Desenvolvimento de uma planilha eletrônica em VBA para o dimensionamento didático de instalações de recalque de água

This study aims to develop a computer program based on VBA programming language, using Microsoft Excel, for designing pumping systems of water. The program allows the user to determine the economical diameter, using the equation of Bresse, for a given installation, since the geometric elevation, the material of the tube, the accessories along the line and the volumetric flow are known. In addition, the program estimates the total annual cost of the installation for three different diameters, in order to compare which diameter is more advantageous from an economical perspective. The program interface is designed to be simple and intuitive with the intention of being didactic and offering to engineering students an advantageous tool to analyze this type of project. Microsoft Excel was chosen for this work because is present in virtually all personal computer, and is an indispensable tool for educational purposes

Aplicação do valor presente ajustado (APV) para avaliação do fluxo de caixa de uma empresa do setor automotivo no sistema inovar auto

The automobile industry shows relevance inside the Brazilian industrial scenario since it contributes with the development of a significant chain of supply, distributors, workshops, publicity agencies and insurance companies in the internal market, aside from being one of the five biggest worldwide market. Thereby, the federal government decreed in Dec, 17th 2012 by Law nº 12.715 the Inovar-Auto Program. As the Adjusted Present Value (APV) is highly recommended, although not yet widespread to public politics of tax reduction, this work intends to apply the APV method on the cash flow analysis of an automobile sector's company, which has recently installed in national territory and wants to rely with governmental incentives proposed by Inovar-Auto Program. The developed work evaluates the company's current cash flow stochastically from mathematical modeling of variables such as price, demand and interest rate through probability distributions with the assist of Crystal Ball software, a Microsoft Excel Add-in, generating different scenarios from Monte Carlo Simulation. As results probabilities situations have been evaluated until the end of the Inovar-Auto's conducted period, in 2017. Beside APV others indicator such as Internal Rate of Return (IRR) and payback period were estimated for the investment project. For APV a sampling distribution with only 0.057% of risk, IRR of 29% were obtained and estimated project payback period was 4.13 years

Prevalência de anomalias congênitas associadas às fissuras labiopalatinas

Objetivo: Verificar a prevalência de anomalias congênitas associadas às fissuras labiopalatinas em crianças de 0 a 3 anos de idade. Métodos: Estudo transversal, observacional, aprovado pelo Comitê de Ética em Pesquisa (Ofício nº 412/2011). Participaram do estudo 325 mulheres, mães biológicas de crianças com fissuras labiopalatinas de 0 a 3 anos de idade, associadas ou não a anomalias congênitas, matriculados no HRAC-USP. A média de idade das mães foi de 29 anos e mediana de 28 anos. O tamanho amostral foi segundo a “Fórmula para cálculo de tamanho de amostra - Populações infinitas”. Os resultados foram tabulados em planilha do programa computacional Microsoft® Excel, apresentados em tabelas apontando a média, mediana, frequência absoluta (fi), frequência absoluta acumulada (Fi), frequência relativa acumulada (Fr). Para a comparação entre a porcentagem do agravo na população e amostra, utilizou-se o teste estatístico “Teste Exato de Fisher”, adotando-se nível de significância de 5%. Resultado: Quanto à prevalência de anomalias congênitas associadas às fissuras labiopalatinas, 209(64,30%) crianças na faixa etária de 0 a 3 anos, apresentaram fissura labiopalatina isolada e 116(35,69%) apresentaram algum tipo de anomalia congênita associada a essas fissuras. A fissura mais prevalente foi a fissura pós-forame, apresentando-se isolada em 63 casos e associadas à anomalias em 42 casos, seguida da fissura trans-forame incisivo unilateral esquerda, sendo 17 casos isolada e 59 casos associada à anomalias. A anomalia congênita associada às fissuras mais encontrada foi a Sequencia de Pierre Robin, seguida das cardiopatias diversas e malformações de pés e mãos. Conclusão: a prevalência de anomalias congênitas associadas às fissuras labiopalatinas foi de 35,69%.

