Effects of aquatic exercise on mental health, functional autonomy and oxidative stress in depressed elderly individuals: A randomized clinical trial

OBJECTIVES: The aim of this study was to investigate the effects of aquatic exercise on mental health, functional autonomy and oxidative stress parameters in depressed elderly individuals. METHODS: Initially, ninety-two elderly individuals were included in the study and were allocated into the depression group (n=16) and nondepression group (n=14). Both groups engaged in the aquatic exercise program for 12 weeks, including two weekly sessions (45 min/session) at a low intensity (between 50% and 60% of maximal heart rate or Borg scale scores of 13 to 14) throughout the intervention. All outcomes were evaluated at baseline and 12 weeks later. RESULTS: The patients were 63.5±8.8 years old. The following scores were decreased after training in the depressed group: depression (53%), anxiety (48%), and Timed Up & Go (33%). The following scores increased: Berg Balance Scale (9%) and flexibility (44%). Regarding the blood-based parameters, there were decreases in protein carbonylation (46%) and nitric oxide (60%) and increases in glutathione (170%) and superoxide dismutase (160%) in the depression group (po0.005). CONCLUSIONS: The aquatic exercise program reduces depression and anxiety, improves functional autonomy and decreases oxidative stress in depressed elderly individuals

Oficina da palavra: literatura, infância e cultivo da atenção

Este artigo apresenta uma pesquisa-intervenção participativa, realizada no Centro de Atenção Psicossocial Infantojuvenil (Capsi), de Vitória/ES, Brasil. Durante mais de dois anos, realizamos uma oficina literária com crianças desse serviço: a “Oficina da Palavra”. Sustentando-nos pela estratégia da Gestão Autônoma da Medicação (GAM), construímos um espaço de expressão e cogestão com crianças, no qual pudéssemos conversar sobre diagnóstico, medicação e tratamento, entendendo cada um desses vetores em constante diálogo com aquilo que compõe a vida e o dia a dia infantil: a escola, a família, as brincadeiras, o corpo. Assim, refletimos sobre a importância da literatura no acesso e reinvenção da experiência infantil. Trazemos cenas e pistas de nosso trabalho com as crianças que demonstram que o cultivo atencional assumiu uma função relevante na construção de um espaço potente de expressão e das transformações das relações tutelares estabelecidas com a criança, construindo outras possibilidades de relação consigo e com o mundo

Oficina da palavra: literatura, infância e cultivo da atenção

Este artigo apresenta uma pesquisa-intervenção participativa, realizada no Centro de Atenção Psicossocial Infantojuvenil (Capsi), de Vitória/ES, Brasil. Durante mais de dois anos, realizamos uma oficina literária com crianças desse serviço: a “Oficina da Palavra”. Sustentando-nos pela estratégia da Gestão Autônoma da Medicação (GAM), construímos um espaço de expressão e cogestão com crianças, no qual pudéssemos conversar sobre diagnóstico, medicação e tratamento, entendendo cada um desses vetores em constante diálogo com aquilo que compõe a vida e o dia a dia infantil: a escola, a família, as brincadeiras, o corpo. Assim, refletimos sobre a importância da literatura no acesso e reinvenção da experiência infantil. Trazemos cenas e pistas de nosso trabalho com as crianças que demonstram que o cultivo atencional assumiu uma função relevante na construção de um espaço potente de expressão e das transformações das relações tutelares estabelecidas com a criança, construindo outras possibilidades de relação consigo e com o mundo

Pervasive gaps in Amazonian ecological research

Biodiversity loss is one of the main challenges of our time,1,2 and attempts to address it require a clear un derstanding of how ecological communities respond to environmental change across time and space.3,4 While the increasing availability of global databases on ecological communities has advanced our knowledge of biodiversity sensitivity to environmental changes,5–7 vast areas of the tropics remain understudied.8–11 In the American tropics, Amazonia stands out as the world’s most diverse rainforest and the primary source of Neotropical biodiversity,12 but it remains among the least known forests in America and is often underrepre sented in biodiversity databases.13–15 To worsen this situation, human-induced modifications16,17 may elim inate pieces of the Amazon’s biodiversity puzzle before we can use them to understand how ecological com munities are responding. To increase generalization and applicability of biodiversity knowledge,18,19 it is thus crucial to reduce biases in ecological research, particularly in regions projected to face the most pronounced environmental changes. We integrate ecological community metadata of 7,694 sampling sites for multiple or ganism groups in a machine learning model framework to map the research probability across the Brazilian Amazonia, while identifying the region’s vulnerability to environmental change. 15%–18% of the most ne glected areas in ecological research are expected to experience severe climate or land use changes by 2050. This means that unless we take immediate action, we will not be able to establish their current status, much less monitor how it is changing and what is being lostinfo:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersio

Pervasive gaps in Amazonian ecological research

Biodiversity loss is one of the main challenges of our time,1,2 and attempts to address it require a clear understanding of how ecological communities respond to environmental change across time and space.3,4 While the increasing availability of global databases on ecological communities has advanced our knowledge of biodiversity sensitivity to environmental changes,5,6,7 vast areas of the tropics remain understudied.8,9,10,11 In the American tropics, Amazonia stands out as the world's most diverse rainforest and the primary source of Neotropical biodiversity,12 but it remains among the least known forests in America and is often underrepresented in biodiversity databases.13,14,15 To worsen this situation, human-induced modifications16,17 may eliminate pieces of the Amazon's biodiversity puzzle before we can use them to understand how ecological communities are responding. To increase generalization and applicability of biodiversity knowledge,18,19 it is thus crucial to reduce biases in ecological research, particularly in regions projected to face the most pronounced environmental changes. We integrate ecological community metadata of 7,694 sampling sites for multiple organism groups in a machine learning model framework to map the research probability across the Brazilian Amazonia, while identifying the region's vulnerability to environmental change. 15%–18% of the most neglected areas in ecological research are expected to experience severe climate or land use changes by 2050. This means that unless we take immediate action, we will not be able to establish their current status, much less monitor how it is changing and what is being lost

Effect of aquatic exercise on mental health, functional autonomy, and oxidative dysfunction in hypertensive adults

The aquatic exercise is an effective non-pharmacological therapy for prevention and control of hypertension. The objective of the present study was to investigate the effect of aquatic exercise on mental health, functional autonomy, and oxidative dysfunction in hypertensive adults. Methodologically 29 adults (mean age 53 ± 7.5 years) were included in the study, and were randomly grouped as hypertensive (n = 16) and non-hypertensive (n = 13). Both groups underwent low-intensity aquatic exercise program for 12 weeks. Outcomes were evaluated at week 0 and 12. The values for the following parameters decreased in the hypertensive group post training: anxiety (−6.2 ± 2 score; 60%), Timed Up and Go test (−7.4 ± 0.3 sec; 30%), protein carbonylation (−0.15 ± 0.03 nmol/mg protein; 50%), nitric oxide (12.4 ± 6 nmol/mg protein; 62%), interleukin-6 (−27.6 ± 5.7 pg/mg protein; 46%), and tissue necrosis factor-alpha (−52.4 ± 3.8 pg/mg protein; 40%); however, the values of the following parameters increased before training: Berg score (56 ± 2; 7.8%), flexibility (27 ± 1 cm; 71%); glutathione (3.1 ± 1.3 nmol/mg protein; 138%), and superoxide dismutase (1.6 ± 0.4 nmol/mg; 166%). In conclusion, we suggest that low-intensity aquatic exercise program improved anxiety, functional autonomy, and oxidative dysfunction in hypertensive adults

Resumos concluídos - Saúde Coletiva

Resumos concluídos - Saúde Coletiv