Physical activity and perceived health in patients with coronary artery disease [Actividad física y salud percibida en pacientes con enfermedad coronaria]

Coronary artery disease is one of the main causes of morbidity and mortality in the world and associates with important emotional and social consequences. Physical activity seems to slow down the start and the progression of the cardiovascular illnesses but also presents benfits on psychosocial health. The present study is amied to analyze the relationship between the practice of physical activity and quality of life, psychological wellbeing and depression in patients with coronary illness. The sample was composed by 275 subjects, aged between 54 to 98 years. They were applied a Sociodemograpahic Questionnaire, the Questionnaire of Health SF-36, the Scale of Geriatric Depression (GDS), the Scale of Psychological Wellbeing (EBP) and the Yale Physical Activity Scale (YPAS). Results obtained indicated that the practice of physical activity associated in patients with coronary illness to an improvement in the distinct scales of the Questionnaire of Health SF-36 and in the Scale of Geriatric Depression, confirming his importance for the maintenance of health-related quality of life in these patients. © 2014: Servicio de Publicaciones de la Universidad de Murcia.Universidad Autónoma de Chil

Características produtivas, físicas e químicas de frutos de cultivares de pessegueiros sobre dois porta-enxertos no oeste do Estado de São Paulo Produtive and physical-chemical characteristics of peach cultivar fruits on two rootstocks on the western of São Paulo state

Objetivou-se avaliar as características físicas e químicas de seis cultivares de pessegueiros sobre os porta-enxertos Okinawa e Umê. O trabalho foi desenvolvido no Pólo Regional Alta Sorocabana-APTA, Presidente Prudente-SP, em 2004/2006. Foram avaliados a massa, comprimento, diâmetros sutural dos frutos, produção por planta, teor de sólidos solúveis (SS) e acidez titulável (AT). As avaliações permitiram concluir que os porta-enxertos influenciaram na massa dos frutos, tendo sobressaído o Umê, com frutos de maior massa média. Em 2006, ocorreu aumento significativo na produtividade de todas as cultivares, sobressaindo-se as cvs. Talismã e Doçura 2, com valores acima da média. A cv. Doçura 2 sobre 'Okinawa' destacou-se por reunir melhores características físicas dos frutos e produção por planta. As cvs. Talismã e Dourado 2 produziram frutos com maiores valores de massa, comprimento e diâmetro sutural, sobre os porta-enxertos 'Okinawa' e Umê. A cv. Tropical destacou-se pelos atributos de qualidade, independentemente do porta-enxerto.<br>The objective of the study was to evaluate the physical-chemical characteristics of six peach cultivars over the Okinawa and Umê rootstocks. The experiment was carried out at Polo Regional Alta Sorocabana-APTA, in Presidente Prudente, SP. The parameters evaluated were fruit mass,length, sutural diameter, yield per plant, soluble solids content and titratable acidity. The evaluations allowed to conclude that the rootstocks affected the mass of fruits, and Umê showed bigger average mass. In 2006, the results showed a significative increment of yield in all cultivars, and Doçura 2 cultivar when compared to Umê showed values above the average. Doçura 2 cultivar when compared to Okinawa root-stock was distinguished by congregating better fruit physical characteristics and yield per plant. Talismã and Dourado 2 cultivars showed fruits with bigger mass, length and sutural diameter of fruits.Tropical cultivar was distinguished by better quality characteristics, without depending on the root-stock