On an Application of Microsoft Excel’s Evolutionary Solver to the Resource-Constrained Project Scheduling Problem RCPSP

The Solver Add-in of Microsoft Excel is widely used in courses on Operations Research and in industrial applications. Since the 2010 version of Microsoft Excel, the Solver Add-in comprises a so-called evolutionary solver. We analyze how this metaheuristic can be applied to the resource-constrained project scheduling problem (RCPSP). We present an implementation of a schedule-generation scheme in a spreadsheet, which combined with the evolutionary solver can be used for devising good feasible schedules. Our computational results indicate that using this approach, non-trivial instances of the RCPSP can be (approximately) solved to optimality.

CorkClass 1.0: Aplicación informática para la clasificación del corcho

El documento es una aplicación informática, programada en Visual Basic® para Microsoft Excel®, y contiene un programa denominado CorkClass 1.0. Es un software de clasificación de corcho en plancha por calidades a partir de su calibre – grosor – y de las anomalías o singularidades apreciables en su sección transversal. CorkClass 1.0 trabaja con dos clases de calidad: corcho taponable y refugo. A partir de la valoración de las variables obtenida por el usuario, la aplicación decide a qué clase pertenece la pieza. Esta clasificación se realiza en base a dos modelos. Cuando disponemos de medida del coeficiente de porosidad (mediante métodos de análisis de imagen), podemos clasificar en base al modelo completo (2TC) o al reducido (2TR), aunque los resultados generales se mostrarán tomando la clasificación del modelo completo para cada pieza. En caso de no disponer de medida del coeficiente de porosidad, la clasificación se realizará únicamente en base al modelo reducido (2TR), cuya clasificación para cada pieza será tomada para el cálculo de los resultados generales . El programa ha sido desarrollado por la UPM y el INIA-CIFOR y validado para muestras procedentes tanto de las distintas regiones de España como del resto de regiones de procedencia del alcornoque (Quercus suber L.), por lo que su ámbito de aplicación es universal.

CorkClass 1.1: Aplicación informática para la clasificación del corcho

El documento es una aplicación informática, programada en Visual Basic® para Microsoft Excel®, y contiene un programa denominado CorkClass 1.1. Es un software de clasificación de corcho en plancha por calidades a partir de su calibre – grosor – y de las anomalías o singularidades apreciables en su sección transversal. CorkClass 1.1 trabaja con dos clases de calidad: corcho taponable y refugo. A partir de la valoración de las variables obtenida por el usuario, la aplicación decide a qué clase pertenece la pieza. Esta clasificación se realiza en base a dos modelos. Cuando disponemos de medida del coeficiente de porosidad (mediante métodos de análisis de imagen), podemos clasificar en base al modelo completo (2TC) o al reducido (2TR), aunque los resultados generales se mostrarán tomando la clasificación del modelo completo para cada pieza. En caso de no disponer de medida del coeficiente de porosidad, la clasificación se realizará únicamente en base al modelo reducido (2TR), cuya clasificación para cada pieza será tomada para el cálculo de los resultados generales . El programa ha sido desarrollado por la UPM y el INIA-CIFOR y validado para muestras procedentes tanto de las distintas regiones de España como del resto de regiones de procedencia del alcornoque (Quercus suber L.), por lo que su ámbito de aplicación es universal.

