Stela Maris  A. Lemos

Stela Maris A. Lemos
Federal University of Minas Gerais | UFMG · Departamento de Fonoaudiologia

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August 1994 - August 2003
Universidade Federal de São Paulo
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  • bolsista
August 2004 - present
Federal University of Minas Gerais
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Purpose To verify the association between parental functional health literacy and resources in the family environment, sociodemographic, and clinical aspects. Methods This is a preliminary stage of an analytical observational study, with a cross-sectional design, using a non-probabilistic sample consisting of 39 family members of children aged bet...
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Purpose To verify the association between parental functional health literacy and resources in the family environment, sociodemographic, and clinical aspects. Methods This is a preliminary stage of an analytical observational study, with a cross-sectional design, using a non-probabilistic sample consisting of 39 family members of children aged bet...
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Objetivo: analisar as variáveis sociodemográficas, qualidade de vida, autopercepção de saúde, motivação para aprendizagem e comportamento de adolescentes em 2018 e 2021. Método: estudo transversal observacional com 124 adolescentes em 2018 e 68 em 2021. Utilizou-se para a coleta de dados um Formulário para as variáveis sociodemográficas, Questionár...
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Objective: to analyze sociodemographic variables, quality of life, self-perceived health, learning motivation and behavior of adolescents in 2018 and 2021. Method: observational cross-sectional study with 124 adolescents in 2018, and 68 in 2021. A Form for sociodemographic variables, Pediatric Quality of Life Inventory, Self-Perceived Health instru...
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Objetivo: analizar variables sociodemográficas, calidad de vida, autopercepción de la salud, motivación para el aprendizaje y comportamiento de adolescentes en 2018 y 2021. Método: estudio transversal observacional con 124 adolescentes en 2018 y 68 en 2021. Para la recolección de datos se utilizó un formulario para las variables sociodemográficas,...
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Purpose to present and critically discuss a collective care program to address phonological processing skills in children with poor school performance. Methods an observational study with a non-probability sample of children aged 7 to 10 years with poor school performance, carried out in three stages: (1) development of the group speech-language-h...
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Purpose to present and critically discuss a collective care program to address phonological processing skills in children with poor school performance. Methods an observational study with a non-probability sample of children aged 7 to 10 years with poor school performance, carried out in three stages: (1) development of the group speech-language-h...
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Purpose to map and synthesize scientific evidence on language functioning in children and adolescents with autism spectrum disorder Autism Spectrum Disorder. Methods this scoping review aimed at mapping and synthesizing scientific evidence on language functioning in children and adolescents with Autism Spectrum Disorder. A research question, artic...
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Purpose to map and synthesize scientific evidence on language functioning in children and adolescents with autism spectrum disorder Autism Spectrum Disorder. Methods this scoping review aimed at mapping and synthesizing scientific evidence on language functioning in children and adolescents with Autism Spectrum Disorder. A research question, artic...
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Purpose to verify the association between types and degrees of hearing loss and demographic factors and categories of the International Classification of Functioning, Disability, and Health, related to “Body Structures and Functions” and “Activities and Participation.” Methods a cross-sectional, analytical, observational study with a nonprobabilis...
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Purpose to verify the association between types and degrees of hearing loss and demographic factors and categories of the International Classification of Functioning, Disability, and Health, related to “Body Structures and Functions” and “Activities and Participation.” Methods a cross-sectional, analytical, observational study with a nonprobabilis...
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Purpose To analyze the association of functional independence with clinical aspects of neurological impairment, the location and extent of neuronal damage and sociodemographic factors in patients in the acute phase of stroke. Methods Analytical cross-sectional study in 90 adult and older patients affected by ischemic stroke, admitted to the hospit...
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Purpose To analyze the association of functional independence with clinical aspects of neurological impairment, the location and extent of neuronal damage and sociodemographic factors in patients in the acute phase of stroke. Methods Analytical cross-sectional study in 90 adult and older patients affected by ischemic stroke, admitted to the hospit...
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Purpose to verify the relationship between motivation to learn and the quality of life and academic performance of middle-school adolescents. Methods the review will be based on international guidelines. The PEO (Population, Exposure, Outcome) strategy was used to develop the research question, and eligibility criteria were established. The MEDLIN...
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Purpose to verify the relationship between motivation to learn and the quality of life and academic performance of middle-school adolescents. Methods the review will be based on international guidelines. The PEO (Population, Exposure, Outcome) strategy was used to develop the research question, and eligibility criteria were established. The MEDLIN...
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Purpose to search and analyze publications that address the relationship between lexical ability and stuttering in children aged 2 to 9 years old. Research strategy search in Cochrane Library, MEDLINE via PubMed, Scopus, Web of Science, EMBASE databases. Selection criteria comparative, longitudinal or case-control clinical studies that included a...
