Esse estudo integra a pesquisa "Qualidade de Vida nos Portadores de Lesão Medular: paraplégicos que se autocuidam", realizada junto ao Programa de Pós-Graduação em Ciências da Saúde da Universidade de Brasília. As fontes de financiamento para a pesquisa são próprias dos pesquisadores.

Trata-se de estudo observacional de corte transversal que teve por objetivo conhecer a percepção sobre qualidade de vida de 84 estudantes de graduação em Medicina da Universidade de Brasília. A coleta de dados foi realizada por meio de questionário específico-aspectos sociodemográficos, acadêmicos e de saúde-e do instrumento de avaliação de qualidade de vida Whoqol-bref. Foram realizadas análises estatísticas descritivas de frequência, tendência central e dispersão e análise inferencial de comparação entre os domínios. A percepção sobre qualidade de vida demonstrou que o domínio mais bem avaliado diz respeito às relações sociais e que o domínio com pior escore de avaliação foi o psicológico. As facetas capacidade de concentração, sono, grau de energia, capacidade para realizar atividades do dia a dia e do trabalho, oportunidades de lazer e sentimentos negativos (mau humor, desespero, ansiedade e depressão) influenciaram negativamente a qualidade de vida dos entrevistados. Estas estão intimamente ligadas ao desempenho no processo de formação e na realização das atividades acadêmicas.

The research objective was to know nurse undergraduate students' perception of quality of life. A cross-sectional study was conducted from August 2010 to August 2011 with 56 nursing students of the Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Brasilia, Brazil. A specific questionnaire was used (sociodemographic, academic and health profile) and the WHOQOL-BREF. Statistical analyzes included a description of frequency, central tendency and dispersion measures, and comparison between domains. The Psychological and Environment domains were assessed as the best and worst scores, respectively. The facets called Thinking, learning, memory and concentration, Sleep and rest Energy and fatigue, Activities of daily living, Work Capacity, Participation in and opportunities for recreation/leisure activities,financial resources and negative feelings were affected. The facets with the worst score influenced negatively the quality of life for students and might trigger negative feelings such as bad mood, desperation anxiety and depression.

Objective: To analyze the occurrence of the phenomenon of physical violence within intimate and affective relationships involving women aged 15 to 49 years living in an economically vulnerable area of the Federal District. Method: Cross-sectional study in a random sample and the ecological model. We used chi-square test, significance level (5%), odds ratios (OR) adjusted and confidence interval (95%). Results: 58.6% of women suffered some kind of physical violence throughout life of which only 5.8% sought health care. Drug use (OR 14:27, CI 1.73-117.37) and increased control of behavior by the partner (OR 13.39, CI 4.60-38.99) had the highest odds ratio for physical violence against women. Conclusion: The high prevalence of use of force in intimate relationships suggests the need for an investigation of abuses of power in intimate and affective relationships of women attended by nurse and practitioners of the health team.

Resumo Este estudo objetivou avaliar a qualidade de vida dos estudantes de Nutrição, de modo a subsidiar reflexões no processo de formação em saúde. Tratou-se de estudo observacional de corte transversal, realizado com quarenta estudantes distribuídos em todos os semestres do curso no período de agosto de 2010 a agosto de 2011. A coleta de dados foi realizada por meio de questionário específico -aspectos sociodemográfi-cos -e do instrumento World Health Organization Quality of Life Instrument Bref. Foram realizadas aná-lises estatísticas descritivas de frequência, tendência central e dispersão e análise inferencial de comparação entre os domínios. Estes apresentaram os seguintes escores: meio ambiente (68,17), relações sociais (66,67), físico (66,07) e psicológico (63,82). As facetas sono, energia para o dia a dia, capacidade de concentração, oportunidades de atividades de lazer, recursos financeiros, ambiente físico e sentimentos negativos influenciaram negativamente a qualidade de vida dos entrevistados e interferiram no desempenho acadê-mico. Esses achados corroboram outros estudos sobre graduandos, revelando que a qualidade de vida desses jovens demanda aprimoramento das estruturas físicas e ambientais, do apoio pedagógico, social e psicológi-co num contexto de inclusão social e multidiversidade cultural cada vez mais presente nas universidades públicas brasileiras. Palavras-chave qualidade de vida; percepção; estudantes; graduação; Nutrição.Abstract This study aimed to evaluate the quality of life of Nutrition students in order to subsidize reflections on the process of training in health. This was a cross-sectional observational study conducted from August 2010 to August 2011 among forty students attending all course semesters. Data was collected using a specific questionnaire -sociodemographic characteristics -and the World Health Organization Quality of Life Instrument-Bref. Descriptive frequency, central tendency, and dispersion statistical analyses were performed, as was the comparison inferential analysis among the domains. The scores were: environment (68.17), social (66.67), physical (66.07) and psychological (63.82) relations. The sleep, energy for daily activities, concentration capacity, opportunities for leisure activities, financial resources, physical environment and negative feeling facets affected the respondents' quality of life adversely and interfered with their academic performance. These findings corroborate other studies involving undergraduates, revealing that the quality of life of these young people require improving physical and environmental structures and pedagogical, social, and psychological support in a context of social inclusion and of cultural multidiversity that is increasingly present in Brazilian public universities.