O setting de atendimento ao utente: o contacto personalizado

Dissertação para obtenção do grau de Mestre no Instituto Superior de Ciências da Saúde Egas Moniz

Business statistics using EXCEL and SPSS

'Takes the challenging and makes it understandable. The book contains useful advice on the application of statistics to a variety of contexts and shows how statistics can be used by managers in their work.' - Dr Terri Byers, Assistant Professor, University Of New Brunswick, Canada A book about introductory quantitative analysis for business students designed to be read by first- and second-year students on a business studies degree course that assumes little or no background in mathematics or statistics. Based on extensive knowledge and experience in how people learn and in particular how people learn mathematics, the authors show both how and why quantitative analysis is useful in the context of business and management studies, encouraging readers to not only memorise the content but to apply learning to typical problems. Fully up-to-date with comprehensive coverage of IBM SPSS and Microsoft Excel software, the tailored examples illustrate how the programmes can be used, and include step-by-step figures and tables throughout. A range of ‘real world’ and fictional examples, including "The Ballad of Eddie the Easily Distracted" and "Esha's Story" help bring the study of statistics alive. A number of in-text boxouts can be found throughout the book aimed at readers at varying levels of study and understanding •Back to Basics for those struggling to understand, explain concepts in the most basic way possible - often relating to interesting or humorous examples •Above and Beyond for those racing ahead and who want to be introduced to more interesting or advanced concepts that are a little bit outside of what they may need to know •Think it over get students to stop, engage and reflect upon the different connections between topics A range of online resources including a set of data files and templates for the reader following in-text examples, downloadable worksheets and instructor materials, answers to in-text exercises and video content compliment the book.

Avaliação da qualidade da assistência prestada pelo serviço de atendimento móvel de urgência do Rio Grande do Norte

O objetivo dessa investigação foi avaliar a qualidade da assistência prestada pelo Serviço de Atendimento Móvel de Urgência do estado do Rio Grande do Norte (SAMU 192 RN), na visão dos profissionais de saúde. Trata-se de estudo descritivo, avaliativo com delineamento longitudinal e abordagem quantitativa, desenvolvido em quatro etapas: construção de perfil dos atendimentos do SAMU 192 RN; revisão integrativa para levantamento dos indicadores de avaliação da qualidade da assistência em serviços pré-hospitalares móveis de urgência; construção e validação de conteúdo do instrumento e definição dos indicadores de estrutura e processo; e aplicação do instrumento aos profissionais de saúde para avaliação da qualidade da assistência. A populaçãoe amostra foram compostas por todos os profissionais do SAMU 192 RN, atuantes no período do estudo. A coleta de dados foi realizada entre janeiro e dezembro/2012. Participaram do estudo: 11 enfermeiros, 24 médicos, 56 técnicos de enfermagem e 88 condutores, totalizando 179 profissionais. O estudo foi aprovado (Parecer nº 437/2010 e CAAE: 0025.0.294.051-10) pelo Comitê de Ética em Pesquisa do Hospital Universitário Onofre Lopes da Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Norte. Os dados foram analisados por meio de estatística descritiva e inferencial, nesta foram utilizados os programas Microsoft-Excel XP e SPSS 20.0, com uso do índice Kappa (K) e Índice de Validade de Conteúdo (IVC), considerando K ≥0,61 e IVC>0,80. Além disso, foi considerando nível de significância estatística de ρ-valor < 0,05. Entre os 179 profissionais, 100,0% tinham menos de 5 anos de tempo de serviço, 55,9% tinham menos de 5 anos de experiência na área de urgência, 88,3% referiram trabalhar na instituição porque gosta, 55,3% possuiam outro vínculo de trabalho, 54,3% com jornada semanal de 30 a 40 horas, 98,9% participaram de treinamento, 83,2% valorizam o treinamento em serviço, 87,2% têm boa frequência de participação no treinamento e 96,6% sentem necessidade de realizar mais treinamentos. Com relação à categorização dos itens em indicadores de estrutura ou de processo, os juízes determinaram para estrutura: estado de conservação das ambulâncias; estrutura física geral do serviço; conforto dentro da ambulância; disponibilidade de recursos materiais; segurança para o usuário dentro da ambulância; segurança para o profissional; educação permanente; segurança demonstrada pela equipe profissional; remuneração do profissional e a satisfação profissional. E para processo: acesso ao serviço; acolhimento; humanização; atendimento realizado; tempo resposta; privacidade ao usuário; orientações sobre o atendimento; relacionamento entre o profissional e usuário; oportunidade do usuário realizar reclamações e articulação multiprofissional. O instrumento quando submetido à validação de conteúdo constatou-se que as contribuições dos juízes permitiram melhorar/otimizar o instrumento de avaliação da qualidade da assistência pré-hospitalar móvel de urgência, uma vez que os índices Kappa e IVC foram considerados bons e ótimos e o conteúdo foi validado. Na avaliação da qualidade da assistência, constatou-se que a qualidade da assistência prestada pelo SAMU 192 RN está prejudicada nas dimensões estrutura, com relação à estrutura física, segurança dos pontos de apoio descentralizados, o conforto e o estado de conservação das ambulâncias. Já com relação aos indicadores de processo, os profissionais avaliaram todos positivamente. A avaliação da qualidade da assistência contribui para a busca de soluções dos problemas detectados, permite novas perspectivas e colabora para a consolidação do serviço.

