Pain prevalence, socio-demographic and clinical features in patients with chronic ulcers.

Chronic wounds are considered a worldwide epidemic and pain is the most frequently symptom referred by the patients who have this type of wound. The aim was to assess the prevalence of pain in chronic wounds and relate socio-demographic and clinical variables to pain. This is an analytical cross-sectional study, carried out in Basic Health Units (BHU), Family Health Strategy (ESF) and in a university hospital in two cities of Minas Gerais.

Use of the Portuguese version of the educational material "your pelvic floor" among Brazilian teenagers.

Aims: To evaluate the use of the Portuguese version of the booklet "Your Pelvic Floor" as educational material, among Brazilian teenagers. The original version in English, directed to teenage audience, was developed by members of the Association for Continence Advice, in 2009.

Methods: This quasi-experimental study was carried out at a non-governmental organization (NGO, São Paulo, Brazil) that develops continuing education programs for low-income girls aged eight to eighteen years old.