Objetivo: Describir el perfil epidemiológico de las emergencias traumáticas asistidas por un servicio de urgencia prehospitalaria móvil en el Nordeste de Brasil. <br /><br />Métodos: Estudio documental y cuantitativo, realizado a partir de registros de asistencia de las urgencias entre enero y junio de 2014 y la muestra se compone de 1.960 fichas. Se utilizó un cuestionario estructurado para recopilación de datos y el análisis fue por estadística descriptiva. <br /><br />Resultados: Destacaron los Accidentes de Tráfico (AT) - 67,7%; caídas (17,1%); y perforación por armas de fuego (6,8%). La mayoría de los involucrados eran hombres (76,2%), encuadrados en el grupo de edad jóvenes adultos (46,6%) y el mayor número de ocurrencias fue el fin de semana (37,4%). De éstas, 58,1% tuvieron traumatismo leve y el 44,0% no sufrió politraumatismo. Se observó que hubo negligencia con respecto a la anotación de la escala de coma de Glasgow en 39,0% de los casos. <br /><br />Conclusión: Entre las emergencias traumáticas atendidas, los AT ocurrieron en mayor proporción en domingo, involucrando adultos jóvenes de sexo masculino. Se destaca que la negligencia de los profesionales en cuanto a las anotaciones básicas en losl registros de asistencia son responsables por generar dificultades para el desarrollo de la investigación. Y con respecto a los procesos judiciales, está claro que no hay soporte documental en cuanto a la asistencia prestada. <br /><br />

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Background: To analyze the quality of life of a group of elderly people enrolled in the Family Health Strategy of the Igapó neighborhood, in the city of Natal, Rio Grande do Norte, Brazil.Methods: This is a longitudinal study with a quantitative approach.The process of data collection occurred in two different moments. The instruments used to collect data were: "Questionnaire on sociodemographic data" and the "Brazilian Version of the Short Form-36 Quality of Life Questionnaire (SF-36)."Results: It was verified that most of them were women, with low purchasing power and low education level. There was a predominance of unmarried elderly individuals who did not perform work activities. Higher scores were identified for the emotional, physical and mental domains. In the first collection, lower scores regarding the general state of health and pain were observed. There were better percentages of improvement in the areas of General Health Status, Body Pain and Social Function and Physical Health dimension. The activities developed in the coexistence group together with the elderly were classified as educational, physical/functional and commemorative. Conclusion:This study showed higher scores in the physical, functional and mental aspects, where the autonomy of the elderly is directly related, reflecting an active aging favoring a better quality of life.

We aimed to compare the association of depression with aspects of quality of life (QoL) among older people users of primary health care (PHC) living in Brazil and Portugal.We carried out an observational, cross-sectional and comparative study with a quantitative approach in the PHC scope in Brazil and Portugal, where we obtained a nonrandom sample of 150 participants aged 65 years or older (100 Brazilians and 50 Portuguese). We used the socioeconomic and health data questionnaire, the Medical Outcomes Short-Form Health Survey QoL (SF-36) questionnaire and the Beck Inventory.Among the socioeconomic profiles, most were females aged between 65 and 80 years in both countries. There was a significant difference between groups in the income variable, with 100.0% of Portuguese people earning up to 1 minimum wage (P value <.001), and the presence of chronic diseases in 92.0% of respondents in Portugal (P value = .033). In the association analysis, most aspects of QoL had a higher median score (>50.0) within the categorical variables of “absent” and “mild” depression. The Emotional role functioning, Physical role functioning, Physical functioning, Mental health, Total score domains and the Mental health and Physical health summary measures stood out with this behavior in Brazil and in Portugal, where these latter 2 presented moderate to strong correlation values (ρ > 0.400) in Portugal. Greater associations of depression on QoL were revealed in Portugal than in Brazil. Among their most expressive associations, the Physical role functioning (odds ratio [OR] = 4.776; 95.0% confidence interval [CI]: 2.41–9.43), Physical functioning (OR = 3.037; 95.0% CI: 3.037), Vitality (OR = 6.000; 95.0% CI: 1.56–23.07) and Total score (OR = 3.727; 95.0% CI: 2.24–6.17) domains and the Mental health summary measure (OR = 3.870; 95.0% CI: 2.13–7.02) stood out.Aspects related to the emotional, physical, functional and mental health components stood out. The association and correlation with depression were more expressive in Portugal compared to Brazil. However, similar results were obtained in Brazil but with less relevance.

Background: The interaction of quality of life (QoL) with functionality, nutrition and depression has been studied, but few studies have compared different realities. Our objective was to compare the associations of QoL with impaired functionality, nutritional status and depressive symptoms among older people patients treated in primary health care (PHC) in Brazil and Portugal. Methods: Cross-sectional, comparative study was conducted with primary data from PHC services in Brazil and Portugal with users over 65 years old. Participants’ scores were classified as “impaired” and “preserved” for QoL, functional decline, nutrition and depression. We used Pearson’s chi-square test, Fisher’s exact test and the Mann–Whitney U test. Results: Our sample had a total of 150 PHC users. We found lower QoL scores in Brazil, which were associated with the risk of functional decline for the domains Physical Functioning, General Health Perceptions, Mental Health dimensions and Physical Health. Nutritional impairment in the group from Portugal included the domains of Vitality and Social Role Functioning. For depressive impairment, Portugal showed an association with the domains Mental Health, Vitality and Social Role Functioning. Conclusions: QoL was associated with functional and nutritional impairment and depressive symptoms, highlighting physical, mental and social characteristics related to the perception of well-being.