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Effectiveness of ginger in reducing metabolic levels in people with diabetes: a...

Objetivo: evaluar la eficacia del jengibre (Zingiber officinale) en la reducción de los niveles glucémicos y de lípidos en personas con diabetes tipo 2. Método: ensayo clínico aleatorizado y doble ciego, realizado con personas con diabetes tipo 2 en unidades de atención primaria de salud. Se incluyeron en el estudio individuos con edades comprendidas entre 20 y 80 años, que utilizaban antidiabéticos orales y co...

Calidad de vida relacionada con la salud de los adolescentes con diabetes melli...

Objetivo: evaluar la calidad de vida relacionada con la salud de los adolescentes con diabetes mellitus tipo 1, asociándola con variables sociodemográficas, clínicas y bioquímicas. Método: estudio transversal con 92 adolescentes con diabetes mellitus tipo 1. Se utilizó un formulario que contenía variables sociodemográficas, clínicas y bioquímicas, así como el Instrumento Calidad de Vida para Jóvenes D...

Acuidade visual no manejo do diabetes mellitus : preparo da dose de insulina

Objective: To assess the near visual acuity of people who prepare insulin doses. Methods: Cross-sectional study developed at 20 Primary Health Care services between April 2013 and January 2015. The convenience sample consisted of 65 diabetes mellitus patients and 35 caregivers responsible for preparing the insulin dose. A form was used with sociodemographic and clinical variables and the Jaeger eye chart. Resul...

Comparison of three criteria for metabolic syndrome among Brazilian university ...

Purpose – This paper aims to compare the prevalence of metabolic syndrome (MetS) on the basis of three criteria. The diagnostic criteria adopted were those of the International Diabetes Federation, the National Cholesterol Education Program – Adult Treatment Panel III and the American Heart Association/National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute. . Design/methodology/approach – A transversal study was undertaken w...

Construção e validação do Instrumento Avaliação do Autocuidado para pacientes c...

Objetivo: construir e validar o conteúdo do instrumento Avaliação do Autocuidado para pacientes com diabetes mellitus tipo 2. Método: estudo metodológico, fundamentado na Teoria Geral de Enfermagem de Orem. As categorias empíricas e os itens do instrumento foram elucidados por meio de grupo focal. O processo de validação de conteúdo foi realizado por sete especialistas e a análise semântica por 14 pacientes. Fo...

Self-care knowledge and activities of people with diabetes mellitus submitted t...

A quasi-experimental study that analyzed diabetes knowledge and self-care activities of people with diabetes mellitus and, their relationships with sociodemographic variables and glucose control after participating in a telephone support program. Forty-eight people constituted the sample, and they were interviewed using the tools Diabetes Knowledge Questionnaire and the Brazilian version of the Summary of Diabe...

Critical incidents in the teaching-learning process in diabetes in the perspect...

This descriptive and cross-sectional study aimed to identify factors that interfere either positively or negatively in diabetes patients’ teaching-learning process, from the perspective of the multidisciplinary health team. It was carried out at a university research and community service center in the interior of São Paulo State, Brazil in 2007. Eleven subjects participated, who are members of the center’s mul...

The art of communicating scientific knowledge

Acknowledging that scientific activity depends on effective communication, and that science does not exist without communication, this study aims to describe and analyze personal and situational difficulties, based on literature, related to the publication of scientific studies in Brazilian and international journals. As to personal difficulties, self-confidence, motivation and creativity were identified with r...

Grupo operativo com professores do ensino fundamental: integrando o pensar, o s...

Nível de atividade física e gasto calórico em atividades de lazer de pacientes ...

The aim of this study was to analyze the level of physical activity and caloric expenditure, measured in metabolic equivalents (METs), during leisure activities of individuals with diabetes mellitus being cared for at a district basic health unit in a city in the State of São Paulo, Brazil. The convenience sample comprised 134 subjects with type 2 diabetes mellitus who received treatment between May and August ...