Health related quality of life of patients undergoing oral anticoagulation therapy.

This is a descriptive cross-sectional study, which aimed to analyze the health related quality of life (HRQoL) and its relationship with gender, age, duration and indication for the use of oral anticoagulants. A total of 178 patients were interviewed and the HRQoL was assessed through eight domains of the SF-36. The descriptive statistics used were, the Student's t, ANOVA and Tukey's tests for the comparison of the means between the groups.

[Socio-demographic and clinical profile of patients using oral anticoagulants].

The purpose of this study is to investigate the socio-demographic, clinical and laboratory profile of individuals in the follow-up period due to the use of oral anticoagulants. This is a descriptive study, cross performed in the clinic of oral anticoagulation in a tertiary hospital in the state of São Paulo, Brazil. Data were collected through interviews and examinations of the patients' medical records.

Adaptation and validation of an oral anticoagulation measurement of treatment adherence instrument.

This methodological study adapted and analyzed the psychometric properties of the Measurement of Treatment Adherence (MTA) instrument for Brazilian users of oral anticoagulation therapy. Its final version was tested with 178 individuals. The average of answers for all questions ranged from 4.

[The path of domestic violence in the town of Ribeirão Preto].

This study aims at learning and characterizing the path of violence cases referred from the Center of Reference of Children and Adolescents (CRCA) to the Center of Attention to Victimized Children and Adolescents (CACAV) between 1997 and 2001. The investigation performed was exploratory and descriptive. 46.