueira; Caminha, Ana Virgínia de Queiroz; Heukelbach, Jorg; Parker, Lucy Anne; Pastor-Valero, MariaBackground Leprosy continues to be a public health problem in many countries. Difficulties faced by health services include late diagnosis, under-reporting of new cases, adequate monitoring of disabilities and treatment. Furthermore, systematic follow-up after completion of treatment is important, when new disabilities may occur, or existing disabilities may get worse. The objective of the present study was to ...
Padrões e fatores associados as incapacidades físicas em sujeitos em pós-alta d...
Reis, Martha CerqueiraLeprosy may lead to the development of physical disabilities and deformities, causing stigma associated with the disease. The aim of this study was to characterize the pattern of physical disabilities and associated sociodemographic and clinical factors in individuals who had completed multidrug therapy (MDT) for leprosy in the city of Vitória da Conquista, Bahia/Brazil, from 2001 to 2014. A cross-sectional stu...
Validade de conteúdo do Instrumento de Avaliação da Saúde do Idoso
Pedreira, Rhaine Borges Santos; Rocha, Saulo Vasconcelos; Santos, Clarice Alves dos; Vasconcelos, Lélia Renata Carneiro; Reis, Martha CerqueiraObjective Assess the content validity of the Elderly Health Assessment Tool with low education. Methods The data collection instrument/questionnaire was prepared and submitted to an expert panel comprising four healthcare professionals experienced in research on epidemiology of aging. The experts were allowed to suggest item inclusion/exclusion and were asked to rate the ability of individual items in questionn...
Condições de saúde e fatores associados a satisfação com vida em acadêmicos de ...
Reis, Martha Cerqueira; Melo, Nayra dos Santos Andrade; Pinto Júnior, Elzo Pereira; Raposo, Marcos Túlio; Munaro, Hector Luiz RodriguezDescribe health conditions and self-reported factors associated with life satisfaction of Physiotherapy course students. cross-sectional, descriptive and analytical study, the type census, where 167 students were enrolled. The data collection instrument used was Isaq-A and had the outcome variable "satisfaction with life". The independent variables correspond sociodemographic and self-reported health status cha...