Simulação de desempenho luminoso para salas de aula em Natal-RN

The city of Natal has a significant daylight availability, although it use isn’t systematically explored in schools architecture. In this context, this research aims to determine procedures for the analysis of the daylight performance in school design in Natal-RN. The method of analysis is divided in Visible Sky Factor (VSF), simulating and analyzing the results. The annual variation of the daylight behavior requires the adoption of dynamic simulation as data procedure. The classrooms were modelled in SketchUp, simulated in Daysim program and the results were assessed by means of spreadsheets in Microsoft Excel. The classrooms dimensions are 7.20mx 7.20m, with windows-to-wall-ratio (WWR) of 20%, 40% and 50%, and with different shading devices, such as standard horizontal overhang, sloped overhang, standard horizontal overhang with side view protection, standard horizontal overhang with a dropped edge, standard horizontal overhang with three horizontal louvers, double standard horizontal overhang, double standard horizontal overhang with three horizontal louvers, plus the use of shelf light in half the models with WWR of 40% and 50%. The data was organized in spreadsheets, with two intervals of UDI: between 300lux and 2000 lux and between 300lux and 3000lux. The simulation was performed with the weather file of 2009 to the city of NatalRN. The graphical outputs are illuminance curves, isolines of UDI among 300lux and 2000 lux and tables with index of occurrences of glare and to an UDI among 300lux 3000lux. The best UDI300-2000lux performance was evidenced to: Phase 1 (models with WWR of 20%), Phase 2 (models with WWR of 40% and 50% with light shelf). The best UDI300-3000lux performance was evidenced to: Phase 1 (models with WWR of 20% and 40% with light shelf) and Phase 2 (models with WWR of 40% and 50% with light shelf). The outputs prove that the daylight quality mainly depends on the shading system efficacy to avoid the glare occurrence, which determines the daylight discomfort. The bioclimatic recommendations of big openings with partial shading (with an opening with direct sunlight) resulted in illuminances level higher than the acceptable upper threshold. The improvement of the shading system percentage (from 73% to 91%) in medium-size of openings (WWR 40% and 50%) reduced or eliminate the glare occurrence without compromising the daylight zone depth (7.20m). The passive zone was determined for classrooms with satisfactory daylight performance, it was calculated the daylight zone depth rule-of-thumb with the ratio between daylight zone depth and the height of the window for different size of openings. The ratio ranged from 1.54 to 2.57 for WWR of 20%, 40% and 50% respectively. There was a reduction or elimination of glare in the passive area with light shelf, or with awning window shading.

