Saúde física e emocional de cuidadores da cidade de Santa Cruz-RN: perfil epidemiológico e fatores associados

Taking care for an impaired elderly is a hard and costly task that could affect directly the caregiver health. The purpose of this study was to evaluate the physical and mental health of elderly caregivers from the city of Santa Cruz-RN and analyze the potential correlated factors through an observational analytic design of a crosssectional. A multidimensional questionnaire was used to evaluation of the social demographics characteristics and those related to the care activity, as well as the caregivers´ physical and mental health. It was realized a descriptive analyze using frequency distribution and measures of the central tendency and dispersion to description of the caregivers. To verify the magnitude of the association between the variables was used the bivariate analysis through the Pearson and Spearman correlations and qui-square test. To evaluation of the association of the correlated factors to the adverse outcome with the caregivers´ physical and mental health was made a multivariate analysis by logistic binary regression and multiple linear regression models. The final sample was constituted by 304 persons, mostly women with a mean age of 50.3 ±16.8 years. The principal factors related to the physical health were age, stress and life satisfaction. Be a male caregiver, caring for a little while the elderly with cognitive deficit and not been spouse were related to worse mental health. Have worse physical health, high stress, depressive symptomatology, burden and low levels of satisfaction were also related to the mental health. After adjust through multiple linear regression was observed R2 values of R2=0,21 for Stress, R2 =0,17 for Depressive Symptomatology, R2 =0,21 for Burden and R2 =0,16 for Satisfaction. The attainment of the factors associated with caregiver´s health can help in the elaboration of specifics politics witch the goal is the integral attention to the elderly and his caregiver. The inability of continuous taking care could result in adverse outcomes such as institutionalization, impairment and death

Dependência química em mulheres :um estudo sobre o consumo de medicamentos ansiolíticos no serviço público de saúde de Natal/RN

This work was concerned to investigate the meaning attributed to anxiolytic drugs by women, in public health service. It proposes a joint analysis through a link between three dimensions: the woman, the drug, and public health service itself, in an hegemonic medical assistance model. It is observed that the relation between these elements has a great influence over the use and construction of a particular meaning, by the user. The medication is analysed as a consumption merchandise and as an health symbol. In this way, it reflects a biologized vision, which believes the drug as a solution for all health problems. It tries to analyse the generalized medical prescription for anxiolythics and it s consequences. It focalizes also the production and utilization of public health services by patients, mainly women. The question related to the use of anxiolytics and the meaning construted by women is analysed focusing the way that relations of masculine/feminine gender are organized in our society. At this point of view, it tries to understand the dimension that these questions have in subjectivity production, and how it acts in the health/disease process. Finally, this work tries to understand, in a broad sense, the use of anxiolytics looking at the problem not only as a biological question, but also as a cultural matter. The research was done over seventeen women, all of them anxiolytic users. It was used, as research instrument, semi-structured interview associated with methodological analysis of user s speeches

Comparação da qualidade de vida relacionada à saúde entre mulheres na pós-menopausa praticantes de atividade física com e sem osteoporose

Objective: to investigate the quality of life among physically active post-menopausal women with and without a diagnosis of osteoporosis. Methods: a cross-sectional descriptive study was carried out through interview. All the participating women volunteered to take part of this study through previous contact by telephone. The characteristics and objectives of the interview were explained in addition to confirmation of their post-menopausal status. There were two groups of 21 volunteers each: group 1 were non-osteoporotic women (64.38 ± 4.24 years-old) and group 2 were osteoporotic women (67.81 ± 4.19 years-old). Each volunteer was asked to fulfill a preliminary form in order to register personal information, clinical history, co-morbidities and health care. Following, the SF-36 questionnaire was applied. The Wilcoxon rank-sum test was used to assess differences between the two groups. Results: there was a significant difference (p < 0.05) between both groups only with regard to the Role Physical and General Health components of the SF-36 form showing a better performance to group 1. Condusion: post-menopausal women with a diagnosis of osteoporosis that did not sustain a fracture may present a similar quality of life, as compared to non-osteoporotic post-menopausal women.

