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Cognition, functionality and symptoms in patients under home palliative care
Scottini,Maria Aparecida; Moritz,Rachel Duarte; Siqueira,José Eduardo deSUMMARY OBJECTIVE: Evaluating the degree of cognition, functionality, presence of symptoms and medications prescribed for patients under palliative home care. METHOD: Descriptive, cross-sectional study where 55 patients under palliative home care were interviewed. Cognition was evaluated using the Mini-Mental state examination (MM), with patients being separated into two groups: with preserved cognitive ability...
Direito dos pacientes às diretivas antecipadas de vontade
Scottini,Maria Aparecida; Siqueira,José Eduardo de; Moritz,Rachel DuarteResumo Este estudo investigou o conhecimento que 55 pacientes com doenças terminais tinham sobre seu diagnóstico, prognóstico e a possibilidade de registrar seus desejos no final de vida sob a forma de diretivas antecipadas de vontade. Dos sujeitos da pesquisa, apenas um as havia registrado, e três deles, após diálogo com a pesquisadora, manifestaram interesse em formalizá-las. Os demais declararam não ter tido...
Determinants of quality of life in Paget's disease of bone
Castro,Gláucio Ricardo Werner de; Castro,Silvania Ana Fernandes de; Pereira,Ivanio Alves; Zimmermann,Adriana Fontes; Toscano,Maria AmazileAbstract Objective: To evaluate the parameters associated with quality of life in patients with Paget's disease of bone. Methods: Patients with Paget's disease of bone were evaluated with SF-36 and WHOQOL-bref questionnaires. Patients with other diseases that could cause significant impairment of their quality of life were excluded. We searched for correlations between the results and: age, time from diagnosis,...