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Materials and Methods: Integrative literature review aiming to review in the literature the evaluation of Primary Health Care attributes with the use of the Primary Care Assessment Tool (PCA Tool) child version. The terms used were "primary care assessment tool" and "PCA Tool". The search occurred in the Lilacs, Pubmed, Scopus and Web of Science databases. Results: The corpus of analysis consisted of 28 studies. It was observed that Brazil leads the evaluation research in APS using the PCA Tool child version.

Objective: The objective of this research is to evaluate the impact on the quality of life of patients with oral mucositis induced by radiotherapy and / or chemotherapy treated with laser therapy. Materials and methods: This is a prospective longitudinal analytic study approved by the Ethics Committee on Research numbered 1544272. Sixty-nine patients were evaluated through quality of life questionnaires from the University of Washington and the European Organization for Research and Treatment of Cancer applied after laser therapy in patients with oral mucositis.

Pharmacotherapy is a traditional healing paradigm based mainly on herbs, with numerous pharmacopeia being compiled over the centuries. It was the dominant therapeutic option until superseded by modern chemical-based conventional drug therapy. As it is now experiencing a revival for reasons, such as better patient tolerance, more information is required on the mode of action and clinical efficacy of herbal remedies.

The graduation in Higher Education in the field of health presents a pedagogical model with a view to directing the professionals for the specialization of the precocius form contemplanting in its formation a biologist model. In this context,the interdisciplinarity presents the possibility of enhancing knowledge and contemplating not only the scientific knowledge and technological advances, but also the wide range of possibilities in which the health area needs. In this sense, the objective of the study was to understand the students' perception of interdisciplinarity as a teaching method.

The aim: The study of changes in the functional state of the central nervous system, the stability of the function of attention occurring in the dynamics of the working day. Material and methods: Correction tables were used, chronoreflexometry was performed. A widely used technique for studying the conditioned-motor reaction of Ivanov-Smolensky with preliminary verbal instruction was used. The attention function was studied by using proof samples. Used tables with settled text, according to Whipple's formula, actual performance was calculated.

Objective: To compare the clinical findings using the Fonseca and Helkimo indices with panoramic radiographic findings in patients with and without a diagnosis of rheumatoid arthritis. Materials and methods: The research was approved by the ethics committee in research with the number 2.234.767, composed of 30 patients. The patients were divided into three groups, two of which were: rheumatoid arthritis patients using biological drugs (n = 9) or synthetic drugs (n = 13) and control group (n = 8).

The Family Health Strategy Program directs a weight of responsibility on the shoulders of those who have become the mainspring in the public health promotion process, which is the nursing professional being the responsibility of the Ministry of Health. This study aims to outline the socioeconomic profile of primary care nurses.

To investigate the presence of temporomandibular joint dysfunction in patients with and without a diagnosis of rheumatoid arthritis, by analyzing the relationship between the variables by means of the Craniomandibular index, questionnaire of the American association of orofacial pain and questionnaire and index of functional limitation of the mandible. Materials and methods: The study was approved by the Ethics Committee in research, numbered 2.234.767, composed of 91 patients, divided into three groups.

Aim To compare changes in the shape and astigmatism of the total and posterior cornea between eyes with a nasal clear corneal incision (CCI) and eyes with a temporal CCI in cataract surgery. Methods The left eyes of 100 patients undergoing phacoemulsification were randomly assigned to undergo a 2.4 mm nasal (nasal CCI group) or temporal CCI (temporal CCI group). Corneal astigmatic changes were compared between groups using power vector analysis,and corneal shape changes were compared using videokeratography maps at 2 days, and at 2, 4 and 8weeks postoperatively.

The topic of “drugs” has been studied by several sectors especially society, education,and health. This study aims to understand the perception of undergraduate Nursing and Medicine teachers about care related to drug use in the context of social and health policies. This is phenomenological research, according to the perspective of Maurice Merleau-Ponty, carried out from November 2015 to May 2016, with ten teachers, through a semi-structured interview.