RESUMO JUSTIFICATIVA E OBJETIVOS: A gravidez é caracterizada por um período em que o organismo da mulher sofre diversas alterações. Entre 50 e 80% das gestantes referem dor na região lombar, podendo interferir diretamente sobre a sua qualidade de vida. O objetivo deste estudo foi determinar a prevalência de lombalgia e a interferência na qualidade de vida de gestantes atendidas na Estratégia de Saúde da Família da Cidade de Cabo Frio. MÉTODOS: Pesquisa de campo, transversal realizada com gestantes, entre a 13ª e 36ª semana de gestação, que apresentavam dor na região lombar, assistidas em um programa de pré-natal de baixo risco. Foi aplicado um questionário sócio demográfico, questionários de Roland Morris e WHOQOL-bref, para avaliar a lombalgia e a qualidade de vida, respectivamente. Foi utilizada estatística descritiva e o teste de correlação de Spearman e o valor de p<0,05 foi considerado para significância estatística. RESULTADOS: Participaram do estudo 139 gestantes assistidas no programa de atendimento pré-natal. Idade média de 24,4±7,65 anos. Houve correlação significativa entre os domínios do questionário de qualidade de vida (domínio físico p<0,000; domínio psicológico p<0,004 domínio meio ambiente p<0,022; domínio relação social p<0,0025 e qualidade devida geral p<0,000) com o questionário Roland Morris. Houve correlação entre as semanas de gestação e o questionário Roland Morris (p<0,005). Quanto as semanas de gestação e o questionário de qualidade de vida só houve correlação com o domínio relação social (p<0,025). CONCLUSÃO: A lombalgia interfere na qualidade de vida das gestantes pesquisadas.

ABSTRACT BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES: Pregnancy is characterized by a period when women's body suffers different changes. Between 50 and 80% of pregnant women refer low back pain, which may directly interfere with their quality of life. This study aimed at determining the prevalence of low back pain and its interference with quality of life of pregnant women assisted in the Family Health Strategy of the City of Cabo Frio. METHODS: Field cross-sectional study with pregnant women between the 13th and 36th week of gestation, with low back pain, assisted in a low risk pre-natal program. A demographic questionnaire, Roland Morris and WHOQOL-bref questionnaires were applied to evaluate low back pain and quality of life, respectively. Descriptive statistics and Spearman correlation tests were used and p<0.05 was considered statistically significant. RESULTS: Participated in the study 139 pregnant women assisted by the pre-natal assistance program. Mean age of 24.4±7.65 years. There has been significant correlation between quality of life domains questionnaire (physical domain p<0.000, psychological domain p<0.004, environmental domain p<0.022; social relations domain p<0.0025 and overall quality of life p<0.000 and Roland Morris questionnaire. There has been correlation between weeks of gestation and Roland Morris questionnaire (p<0.005). As to weeks of gestation and quality of life questionnaire there has only been correlation in the social relation domain (p<0.025). CONCLUSION: Low back pain interferes with quality of life of studied pregnant women.

INTRODUCTION: The term quality of life (in Portuguese, Qualidade de Vida; QV) has been expanded and modified over the years and has come to signify social development in terms of education, health, and leisure as well as economic issues. OBJECTIVE: To analyze the perception of QV in adolescents with hearing and visual impairments and the effects of socio-demographic characteristics on the domains of QV. METHODS: This descriptive series study comprised 42 adolescents aged 10 to 19 years who were students at Recife's state schools. The World Health Organization Quality of Life-Abbreviated questionnaire was used to evaluate QV. The data were analyzed using descriptive statistics and the Mann-Whitney and Kruskal-Wallis tests with a significance level of p < 0.05. RESULTS: The global perception of QV was higher among adolescents with visual impairments than among those with hearing impairments. Among the individual components of QV, the environment domain garnered the lowest scores independent of the type of impairment. The subjects with visual impairments reported higher scores for social relationships, while the psychological domain scored higher among those with hearing impairments. The students integrated into normal classrooms perceived better QV in the psychological and social relationships domains than did those who sat in special classrooms. CONCLUSION: The environmental domain was the worst component of the QV of handicapped adolescents, suggesting a need for greater investments in policies to improve the QV of this population.

In this paper, we showed for the first time that the conserved domains within Schistosoma mansoni ATP diphosphohydrolase isoforms, shared with potato apyrase, possess epitopes for the IgG1 and IgG4 subtypes, as 24 (80%) of the 30 schistosomiasis patients were seropositive for this vegetable protein. The analyses for each patient cured (n = 14) after treatment (AT) with praziquantel revealed variable IgG1 and IgG4 reactivity against potato apyrase. Different antigenic epitopes shared between the vegetable and parasite proteins could be involved in susceptibility or resistance to S. mansoni AT with praziquantel and these possibilities should be explored.

This is a documentary, retrospective and quantitative study that aims to determine the reasons for cancelling elective surgery at a University Hospital of Rio de Janeiro. It aims to identify the number of elective surgeries cancelled in a period of nine months, considering emotional, physical and social implications for the clients, family and institution. The most frequent reason for cancelling a surgery was the relationship between customer and institution (27.4%). Lack of clinical conditions (24.5%), no show at the hospital (8.3%), lack of material (10.3%) and late hours (12%) were also mentioned as factors that interfere with the surgery. Apparently, some reasons could and should be controlled and restricted, leading to the recommendation of a systematic process of awareness in order to diminish surgical cancellation rates in this hospital

El presente estudio es documental, retrospectivo y cuantitativo y enfoca los factores determinantes para la suspensión de cirugías electivas en el quirófano de un hospital universitario de Río de Janeiro. Su objetivo era determinar el número de cirugías electivas suspendidas durante un recorte de tiempo de nueve meses, teniendo en cuenta y analizando determinantes de las repercusiones emocionales, físicas y sociales en los clientes, la familia y la institución. El resultado de la investigación mostró que en 27, 4% de las cirugías el factor determinante para su suspensión fue la relación entre el cliente y la institución. Además, la falta de condiciones clínicas (24, 5%), el no presentarse para la internación (8, 3%), la falta de material (10, 3%) y la hora avanzada (12%) fueron citados como factores que interfieren en el proceso que culmina con la cirugía. Es evidente que algunos de los factores determinantes de la cancelación de cirugías pueden y deben ser controlados y restringidos, lo cual llevaría a un procedimiento sistemático de concienciación de todos los involucrados en el proceso con miras a lograr una reducción en las tasas de suspensión de cirugías en la institución en cuestión

Este é um estudo documental, retrospectivo e de natureza quantitativa, que trata dos determinantes para as suspensões cirúrgicas eletivas em um centro cirúrgico de um hospital universitário do município do Rio de Janeiro. O objetivo foi identificar o quantitativo de cirurgias eletivas suspensas em um recorte temporal de nove meses, considerando e analisando determinantes sobre as implicações emocionais, físicas e sociais para clientes, familiares e instituição. O resultado da investigação apontou que 27, 4% das cirurgias suspensas tiveram como fator determinante as relações entre os clientes e a instituição. Além disso, a falta de condições clínicas (24, 5%), o não comparecimento para internação (8, 3%), a falta de material (10, 3%) e o adiantado da hora (12%) foram citados como fatores que interferem no processo que culmina numa cirurgia. Parece evidente que alguns determinantes para os cancelamentos cirúrgicos podem e devem ser controlados e restringidos, o que leva à recomendação de um sistemático procedimento de conscientização de todos os envolvidos no processo, a fim de que se alcance a diminuição dos índices de suspensão cirúrgica na instituição em questão