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RESUMO Objetivo: A Oftalmologia é a área médica dedicada a cuidar da saúde ocular dos indivíduos e está presente em todos os meios de atenção à saúde. Sua correta compreensão é imprescindível para o correto manejo das afecções oculares e visuais. O objetivo do estudo foi analisar o nível do conhecimento oftalmológico geral dos acadêmicos de Medicina que já cursaram a disciplina de Oftalmologia de uma universidade do Sul de Santa Catarina. Métodos: O estudo foi do tipo transversal. A coleta de dados se deu por meio da plataforma Formulários Google. Foram coletados 242 formulários de acadêmicos do 6° ao 12° semestre. Resultados: Verificou-se uma média geral de acerto de 32,7%, nenhuma questão obteve mais de 80% de acerto, e não houve relação entre o semestre do acadêmico com seu desempenho. O percentual de acerto entre o gênero feminino foi de 34,1% (143), contra 30,6% (99) do gênero masculino. Conclusões: Concluiu-se que o nível de conhecimento oftalmológico dos acadêmicos foi insatisfatório em todos os semestres analisados, e que medidas para subsidiar melhorias curriculares podem ser empregadas, visando um melhor conhecimento em Oftalmologia aos futuros médicos.

Resumo Objetivo analisar o Conhecimento, Atitudes e Práticas (CAP) dos profissionais de saúde, durante a assistência às pessoas idosas vivendo com demência em relação às situações de cuidado vivenciadas pelos cuidadores informais e a associação com fatores sociodemográficos e profissionais. Método estudo transversal e analítico, do tipo CAP, realizado no município de Tangará da Serra, Mato Grosso, Brasil, com 20 enfermeiros e 20 médicos das Unidades de Saúde da Família. Os dados foram coletados por meio de entrevista utilizando-se um instrumento desenvolvido a partir da literatura disponível sobre estudos CAP. Realizou-se análise descritiva e análise bivariada da associação entre as variáveis conhecimento, atitudes e práticas dos profissionais de saúde e as variáveis sociodemográficas e profissionais, utilizando o teste exato de Fisher, com nível de significância de 5%. Resultados os profissionais de saúde apresentaram conhecimento satisfatório e atitude favorável sobre as situações de cuidado vivenciadas pelos cuidadores informais de pessoas idosas vivendo com demência. Dos profissionais, 65% possuem práticas insuficientes direcionadas aos cuidadores, incluindo orientações, grupos de apoio e educação em saúde. Não houve associação significativa entre as variáveis conhecimento, atitudes e práticas e as variáveis sociodemográficas e profissionais. Conclusão embora os profissionais de saúde tenham conhecimento satisfatório sobre a situação de cuidado vivenciada pelos cuidadores e atitudes positivas em relação a eles, suas práticas se mostram insuficientes para atender suas necessidades, de forma a não contribuir para que os cuidadores possam lidar com as várias situações que o decorrer da doença ocasiona para a pessoa idosa e a eles.

Objetivo: Descrever o conhecimento e as práticas desenvolvidas por enfermeiras da atenção primária frente ao cuidado preventivo e curativo de úlceras em pés de pessoas diabéticas. Métodos: Trata-se de um estudo descritivo, realizado com 11 enfermeiras de um município do nordeste brasileiro. As entrevistas ocorreram em abril de 2022, guiadas por formulário semiestruturado. Para organização dos dados, foi seguido a análise de conteúdo temática. O estudo obedeceu aos aspectos éticos. Resultados: Emergiram quatro categorias: Conhecimento focado na úlcera em pé de pessoas diabéticas; compreendendo o risco para úlceras em pé de pessoas diabéticas; prática assistencial curativista da úlcera em pé de pessoas diabéticas; e, prática educativa permeada por dificuldades. Considerações Finais: O conhecimento das enfermeiras mostrou-se limitado e focado no acometimento da úlcera, sendo suas práticas pautadas na cura desta manifestação. Frente a isso, o estudo contribui para apontar a necessidade de ampliação do conhecimento e qualificação das práticas profissionais.

