Objective: evaluating the quality of life of elderly chronic kidney disease patients undergoing hemodialysis treatment. Methods: It was a descriptive and transversal study performed with 58 patients in a hemodialysis center. The World Health Organization Quality of Life - bref (Whoqol-bref) questionnaire was used to measure the quality of life of the participants of the study. Data were analyzed descriptively, ...
Studies about risk indicators cardiovascular in scholars are importants. The objective of this study was to associate systolic blood pressure (SAP), diastolic blood pressure (DAP) with anthropometric measurement values, sedentarism, smoking and drinking of scholars who presented altered arterial pressure in three evaluations. Follow-up study, performed from 2004 to 2006, at a public school in Fortaleza. Four hu...
Uma das sequelas mais frequentes nas pessoas com Acidente Vascular Encefálico e que interferem na qualidade de vida dos pacientes é a alteração na comunicação. O objetivo do estudo foi investigar a prevalência do diagnóstico de enfermagem Comunicação Verbal prejudicada em pacientes com Acidente Vascular Encefálico na fase de reabilitação. Estudo transversal, exploratório, realizado em duas instituições de reabi...
One of the most common sequelae in people with Cerebrovascular accident, and that affect the quality of life of the patients, is the alteration in communication. The study aimed at investigating the prevalence of the nursing diagnosis Impaired Verbal Communication in patients with stroke in the rehabilitation phase. It is an exploratory cross-sectional study, conducted in two rehabilitation institutions in Fort...