[Sociodemographic and clinical characterization of men with prostate cancer].

Objective: To characterize socioeconomic, demographic, health and clinical aspects of men with prostate cancer in the state of Maranhão, Brazil.

Methodology: Prospective, descriptive primary study.

Results: Of 226 men with prostate cancer, 44.

Diabetes mellitus type 2: factors related to adherence to self-care.

Objectives: to analyze the sociodemographic and clinical variables related to the adherence to self-care activities in people with diabetes mellitus type 2.

Methods: quantitative, cross-sectional study, carried out with 270 people with diabetes from December 2019 to October 2020, in São Luís, Maranhão.

Results: the adherence to self-care was greater when it comes to medications (Md=7.

Survival of hemodialysis patients at a university hospital.

Introduction: Chronic Kidney Disease (CKD) is associated with high rates of morbidity and mortality, especially in dialyses population.

Objective: To determine the overall survival rate; the epidemiological and clinical profiles; the comorbidities and the variables associated with survival of the patients undergoing hemodialysis.

Methods: This is a longitudinal and descriptive study with 162 patients undergoing hemodialysis, at the University Hospital.