ABSTRACT Objectives: to analyze the leisure physical activity of people with and without chronic non-communicable diseases by the single health system of the city of Ribeirão Preto – São Paulo. Methods: observational cross-sectional study, data were collected by means of interviews in a sample for convenience and random of adults. Results: there were 719 people, where 70.1% had chronic non-communicable diseases...
RESUMO Objetivo: analisar os elementos processuais e as ações judiciais individuais impetradas por usuários com diabetes mellitus para fornecimento de medicamentos, insumos ou materiais no tratamento da doença. Método: estudo quantitativo exploratório do tipo documental onde foram analisados 636 processos judiciais em uma região do interior paulista, de 2004 a 2013. Resultados: constatou-se que o número de proc...
ABSTRACT Objective: the purpose of this study was to evaluate the efficacy of telephone-based support for the metabolic control of elderly patients with diabetes mellitus. Method: a pragmatic study was conducted in two groups, called G1 (n=36) and G2 (n=27), at a health unit from the countryside of São Paulo state. Patients in G1 group received telephone support over four months, through 16 telephone contacts w...
This retrospective study aimed to analyze the blood capillary glucose at home and the number of hypoglycemic and hyperglycemic episodes presented by persons with Diabetes Mellitus, at the start of, and at least six months after beginning to participate in, the Blood Glucose Self-Monitoring Program. A total of 97 service users with diabetes participated, from a municipality in the non-Metropolitan region of the ...
OBJETIVO: estudo descritivo que caracterizou pessoas com diabetes da rede básica de saúde em relação aos fatores desencadeantes do pé diabético, considerando variáveis socio-demográficas, história clínica e risco para complicações nos pés. MÉTODOS: obtiveram-se dados mediante entrevista e avaliação dos pés. Na análise foi considerada avaliação dermatológica, estrutural, circulatória e neurológica e classificado...
CONTEXT: Diabetes mellitus prevalence has been increasing worldwide due to factors like lifestyle changes and higher life expectancy. The Brazilian Multicenter Study performed between 1986 and 1988 evaluated the prevalence of diabetes and impaired glucose tolerance. OBJECTIVE: To assess the prevalence of diabetes and impaired glucose tolerance in the urban population aged 30-69 years of the city of Ribeirão Pre...