OBJECTIVE To verify the effects of antihypertensive treatment (pharmacological and non-pharmacological) on the health-related quality of life of individuals with hypertension.METHODS We conducted a systematic review with meta-analysis using the following databases: IBECS, LILACS, SciELO, Medline, Cochrane, Science Direct, Scopus and the Brazilian Capes Theses and Dissertations Database. The statistical analysis was performed using Review Manager, version 5.2. The average difference was used for the summarization of meta-analytic effect by the fixed-effect model. Twenty studies were included.RESULTS The summarization of the effect showed an average increase of 2.45 points (95%CI 1.02–3.87; p < 0.0008) in the quality of life of individuals adhering to non-pharmacological treatment for arterial hypertension. Adherence to pharmacological treatment indicated an average increase of 9.24 points (95%CI 8.16–10.33; p < 0.00001) in the quality of life of individuals with arterial hypertension.CONCLUSIONS Non-pharmacological treatment improves the overall quality of life and physical domain of people with arterial hypertension. Adherence to pharmacological treatment has a positive impact on the mental and physical domains of patients, as it did on the overall quality of life score.

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Introduction: Cognitive assessment of older adults who are either illiterate or with low levels of education is particularly challenging because several battery tasks require a certain educational background. Early detection of mild cognitive impairment (MCI) in the elderly using validated screening tools is of great importance since this population group could benefit from new drugs that are being investigated for the treatment of dementias. Cutoff scores for psychometric properties of cognitive tests are not well established among adults with low levels of education. The present study aimed to critically review the literature on cognitive assessment tools for screening cognitive syndromes including MCI and Alzheimer's disease (AD) in older adults with low levels of education. Methods: We conducted a systematic search of MEDLINE, LILACS, Cochrane, and SCOPUS electronic databases of cross-sectional and prospective studies with adults over 55 years of age. Results: We found a significant number of assessment tools available (n = 44), but only a few of them showed diagnostic accuracy for the diagnosis of MCI and AD in older adults with low levels of education: the Mini-Mental State Exam; the Montreal Cognitive Assessment; the Persian Test of Elderly for Assessment of Cognition and Executive Function; the Six-Item Screener; and the Memory Alteration Test. Few studies evaluated individuals with low levels of education, with a wide range of cutoff scores and cognitive test batteries. Conclusion: We found that a small number of studies evaluated adults with 4 years of formal education or less. Our findings further support the importance of developing specific tools for the assessment of older adults with low levels of education.

805Rev Bras Enferm 2006 nov-dez; 59(6): 805-7.Formação do enfermeiro para o cuidado: reflexões da prática profissional RESUMO Trata-se de um estudo reflexivo, que teve com objetivo realizar discussões acerca da formação do enfermeiro para o cuidado em uma perspectiva de mudança da prática profissional. As diretrizes curriculares para a profissão baseadas na Lei de Diretrizes e Bases da Educação Nacional (LDB) têm como objetivo formar enfermeiros capazes de transformar a realidade prática da enfermagem brasileira. No entanto, percebemos que somente a implementação de tais diretrizes não possibilita a formação de profissionais críticos, reflexivos e transformadores da realidade. Descritores: Educação em enfermagem; Cuidado; Prática profissional; Enfermagem. ABSTRACT Ana Virgílio Melo Fialho Enfermeira. Doutora em Enfermagem Professora do Curso de Graduação em Enfermagem e do CMACCLIS DA UECE,Fortaleza, CE. Artigo produzido na disciplina O Cuidado em Sí do Curso de Mestrado Acadêmico em Cuidados Clínicos em Saúde(CMACCLIS) da Universidade Estadual do Ceará.(UECE). INTRODUÇÃOHistoricamente os enfermeiros destacaram-se por cuidar bem de seus clientes e de forma organizada, envolvendo disciplina e conhecimento científico. O cuidado, e todos os conceitos a ele inerentes (saúde, conforto, ajuda), nortearam sua prática clínica antes mesmo de fazerem parte do corpo das teorias de enfermagem.A formação do enfermeiro para o cuidado, como prática profissional, tem início em 1860, na Inglaterra Vitoriana com Florence Nightingale, onde ocorreu a categorização da equipe de enfermagem (Nurses e Lady-Nurses), havendo uma fragmentação das tarefas relacionadas ao cuidado, já que às ladies cabia o ensino e supervisão, e às nurses as tarefas manuais. Vale ressaltar que para Florence "a disciplina é a essência do treinamento'', tendo sido ali o início da docilização dos corpos da qual não conseguimos nos libertar até hoje (1) . Até em torno de 1940, o foco da enfermagem era centrado nas tarefas e procedimentos, sem levar em consideração a construção intelectual, fato este que ainda se reproduz, no que concerne, principalmente, aos técnicos e auxiliares de enfermagem, que, dado o seu tempo de formação, são mais voltados para a técnica.Em 1950, a enfermagem passou a buscar princípios científicos, em outros saberes, focados no