Trajetória de vida dos pescadores vítimas de lesão medular por mergulho: experiências, representações sociais e estresse

Spinal cord injury causes permanent disabling manifestations, affecting the anatomic integrity, bodily changes and functional limitations related to the disability state. It was aimed to analyze the social representation, stress level and experiences of fishermen victims of spinal cord injury caused by diving accident in the Northern beaches of Brazil. It is a descriptive - exploratory study with quantitative, qualitative and representational data developed i n fishermen’s villages in nine beaches of Northern shore/RN, between October 2013 to August 2014, after the approval of the Ethics Committee in Research of the Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Norte, under the number 431.891/2013, CAAE 20818913.0.0000 .5537. The sample was composed by 44 fishermen with spinal cord injury, defined from inclusion and exclusion criteria of the participants. It was used as instrument to collect the data a semi structured interview. Quantitative data was analyzed by descrip tive statistics, showing the data through table, boxes and graphics by Microsoft Excel. Data from interviews were submitted to the software called Analyse Lexicale par Contexte d’un Ensemble de Segments de Texte (ALCESTE) using the analysis of the Social R epresentation Theory and Center Core Theory. It is shown the outcomes of the research through four articles, following the normative recommendations of the journals. Participants of the study were all male, age mean 49,6 years, elementary school (68,2%), m arried (77,3%); paraplegia sequel (50,0%). Most of them showed stress (75,0%), almost in the exhaustion stage (33,3%), prevalent insomnia symptoms (95,5%) in the last hours; hypertension (97,7%) in the last week and sexual troubles (95,5%) in the last mont h). Decompressive illness caused spinal cord injury (57,1%), occurred prevalently in low summer (75,0%), northern shore (96,4%), having as main consequences the paresthesia and pain in the upper and lower limbs (67,9%), followed by death (25,0%). Interview analysis under the understanding of Social Representation of spinal cord injury allowed the appearance of seven categories: Treatment: limitation and expectative; Spinal Cord injury: before and after; Retirement: reality yet to come; Disability: dependenc y, incapacity, vulnerability; Overcoming and autonomy; Self feelings: physics losses and new start; Life and labor: impediments, plans and changes. The center core of the representation is found in the first category by the expectative and limitation on th e treatment, meanwhile the outskirt elements are in seventh and third categories. Physics limitation for fishing activities and retirement expectative is the most outstanding of the structure. Social representation concerning spinal cord injury is found in a transaction moment between before and after with the prevented fishing activity, coping of the situation with the potential remaining. The anchoring is established in the desire for changes related to the improvements of life and health conditions exper ienced day by day through faith. This study finishes pointing out the range of the objectives, which topic is relevant for public health of fishermen. It is suggested prevention measures, promotion and health recovery of fishermen, besides safe, healthy an d worthy conditions as a compromise of social and health politics.

Fatores determinantes da near miss materna em uma unidade de terapia intensiva obstétrica: avaliação das competências profissionais da área médica

Objective: Evaluate the determinants of morbidity and mortality in an obstetric intensive care unit and professional medical skills of students/residents at a university hospital. Methods: observational cross - sectional with 492 pregnant/pue rperal women and 261 students/residents. Patients were admitted to the obstetric intensive care unit during a year, being informed about the proposals of the study and a questionnaire was applied. The analysis was performed using Microsoft Excel 2013 and G raphPad6. Chi - square tests were used to evaluate risk factors and student t test evaluates resident/students' skills concerning the cognitive test and the Mini - Cex. Results: the main risk factors to near miss were: non - white race (OR = 2.527; RR = 2.342) ; marital status(married women) (OR = 7.968; RR = 7.113) , schooling (primary) (OR = 3.177 ; RR = 2.829) , from country town (OR = 4.643 ; RR = 4.087), low income (OR = 7014 ; RR = 5.554) , gestational hypertensive disorders (OR = 16.35 ; RR = 13.27) , re alization of pre - natal (OR = 5.023 ; RR = 4.254) and C - section before labor(OR = 39.21 ; RR = 31.25). In cognitive/Mini - cex analysis were noted significant difference in the performance of students on the subject (3.75 ± 0.93, 4.03 ± 0.94 and 4.88 ± 0.35). We still observed the best performance of residents, when compared to graduation students (p < 0.01). Conclusions: the prevalence of near miss was associated with socioeconomic/clinics factors and care issues, revealing the importance of interventions to improve these indicators. In addition, we suggest a better curriculum insertion of this subject in the medical Course disciplines due the importance to avoid the near miss through of adequacy of medical education.

