During the 1940s, aspiration of stomach contents was recognized as a serious problem during labor, which is why fluid and food restriction was adopted for women who would undergo general anesthesia. Currently, the practice of generalized food restriction is a routine that is being discontinued. This review aims to map the evidence on the effects of the intake of foods, supplements and drinks in women on labor outcomes.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFBackground: After childbirth, women undergo substantial physical and emotional changes. Therefore, it is important to provide them with information that helps them identify what is expected during this stage, as well as signs and symptoms that indicate complications after they have been discharged from the hospital.
Objective: This study aimed to develop a health app-Towards Motherhood-that provides evidence-based information about the postpartum period and evaluate the usability of the app with the target population.
Introduction: Promoting social inclusion of children with congenital Zika virus syndrome (CZS) is challenging, mostly, when there is a transport problem, low access to information and a long distance between the house and health services. Participation can be understood as involvement in a life situation and is strongly influenced by physical, social and attitudinal environmental factors; however, was still little explored in the case of children with CZS. In this sense, this study aimed to explore the perception of caregivers about the environmental needs of children with CZS, differentiating barriers and facilitators.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFObjectives: To evaluate the impact of social isolation due to SARS-CoV-2 on the prevalence and severity of urinary incontinence and how this correlates with the quality of life of the nulliparous women evaluated.
Method: Observational, longitudinal study, carried out from August/2019 to September/2020, at the Faculdade de Ciências da Saúde do Trairi/RN, with 37 nulliparous women from 18 to 35 years old, who answered the socio-anthropometric assessment, to the Incontinence Severity Index Questionnaire and King's Health Questionnaire, before and during isolation due to SARS-CoV-2. Statistical analysis: Wilcoxon test, and Spearman's correlation coefficient.
Background: Infrared thermography (IRT) is an easy-to-use, noninvasive and pain-free tool that can be used to evaluate function of the pelvic floor (PF) muscles.
Objective: To analyze vaginal manometry, temperature, and percentage of colors achieved through IRT of the PF muscles at rest and during maximum voluntary contraction. The relationship between PF muscles strength and IRT temperature was also assessed.
Introduction: The Zika virus outbreak in Brazil has had devasting social, medical and financial consequences for families. Both researchers and clinicians are measuring longer-term outcomes to understand the impact of the Zika on child development, functioning and disability. Outcomes and tools used to measure them are very varied and we are unclear how meaningful they are to families and children.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFChronic Back Problem (CBP) is a public health concern. In Brazil, data from the National Health Survey (PNS) estimated 27.0 million people (18.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFObjective: To evaluate the disability and functioning of women with low-risk pregnancy in the second and third gestational trimesters.
Methods: A longitudinal observational study was conducted from June 5, 2015, to April 30, 2016, in Family Health Units in the city of Santa Cruz, Rio Grande do Norte, Brazil, involving women who were in the second trimester of pregnancy where the pregnancy had been classified as low-risk. A form was designed specifically for the study to collect sociodemographic, urogynecological, and obstetric data.
Purpose: This study aimed to link the content of four most used questionnaires to assess the quality of life of women with urinary incontinence (International Consultation on Incontinence Questionnaire; King's Health Questionnaire; Incontinence Quality of Life Questionnaire and Bristol Female Urinary Tract Symptoms Questionnaire) with the International Classification of Functioning, Disability and Health (ICF).
Methods: Linking the questionnaires content and the ICF was performed by two independent reviewers, with an excellent concordance level (k = 0.941), using the method described by Cieza et al.
This study investigates the effect of conventional tillage and application of the monoculture of sugar cane on soil health. Variables like density, moisture, texture, consistency limits, and preconsolidation stress were taken as indicators of soil quality. The measurements were made at a 120 × 120 m field cropped with sugar cane under conventional tillage.
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