The experience of disability is part of the daily lives of people who have a disease, lesion or corporal limitation. Disability is still understood as personal bad luck; moreover, from the social and political points of view, the disabled are seen as a minority. The aim of this study is to contribute to the knowledge about the experience of disability. The research presents a new approach on the theme: the social model. This approach appeared as an alternative to the medical model of disability, which sees the lesion as the primary cause of social inequality and of the disadvantages experienced by the disabled, ignoring the role of social structures in their oppression and marginalization. The study permits reflecting on how the difficulties and barriers society imposed on people considered different make disability a reality and portray social injustice and the vulnerability situation lived by excluded groups.Descriptors: Disabled Persons; Bioethics; Vulnerability; Social Justice. Modelo social: un nuevo abordaje para el tema deficienciaLa experiencia de la deficiencia hace parte de la vida de personas que tienen una enfermedad, lesión o limitación corporal. La deficiencia es comprendida, también, como un hecho de mala suerte personal y, del punto de vista social y político, los deficientes son vistos como una minoría. Este estudio pretende contribuir para profundizar los conocimientos sobre el tema deficiencia. La investigación trae un nuevo abordaje del tema: el modelo social. Ese abordaje surgió como una alternativa al modelo médico de la deficiencia, que reconoce en la lesión, en la enfermedad o en la limitación física la causa principal de la desigualdad social y de las desventajas experimentadas por los deficientes, ignorando el papel de la sociedad en su opresión y marginalización. El estudio permite reflexionar como las dificultades y barreras impuestas por la sociedad a las personas consideradas diferentes tornan la deficiencia una realidad y retratan la injusticia social y la situación de vulnerabilidad vivida por grupos excluidos.

Objective: to evaluate the quality of life of nurses from the Mobile Emergency Care Service of the Federal District (Brazil) and to identify the domains that influenced this assessment. Method: an observational, descriptive, cross-sectional and quantitative study, with data obtained from 123 nurses who answered a questionnaire developed and structured in order to know sociodemographic and clinical variables and with the application of the World Health Organization Quality of Life Instrument Bref, to assess the quality of life. The data were submitted to descriptive statistics and inferential statics. Results: most of the nurses were women, aged between 20 and 40 years old, married, with a specialization degree and without any employment relation with another institution. Most (72.36%) considered their quality of life good or very good and were satisfied or very satisfied with their health (65.03%). The environment domain was the worst evaluated. A significant correlation was observed between the social relations (p=0.049) and environment (p=0.035) domains when correlated with the gender variable. The women rated their social relations and environment better than the men. Conclusion: the knowledge produced by this investigation may support the design of strategies that enable reducing the difficulties related to the life and work of nurses of the Mobile Emergency Care Service. Actions in this direction may contribute to the improvement of health, well-being and quality of life of the professionals and will have positive effects on the quality of health care provided to the population.

IntroductionConsidering the limitations that disabled persons experience, our understanding of caring for these people has evolved over time worldwide. Because nursing care is dependent on the choices made by patients, nurses can play an emancipatory role by empowering patients with disabilities to become the primary agent in their rehabilitation. Objective was to conduct a range analysis protocol proposing the mapping of conceptual elements for a nursing care model based on the autonomy of disabled persons.Methods and analysisA protocol was developed in corporating insights from recent innovations and applying the scope review method of Arksey and O’Malley as a reference using their scoping review methodology as a guide. For the construction of research guiding question, the patient, intervention, comparison and outcomes strategy was adapted. Considerable research in online databases (14) from 2000 to 2018 will be integrated by bibliographical research. Proceed a consult in the Annals of the Brazilian Congress of Nursing, Brazilian Nursing Association and Portuguese Rehabilitation Nursing Association, as well as professional Portuguese and Brazilian nursing legislation. The entire reference list of the covered studies searched manually to detect considerable additional studies. In addition to these searches, stakeholders, including nurse experts in the rehabilitation field and disabled persons, will be requested and included.Ethics and disseminationThis study does not require ethical approval because it is a review and collection of data on publicly available materials. The results of this research will be published in a relevant journal on the subject of rehabilitation and presented at international scientific events in the area of rehabilitation nursing. Thus, the elaboration of this protocol further maps the gaps and strengthens the concepts capable of presenting strong evidence which assists and supports safer, smarter and more objective care for those living with permanent daily care obligations.