Perfil de mães e o desfecho do nascimento prematuro ou termo

The birth or delivery under 37 weeks of pregnancy is considered a global public health problem, since it is seen as one of the main risk factors for neonatal morbidity and mortality, particularly in the first week of life. This study had the objective of analyzing the profile of mothers of premature and full-term babies for the outcome of birth. This is an analytical-descriptive and cross-sectional study, with a sample of 109 mothers of all the premature babies and 135 mothers of the randomly selected full-term babies, by drawing, occurred in the period from April to September 2015, in a public maternity. Data were organized on Microsoft Excel 2013; subsequently, there was the analysis of the analytical-descriptive statistics, through Statistica 10, through which the frequencies, proportions, p values, with 5% significance level, through the Chi-square test, were identified. The project was submitted to the Research Ethics Committee of the Federal University of Rio Grande do Norte, receiving a favorable opinion (nº 1047431/2015). This study has enabled us to identify that the socioeconomic profile of mothers of premature and full-term babies showed, in both, low schooling level and low income. In addition, our data point out in the two groups, before and during pregnancy, a high prevalence of sedentariness; statistical significance for overweight and obesity before and during pregnancy, with 42,22% prevalence before pregnancy of mothers of premature babies and 48,62% of mothers of full-term babies; with high blood pressure during pregnancy in 32,11% of mothers of premature babies and 17,04% of mothers of full-term babies. Moreover, pregnancy was only planned in 33,33%, and also unwanted by 21,1% of mothers of premature babies, while 40,37% of mothers of full-term babies planned pregnancy and 17,78% had unwanted pregnancy. With respect to the aggravating factor “illicit drugs”, there was consumption during pregnancy on the part of 8,26% of mothers of premature babies. The most frequent complications were: vaginal bleeding (in 43,12% of mothers of premature babies and 20% of mothers of full-term babies); urinary infection (in 44,95% of mothers of premature babies and 40% of mothers of full-term babies); and stressful pregnancy (in 62,96% of mothers of premature babies and 47,41% of mothers of full-term babies). Accordingly, babies were born with health problems in 58,10% of premature births and there was healthy birth in 96,30% of full-term babies. Therefore, the profile of mothers with obesity and overweight, unwanted pregnancy, user of illegal drugs during pregnancy, stressful pregnancy and vaginal bleeding may be associated with the birth of premature baby as unfavorable and hazardous event for the child’s health.

Perfil de mães e o desfecho do nascimento prematuro ou termo

The birth or delivery under 37 weeks of pregnancy is considered a global public health problem, since it is seen as one of the main risk factors for neonatal morbidity and mortality, particularly in the first week of life. This study had the objective of analyzing the profile of mothers of premature and full-term babies for the outcome of birth. This is an analytical-descriptive and cross-sectional study, with a sample of 109 mothers of all the premature babies and 135 mothers of the randomly selected full-term babies, by drawing, occurred in the period from April to September 2015, in a public maternity. Data were organized on Microsoft Excel 2013; subsequently, there was the analysis of the analytical-descriptive statistics, through Statistica 10, through which the frequencies, proportions, p values, with 5% significance level, through the Chi-square test, were identified. The project was submitted to the Research Ethics Committee of the Federal University of Rio Grande do Norte, receiving a favorable opinion (nº 1047431/2015). This study has enabled us to identify that the socioeconomic profile of mothers of premature and full-term babies showed, in both, low schooling level and low income. In addition, our data point out in the two groups, before and during pregnancy, a high prevalence of sedentariness; statistical significance for overweight and obesity before and during pregnancy, with 42,22% prevalence before pregnancy of mothers of premature babies and 48,62% of mothers of full-term babies; with high blood pressure during pregnancy in 32,11% of mothers of premature babies and 17,04% of mothers of full-term babies. Moreover, pregnancy was only planned in 33,33%, and also unwanted by 21,1% of mothers of premature babies, while 40,37% of mothers of full-term babies planned pregnancy and 17,78% had unwanted pregnancy. With respect to the aggravating factor “illicit drugs”, there was consumption during pregnancy on the part of 8,26% of mothers of premature babies. The most frequent complications were: vaginal bleeding (in 43,12% of mothers of premature babies and 20% of mothers of full-term babies); urinary infection (in 44,95% of mothers of premature babies and 40% of mothers of full-term babies); and stressful pregnancy (in 62,96% of mothers of premature babies and 47,41% of mothers of full-term babies). Accordingly, babies were born with health problems in 58,10% of premature births and there was healthy birth in 96,30% of full-term babies. Therefore, the profile of mothers with obesity and overweight, unwanted pregnancy, user of illegal drugs during pregnancy, stressful pregnancy and vaginal bleeding may be associated with the birth of premature baby as unfavorable and hazardous event for the child’s health.