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Background: Breast cancer (BC) is a public health problem due to its incidence and mortality, with the possibility of prevention and early detection and consequent improvement of the prognosis through the actions of the Family Health Strategy (FHS). Objective: Investigate the knowledge, attitudes, and practices (CAP) of FHS professionals on actions to control BC recommended by the Ministry of Health and their association with sociodemographic and training characteristics. Method: Cross-sectional study with doctors and nurses from the FHS of Juiz de for a (MG, Brazil), using a self-administered structured questionnaire, in 2019. The data were analyzed using descriptive statistics, the chi-square test, and Fisher's exact test, with a significance level of 5%. Results: A total of 170 professionals (93.0%) were surveyed, with a predominance of females (74.1%), aged 30 to 49 years (47.9%), and undergraduates older than 20 years (45.8%). Adequate CAP was 75.6%, 61.8%, and 78.4%, respectively. They had more adequate knowledge, younger professionals with better practices, and professionals with more time since graduation. Conclusion: The study found important gaps in the process of continuing education for FHS professionals, resulting in a possible obstacle to better control of CM. The evaluation enables targeted health actions and better planning to face the CM. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

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Objetivo: analisar os saberes de mães ribeirinhas sobre vacinação e sua influência na prática de levar seus filhos para vacinar. Método: estudo qualitativo/descritivo, realizado na Unidade de Saúde da Família Combú, Belém-Pará, Brasil, com 30 mães ribeirinhas que tinham filhos em idade vacinal. Os dados foram produzidos por entrevistas individuais, cujo corpus foi analisado com o software Interface de R pour les Analyses Multidimensionnelles de Textes et de Questionnaires 0.7, alpha 2, utilizando a Classificação Hierárquica Descendente. Resultados: o software gerou seis classes, compondo duas categorias: “Saberes e práticas de mães ribeirinhas sobre vacinação” e “Importância da educação em saúde e o papel dos profissionais de saúde no compartilhamento de informações sobre vacinação”. Conclusão: discutir os saberes de mães ribeirinhas sobre vacinação e sua influência na tomada de decisão permitiu refletir criticamente sobre as práticas no cotidiano dessa população, oportunizando aos profissionais de saúde repensar estratégias, principalmente nas ações educativas.

Objective: To verify the students' perception about diabetes in public schools. Methods: Descriptive cross-sectional study, with students' interview to access their diabetes knowledge (signs and symptoms, food, and diabetes self-care at school). Content analysis was used for the open question, expressed by number of occurrences, and frequencies, means and standard deviations for the other results. Results: 302 students, with 9,1±1,5 years and 54% female. For "what is diabetes" there were 91 occurrences associated with negative consequences. For 95.4% of interviewees, people with diabetes cannot eat sweets, and for 32.8% diabetes is transmitted from person to person. Only 34.8% stated that the classmate with diabetes can participate in physical/recreational activities; and 32.1% replied that he/she could not have a snack with the others. Only 29.2% of the interviewees recognized that the classmate with diabetes would need to have something with sugar to eat/drink in case he/she feel bad. Conclusions: These results reinforce the need for action of diabetes education to improve students' knowledge and perception about diabetes in the school, as well as better management for students with this condition at that environment. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Objective: to present a situational diagnosis about the knowledge of health professionals about specific precautions. Methods: cross-sectional study, conducted in a philanthropic hospital in Minas Gerais, with 127 health professionals of higher education. For data collection, was used the instrument "Knowledge of health professionals on Specific Precautions" with 29 multiple choice questions, distributed in five thematic axes. Descriptive procedures and different statistical tests were performed for the analysis of the data. Results: the overall average number of correct answers was 64.7%. The thematic axis "Accommodation and structure" presented a significantly lower median number of correct answers (p<0.001) than the other axes. The axis "Epidemiological chain of transmission of microorganisms" presented a median of 60% and the axes "Environment Care" and "Communication" had a median of 66.7%. The highest median of correct answers occurred in the axis "Personal protective equipment (80%)". Conclusion: assertiveness was low in all thematic axes, which can compromise the quality and safety of the care provided. Thus, there is a need to promote educational actions with innovative strategies, sensitizing these professionals about the adoption of these precautionary measures. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Objective. To document Grenadian women's knowledge about cervical cancer and human papillomavirus (HPV) infection, as well as their attitudes towards primary cervical cancer screening methods. Methods. In this qualitative study, we used focus groups in Grenada to gather information concerning women's knowledge about, attitudes towards and perceptions of screening for cervical cancer and general knowledge about HPV. Ten focus groups comprising 73 participants representing 5 of the 6 parishes in Grenada were conducted with women aged 19--59. Participants were asked about pelvic exams, Pap smears, HPV, reasons for seeking or avoiding cervical cancer screening and how different modalities of testing might affect their decision-making. Responses were then coded and organized into common themes. Results. While many respondents had heard of HPV, far fewer knew about its causative role in cervical cancer, how to prevent HPV infection or testing for the high-risk HPV types that cause almost all cases of cervical cancer. Many participants were aware that cervical cancer screening was beneficial, but numerous barriers to obtaining that screening were noted, including concerns about privacy and stigma, potential discomfort, and the cost and inconvenience involved. Conclusions. Our findings have implications for future cervical cancer screening efforts in Grenada. Central to these efforts should be a focus on educating Grenadians about the role of HPV infection in cervical cancer and the importance of early detection through screening. In addition, addressing issues of stigma and privacy are key to eliminating cervical cancer in Grenada. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

