Educational intervention on perceived stress among adults with type 2 diabetes and metabolic syndrome: a non-randomized clinical trial.

Objective: To assess the effectiveness of an educational intervention on perceived stress and metabolic syndrome parameters among adults with type 2 diabetes mellitus.

Method: Fifty-one adults (aged 48.73±7.

Sexuality and its effects on older adults' depressive symptoms and quality of life.

Objectives: to analyze the effects of sexuality on depressive symptoms and quality of life in older adults.

Methods: a cross-sectional and analytical study, developed with 596 older adults, who completed four instruments for data collection. Data were analyzed using the Kruskal-Wallis test and Structural Equation Modeling, with a 95% Confidence Interval.

Is self-esteem associated with the elderly person's quality of life?

Objective: To analyze the association between self-esteem and quality of life in the elderly.

Methods: Cross-sectional web survey developed with 519 elderly people. Participants filled out three data collection instruments developed on the Google Forms platform and widely disseminated through all of Brazil.

Relationship between family functionality and the quality of life of the elderly.

Objective: To analyze the correlation between family functionality and the quality of life of the elderly.

Method: Sectional and correlational study conducted with 692 Brazilian elderly between July and October 2020. The elderly filled three instruments: biosociodemographic, family APGAR and WHOQOL-Old.

Association between common mental disorders and quality of life in older adults.

Objective: to analyze the association between common mental disorder and quality of life in older adults.

Method: cross-sectional study developed with a total of 721 Brazilian older adults between July and October 2020. Participants completed three instruments to assess bio sociodemographic, mental health and quality of life data.

Association between sexuality and quality of life in older adults.

Objective: To analyze the association between the experiences of sexuality and quality of life in older adults.

Method: Cross-sectional study developed with a total of 300 older adults living in northeastern Brazil. Data collection was carried out entirely online between August and October 2020.

Implications of self-reported fragility on the quality of life of older adults: a cross-sectional study.

Objective: To analyze the association between self-reported fragility and quality of life in older adults.

Method: Cross-sectional study carried out with Brazilian older adults between July and October 2020. Three instruments were applied to obtain bio sociodemographic, frailty data and quality of life.

[Repercussions of the prevalence of metabolic syndrome on adults and elderly people in the context of primary health care].

Objective: To identify the prevalence of metabolic syndrome in users of the hypertension and diabetes mellitus program at a Health Center in Jequié City, Bahia, Brazil.

Materials And Methods: This is a descriptive cross-sectional study. The sample consisted of 100 patients enrolled in HIPERDIA.

[Correlation of living will, bioethics, professional activity and patient autonomy].

Objective: To analyze the correlation between living will and bioethical aspects, professional performance and patient autonomy.

Methods: Theoretical reflection after a search conducted in the Virtual Health Library, PubMed and SciELO databases, using the words "living will", "right of the patient", "bioethics", "personal autonomy" and "health professional", as well as the corresponding terms in Portuguese. Based on the reading, abstracts that met the proposed objective were selected and full texts were subsequently consulted and read critically to support this reflection.

[Impact of factors associated with quality of life in nurses of intensive care units].

Objective: To evaluate factors associated with the quality of life of intensive care nurses.

Methods: Cross-sectional, exploratory, descriptive study developed in three intensive care units of a public hospital of Salvador, Bahia, Brazil, between January and May 2013. The study sample consisted of 40 nurses.