Social support and infant malnutrition: a case-control study in an urban area of Southeastern Brazil

The relationship between malnutrition and social support was first suggested in the mid-1990s. Despite its plausibility, no empirical studies aimed at obtaining evidence of this association could be located. The goal of the present study was to investigate such evidence. A case-control study was carried out including 101 malnourished children (weight-for-age National Center for Health Statistics/WHO 5th percentile) aged 12-23 months, who were compared with 200 well-nourished children with regard to exposure to a series of factors related to their social support system. Univariate and multiple logistic regressions were carried out, odds ratios being adjusted for per capita family income, mother's schooling, and number of children. The presence of an interaction between income and social support variables was also tested. Absence of a partner living with the mother increased risk of malnutrition (odds ratio 2.4 (95 % CI 1.19, 4.89)), even after adjustment for per capita family income, mother's schooling, and number of children. The lack of economic support during adverse situations accounted for a very high risk of malnutrition (odds ratio 10.1 (95 % CI 3.48, 29.13)) among low-income children, but had no effect on children of higher-income families. Results indicate that receiving economic support is an efficient risk modulator for malnutrition among low-income children. In addition, it was shown that the absence of a partner living with the mother is an important risk factor for malnutrition, with an effect independent from per capita family income, mother's schooling, and number of children.

Between freedom and reclusion: Social support as a quality-of-life component in the family caregiver-dependent person binomial

This is a qualitative study which uses Grounded Theory as its methodological framework and Symbolic Interactionism as a theoretical base to understand the experience of family caregivers for Cerebrovascular Accident (CVA) patients with regard to social support during their rehabilitation process at home. The components (themes and categories) of the phenomenon assuming home care and specifically the themes assuming care with support and assuming care without support were inter-related for the purpose of comparison and analysis, in order to apprehend how the interaction between them occurred, It was observed that, in addition to the recovery of the patient's autonomy, social support is one of the intervenient components in the quality of life for the family caregiver-disabled person binomial, particularly with respect to the caregiver's freedom to resume his/her life plan.

Social support and common mental disorder among medical students

INTRODU����O:Diferentes formas de sofrimento ps��quico t��m sido identificadas em estudantes da ��rea da sa��de, em especial no curso de Medicina.OBJETIVO:Estimar a preval��ncia de sofrimento ps��quico entre estudantes de Medicina em uma faculdade no Sudeste do Brasil e avaliar sua associa����o com apoio social.M��TODO:Trata-se de um estudo transversal. Foram aplicados question��rios para alunos do 1�� ao 6�� ano do curso de Medicina da Universidade Estadual Paulista J��lio de Mesquita Filho, investigando-se caracter��sticas demogr��ficas relacionadas ao curso e �� adapta����o �� cidade. Sofrimento ps��quico foi investigado na forma de Transtorno Mental Comum (TMC), avaliado por meio do Self-Reporting Questionnaire (SRQ-20). Apoio social foi avaliado com a Escala de Apoio Social (EAS). As associa����es entre o desfecho e as vari��veis explanat��rias foram analisadas por meio do teste do ��2 e, na an��lise multivariada, por meio da Regress��o Log��stica, com p < 0,05.RESULTADOS:A taxa de resposta foi de 80,7%, n��o havendo diferen��a estat��stica entre a mostra e a popula����o-alvo no que diz respeito ao g��nero (p = 0,78). A m��dia de idade foi de 22 anos (desvio padr��o - DP = 2,2) com predom��nio de mulheres (58,2%) e estudantes que vivem com amigos (62%). A preval��ncia de TMC foi de 44,9% (IC95% 40,2 - 49,6). Ap��s a an��lise multivariada, mantiveram-se associados a TMC: sentir-se rejeitado no ��ltimo ano (p < 0,001), ter pensado ou pensar em abandonar o curso (p < 0,001) e intera����o, avaliada pela EAS (p = 0,002).CONCLUS��ES:A preval��ncia de TMC entre estudantes de Medicina mostrou-se elevada, identificando-se o apoio social insuficiente como fator de risco. Esses achados sugerem que interven����es voltadas para propiciar melhores condi����es de intera����o social entre estudantes poderiam ser ben��ficas, diminuindo a preval��ncia de TMC nesse grupo.

Caracter��sticas do apoio social oferecido a idosos de ��rea rural assistida pelo PSF

Trata-se de um trabalho epidemiol��gico do tipo transversal, com o objetivo de descrever as caracter��sticas do apoio social e identificar associa����es entre as vari��veis sociodemogr��ficas e categorias de suporte social, em popula����o rural do Bairro dos Aleixos, no munic��pio de Taquarituba &shy; SP. Para medir o apoio social, utilizou-se da escala Medical Outcomes Study (MOS), traduzida para o portugu��s e validada em nosso meio. A popula����o caracterizou-se por mulheres, predominantemente da ra��a branca, entre 60 a 69 anos, casadas e/ou vivendo em concubinatos, de baixa renda e residindo em domic��lios multigeracionais. Escores de apoio m��dios elevados foram identificados, indicando situa����o favor��vel entre os idosos estudados. em termos m��dios, a categoria de apoio com pior escore foi intera����o social positiva. A an��lise bivariada demonstrou uma diferen��a significativa entre escore de apoio afetivo e de apoio emocional com n��mero de pessoas no domic��lio e maior freq����ncia de escores altos de intera����o social (3�� tercil) em idosos do sexo masculino e naqueles com maior grau de escolaridade. O estudo apontou ainda que escores de apoio social menores foram mais freq��entes em mulheres, analfabetos, vi��vos ou solteiros, idosos com renda entre um e dois sal��rios m��nimos.

