Efeitos do treino de cuidadores sobre comportamentos de apoio à adesão às orientações nutricionais por portadores de diabetes

Estudos em saúde têm apontado a disponibilidade de apoio social como um dos fatores relacionados à adesão ao tratamento por portadores de diabetes. Utilizando-se como referenciais teórico-metodológicos a análise do comportamento e o modelo construcional de Goldiamond, este estudo teve como objetivo avaliar efeitos de um treino de cuidadores de adultos com diabetes, com enfoque nos comportamentos de apoio oferecidos ao comportamento alimentar dos pacientes. Adicionalmente, pretendeu-se investigar os efeitos deste treino sobre a adesão à dieta pelos pacientes. Participaram deste estudo três pacientes do sexo feminino inscritas em um programa de acompanhamento a portadores de diabetes e um membro familiar de cada paciente, totalizando três díades cuidador-paciente, das quais duas foram alocadas na Condição de Treino (CT) e uma na Condição de Não-Treino (CNT). Utilizaram-se como fontes de informação os relatos das pacientes e das cuidadoras, a observação direta de interações comportamentais e indicadores clínicos. Segundo o delineamento de sujeito como seu próprio controle, a intervenção consistiu no treino em análise de contingências e manejo comportamental, realizado em visitas domiciliares por meio de registros de automonitoração. Os resultados mostraram que as cuidadoras que participaram da Condição de Treino apresentaram ampliação no repertório comportamental de apoio, o que não foi verificado quanto à cuidadora que participou da Condição Não-Treino. A redução nos níveis glicêmicos e os relatos apresentados pelas pacientes da Condição de Treino sugerem que a intervenção tenha contribuído para melhorias na adesão às orientações nutricionais por estas pacientes.

A escola inclusiva enquanto contexto de desenvolvimento: um estudo dos fatores de risco e proteção

O conjunto de pesquisas envolvidas neste trabalho procurou investigar a escola inclusiva enquanto contexto de desenvolvimento, através de quatro estudos. Esses estudos foram direcionados para discussão dos fatores de risco ou proteção presentes no ambiente escolar inclusivo. O primeiro estudo investigou as interações entre uma aluna com deficiência visual e seus colegas em uma sala de aula inclusiva, com o objetivo de averiguar como se estabelecem as relações de amizade neste contexto de desenvolvimento; o segundo estudo procurou compreender a visão de estudantes com deficiências sobre sua rede de apoio social; o terceiro estudo objetivou analisar a visão de professores e técnicos educacionais sobre a inclusão escolar de estudantes com deficiências em salas de aula comuns; e o quarto estudo realizou uma investigação sobre a concepção de mães de estudantes com deficiências acerca da escola inclusiva com o objetivo de analisar como os fatores de proteção e risco se configuram dentro do contexto escolar inclusivo. O modelo bioecológico do desenvolvimento humano proposto por Bronfenbrenner é apresentado enquanto uma base teórica desta pesquisa que foi efetivada através da observação naturalística e da inserção ecológica da pesquisadora no ambiente da pesquisa. Os resultados das pesquisas revelaram questões importantes e polêmicas sobre o processo de inclusão educacional.

Depressive symptoms and harmful alcohol use in hepatitis C patients: prevalence and correlates

Introduction It is important to understand the characteristics and vulnerabilities of people who have hepatitis C because this disease is currently an important public health problem. The objective of this study was to estimate the prevalence of depressive symptoms and harmful alcohol use in patients with hepatitis C and to study the association between these outcomes and demographic, psychosocial and clinical variables. Methods This cross-sectional, descriptive and analytical study involved 82 hepatitis C patients who were being treated with pegylated interferon and ribavirin at a public university hospital. The primary assessments used in the study were the Alcohol Use Disorders Identification Test and the Beck Depression Inventory. Bivariate analyses were followed by logistic regression. Results The prevalence of depressive symptoms was 30.5% (n=25), and that of harmful alcohol use was 34.2% (n=28). Logistic regression analysis showed that individuals who were dissatisfied with their social support (OR=4.41; CI=1.00-19.33) and were unemployed (OR=6.31; CI=1.44-27.70) were at a higher risk for depressive symptoms, whereas harmful alcohol use was associated with the male sex (OR=6.78; CI=1.38-33.19) and the use of illicit substances (OR=7.42; CI=1.12-49.00). Conclusions High prevalence rates of depressive symptoms and harmful alcohol use were verified, indicating vulnerabilities that must be properly monitored and treated to reduce emotional suffering in this population.

