Fatigue and quality of life of health professionals in Primary Care during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Introduction: The COVID-19 pandemic brought about an important discussion about the health of primary health care workers who are subject to physical and psychological distress, which may initially be expressed by fatigue and change in quality of life.

Objectives: To verify the correlation between fatigue and quality of life of primary health care workers during the COVID-19 pandemic in Brazil inland.

Methods: Cross-sectional, quantitative study, with the application of three questionnaires: social and demographic; Fatigue Perception Questionnaire; World Health Organization Quality of Life instrument-Abbreviated version.

Exploring the Role of Neuroplasticity in Development, Aging, and Neurodegeneration.

Neuroplasticity refers to the ability of the brain to reorganize and modify its neural connections in response to environmental stimuli, experience, learning, injury, and disease processes. It encompasses a range of mechanisms, including changes in synaptic strength and connectivity, the formation of new synapses, alterations in the structure and function of neurons, and the generation of new neurons. Neuroplasticity plays a crucial role in developing and maintaining brain function, including learning and memory, as well as in recovery from brain injury and adaptation to environmental changes.

Knowledge, attitudes, and practices of primary health care professionals in coping with COVID-19 in Brazil: a cross-sectional study.

Introduction: The coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic has posed challenges to healthcare professionals, who needed to quickly adjust impacts on their work processes. Primary health care has become key to fighting the pandemic, as most mild cases seek primary care services as their point of first contact.

Objectives: To ascertain the knowledge, attitudes, and practices of health professionals working in primary health care in Brazil early in the COVID-19 pandemic.

[Sedentary behavior and association with multimorbidity and patterns of multimorbidity in elderly Brazilians: data from the Brazilian National Health Survey, 2019].

Sedentary behavior emerges as an important determinant of health in elderly persons, but its relationship to multimorbidity and its patterns in the Brazilian population have received little attention in epidemiological studies. Such associations can assist the elaboration of public policies aimed at modification of this behavior. This study thus aimed to assess the association between sedentary behavior and multimorbidity and its patterns in elderly Brazilians.