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Purpose to search and analyze publications that address the relationship between lexical ability and stuttering in children aged 2 to 9 years old. Research strategy search in Cochrane Library, MEDLINE via PubMed, Scopus, Web of Science, EMBASE databases. Selection criteria comparative, longitudinal or case-control clinical studies that included a...
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Purpose To analyze the association between hearing loss and health vulnerability in children aged 25 to 36 months. Methods Analytical observational cross-sectional study conducted through child hearing screening in nine day-care centers. The screening consisted of anamnesis, otoscopy, tympanometry, transient otoacoustic emissions, and pure tone au...
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Purpose To analyze the association between hearing loss and health vulnerability in children aged 25 to 36 months. Methods Analytical observational cross-sectional study conducted through child hearing screening in nine day-care centers. The screening consisted of anamnesis, otoscopy, tympanometry, transient otoacoustic emissions, and pure tone au...
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Purpose To identify the main categories of the Activities and Participation component of the International Classification of Functioning, Disability, and Health and to verify the association with age, gender, education, and speech therapy diagnosis in children who are assisted by an oral language clinic. Methods This is an analytical and cross-sec...
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Purpose: To identify the main categories of the Activities and Participation component of the International Classification of Functioning, Disability, and Health and to verify the association with age, gender, education, and speech therapy diagnosis in children who are assisted by an oral language clinic. Methods: This is an analytical and cross...
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Introdução: a assistência à pessoa com deficiência no Brasil vem sendo ampliada ao longo dos anos, a partir do avanço das discussões sobre os Direitos Humanos e legislações publicadas pelo Ministério da Saúde. Objetivo: analisar a produção assistencial de um Centro Especializado em Reabilitação. Métodos: trata-se de estudo observacional, descritivo...
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Purpose this study aims to analyze the association between motivation to learn and adaptation to the ERT of students in the 9th year of Elementary School and 1st, 2nd and 3rd years of High School in a privately funded institution. Methods this is an observational, analytical and cross-sectional study, in which 68 adolescents participated, authoriz...
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Purpose this study aims to analyze the association between motivation to learn and adaptation to the ERT of students in the 9th year of Elementary School and 1st, 2nd and 3rd years of High School in a privately funded institution. Methods this is an observational, analytical and cross-sectional study, in which 68 adolescents participated, authoriz...
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Potential medium- and long-term neurodevelopmental sequelae of severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) infection during pregnancy have not been ruled out. We aimed to systematically review and summarize the evidence regarding the effects of intrauterine exposure to SARS-CoV-2 on infant development and behavior. Scopus, PubMed,...
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Background Potential medium and long-term neurodevelopmental sequelae of severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) infection during pregnancy have not been ruled out. Thus, we aimed to systematically review and summarize the evidence concerning the effects of intrauterine exposure to SARS-CoV-2 on infants’ development and behavio...
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Este volume é fruto do intenso e comprometido trabalho do Ambulatório de Seguimento do Instituto Nacional de Saúde da Mulher, da Criança e do Adolescente Fernandes Figueira (IFF/Fiocruz), um dos primeiros ambulatórios especializados no acompanhamento de crianças egressas de internação neonatal do Brasil, que ao longo de décadas tem não só cuidado d...
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Objective To investigate the association between the quality of life, activity limitations, and participation restrictions in children that attended a speech-language-hearing assessment and diagnostic service. Method This is an observational, analytical, cross-sectional study with children and adolescents 8–12 years old who had been submitted to t...
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This serological survey, conducted in five Brazilian municipalities, evaluated the use of dried blood spots (DBS), obtained from newborns and their mothers, to detect SARS-CoV-2 IgG antibodies. DBS were obtained from 4,803 neonates aged up to seven days and their mothers, both asymptomatic, at public health care clinics during newborn screening. DB...
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Purpose: To analyze the association between behavioral aspects and learning motivation according to age, sex, and grade in school in middle school students. Methods: Observational, analytical, and cross-sectional study with 11- to 14-year-old adolescents, who answered the participant characterization questionnaire, the Strengths and Difficulties...
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Purpose: Quality of life and self-perception of health are useful indicators for children and adolescents, as they are associated with objective and subjective states of health, including physical, cognitive, social, emotional, and environmental aspects. This study aims to characterize the adolescents at a Brazilian private financing school and to...
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Introdução Entender transferência transplacentária de anticorpos é essencial para adequação de protocolos assistenciais, e estudos em vacina nestas populações (FLANNERY et al., 2021; SONG et al., 2021). Trata-se de estudo piloto do projeto “Inquérito sorológico em papel filtro para SARS-COV-2 em recém-nascidos e suas mães, e monitoramento do desenv...
