A Pilot Intervention Study to Improve Sexuality Outcomes in Breast Cancer Survivors.

Objective: The main objective of the study is to assess the efficacy of the Permission, Limited information, Specific Suggestion, and sexual therapy (PLISSIT) model directly with breast cancer survivor (BCS) on sexual function and quality of life (QOL) domains.

Methods: A pilot control trial was conducted comparing the PLISSIT model intervention to usual care. The intervention was delivered by two health professionals (nurse and professional sexual therapist) consisted of five sessions on counseling, genitalia anatomy, human sexual response, and sexual function.

Nursing care systematization: perceptions and knowledge of the Brazilian nursing.

Objective: to present the perception and knowledge of Brazilian nursing nurses and academics regarding Nursing Care Systematization.

Method: a descriptive study, carried out in the first half of 2018.

Results: of the 596 respondents, 86% perceived Nursing Care Systematization as very important, but only 60.

Clinical Validation of the "Sedentary Lifestyle" Nursing Diagnosis in Secondary School Students.

This study clinically validated the nursing diagnosis of "sedentary lifestyle" (SL) among 564 Brazilian adolescents. Measures of diagnostic accuracy were calculated for defining characteristics, and Mantel-Haenszel analysis was used to identify related factors. The measures of diagnostic accuracy showed that the following defining characteristics were statistically significant: "average daily physical activity less than recommended for gender and age," "preference for activity low in physical activity," "nonengagement in leisure time physical activities," and "diminished respiratory capacity.

[Physical activity practice by adolescents from Fortaleza, CE, Brazil].

It aimed to learn the daily habits related to the physical activity practice among private state schools adolescents in Fortaleza-Brazil. We investigated 307 students between 12 and 17 years old from six private schools, in the months March to June 2007. We applied a form which recorded sedentarism, BMI, blood pressure and blood glucose.