ABSTRACT Objective: to verify the difference of mean or median in scores family functionality and burden caregivers people with mental disorders. Methods: cross-sectional study carried out a Psychosocial Care Center 61 caregivers. Instruments were used for sociodemographic characterization, care process, Family Apgar Index Burden Interview Schedule. Mean/median tests adopted. Results: women dis...

Previously scheduled production plans frequently need to be updated because of demand uncertainty. After making a comprehensive de"nition of nervousness which includes costs for changes in production schedule and quantity, we suggest three methodologies. Two methods are modi"ed versions of very well-known methods: the Wagner}Whitin algorithm and the Silver}Meal heuristic. However, our de"nition...

Beliefs about personal capability have been shown to affect performance. Lowered ability expectations due to older age may themselves contribute to a decline in performance. In the present study, we investigated whether enhancing older adults' performance expectancies would facilitate the learning of a novel balance task. In Experiment 1, providing older women (71 years) with fabricated feedbac...

BACKGROUND The validity of children's self-reports on medicine use has not been reported. OBJECTIVE To determine the agreement between parents' and children's reports of medicine use for 5 common complaints and to analyze predictors for disagreement. METHODS We used the child-parent validation survey from the research project Health Behaviour in School-Aged Children. Three hundred ninety-th...

The use of caffeine containing energy drinks has dramatically increased in the last few years, especially in the sport context because of its reported ergogenic effect. The ingestion of low to moderate doses of caffeinated energy drinks has been associated with adverse side effects such as insomnia or increased nervousness. The aim of the present study was to assess psycho-physiological changes...

The paper presents the conceptual framework surrounding the category of nervousness in Brazilian psychiatry in the early twentieth century as represented in an article by Henrique Roxo published in Arquivos Brasileiros de Psiquiatria, Neurologia e Medicina Legal in 1916, and contextualizes it in the history of psychiatric classifications and representations about nerves and the nervous system. ...

no signs of emerging in response to this pressure, I turned to capsulotomy. And though I do not consider myself an over-nervous surgeon, I confess to have felt a slight feeling of nervousness in every case. The majority of surgeons still adhere to the old operation^ in spite of secondary cataracts. Mr. Eason in the Lancetof July 29th, 1911, gives 30?50 per cent, as the average rate of secondary...

1. What are the signs and symptoms of hyperthyroidism? General: Heat intolerance, perspiration, flushing, tremor, sleep disturbance, or hair loss. Psychological: Nervousness, emotional lability, anxiety, aggressiveness, or delusions. Cardiovascular: Palpitations, tachycardia, or supraventricular dysrhythmias. Respiratory: Breathlessness or hoarseness. Gastrointestinal: Increased appetite, weigh...