Background: Management strategies that incorporate spirituality and religiosity (S/R) have been associated with better health status in clinical populations. However, few data are available for patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) to improve the traditional disease-model treatment. Aims:The objectives of this study were to evaluate the association between S/R and physical and psychological status in patients with stable COPD.Design: This is a cross-sectional study.Methods: Religiosity, spiritual well-being and S/R Coping were measured. Physical status was evaluated with the activity of daily living, dyspnoea and the impact of the disease. Psychological status was assessed with anxiety and depression symptoms and quality of life. Spearman correlation coefficients were calculated, multivariate linear regression was applied in the analyses. This study is reported following the STROBE recommendations.Results: Seventy-two patients with stable COPD (male 58%, aged 68 ± 9 years, forced expiratory volume in 1s (FEV 1 ) of 49.2 ± 19.6% predicted) were included. There was no association between S/R and activity of daily living. However, higher spiritual wellbeing and lower Negative S/R Coping was associated with reduced dyspnoea and burden of the disease. Increased S/R and lower Negative S/R Coping was also associated with less anxiety, depression and better quality of life. Multivariate linear regression showed that S/R variables explained the physical and psychological health status in people with stable COPD. Conclusions: Higher spirituality and less negative S/R Coping are associated with reduced dyspnoea, the burden of the disease, anxiety and depression symptoms, and better quality of life in patients with stable COPD.Relevance to clinical practice: Understanding how religiosity and spirituality are associated with physical and psychological features in patients with COPD may contribute to the long-term management of this patient population.
Although previous studies have shown the benefits of exercise training in hemodialysis patients, little is known about the effects of long-term of exercise program on these patients. We investigated the effects and the safety of long-term aerobic training and the effects of detraining on functional capacity and quality of life in hemodialysis patients. Ten patients were allocated to two groups: training and detraining. The training group completed at least 30 months of aerobic training, and the detraining group completed at least 20 months and then discontinued the training for at least 10 months. The outcomes were analyzed at baseline, after 3 months of aerobic training and at the 30-month follow-up. The training and detraining groups performed 37 (5.5) and 24 (3.0) months of aerobic training, respectively. The detraining group discontinued the training for 11.0 (2.0) months. After 3 months of aerobic training, six-minute walking test distance increased significantly in both groups (training group = 569 (287.8) vs 635.5 (277.0) m, p = 0.04; detraining group = 454.5 (72.3) vs 515.0 (91.8) m, p = 0.04). There was no significant difference in the six-minute walking test distance in the training group (576.5 (182.5), p > 0.05) and a significant decrease (436.2 (89.6) m, p = 0.04) in the detraining group at the follow-up compared to the third month of aerobic training. No significant difference was observed in quality of life during the study. No complications were found during the protocol of the exercise. These results suggest that long-term aerobic training is safe and can maintain functional capacity in hemodialysis patients. In contrast, detraining can result in loss of functional capacity in these patients.
Introdução: A pandemia da doença por coronavírus 19 (COVID-19) contribui para a exacerbação do estresse e sofrimento dos profissionais de saúde. Por isso, o objetivo deste estudo foi avaliar a relação entre o medo da COVID-19 e a sobrecarga física e mental dos profissionais de saúde em atendimento contínuo de pacientes durante a pandemia de COVID-19 em duas cidades da região do Campo das Vertentes no estado de Minas Gerais. Material e Métodos: Foi realizado um estudo descritivo transversal com 77 profissionais de saúde (32 (14) anos; 67,5% do gênero feminino) que estavam em atendimento contínuo durante a pandemia de COVID-19. Dados sociodemográficos e profissionais foram coletados e o medo foi avaliado pela Escala de Medo da COVID-19 (EMC-19), sintomas depressivos pelo Patient Health Questionnaire-9 (PHQ-9) e síndrome de Burnout pelo Maslach Burnout Inventory – Human Services Survey (MBI-HSS). Resultados: O escore total da EMC-19 se correlacionou com a carga horária de trabalho semanal (r= 0,395; p<0,001), o PHQ-9 (r= 0,332; p= 0,003) e as dimensões exaustão emocional (r= 0,253; p= 0,026), despersonalização (r= 0,243; p= 0,033) e baixa realização pessoal (r= -0,389; p<0,001) do MBI-HSS. No modelo de regressão linear ajustado para potenciais fatores confundidores, a EMC-19 continuou significativamente associada com a baixa realização pessoal apresentando coeficiente de determinação ajustado de 0,372 (p<0,001). Conclusão: O medo da COVID-19 nos profissionais de saúde em atendimento contínuo de pacientes durante a pandemia de COVID-19 nas duas cidades da região do Campo das Vertentes no estado de Minas Gerais se relacionou com sintomas depressivos e as características da síndrome de Burnout de exaustão emocional, despersonalização e baixa realização pessoal.
A obesidade está associada a várias complicações e maior risco de mortalidade. A mudança no estilo de vida é uma das intervenções fundamentais para melhora do quadro clínico desses pacientes, sendo a prática de exercícios físicos um dos seus componentes. O objetivo do presente estudo foi realizar uma revisão de literatura sobre o exercício físico em adultos e idosos com obesidade, descrevendo os principais programas de exercício, a forma adequada de prescrição e os benefícios da sua prática regular. O exercício aeróbico é a modalidade mais indicada para a perda de peso e está associado com maiores benefícios para estes pacientes. Adicionalmente, tem sido preconizado a realização de exercício resistido como terapia complementar. Para alcançar os benefícios da prática regular de exercício físico, a literatura sugere que sejam realizados exercícios aeróbicos de moderada a alta intensidade por no mínimo 150 minutos por semana e quando possível acrescentar o treinamento resistido, 2 a 3 vezes por semana, com carga de 60-70% de uma repetição máxima. Portanto, a prescrição individualizada de exercício físico para pacientes com obesidade representa uma estratégia eficaz para a redução do peso, tratamento e controle dos fatores de risco cardiovasculares, além de promover benefícios na sintomatologia e em outras complicações.
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