Educational intervention on perceived stress among adults with type 2 diabetes and metabolic syndrome: a non-randomized clinical trial.

Objective: To assess the effectiveness of an educational intervention on perceived stress and metabolic syndrome parameters among adults with type 2 diabetes mellitus.

Method: Fifty-one adults (aged 48.73±7.

Sexual function positively correlated with older adults' sexuality and quality of life.

Objectives: to analyze sexual function and its correlation with sexuality and quality of life in male older adults.

Methods: a cross-sectional study, developed with 231 male older adults. Participants completed four instruments to obtain biosociodemographic data, sexual function, sexuality and quality of life.

Work-related musculoskeletal disorders among schoolteachers.

Introduction: Teachers belong to a risk group for the onset of musculoskeletal disorders, which may be justified by some work-related factors, with a direct impact on their lives.

Objectives: To evaluate the occurrence of musculoskeletal disorders among elementary school teachers in Jequié, state of Bahia, Brazil, and to investigate the association of these disorders with sociodemographic, occupational, organizational and health variables.

Methods: A cross-sectional epidemiological study with a sample of 304 elementary school teachers in Jequié.