Knowledge and attitudes of nursing students regarding the sexuality of older adults: a quasi-experimental study.

Objectives: to compare the knowledge and attitudes of nursing students regarding sexual behavior and sexually transmitted infections (STIs) in older adults before and after an educational intervention.

Methods: this quasi-experimental study involved a convenience sample of 45 nursing students from a public university, conducted in three stages: pre-intervention, intervention, and post-intervention. A questionnaire was used to assess sociodemographic characteristics, academic training, and knowledge and attitudes on the topic.

Health beliefs and adherence of the elderly to fall prevention measures: a quasi-experimental study.

Objective: To evaluate the effect of an educational intervention on health beliefs and adherence of elderly people to fall prevention measures.

Methods: This is a quasi-experimental study, carried out at the Senior Citizens' Center. Sixty-eight elderly completed the intervention.

Factors associated with health dissatisfaction of elementary school teachers.

Objective: To evaluate factors associated with health dissatisfaction of public elementary school teachers.

Methods: Cross-sectional study conducted among teachers from a Midwest capital, in 2017. A self-administered questionnaire composed of a collection of validated instruments and additional questions was used.

Elderly caregiver: knowledge, attitudes and practices about falls and its prevention.

Objective: investigate the knowledge, attitudes and practices of informal elderly caregivers about falls and its prevention.

Method: this is a descriptive cross-sectional study conducted with 97 informal elderly caregivers residents in areas covered by five Health Strategy Units (ESF) in Cuiabá.

Results: more than half of the participants are aware of falls and identify them as a problem, as well as they identify some risk factors and prevention measures.

Malaria knowledge and treatment adherence in a Brazilian Amazon community.

Introduction: Malaria remains an important public health problem despite recent scientific breakthroughs regarding knowledge about malaria and treatment strategies. The objective of this study was to analyze malaria patients' knowledge about the disease, its treatment and prevention, linking it to drug treatment adherence.

Methodology: A descriptive, cross-sectional, epidemiological survey study was conducted in the district of Três Fronteiras-MT.

Factors associated with recurrent falls in a cohort of older adults.

Objective: To analyze the factors associated with recurrent falls in community-dwelling older adults from Cuiabá.

Methods: This is an epidemiological, prospective, concurrent cohort study with a two-year follow-up. In-home surveys were conducted in 2012 and 2013.

Incidence and predicting factors of falls of older inpatients.

OBJECTIVE To estimate the incidence and predicting factors associated with falls among older inpatients. METHODS Prospective cohort study conducted in clinical units of three hospitals in Cuiaba, MT, Midwestern Brazil, from March to August 2013. In this study, 221 inpatients aged 60 or over were followed until hospital discharge, death, or fall.

[Poor self-rated health and associated factors among elderly urban residents].

The purpose of this study was to examine the prevalence of bad self-rated health in the elderly and associated demographic and socioeconomic factors. This was an epidemiological, cross-sectional study. Data were collected through interviews using the BOAS (Brazil Old Age Schedule) questionnaire.

[Urinary incontinence in the prediction of falls in hospitalized elderly].

Objective: Analyzing the effect of urinary incontinence as a predictor of the incidence of falls among hospitalized elderly.

Method: Concurrent cohort study where 221 elderly inpatients were followed from the date of admission until discharge, death or fall. The Kaplan-Meier methods, the incidence density and the Cox regression model were used for the survival analysis and the assessment of the association between the exposure variable and the other variables.

Knowledge about hypertension and factors associated with the non-adherence to drug therapy.

Objectives: to identify the degree of knowledge of people with hypertension concerning the disease and to verify the factors associated with the non-adherence to anti-hypertensive drug therapy.

Method: Cross sectional study, involving 422 people. Data collection took place at their homes, between December 2011 and March 2012, through interviews using the following instruments: Medication Adherence Questionnaire (MAQ-Q), Medication Regimen Complexity Index (MRCI) and a guide with questions related to sociodemographic profile, satisfaction with healthcare service and knowledge about the disease.

Raising hypertensive patients' consciousness about treatment compliance.

Descriptive study with qualitative approach that aimed to understand the perspective of health professionals and hypertensive patients on their mutual interaction in the public health context, so as to analyze how this interaction contributes to non-compliance with treatment. Interviews with 15 health professionals and 10 hypertensive patients who interacted in public health units were carried out. In the interaction between the health professional and the hypertensive user, it was concluded that, in order to solve the problem of non-compliance with treatment from the part of the user, the health professional makes use of awareness strategies.

[Bibliographic production about adherence/non-adherence to therapy].

Critical analysis of the Latin American bibliographical production over the last 10 years regarding the adherence/non-adherence to treatment of people with chronic health problems: leprosy, tuberculosis, hypertension, diabetes and AIDS. Thirty six articles were analyzed identifying the variables: year of publication, publication area and kind of study. Most of the articles (27) were produced by professionals of the medical area, in epidemiological studies, and of the nursing area (7) in qualitative and quanti-qualitative studies.