Introduction: The growing index of chronic renal patients who make use of renal replacement therapy sharpens the interest of health professionals to improve the quality of life of this population. Objective: Evaluate through an integrative review, which factors of the most affected quality of life in chronic kidney dialysis patients.
This study is a qualitative descriptive research that aimed to identify the professionals risk perception working in health services in relation to Healthcare-Associated Infections (HAI). Thirty-one professionals working in a hospital in the State of Santa Catarina were interviewed. The interviews were recorded, transcribed and the data were subjected to content analysis according to Bardin, which resulted in the category "Health Services Risks".
Background: Cervical cancer is the second most common type of cancer for women worldwide. It is also one of the most preventable types of cancer. Knowledge about the risk factors of cervical cancer is helpful to prevent the cervical cancer at an early stage. The present study aimed at assessing the knowledge on risk factors of cervical cancer among women in selected community. Method: The study was conducted among 60 women. The non-experimental descriptive approach and convenient sample was chosen for the study. The data for the present study were collected using structured questionnaire.
A high-level of action anticipation is crucially for different performances in sports, such as in badminton. This work aiming tocompare the accuracy and reaction time of young competitive players in the training in real and virtual badminton tasks. Thirty-eightbadminton players were divided in three different groups depending on their experience in badminton championships (group 1 had the most and group 3 the least experience) and evaluated on two different tasks, one real and the other virtual.
Herpes Zoster, commonly known as "copper tree", is a disease of viral etiology, defined by the reactivation of the varicella zoster virus (VZV) latent in the sensory ganglia, which presents with radicular pain accompanied by vesicular exanthema, erythema and edema, symptoms that are characterized by agreement stages of the disease. Decreased immunity causes viral reactivation and can be triggered by metabolic changes, surgical or dental procedures, and situations of stress or immunosuppression.
Obstetric violence is considered a public health problem by the World Health Organization. In Brazil, despite studies reporting a serious situation, the issue has met with resistance, making it difficult to improve delivery care. This study aimed to evaluate obstetric violence during childbirth, in light of Brazilian legislation. For that, a research was done in the Scielo database using as descriptors "Humanizing Delivery" and "Violence in Childbirth", and of the 71 articles found, 20 were used to compose the textual body, besides the Brazilian legislation on the subject.
Skin diseases are common manifestation in present era and more so frequent in the elder age. The patients of skin disease are additionally prone to experience physical, emotional and socio-economic embarrassment in the society due to disfigured appearance. Normally 10- 15% of the general practitioners encounter with skin disorders in their day to day practice. Kustha a type of skin disorder mentioned in Ayurveda is a Tridoshaja Vyadhi, where Twaka, Rakta, Mamsa and Ambu are the main Dushyas.
Cisplatin is an antineoplastic used in treatment of some types of cancer. However, approximately 70 to 80% of patients undergoing this treatment are at risk of nausea and vomiting. Objective: Monitoring the occurrence of nausea and vomiting in cancer patients submitted to antineoplastic chemotherapy with cisplatin from the first treatment session.
This study aimed to describe the profile of work accidents in the state of Tocantins. This is a cross-sectional study about reports of Work Accidents from the statistical yearbook of occupational accidents, from the State of Tocantins, from 2014 to 2016. Results: Of the 4,453 cases registered, 80.5% corresponded to individuals of the male gender and 19.4% were between 20 and 49 years of age. The nature of the most frequent accident was typical (60.5%) while driving (19.5%) and work sickness (1.5%).
Introduction: When it comes to preterm birth, it means the one that occurred before 37 weeks of gestation, where there is a risk for these children to become ill and thus evolve to death. Objective: to conduct an epidemiological survey predisposing to prematurity among postpartum women treated at a referral hospital in maternal and child health.