Caracter��sticas do apoio social e capacidade funcional de idosos assistidos em unidades de aten����o b��sica no municipio de Lins: estudo epidemiol��gico para implanta����o de servi��o

P��s-gradua����o em Enfermagem (mestrado profissional) - FMB

Avalia����o do apoio social em idosos em munic��pio do inteiror paulista

Coordena����o de Aperfei��oamento de Pessoal de N��vel Superior (CAPES)

Entre a pot��ncia e a impot��ncia do exerc��cio profissional de m��dico perito no Intituto Nacional do Seguro Social (INSS): a import��ncia do Estado como componente dilem��tico e paradoxal

Coordena����o de Aperfei��oamento de Pessoal de N��vel Superior (CAPES)

A Universidade Aberta a Terceira Idade e as redes de apoio afetivo e social do idoso

P��s-gradua����o em Educa����o - FFC

Impacto social do transplante card��aco

P��s-gradua����o em Servi��o Social - FCHS

Adapta����o Transcultural Brasil-Portugal da Escala de Satisfa����o com o Suporte Social para Estudantes do Ensino Superior

Realizou-se adapta����o transcultural da Escala de Satisfa����o com o Suporte Social (ESSS) para a l��ngua portuguesa. As qualidades psicom��tricas foram avaliadas numa amostra de 1.023 estudantes do ensino superior do Brasil e de Portugal. A partir dos resultados obtidos prop��e-se uma vers��o modificada da ESSS com 12 itens que avaliam 4 dimens��es. A vers��o modificada revelou adequada confiabilidade, validade fatorial, validade concorrente, divergente e discriminante com exce����o dessa ��ltima para Satisfa����o com as Amizades e a Intimidade. A validade convergente esteve no limite do aceit��vel. Observou-se invari��ncia dos pesos fatoriais entre Brasil e Portugal, permitindo sua utiliza����o para a avalia����o da Satisfa����o com o Suporte Social em estudantes do ensino superior de ambos os pa��ses.

Levantamento sobre uso de ��lcool, tabaco e outras drogas, redes de apoio e apoio social entre universit��rios

Funda����o de Amparo �� Pesquisa do Estado de S��o Paulo (FAPESP)

Escala de percep����o do suporte social - vers��o adulta: um estudo pela Teoria de Resposta ao Item

Funda����o de Amparo �� Pesquisa do Estado de S��o Paulo (FAPESP)

Depress��o e apoio social percebido por m��es de crian��as hospitalizadas

This study was performed as a requirement of the final course in Nursing. The study is cross-cutting, in order to identify associations between socioeconomic factors, education, child hospitalization in the ICU or not, degree of depression and level of social support (material, affective, emotional, informational and positive social interaction) and how to identify subgroups of mother - child vulnerable. Constitute themselves as subjects, mothers of children 0 to 17 years, 11 months and 29 days in hospital after the second day of hospitalization in the pediatric unit of a State Hospital Interior Paulista. Data collection was initiated after obtaining the assent of the Research Ethics Committee, as well as signing the consent form. We used the following instruments to collect data: the data form for socioeconomic and hospitalization; Beck Depression Inventory and Medical Outcomes Study (MOS). We obtained the result that there is a strong association between availability and social support and income per capita and the degree of depression, but did not find an association between time and hospital stay and whether the child was admitted to the ICU or not. We conclude that it is necessary to establish treatment services from the patient���s family, plus an appropriate social service support to meet this big demand for mothers who need support

Qualidade de vida e vulnerabilidade social na percep����o do idoso

According to data from the World Health Organization, the older population will grow sixteenfold from 1950 to 2025 in comparison to a fivefold population growth in the same period, which is referred to by UNO as the ���Ageing Era���. This places Brazil in the sixth position in the contingent of older individuals worldwide, with a number that is higher than 32 million. Considering how topics such as quality of life and social vulnerability are important in face of the growing older population, these topics must be furthered studied so that they can be understood as important variables for both better clinical practice and scientific research. To describe the social vulnerability and evaluate the quality of life of older individuals in a population hospitalized in the internal medicine ward of Bauru State Hospital. This is a descriptive qualitative study that was conducted by means of interviews and using Bardin���s discourse analysis. The inclusion criteria used in this study were: individuals at 60 years of age who were mentally capable of answering the proposed questions. Two categories concerning Quality of Life and Social Vulnerability emerged from the interviews. The following emerged from the theme Quality of Life: ���Life as something important��� and subcategories that involved feeling useful in society, having a supportive family, independence, optimism and joy and survival. Also, the following emerged from the theme Social Vulnerability: ���Negative recognition of older individuals in society��� and subcategories that involved lack of respect, functional disability, family indifference, housing-related insecurity, an inefficient health care system and loneliness. Quality of Life and Social Vulnerability are largely discussed themes in the present scenario. In this study, it was possible to perceive that the older population needs social support, effective public... (Complete abstract click electronic access below)