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Objective: To characterize the knowledge and perceived attitudes toward pharmacologic interventions for light sedation in mechanically ventilated patients and to understand the current gaps comparing current practice with the recommendations of the Clinical Practice Guidelines for the Prevention and Management of Pain, Agitation/Sedation, Delirium, Immobility, and Sleep Disruption in Adult Patients in the Intensive Care Unit. Methods: This was a cross-sectional cohort study based on the application of an electronic questionnaire focused on sedation practices. Results: A total of 303 critical care physicians provided responses to the survey. Most respondents reported routine use of a structured sedation scale (281; 92.6%). Almost half of the respondents reported performing daily interruptions of sedation (147; 48.4%), and the same percentage of participants (48.0%) agreed that patients are often over sedated. During the COVID-19 pandemic, participants reported that patients had a higher chance of receiving midazolam compared to before the pandemic (178; 58.8% versus 106; 34.0%; p = 0.05), and heavy sedation was more common during the COVID-19 pandemic (241; 79.4% versus 148; 49.0%; p = 0.01). Conclusion: This survey provides valuable data on the perceived attitudes of Brazilian intensive care physicians regarding sedation. Although daily interruption of sedation was a well-known concept and sedation scales were often used by the respondents, insufficient effort was put into frequent monitoring, use of protocols and systematic implementation of sedation strategies. Despite the perception of the benefits linked with light sedation, there is a need to identify improvement targets to propose educational strategies to improve current practices. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Objective: To build and validate an instrument to investigate the knowledge, attitudes and practices of Brazilian university students about self-medication. Method: Methodological study carried out at a public university in the center of western Minas Gerais, Brazil. A committee of judges assessed clarity, relevance and comprehensiveness and the pre-test carried out with a target audience to assess understanding and acceptability. The content validity index (CVI) was used to assess the proportion of agreement and Cronbach's alpha coefficient (α) to measure reliability. Results: The instrument consisted of 38 items divided into three sections: characterization of participants (13 items); knowledge and practices of self-medication (3 items); and beliefs and attitudes (22 items). The mean CVI for all sections of the instrument was 0.97 and the Cronbach's alpha coefficient for the beliefs and attitudes section >0.70. Conclusion: The instrument was considered valid to assess knowledge, practice, beliefs and attitudes about self-medication in university students. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

