Frailty and quality of life: a cross-sectional study of Brazilian patients with pre-dialysis chronic kidney disease.

Purpose: Chronic kidney disease (CKD) induces frailty and worsens quality of life (QOL), even in the early stages of the disease and in young patients. However, there is a lack of knowledge about the relationship between frailty and QOL in CKD patients. Thus, we investigated this relationship in a sample of CKD patients.

The impact of training for day-care educators on childhood anaemia in nurseries: an institutional randomised clinical trial.

Objective: To test the impact of training for educators on the health of children enrolled in public and philanthropic day-care nurseries.

Design: A randomised, institutional, non-blind clinical trial was conducted. An educational intervention was performed in four day-care centres and the control group consisted of four other day-care centres.