Food and fluid intake during labor in maternity wards: A scoping review protocol.

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.

A Health App for Evidence-Based Postpartum Information: Development and Validation Study.

Background: 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.

Impact of the SARS-CoV-2 pandemic on urinary incontinence and quality of life of nulliparous women.

Objectives: 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.

Evaluation of the female pelvic floor with infrared thermography: a cross sectional study.

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.

How congenital Zika virus impacted my child's functioning and disability: a Brazilian qualitative study guided by the ICF.

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.

Prevalence and factors associated with chronic back problem in women of childbearing age.

Chronic Back Problem (CBP) is a public health concern. In Brazil, data from the National Health Survey (PNS) estimated 27.0 million people (18.

Linking of assessment scales for women with urinary incontinence and the International Classification of Functioning, Disability and Health.

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.