SELF PERCEPTION AND SELF CARE IN TREATMENT OF ARTERIAL HYPERTENSION: SCOPING REVIEW

Research question: What is the panorama of the use of self-care and self-perception in the treatment of arterial hypertension? Is physical therapy incluid in this process? Objective: identify and map the caracteristics of the approach to the use of self-perception and self-care in the treatment of arterial hypertension and if there is the participation of physical therapy in this process. Search strategy: P (population): hypertensive individuals C (concept): self care and self perception C (context): use of self-care and self-perception in the treatment of hypertensive individuals Data bases: PubMed, Scopus, CINAHL, Embase, LILACS, CAPES Theses and Dissertations Portal, DART-Europe E-Theses Portal, Electronic Theses Online Service (EThOS), Scientific Open Access Repository of Portugal (RCAAP), Trove, National ETD Portal, Theses Canada. Elegibility criteria: Texts available in full, in Portuguese, Spanish and English, research that presented the use or evaluation of self-care and self-perception in the treatment of patients with arterial hypertension. Mesh Terms: self-care, self care, care, Self, self-perception, self perception, Self-Perceptions, Perception, Self, Perceptions, Self, Self Perceptions, self concept, hypertension, high blood pressure, blood pressure, high, blood pressures, High, high blood pressures

Time trend of Brazilian hospital admissions and deaths due to asthma among children and teenagers, 1998-2019.

BackgroundAsthma is one of the most prevalent non-communicable diseases worldwide. The aim of this study was to characterize the distribution of Brazilian hospital admissions due to asthma among children and teenagers between 1998 and 2019, as well as to analyze hospital admission incidence and mortality rate during the period according to the geographic region, age group and gender.MethodsThis is a descriptive time trend study using secondary data regarding hospital admissions and lethality registered in the Brazilian System of Hospital Information of the Brazilian Public Health System (SIH/SUS) due to asthma (ICD-10) in subjects aged from 0 to 19 years old between 1998 and 2019. The following variables were collected: number and place of hospital admissions classified by the ICD-10, absolute values and frequency by age group, gender and lethality. Statistical analysis was performed by GraphPad Prism version 5.0 software.ResultsThe total number of hospital admissions due to asthma was 3,138,064. It was observed that children aged between 1 to 4 years, living in the Northeast region and males showed the highest number of hospitalizations. A 74.37% reduction over a 21-year period was found. The lethality rate found in the study was 0.06, with the highest rates being from the Northeast region, males and ConclusionHospital admissions were more prevalent in young children, male gender and in the Northeast region. A decrease of hospital admissions and lethality rate was observed in all groups over time. This profile is important for implementing government strategies to lower hospital admissions and decrease costs

Hospitalisations and fatality due to respiratory diseases according to a national database in Brazil: a longitudinal study

Background Respiratory diseases (RDs) cause millions of hospitalisations and deaths worldwide, resulting in economic and social impacts. Strategies for health promotion and disease prevention based on the epidemiological profile of the population may reduce hospital costs.Aim To characterise hospitalisations and deaths due to RDs in Brazilian adults above 20 years old between 2008 and 2021.Methods This ecological study used secondary data of hospitalisations and deaths due to RDs from the Hospital Information System of the Brazilian Unified Health System between 2008 and 2021. Data were grouped according to region, age group and sex. The period was divided into first (2008–2011), second (2012–2015) and third (2016–2019) quadrennia and one biennium (2020–2021), and all data were analysed using the GraphPad Prism; statistical significance was set at p<0.05.Results A total of 9 502 378 hospitalisations due to RDs were registered between 2008 and 2021. The south and southeast regions presented the highest hospitalisation and fatality rate, respectively, in the age group ≥80 years with no significant differences between sexes. Also, RDs caused 1 170 504 deaths, with a national fatality rate of 12.32%.Conclusion RDs affected the Brazilian population and impaired the health system, especially the hospital environment. The south/southeast regions were the most affected, and the ageing process contributed to the increased incidence of RDs

Sensory Deficits In Ipsilesional Upper-extremity In Chronic Stroke Patients.

Objective To investigate somatosensory deficits in the ipsilesional wrist and hand in chronic stroke patients and correlate these deficits with contralesional sensorimotor dysfunctions, functional testing, laterality and handedness.Methods Fifty subjects (twenty-two healthy volunteers and twenty-eight stroke patients) underwent evaluation with Semmes-Weinstein monofilaments, the sensory and motor Fugl-Meyer Assessment, the Nottingham Sensory Assessment in both wrists and hands and functional tests.Results Twenty-five patients had sensory changes in the wrist and hand contralateral to the stroke, and eighteen patients (64%) had sensory deficits in the ipsilesional wrist and hand. The most significant ipsilesional sensory loss was observed in the left-handed patients. We found that the patients with brain damage in the right hemisphere had better scores for ipsilesional tactile sensation.Conclusions A reduction in ipsilesional conscious proprioception, tactile or thermal sensation was found in stroke subjects. Right hemisphere damage and right-handed subjects had better scores in ipsilesional tactile sensation.73834-83