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Introduction: Before the COVID-19 pandemic, research had shown high (and variable) prevalences of the use of Complementary and/or Alternative Medicine (CAM; eg., 70%), in adults and children, dependent, neverthless, on the type of practice. Objective: To characterize adults’ experience with conventional and non-conventional health (self-)care practices during the COVID-19 pandemic in Portugal. Method: After obtaining the necessary authorizations, between 1/10-27/11/2021, a total of 104 adults living in Portugal answered to a Google Forms questionnaire on health (self-)care practices. Results: As for the last time the participants performed any health (self-)care practice: - 47,6% evaluated the results they obtained as good and 14.3% as very good; - 59.5% were satisfied with that practice; - 27.1% considered it a non-conventional practice and 20% were not sure. In terms of health (self-)care practices: 65.2% reported using conventional and non-conventional practices. Among those who have ever used any non-conventional practice: - 50% did it using a professional and 33.9% by themselves and using a professional; - 48.4% use it rarely; - 17.9% started using it more frequently since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic; - 93.8% had never done it against the recommendation of a (conventional) health professional. Since the beginning of the pandemic: 11.2% had at least one appointment with a non-conventional health professional; and 4.1% had more appointments with non-conventional health professionals than with conventional health professionals. Regarding negative experiences with non-conventional practices, 89.7% never had any. Conclusions: Since: (a) participants were mostly satisfied with their last health (self-)care practice/its results, predominantly a conventional practice, even though the majority use both types of practices; (b) when using non-conventional practices, only a minority use it by themselves and the majority with some frequency; (c) its (generally rational) use did not increase considerably with the pandemic; and (d) few negative experiences were reported, these preliminary results are not alarming. Nevertheless, they do suggest a need to increase health care professionals’, non-conventional users’ and non-users’ knowledge about these practices to ensure patients’ safety.

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Objective: To describe knowledge, attitudes and practices related to toxoplasmosis in two districts of high prevalence in Armenia, Quindío. Methodology: descriptive study; the population of two districts of Armenia, Quindío were engaged. A self-administered questionnaire regarding knowledge, attitudes, and practices was applied. This tool included elements related to Toxoplasma gondii, its transmission pathways, general clinical, diagnostic and treatment aspects, as well as practices to prevent infection. The instrument was applied before and after an educational intervention. Frequencies were described as the number of correct answers before and after the intervention for each district. Results: 27 people participated, with an average age of 57 years. 59 % were women; 48 % had completed high school and 40.7 % had completed elementary school. Before the intervention, the knowledge of the causal agent was 22 %, while after the intervention, it was 92.3 % in district 1 and 81.8 % in district 6. After the intervention, about 90 % of participants recognized the retina as the main compromised structure and all participants recognized the consumption of boiled water as a protective factor. Conclusion: The knowledge regarding toxoplasmosis in the two districts was limited. After the educational intervention, there was an increase in the percentage of correct answers in most of the questions. New educational and public health interventions are recommended to assess the long-term effects of these interventions. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

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Os acidentes ofídicos são considerados um problema de saúde pública principalmente em áreas rurais. Na Amazônia, o problema é agravado devido às longas distâncias existentes entre os locais de ocorrência do acidente e o atendimento médico, que reforça a pratica do conhecimento popular no cuidado e o uso de plantas medicinais. O objetivo do estudo foi identificar o uso das plantas medicinais e práticas do cuidado utilizadas em acidentes ofídicos nas comunidades ribeirinhas do Município de Afuá-Pará, localizadas na Ilha do Maracujá, Brasil. Estudo exploratório, quantitativo, de amostragem não probabilística do tipo bola de neve, teve um total de 50 pessoas participantes, sendo a coleta realizada por meio de questionário com variáveis sociodemograficas, identificação do acidente ofídico, e de caracterização do uso das plantas e outras práticas culturais. Entre os acidentes ofídicos 82% ocorreram por jararaca (Bothrops sp.), a maioria no sexo masculino, e emmembros inferiores. As espécies vegetais utilizadas para o ofidismo são: Anacardium occidentale L., Annona muricata L., Manihot tripartita (Spreng.) Müll. Arg., Piper Peltatum L., Genipa americana L.. Quanto às práticas culturais a mais utilizadas foia urina com barro. O conhecimento da medicina tradicional dos ribeirinhos da Ilha do Maracujá é enraizado no processo de colonização do local, envolvendo a ida e vinda de moradores pelos rios da região. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

