Chronic Physical Illness
Mostrando 13-24 de 43 artigos, teses e dissertações.
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13. QUANDO UM ?RG?O DELIBERA A FRONTEIRA ENTRE A VIDA E A MORTE: representa??es sociais de portadores de cirrose hep?tica.
The hepatic cirrhosis is a chronic illness caused by diverse etiologic agents. Of these, the main are the viral hepatitis and the alcohol, problems of public health and of high social cost. This study had as objectives: describe the clinical and epidemiologic characteristics of bearers of hepatic cirrhosis by alcohol and hepatitis: apprehend the social repre
Publicado em: 2008
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14. Investigação das características psicodinâmicas de crianças obesas e de seus pais / Obese Children and their parents: Investigation of psychodynamic characteristics.
Obesity is a chronic illness that reaches thousands of people. Being considered of high risk and with serious consequences for the physical and mental health, its incidence in childhood became an important subject to be investigated and related to its possible damage in individual, family and social levels. Considering this, the present aimed to contribute f
Publicado em: 2007
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15. Effects of chronic and prolonged solar radiation in immunologic system of fishermen from Recife, Brazil / Efeitos da radiação solar crônica e prolongada sobre o sistema imunológico de pescadores do Recife
Introduction: The ultraviolet radiation effects on the human immunological system are highly complex, disturbing some components of immune response. Objective: The objective of this study was to evaluate the clinical, histopathological and immunological effects from solar radiation in male fishermen with more than 10 years of uninterrupted activity. Methods:
Publicado em: 2007
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16. PREVALÊNCIA DE TRANSTORNOS MENTAIS COMUNS E FATORES ASSOCIADOS EM ADULTOS DA CIDADE DE PELOTAS, RS.
A cross-sectional population-based study was conducted to identify the prevalence of common mental disorders (CMD) and verify its association with chronic illnesses and the declared number of chronic conditions. The Self-Report Questionnaire (SRQ-20) was applied in a multi-stage random sample of 1276 adults aged 40 and older. Socio-demographic, behavioral an
Publicado em: 2006
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17. Cuidando de quem cuidava: as transformações familiares diante de condições crônicas incapacitantes na meia-idade
Due to the increase of the chronic illness and the medical resources that generate survivors of acute physical illness, the purpose of this research is to understand the impact of chronic illness situations on middle-age, especially in cases of incapacitation that requires a familiar functioning reorganization. Because of the complexity of these cases, the c
Publicado em: 2006
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18. Trajectory and emotional overload of the family of autistic children: maternal reports / "Trajetória e sobrecarga emocional da família de crianças autistas: relatos maternos".
Significant changes are made in a familys life cycle when one of the family members acquires the special condition of a chronic illness. One important factor to be taken into consideration is how the family faces a childs sickening, especially how mothers face their childs special condition. This study aimed to examine the emotional overload (stress an
Publicado em: 2005
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19. Headache complaints associated with psychiatric comorbidity in a population-based sample
The objective of the present study was to determine the frequency at which people complain of any type of headache, and its relationship with sociodemographic characteristics and psychiatric comorbidity in São Paulo, Brazil. A three-step cluster sampling method was used to select 1,464 subjects aged 18 years or older. They were mainly from families of middl
Brazilian Journal of Medical and Biological Research. Publicado em: 2003-10
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20. Trombocitemia Essencial
Essential thrombocythaemia is a chronic myeloproliferative disorder characterized by the proliferation of megakaryocytes in the bone marrow, leading to a persistent increase in circulating platelets. Apart from this increase (>600 x 10(9)/L) this disease also exhibits accentuated hyperplasia of the megakaryocytes in the bone marrow, splenomegaly and clinical
Revista Brasileira de Hematologia e Hemoterapia. Publicado em: 2001-04
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21. Conversando com a pessoa a ser amputada : uma contribuição a psicologia medica
The amputation of lower limbs is frequently indicaled as radical treatment for cronic arterial diseases. The amputee s psycho-social adaptation is deeply interwoven with the way the patient will react to the illness and face the surgery. This study aims at investigating and understanding the theories and feelings patients develop towards arterial disease. It
Publicado em: 1991
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22. Cognitive behaviour therapy in chronic fatigue syndrome.
Fifty patients fulfilling operational criteria for the chronic fatigue syndrome (CFS), and who had been ill for a mean of five years, were offered cognitive behaviour therapy in an open trial. Those fulfilling operational criteria for depressive illness were also offered tricyclic antidepressants. The rationale was that a distinction be drawn between factors
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23. Perceived Need for Mental Health Care Among Community-Dwelling Older Adults
Only half of older adults with a mental disorder use mental health services, and little is known about the causes of perceived need for mental health care (MHC). We used logistic regression to examine relationships among depression, anxiety, chronic physical illness, alcohol abuse and/or dependence, sociodemographics, and perceived need among a national samp
Oxford University Press.
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24. Newly identified psychiatric illness in one general practice: 12-month outcome and the influence of patients' personality.
BACKGROUND. Relatively little is known about the natural history and outcome of psychological problems in patients who present to general practitioners. Only a small proportion of such patients are seen by specialists. Clinical experience suggests that patient personality is one of the factors influencing outcome in patients diagnosed as having psychiatric i