Search Results - "O Mundo da Saúde"

With the increase of life expectancy, the number of individuals with chronic and degenerative diseases, which may cause incapacity and dependence, is growing. Home care of a relative with functional losses and dependence may affect negatively family dynamics and overloads the one responsible for car...

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Abstract: The Lean methodology has been largely studied and used by companies worldwide. It seeks to eliminate the process waste by rendering speed and reducing the total time of the service provided, while improving the result quality. This paper aims at evaluating the applicability of using the Le...

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Education in Oral Health has a direct relation to the reasons that make people not to modify their oral hygiene habits or to have difficulty for incorporating them in its daily life even as this knowledge is easily transmitted by the oral health team but not always incorporated by patients. The work...

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According to Resolutions CONAMA N. 274/2000and N. 357/2005, bathing conditions and toxicity must be evaluated in an aquatic receiving body to foresee and prevent adverse effects to human health and aquatic biota. The present work evaluated the quality of waters of Itaguaré River (Bertioga - São Paul...

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The predominant model in education is still centered in intrahospital disciplines and environments. This model emphasizes the treatment of rare diseases and causes a lack of continuity in caring for diseases. What we frequently notice is a fragmentation in medical teaching. In accordance with the Br...

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The author analyzes the deep modifications affecting the exercise of medicine, particularly in assistance to aged people, due to the enormous growth of biomedical technology, a fact that requires an ethical reflection by health professionals. The Cartesian- -Flexenerian model prevailing in medical e...

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The aim of this study was to understand how families of children with cancer express and experience the spiritual dimension of their suffering. Using a narrative research approach, data were obtained by audio recording interviews with 10 Brazilian families of children with cancer. The process of ana...

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Behçet syndrome (BS) is a multi-systemic inflammatory affection of vascular incidence and unknown cause, characterized by recurrent mouth and genital ulcers, uveitis, cutaneous injuries, articulation and neuromuscular incidence. This work aimed at studying Behçet Syndrome, medical treatments, as wel...

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This study aims to describe a quality intervention program to reduce the rates of ophthalmologic surgery cancellation and patient complaints. Methods: the study was carried out at a university hospital in the state of Sao Paulo, Brazil. The intervention occurred from July to December, 2007. The meth...

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Abstract: In this beginning of millennium, many are surprised, especially in the academic and scientific setting of the western world, before religion’s revival, or, better yet, before religions’ revival, in all domains of human life. This it is the first moment of our reflection. We present some re...

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The objective of this research was to evaluate the Parenteral Nutrition Therapy (PNT) of patients interned in adult Intensive Care Units (ICU) with the application of quality indexes. This is a retrospective study approved by the Committee of Ethics in Research of HU-USP. We collected data on nutrit...

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Old people show clear decreases of force, muscle endurance, movement speed and power. Even in normal aging, one observes significant losses of force and muscle mass predominant in lower members and closely related to less physical activity. There is a decline in individuals’ independence, with the r...

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This study aimed to analyze the quality of nurses’ registers in prontuaries of users of the program of home assistance (PAD) of a university hospital. Retrospective study, carried through in the PAD of the University Hospital of University of São Paulo, with an analysis of 64 prontuaries. Data colle...

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During the pandemic, significant changes in university students’ routines affected their lifestyle and health. This study aimed to determine the prevalence of negative self-rated health (NSRH) among university students and to analyze its association with moderate-intensity aerobic physical activity...

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The objective of this study has been to investigate the effect of the Muscular Dynamic Reeducation in Postural Balance and in lumbar pain reduction for industry workers. The sample has been constituted by lumbago-affected industry operators assisted by the sector of Physiotherapy. Using inclusion an...

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Companies daily face decision-making problems that directly threaten their business continuity. A decision analysis comprises using different summary and modeling concepts and techniques towards a better quality in the decision-making process. This research aimed at analyzing the relevance of the co...

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The article presents the translation to the Portuguese language, the transcultural adaptation and the validation of Self Assessment of Occupational Functioning Scale for using with the Brazilian population. We did the stages of semantic and conceptual equivalence both in translation and in transcult...

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Considering that the literature points to mental disorders in mothers as an important risk factor regarding children mental health, the objective of the present study was to identify and to compare parental styles and levels of social support of mothers with mental disorders with sane mothers as wel...

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The Nuclei of Support to Family Health (NASF), recently implanted in Brazil, aim at supporting family health teams in implementing the network of health services and broaden the public and the target of Basic Assistance actions. Its implantation reflects the increasing effort for integrality in assi...

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Abstract: This study aimed to evaluate quantitatively and qualitatively the nourishing consumption of physically active women in order to investigate their nourishing style and to weave recommendations of nourishing consumption base on the Brazilian Nourishing Pyramid. For that, we selected, in 3 re...

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