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Introdução: O suicídio é sério problema de saúde pública mundial, sendo a segunda principal causa de morte entre jovens de 15 a 29 anos. Embora o suicídio necessite de uma atenção especial dos profissionais de saúde que realizam cuidados a quem passou por esta experiência, evidencia-se que atitudes negativas como discriminação, descrédito e preconceito por parte desses profissionais podem influenciar negativamente nos cuidados prestados às pessoas que tentaram o suicídio. Objetivo: Analisar a percepção dos ingressantes do curso superior de enfermagem de uma instituição privada do Distrito Federal sobre a pessoa suicida. Material e Métodos: Tratou-se de uma pesquisa quantitativa, descritiva realizada entre outubro e novembro de 2019. Utilizou-se questionário sociodemográfico e acadêmico, e o Questionário Frente ao Comportamento Suicida (QUACS). Resultados: Participaram 80 estudantes sendo sua maioria do gênero feminino (85%), entre 18 e 20 anos (77,5%), autodeclarados brancos (50%), solteiros (97,5%), sem filhos (93,75%), dependentes financeiramente dos pais (81,25%), com renda familiar acima de 4 salários mínimos (38,75%) e estudantes do turno noturno (55%). Em relação ao QUACS, foi verificado que os estudantes apresentaram baixos sentimentos negativos em relação à pessoa suicida, baixa percepção à capacidade profissional frente ao suicídio e atribuíram a Deus o direito de tirar a vida de alguém. Conclusão: De maneira geral, os estudantes não apresentaram atitudes negativas perante o paciente suicida, conseguiram identificar sinais de ideação suicida, contudo se sentiram incapazes de prestar assistência à essas pessoas. Além disso, evidenciou-se atitudes moralistas e condenatórias em relação ao direito de uma pessoa de suicidar-se e uma forte correlação entre a vida e o dom divino.

To analyze the social representations of AIDS in people living with HIV who are attended at three municipal health centers. Descriptive, qualitative study, supported by the structural approach of the Theory of Social Representations. The scenarios were three Health Centers in Rio de Janeiro. 180 people living with HIV participated. Data collected through a sociodemographic questionnaire and with the technique of free evocation of words to the inducing term aids. Sociodemographic data were organized in an Excel spreadsheet. Evocation analysis was performed using the EVOC software. The central nucleus was integrated by the elements disease-normal, fear, bad, normal life and death. The maximum tree points out the lexicons disease-normal and prejudice as an indication of centrality. It demonstrates the existence of a process of change being operated, with the consolidation of the possibility of living with the disease, through elements that characterize the adaptation to the evolution of the new context of the syndrome. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