Significados e sentidos da deficiência adquirida em policiais militares

Fundação de Amparo à Pesquisa do Estado de São Paulo (FAPESP)

Panic Disorder and Agoraphobia in OCD patients: Clinical profile and possible treatment implications

Fundação de Amparo à Pesquisa do Estado de São Paulo (FAPESP)

Cultural consonance and arterial blood pressure in urban Brazil

In previous research in Brazil, we tested the hypothesis that cultural consonance is associated with arterial blood pressure. Cultural consonance is the degree to which individuals are able to approximate in their own behaviors the prototypes for behavior encoded in shared cultural models. Individuals who had higher cultural consonance in the domains of lifestyle and social support had lower blood pressures. The aim of the current research was to replicate and extend these findings. First, a more extensive cultural domain analysis was carried out, improving the description of cultural models. Second, more sensitive measures of cultural consonance were developed. Third, data were collected in the same community studied previously. The following findings emerged: (a) cultural domain analysis (using a mix of quantitative and qualitative techniques) indicated that cultural models for these domains are widely shared within the community; (b) the associations of cultural consonance in these domains with arterial blood pressure were replicated; and, (c) the pattern of the associations differed slightly from that observed in earlier research. This pattern of associations can be understood in terms of macrosocial influences over the past ten years. The results support the importance of long-term fieldwork in anthropology. (c) 2005 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.

O SUAS e o Projeto Ético Político dos Assistentes Sociais: uma análise a partir dos assistentes sociais do município de Formiga-MG

Pós-graduação em Serviço Social - FCHS

Predictors of Burnout Syndrome in Dentistry Students

Fundação de Amparo à Pesquisa do Estado de São Paulo (FAPESP)

História clínica e alimentar de crianças atendidas em ambulatório de gastroenterologia pediátrica (GEP) com constipação intestinal crônica funcional (CICF) e suas possíveis complicações

In order to better understand the natural history of chronic functional constipation, a questionnaire was applied to 163 children and infants, before beginning standardized treatment. Median age (range) at start was 3 mo(0-108 mo) but age at arrival at the Pediatric Gastroenterology Unit was 53 mo(2-146 mo). In 62.4% of the cases symptoms began before or up to 3 mo after cow's milk introduction and rarely around (-/+ 6 mo) toilet training. Possible complications appeared progressively, often at preschool or school age or as the first noticeable manifestation: recurrent abdominal pain (61.1%), fecal soiling (45.4%), fecal blood (35%), enuresis (23.3%), vomiting (19%), urinary infection (17.9%), urinary retention (8.6%). Abdominal distension was rarely detected on physical examination and was usually discrete. In conclusion, children attended in Botucatu begin their constipation at an early age, frequently associated with weaning,and important complications may ensue along years. This evolution should be avoided by prevention and early treatment of constipation.

O cuidador de paciente com neoplasia cerebral maligna primária: os desafios do cuidado

Patients with primary malignant brain tumor endure several motor and cognitive dysfunctions, demanding the presence of a caregiver even more because the time necessary for their assistance increases considerably. Usually this task is performed by a family relative, whose activities include taking care of the patient’s personal hygiene, escorting them to medical appointments, managing their money and performing their housework. All of this overwhelms the caregiver both physical and psychologically. This bibliographic research intends to analyze the role in which a caregiver plays in the quality of life of those kinds of patients, the complications of such task, the caregivers’ needs and the daily life of those terminal patients. It was used CAPES, PubMed and Google Academic databases for researching articles related to family caregivers who assisted adult patients with primary malignant brain tumor. The study concluded that being a caregiver of patients in such conditions harms one’s quality of life, with consequences such as stress, insomnia, financial problems and lack of social support. Theirs needs include: having someone to talk to about the matter, attending programs for reducing stress and increasing their knowledge about the disease. In advanced phases of the condition, the patient shows great mobility problems, aphasia and regular seizures, which end up overwhelming the caregiver. The level of quality of life found was above other types of cancer’s caregivers. Therefore, they represent a group with special needs, which should be especially handled by health professionals.