Objective: To identify sociodemographic and clinical factors associated with the frailty of elderly people with chronic kidney disease on hemodialysis. Method: This is a correlational study, cross-sectional, conducted in a dialysis center in the stat...
Objectives: This study investigated whether low levels of physical activity in different domains is associated with risk factors for the occurrence of metabolic syndrome or metabolic syndrome itself. Methods: Habitual physical activity level was asse...
Work stressors influence work ability – WA - and increasing age is associated with functional aging. We sought to establish whether work stressors differentially influence WA in young and aging nursing professionals. A cohort (2009-2011) composed o...
Objective: Measure the prevalence and identify factors associated to overweight among young people living in the city of Caracol, Piaui State, Brazil. Methods: Previously trained interviewers applied standardized questionnaire and have assessed anth...
Our main objective is to study the association between socio economic status (SES) and subjective wellbeing in children and adolescents. Data was collected in 16 Portuguese schools. 1181 young people responded to the questionnaires, 51.5% were femal...
Introduction: Quality of life (QOL) can be affected by the presence of mental disorders, like the Obsessive Compulsive Disorder (OCD). Considering that, the evaluation and monitoring of QOL in patients with mental disorders allows the identification ...
Objectives: To determine the presence of burnout syndrome among professionals in the field of Nursing in the Intensive Care Unit in a university hospital and a possible association with consumption of alcohol and tobacco. Methodology: Participants we...
This article discusses meanings produced by Community Health Agents (CHA) of a small town in São Paulo State (Brazil) about their appreciation/depreciation, considering their work with social networks in the Family Health Strategy. It was deve...