To analyze the prevalence of falls prevention practices among informal elderly caregivers and the associated factors. Cross-sectional study with 97 informal caregivers of elderly people from five Family Health Strategy units. Data collection took place in June and August 2017, using a validated questionnaire. In multivariate analysis, Poisson multiple regression was used. The prevalence of caregivers' fall prevention practices was 26.8%. The most preventive fall measures adopted and reported by caregivers were mainly to watch the elderly (57.7%), avoid loose carpets in the house (28.9%) and wet floors (23.7%), to guide the elderly to walk with caution (18.6%) and restrict the activities of the elderly (12.4%). Prevention practices were associated with the variables years of study (p = 0.027), marital status (p = 0.047) and attitudes of caregivers (p = 0.037). The prevalence of fall prevention practices performed by caregivers is low and needs to be encouraged by professionals. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Introduction: The Covid-19 pandemic has affected the emotional health of human resources in health care, despite having knowledge about the virus and its management, health care personnel, including nurses, have shown stress and fear of Covid-19. Objective. To describe and correlate the level of fear, stress, knowledge, attitudes and practices regarding Covid-19 in nursing students and recent graduates in Colombia. Method. A cross-sectional and analytical observational study was conducted in Colombia between October and November 2020. The instruments of fear, stress and knowledge, attitudes and practices regarding Covid-19 were answered online by 1621 nursing students and recent graduates. Results. A mean fear score of 20.69 ± 6.1 points, a mean stress score of 89.15 ± 29.5 points and relative frequencies above 80% for knowledge, attitudes and practices to Covid-19 were observed. Direct correlations were observed between knowledge and attitudes and, in turn, attitudes with the practice. Fear was inversely correlated with knowledge and directly correlated with Covid-19 stress. Conclusion. An adequate cognitive level is observed in nursing students and recent graduates, but an emotional deficiency in the Covid-19, in terms of stress and fear. It is necessary to establish mental health support strategies for this key population in the current and future control of health crisis situations. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Introduction: Oral hormonal contraceptives are among the contraceptive methods most used by women, when used correctly, it is highly effective, but for proper use, it is essential that they have adequate knowledge and attitudes about them. Objective: To build and validate an inquiry to assess knowledge, attitudes and practice on or use of oral hormonal contraceptive. Methods: Methodological study, which took place in two stages: construction of the survey and validation by expert judges. The content validity analysis was performed using the Content Validity Index (CVI). The judges evaluated each item individually, with respect to language clarity, practical relevance and theoretical relevance. The Research Ethics Committee approved the research. Results: In the integrative literature review, 34 publications were selected and their analysis allowed the identification of the three categories: knowledge, attitudes and practice regarding the use of oral hormonal contraceptives, which led to the construction of the survey with 34 questions. As for the CVI, most of the questions had a value greater than 0.8 (80.0%), which was used as a parameter. Regarding the total CVI per judge, 10 (83.3%) of them also had a value higher than 0.8. The total CVI of the survey was 0.86. Conclusions: The constructed survey proved to be a valid instrument for obtaining a situational diagnosis of the levels of knowledge, attitudes and practice of a given population that uses oral contraceptives. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

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RESUMO Introdução O hábito nutricional inadequado é considerado importante fator de risco para o desenvolvimento de doenças crônicas não transmissíveis (DCNT). O médico tem importante papel na modificação e melhoria do comportamento nutricional de seus pacientes e consequente melhoria da saúde. Neste contexto, é necessário mensurar, mediante instrumentos confiáveis, a atitude de estudantes e médicos sobre nutrição no atendimento a pacientes, para subsidiar intervenções educacionais que impactarão a prática clínica. Objetivo Traduzir, adaptar culturalmente e validar o instrumento Nutrition in Patient Care Survey (Nips), que avalia atitudes no cuidado nutricional na prática clínica, para ser utilizado na população de língua portuguesa falada no Brasil. Metodologia A versão original Nips em inglês inicialmente foi traduzida para a língua portuguesa e submetida a uma adaptação transcultural do vocabulário e da construção linguística. Esta versão foi retraduzida para o inglês. O questionário foi então aplicado para pré-teste em 30 estudantes de Medicina, com o intuito de eliminar dúvidas quanto à compreensão das perguntas. A versão final do instrumento adaptado foi aplicada a 400 estudantes de Medicina. Foi realizada a análise de confiabilidade e de validade, utilizando-se análise fatorial exploratória pelo método de extração de componentes principais e rotação Varimax Resultado Quatrocentos estudantes responderam a todas as perguntas do Nips e foram incluídos na análise. Após análise fatorial, foi definida a estrutura final da escala, que passou a ter 37 itens, em formato Likert de 1 (discordo totalmente) a 5 (concordo totalmente), divididos em dez fatores, diferentemente do observado na escala original, que apresenta cinco fatores. A consistência interna (alfa de Cronbach) para os dez fatores estudados foi superior a 0,60 na maioria deles, e o alfa de Cronbach geral foi superior a 0,50. Na análise de validade do construto, a maioria dos coeficientes de correlação se mostrou significativa (valores p < 0,005). Com essa estrutura, a escala proposta apresentou consistência interna entendida como favorável, explicando 58,93% das atitudes dos alunos em relação ao cuidado nutricional na assistência ao paciente. Conclusão A versão em português do instrumento Nips, após o processo de adaptação, mostrou-se útil e adequada para levantar informações relativas à atitude dos estudantes de Medicina no cuidado nutricional do paciente.

