Análise da qualidade de vida de indivíduos com parkinson que apresentam sintomas de vertigem / Analysis of the quality of life of individuals with parkinsonism who present symptoms of vertigo

Percepção De Nutrizes Acerca De Sua Qualidade De Vida Percepción De Mujeres Que Amamantan Acerca De Su Calidad De Vida

Women usually describe breastfeeding as a period of high physical and emotional distress. The objective of this study is to understand the perception that nursing mothers' supported in a Primary Health Care Clinic located in the city of São Paulo have about their quality of life (QL). This is an exploratory qualitative study. Participants were 202 nursing mothers, who answered the Instrument of...

Quality of life of patients with paucibacillary leprosy Qualidade de vida em pacientes com hanseníase paucibacilar

BACKGROUND Leprosy, an infectious disease caused by Mycobacterium leprae, can affect the skin and the peripheral nervous system and, depending on the level of involvement, it can lead to severe deformities. Leprosy is classified into two major groups: paucibacillary (up to five lesions) and multibacillary (more than five lesions). The deformities that appear during the progress of the disease c...

Quality of life in patients with Charcot-Marie- Tooth disease type 1A Análise da qualidade de vida de pacientes com a doença de Charcot-Marie-Tooth tipo 1A

Charcot-Marie-Tooth disease (CMT) or hereditary motor and sensory neuropathy (HMSN) is the most common inherited neuropathy with an estimated prevalence of 40 in 100,000 people1. It belongs to a large, heterogeneous, and complex group of genetically determined neuropathies with autosomal dominant, autosomal recessive, or X-linked inheritance. At least 51 genes have already been associated with ...

WHOQOL-OLD assessment of quality of life in elderly patients with Parkinson’s disease: influence of sleep and depressive symptoms Qualidade de vida (WHOQOL-OLD) em idosos com doença de Parkinson: influência de sintomas do sono e depressivos

Objective: Parkinson’s disease is a neurodegenerative disease with a number of motor and non-motor features that can affect quality of life. In this study, we aimed to assess quality of life, as well as to evaluate the potential determinants of quality of life, such as sleep quality, motor and depressive symptoms, in elderly patients with Parkinson’s disease. Method: This was a cross-sectional ...

Quality of Life of Pregnant Women Living with HIV/AIDS Qualidade de vida de gestantes vivendo com HIV/Aids