background and objectives: hemodialysis (hd) is one of the therapeutic modalities patients. since inadequate dialysis increases mortality and morbidity of patients, therefore, assessment of dialysis adequacy is clinically important. for this reason, hemodialysis adequacy was determined in patients undergoing maintenance hd at the mostafa khomeini hospital, tehran, iran. materials and methods: t...

Purpose To investigate the capacity for self-monitoring reading comprehension in Brazilian Elementary School students. Methods Fifty-three Elementary students in the 5th and 9th grades from two Public Schools in the city of São Paulo were assessed. They were selected based on their oral reading rate and grouped according to their performance in reading comprehension in the following categorie...

Illiteracy has become an increasingly important problem, especially as it relates to health care. A national survey found that almost half of the adult population has deficiencies in reading or computation skills. Literacy is defined as the basic ability to read and speak English, whereas functional health literacy is the ability to read, understand, and act on health information. Up to 48% of ...

OBJECTIVES To investigate the relationship between functional health literacy and glycaemic control in a sample of older patients with type 2 diabetes. DESIGN Cross-sectional study. SETTING A government-financed outpatient geriatric clinic in São Paulo, Brazil. PARTICIPANTS 129 older patients with type 2 diabetes, a mean (SD) age of 75.9 (6.2) years, a mean glycosylated haemoglobin (HbA1c...

AIM The aim of this study was to investigate the quality of endodontic and coronal restorations and the association with periapical status in a Danish population. METHODOLOGY A total of 614 randomly selected individuals (20-60+ years of age) from Aarhus County had a full-mouth radiographic examination. The quality of endodontic and coronal restorations and the periapical status of endodontica...