Qualidade de vida de pessoas com estomias intestinais

Ostomy is an open surgical origin, when it is necessary to deviate temporarily or permanently, the normal transit of food and / or deletions. The patient with ostomy disposal is faced with changes in their physiology, also emerging on the need to care collection bag. This study aimed to analyze the quality of life (QOL) of people living with ostomy Intestinal (EI), who attended the Pediatric and Adult Rehabilitation Center of Rio Grande do Norte (CRI / CRA-RN). It is an analytical study with cross-sectional design and quantitative approach, accomplished with 89 people who had EI. The study was approved by the Ethics Committee of the Federal University of Rio Grande do Norte (CEP / UFRN), CAAE: 19866413.3.0000.5537. Held data collection in the period January-March 2015 using two instruments: an adapted general questionnaire covering socio-demographic, clinical and self-care and a specific instrument for assessing QOL of people with stoma titled as City of Hope Quality of Life - Ostomy Questionnaire (COH-QOL-Q), validated and adapted to Portuguese in 2010, composed of four areas, namely: Welfare Body (BEF), Welfare Psychological (BEP), Welfare (BES ) and Spiritual Well-Being (BEE). The collected data were entered into a database in Microsoft Excel 2007 spreadsheet application and processed in computerized software for descriptive and inferential analysis. The results showed that 83.1% had a colostomy and ileostomy 16.9%. Sociodemographic characteristics prevailed in males (57.3%), over 50 (57.3%), mulatto (46.1%), with presence of companion / a (57.3%), retired / beneficiaries (50.5%), monthly income above the minimum wage (68.5%) and who have studied up to elementary school (67.4%). Regarding clinical aspects, it was observed that the main cause that led to the making of the stoma was the neoplasm (59.6%) followed by trauma (21.3%). The sample showed people with stoma for more than six months (79.8%) of permanently (57.3%), in use sink equipment piece drainable (68.5%) of flat base (82.0%). With respect to self-care, 93.3% emptied and washed the bag alone (care related to hygiene) and 75.3% fixed the new exchange on the skin during the exchange (care related to the stock). Patients with more than six months of ostomy and had no partner (a) had higher averages of self-care related hygiene and purse. The average of respondents QoL scores was 68.90% for General QOL; 68.03% for the BEF; 68.38% for the BEP; 66.46% for BES and 75.41% for BEE. Among the aspects that influenced QOL included: physical strength, pain, suffering and gases (physical domain); appearance, care of the stoma and adaptation to new condition (psychological domain); isolation, interference in personal relationships and social activities (social domain) and going to church or synagogue, spiritual activities and positive change after ostomy (spiritual realm). Based on these results, it is concluded that this was a predominantly adult sample / elderly (between 50 and 70 years), with low education and the cause motivating the stoma, neoplasms. However, such findings did not pass at low percentage levels on the self-care capacity to deliver even at low QOL scores.