Objective: To verify the relationship between the presence of proteinuria as a renal injury marker in elderly without history of systemic arterial hypertension and cardiovascular diseases. A cross-sectional study was developed from January 2014 to December 2019, through kidney disease prevention campaigns promoted by the Federal University of Ceará in the city of Fortaleza.
Methods: The sample consisted of 417 elderlies.
Mental health is an important conditioning factor of health in prevention, promotion, and surveillance practices in the intersectoral activity of workers' health. The goal of this study is to identify, in the scientific literature, risk factors and the promotion of wellbeing, both regarding workers' mental health. We approached workers' health in the field of management and research that provide the foundation, through a theoretical-methodological framework, for assistance and intersectoral policies applied to prevention and promotion of workers' wellbeing.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFBackground: An individual with diabetes mellitus (DM) has an approximately 25% risk of developing ulcerations and/or destruction of the feet's soft tissues. These wounds represent approximately 20% of all causes of hospitalizations due to DM.
Objective: To identify the factors for the development of diabetic foot ulceration (DFU) among individuals treated by the Brazilian public health system.