(Em defesa dos) Cuidados Paliativos na Atenção Primária à Saúde

One of the basic principles of the Brazilian Public Health System (SUS) is integral assistance, which considers the integrality of the individual, of service and care, which should necessarily include end of life care. Our aim was to analyze the work process of health professionals at the Family Health Strategy / Primary Care that already cared for people in the dying process to propose viable contributions to the Public Health area as regards the implementation of Palliative Care in Primary Care. We present data referring to the following themes: Singular Therapeutic Project (PTS); death quality as PTS goal (work purpose); the team's ways of doing (bonding as a pact condition). Eleven health professionals (four nurses and seven physicians) linked to the Family Health Strategy (ESF) of Campinas (São Paulo) participated on this research. From the interviews, data analysis followed the Socio-Historical Psychology theoretical and methodological approach. The professionals' activity was analyzed in articulation with the specificities of caring for people in the dying process. We found that action planning in health is oriented by the Singular Therapeutic Project (PTS), with an emphasis in social diagnosis and the need of a bond for attaining a pact. It is understood that the purpose of health professionals' activity is to promote dignity and life quality in the dying process, but integral care should include not only individual and family care, but also the defence of full human development during all phases of life.

Influência dos níveis de atividade física sobre os aspectos endócrino-metabólicos de mulheres acima de 50 anos atendidas pelo sistema público de saúde

Conselho Nacional de Desenvolvimento Científico e Tecnológico (CNPq)

Evolução da obesidade da infância até a vida adulta entre mulheres da fila de espera para a cirurgia bariátrica pelo sistema único de saúde

Coordenação de Aperfeiçoamento de Pessoal de Nível Superior (CAPES)

Satisfação das mulheres em relação à coleta do papanicolaou na estratégia de saúde da família

Pós-graduação em Enfermagem (mestrado profissional) - FMB

Concepções de médicos/as e enfermeiros/as sobre questões de gênero na saúde

Coordenação de Aperfeiçoamento de Pessoal de Nível Superior (CAPES)

Prevenção e diagnóstico de lesões HPV induzidas e carcinoma anal em mulheres atendidas na rede básica de saúde da cidade de Botucatu pelo método escovado do canal anal

Pós-graduação em Bases Gerais da Cirurgia - FMB

Mulheres, saúde e grupalidade: estudo do grupo de convivência Reviver, Botucatu, SP

Coordenação de Aperfeiçoamento de Pessoal de Nível Superior (CAPES)

Investigando possíveis relações entre alcoolismo, sofrimento psíquico e violência intrafamiliar na perpectiva de mulheres atendidas pela Saúde da Família

Coordenação de Aperfeiçoamento de Pessoal de Nível Superior (CAPES)

Qualidade de vida em mulheres na pós-menopausa usuárias e não usuárias da terapia hormonal em unidade básica de saúde de Franca-SP

Pós-graduação em Ginecologia, Obstetrícia e Mastologia - FMB

Resultados de um processo educativo em alimentação e nutrição vivenciado por um grupo de mulheres com doenças crônicas metabólicas

Pós-graduação em Alimentos e Nutrição - FCFAR

Saúde sexual e reprodutiva de mulheres vivendo com HIV/AIDS atendidas em Hospital Dia

Coordenação de Aperfeiçoamento de Pessoal de Nível Superior (CAPES)

Mulheres e saúde: "cortadas, "costuradas", "ocas"... mas plenas de vida: percepções do corpo feminino

O corpo humano é marcado profundamente, não só por aspectos biológicos, mas também, e principalmente, por aspectos culturais. O corpo feminino tem sido influenciado pelos fatores citados e representa o foco desta dissertação, que tem como proposta apresentar descrição etnográfica e análise antropológica de situações que envolvem a perda de órgãos ou as cirurgias afetando o corpo feminino quando estejam relacionadas a situações tipificadas como "femininas". A pesquisa tem como locus a cidade de Belém do Pará e a interlocução com três grupos de mulheres: equipe de enfermagem que trabalha na enfermaria Santa Maria, na Santa Casa de Misericórdia do Pará e dois grupos de mulheres "operadas", o primeiro constituído por mulheres que foram operadas na Santa Casa e atendidas na Santa Maria e o segundo de mulheres operadas em outros hospitais, que não atendem ao SUS.