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In the field of studies of the Humanities and Social Sciences on Food, this manuscript problematizes the uses of dietary supplements as a sociocultural construction in the context of body practices. In the same way that the behavior of "eating" can be understood specifically from particular social groups in a given historical time, this essay discusses the relevance of the anthropological field for the analysis of the material and symbolic conditions of "taking" dietary supplements by practitioners of the fit culture. Thus, based on a narrative review, this manuscript aimed to analyze and discuss the emergence of the anthropological analysis to understand the relationships between body practices and dietary supplements, especially for professional health intervention. In general terms, this manuscript selected four arguments to support the theoretical and methodological potential of Anthropology for the health work profession regarding these products. In summary, this text considered that these substances intake reveals social experiences and practices that can be modulated, articulated, interpreted, and incorporated into the prescription or guidance in clinics or in the spaces of body practices. The study concludes that, due to the increase in the consumer market for these products, there is a need to defend a dialogical, affective, sensitive, integral, critical, reflective, emancipated professional intervention and, above all, human intervention on the supplementation process. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Objective: In the world it is estimated that 291 million women are carriers of Human Papillomavirus (HPV), and its importance is due to the association with cervical cancer. Thus, it is necessary to understand the level of knowledge of women who are at risk of developing the disease. Method: For this, a questionnaire was applied to women between 18 and 40 years old. Results: Most women (97.6%) know that HPV is related to cancer and 91.9% responded that HPV is a risk factor for cancer. As for the clinical manifestations, 60.3% had partially correct answers, what shows satisfactory knowledge on the subject. Of those interviewed, 79.8% also are acquainted to the HPV detection method. Conclusion: It is concluded that, despite the main information on the subject being sedimented, it is possible to perceive a great insecurity of the interviewees regarding their own knowledge. These data reinforce the need to build new articles and campaigns on the subject as a mean to increase the dissemination of information associating HPV with cancer in order to consolidate such knowledge. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Objective: To assess clinicians’ knowledge about pulmonary rehabilitation, and identify the barriers faced when referring patients with health insurance to pulmonary rehabilitation. Methods: This was a survey-based cross-sectional study conducted in 2019, at a private reference hospital in São Paulo, Brazil. Eligible participants were physicians registered with the following specialties: internal medicine, geriatrics, cardiology, pulmonology or thoracic surgery. Results: We collected 72 responses, and 99% of participants recognized chronic obstructive pulmonary disease as a potential indication for pulmonary rehabilitation; less often (75%), they listed interstitial lung disease, bronchiectasis and pulmonary hypertension. Most participants (67%) incorrectly associated pulmonary rehabilitation with lung function improvement, while 28% of cardiologists and 35% of internists/geriatricians failed to recognize benefits on mood disorders. Notably, 18% of participants recommended pulmonary rehabilitation only to patients on supplemental oxygen and 14% prescribed only home physical therapy, patterns more commonly seen among non-respiratory physicians. The three most perceived barriers to referral and adherence were health insurance coverage (79%), transportation to pulmonary rehabilitation center (63%) and lack of social support (29%). Conclusion: Financial, logistic and social constraints pose challenges to pulmonary rehabilitation enrollment, even for patients with premium healthcare insurance. Moreover, physician knowledge gaps may be an additional barrier to pulmonary rehabilitation referral and adherence. Providing continued medical education, incorporating automatic reminders in electronic medical records, and using telerehabilitation tools may improve pulmonary rehabilitation referral, adherence, and ultimately, patient care. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

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