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Objective: To identify the association between sociodemographic, health, and care burden variables on the quality of life of family caregivers of chemically dependent people. Method: A cross-sectional study conducted between 2012 and 2013 with 95 family caregivers in a city in northwestern Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil. The following instruments were used: WHOQOL-BREF, Caregiver Burden Scale (CBS), and sociodemographic questionnaire. Data collection was in 2013 and 2014. Multiple Linear Regression was used to identify factors associated with the four WHOQOL-BREF domains.

Aim: To analyze the scientific production related to the quality of life and mental health of university students. Methods: This is an integrative review, focusing on the LILACS, SciELO, Index Psychology and BDENF databases, with the association of the descriptors mental health, quality of life, students and university students. In the sample, papers written in full, in Portuguese, were included in the period from 2012 to 2018.

Objetivo: conhecer o uso dos Equipamentos de Proteção Individual pelos profissionais de uma Central de Processamento de Roupas. Metodologia: estudo exploratório e descritivo, de abordagem qualitativa, realizado em uma Central de Processamento de Roupas de um hospital Público de Teresina (PI), com 13 profissionais. Os dados foram produzidosmediante entrevista eoperacionalizados a partir do método de análise de conteúdo de Bardin. Resultados: a bota, os óculos, a máscara e as luvas foram os Equipamentos de Proteção Individual mais citados.

O estudo objetiva instrumentalizar equipes da atenção básica e saúde mental com relação ao atendimento de pessoas com transtorno de acumulação em seu território. Para subsidiar as ações dessas equipes foi descrito a construção de uma linha de cuidado que auxiliasse e sistematizasse as atividades da rede de atenção em saúde desde o diagnóstico, criação de vínculo, acolhimento e medidas de intervenção,orientando as equipes de saúde atuantes no território a proporcionar a longitudinalidade do cuidado.

Having as an object of analysis the public security agenda and aiming at the sustainability of the peoples and communities of the northeastern semiarid region, in particular, of the village Caiçara I, rural area of the city of Paulo Afonso-BA, this paper aims to discuss how such settlements Humans perceive the practices developed by public security institutions, such as the performance of this service sector in the alluded village. To conduct the research, bibliographic material was used; participant observation; applying the form and conducting an interview.

In recent years, the use of anxiolytics has been increasing, and individuals seeking relief from anxiety initially end up making abusive use and developing physical dependence on these medications. The educational actions developed by nursing professionals are very relevant to alert the population that anxiolytics are not harmless, that is, they present adverse reactions, since this should only be used in specific situations. The present article aims to identify the role of health education in the orientation towards the rational use of anxiolytics by the population.

Objetivou-se avaliar a qualidade de vida de pessoas vivendo com HIV/AIDS. Trata-se de estudo transversal, com amostra não-probabilística envolvendo 125 participantes soropositivas acompanhadas em um hospital na cidade de Manaus que é referência no tratamento de doenças tropicais e infectocontagiosas. Para a coleta de dados, utilizou-se dois instrumentos: formulário com questões referentes a aspectos sociodemográficos e de saúde, e o segundo foi WHOQOL-HIV Bref. Empregou-se análise estatística descritiva e de inferência para apresentação dos resultados.

After initially researching women superintendents in private schools, we discovered that a gross underrepresentation exists, and we wanted to understand why this phenomenon exists globally and more specifically in the city of Phoenix, Arizona, which is one of the top 5 growing cities in the United States of America. This case study research expands on the prior research conducted and published by Glass and Bjork for the 2000 study of the “American School Superintendency” for American Association of School Administrators (AASA).

For achieving maximum therapeutic effect or action of drug in human body, drug must be bioavailable, which depends on solubility and Pka of drug. The drugs which are poorly water soluble or insoluble produce various side effects such as gastric irritation, stomach pain, peptic and esophageal ulcer etc. A new drug must be soluble as well as permeable to various tissue or organ. Whereas only 9% of new drug candidates have both the characteristics of high solubility and permeability.

This is a review of the literature about twice exceptional students and the difficulties in identifying gifted students with learning disabilities, most specifically reading disabilities like dyslexia, because of compensating and masking abilities, average academic records, and a lack of knowledge about the subpopulation by teachers. Though literature on the topics of dyslexia, learning disabilities, and giftedness exists, there is little to no research that brings all three together.