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Reach of “VAMOS” program in basic healthcare - organizational barriers and faci...
Borges,Rossana Arruda; Tomicki,Camila; Almeida,Fabio Araujo; Schwingel,Andiara; Chodzko-Zajko,Wojtek; Benedetti,Tânia Rosane BertoldoAbstract Objective : To investigate the organizational barriers and facilitators to the reach of the “Active Life Health Improvement Program” (or VAMOS) implemented in two Basic Health Units (BHU) in Santa Catarina, Brazil. Method : An experimental study was carried out, based on the RE-AIM framework (http://www.re-aim.org/). Barriers and facilitators were identified through a focus group, semi-structured inter...
Prevalence of self-referred chronic pain and intercurrences in the health of th...
Lini,Ezequiel Vitório; Tomicki,Camila; Giacomazzi,Rodrigo Britto; Dellani,Marcos Paulo; Doring,Marlene; Portella,Marilene RodriguesABSTRACT BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES: Chronic pain is a public health problem eliciting personal and social losses. This study aimed at identifying the prevalence of chronic pain and its repercussions in the health of the elderly. METHODS: This was a transversal, population-based study with 416 elderly living in a city to the South of Brazil. Data were collected by home interviews with the Health, Wellbeing and A...
Effect of physical exercise program on the balance and risk of falls of institu...
Tomicki,Camila; Zanini,Sheila Cristina Cecagno; Cecchin,Luana; Benedetti,Tania Rosane Bertoldo; Portella,Marilene Rodrigues; Leguisamo,Camila PereiraAbstract The aim of the present study was to evaluate the effect of an exercise program on the postural balance and risk of falls of institutionalized elderly persons. A randomized controlled trial was performed. The study was conducted in two long-stay philanthropic care facilities for the elderly in a city in the north of Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil. Participants were divided into control (G1) and intervention ...