Background The Paleolithic diet has been studied in the scope of prevention and control of chronic noncommunicable diseases (CNCD). The objective of this study was to analyze the influence of the Paleolithic diet on the prevention and control of CNCD in humans, specifically on anthropometric markers, through a systematic review with meta-analysis. Methods What is the effect of the Paleolithic diet on anthropometric parameters (weight, body mass index and waist circumference) compared to other control diets based on recommendations in adults? We included only randomized studies with humans that used the Paleolithic Diet in the prevention and control of CNCD published in Portuguese, English or Spanish. The search period was until March 2019, in the LILACS, PubMed, Scielo, Science Direct, Medline, Web of Science and Scopus databases. The abstracts were evaluated by two researchers. We found 1224 articles, of which 24 were selected and 11 were included in the meta-analysis. The effect of dietary use on body weight, body mass index and waist circumference was evaluated. Results The summary of the effect showed a loss of − 3.52 kg in the mean weight (CI 95%: − 5.26; − 1.79; p < 0,001; I 2 = 24%) of people who adopted the Paleolithic diet compared to diets based on recommendations. The analysis showed a positive association of adopting the Paleolithic diet in relation to weight loss. The effect was significant on weight, body mass index and waist circumference. Conclusion The Paleolithic diet may assist in controlling weight and waist circumference and in the management of chronic diseases. However, more randomized clinical studies with larger populations and duration are necessary to prove health benefits. Trial registration CRD42015027849 .

The objective of this study was to test the effectiveness of an educational intervention with use of educational technology (flipchart) to promote quality of life (QOL) and treatment adherence in people with hypertension. It was an intervention study of before-and-after type conducted with 116 hypertensive people registered in Primary Health Care Units. The educational interventions were conducted using the flipchart educational technology. Quality of life was assessed through the MINICHAL (lowest score = better QOL) and the QATSH (higher score = better adherence) was used to assess the adherence to hypertension treatment. Both were measured before and after applying the intervention. In the analysis, we used the Student’s t-test for paired data. The average baseline quality of life was 11.66 ± 7.55, and 7.71 ± 5.72 two months after the intervention, showing a statistically significant reduction (p <0.001) and mean of differences of 3.95. The average baseline adherence to treatment was 98.03 ± 7.08 and 100.71 ± 6.88 two months after the intervention, which is statistically significant (p < 0.001), and mean of differences of 2.68. The conclusion was that the educational intervention using the flipchart improved the total score of quality of life in the scores of physical and mental domains, and increased adherence to hypertension treatment in people with the disease.

Objectives: to develop and evaluate the convergence of the instrument for the appearance validity of educational technologies in health. Methods: methodological study conducted in two steps. In step 1, the instrument items were developed, with subsequent content validity by nine specialists in the development of educational technologies in health. In step 2, the convergent validity between another instrument and the appearance instrument was performed. Correlation results above r> 0.3 and p <0.05 were considered as plausible convergent validity. Results: the ten items of the initial version of the appearance instrument were submitted to content validity that resulted in a final version with 12 items (Content Validity Index = 0.93). The correlation indexes were strong with the objective and appearance domains; moderate with motivation, organization and total; and weak with writing style. Conclusions: the appearance instrument demonstrated content validity and convergent validity, in addition to a strong correlation with the other instrument.

The studies with better impact on the cardiovascular health of adults were those who brought the technology in the form of program and duration of one year.