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Purpose to describe the profile of preterm children based on sociodemographic, clinical, and assistance aspects, and their association with peri- and postnatal data. Methods observational, descriptive, cross-sectional study, approved by the Research Ethics Committee of the Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais (UFMG, Brazil), under evaluation repor...
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Purpose To verify the association between reading performance of children and adolescents and the presence of school complaints, hearing ordering ability and school motivation. Methods Cross-sectional observational study with a convenience sample composed of 36 participants. The instruments used were the Sociodemographic and School Characterizatio...
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Purpose: To verify the association between family resources, sociodemographic aspects, and school performance in middle school students. Methods: Observational, analytical, cross-sectional study with a probabilistic sample stratified by sex, age, and grade in school. A total of 124 adolescents of both sexes, aged 11 to 14 years, enrolled in a pr...
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INTRODUCTION: Motivation to learn is a fundamental aspect in the teaching-learning process, related to internal and external factors to the individual. OBJECTIVE: To analyze the psychometry of the Learning Motivation Scale for students at elementary school and its association with sociodemographic aspects. METHODS: Observational, analytical and cro...
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Purpose to analyze the associations between speech-language-hearing diagnostic hypotheses in children and adolescents and the Environmental Factors in the International Classification of Functioning, Disability, and Health. Methods an observational, analytical, cross-sectional study carried out between 2016 and 2019 in an outpatient center with 5-...
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Objective: To identify associations between clinical characteristics of children with attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) and their sociodemographic aspects, quality of life, and results from the strengths and difficulties questionnaire. Methods: This is an observational analytical cross-sectional study with a non-probabilistic sampl...
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Purpose: To verify the association between restrictions to auditory participation and quality of life, self-perceived health, auditory factors and sociodemographic aspects of adults and elderlies assisted in an audiology service. Methods: The study included 152 participants; restrictions to auditory participation were assessed using the instrume...
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Purpose to investigate the association of symptoms of inattention and hyperactivity with language development and cognitive, environmental, socioeconomic, and quality of life aspects in children with attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder. Methods an observational, analytical, cross-sectional study with a sex-stratified sample of 38 children 7 t...
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Objetivo Verificar a associação do letramento funcional em saúde de adultos e idosos com disfagia com os dados socioeconômicos, clínicos e de habilidade de deglutição, de acordo com o rastreio cognitivo. Métodos Estudo observacional analítico transversal, com 49 participantes com disfagia de um ambulatório de reabilitação. Os procedimentos para co...
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Objetivo analisar a composição das equipes e a distribuição geográfica dos serviços e profissionais da Rede de Cuidados à Pessoa com Deficiência (RCPD). Método estudo observacional-analítico-transversal, desenvolvido por meio de dados secundários do componente especializado em reabilitação, com amostra de 3.271 profissionais. Resultados a metade...
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Purpose: to verify the association between the auditory assessment result and the speech-language-hearing diagnosis in children and adolescents. Methods: an observational, cross-sectional study based on the analysis of medical records of children and adolescents that received care at a speech-language-hearing assessment outpatient center between 2...
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Purpose: to describe aspects of functioning and disability related to hearing and sociodemographic factors of audiology service users. Methods: an exploratory study with a probabilistic sample comprising 152 participants who answered a socioeconomic and assistance questionnaire. The functioning and disability were analyzed by means of the Internat...
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Introduction Dizziness is one of the most common reasons for seeking primary health care. Vestibular rehabilitation (VR) is a conventional treatment method for peripheral balance disorders that effectively decreases symptoms. Lian gong [LG] is believed to benefit patients with dizziness and to reduce the impact of the condition on quality of life b...
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Purpose To review studies investigating the existing interface between central auditory processing and reading processes in children and adolescents. Research strategy Studies published from 2008 to 2019 were selected through a bibliographic survey in the following electronic databases: BVS - Lilacs (Virtual Health Library) and PubMed (US National...
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Objetivo: Identificar e analisar a prevalência de alterações fonológicas e sua associação com os determinantes sociais em saúde em crianças de quatro a dez anos de idade atendidas em um ambulatório de avaliação e diagnóstico fonoaudiológicos. Métodos: Análise de prontuários de 74 crianças que passaram por avaliação fonoaudiológica entre 2010 e 2014...
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Purpose: To verify the association between motivation to learn, quality of life, health self-perception, and environmental, school and behavioral resources of students in a private middle school. Methods: This is an observational, analytical, cross-sectional study conducted with 124 adolescents using the following instruments: Participant Characte...
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Purpose: To carry out a systematic review of scientific productions that dealt with the topic of phonological processing in relation to the influence of poor academic performance, as well as its interference in the development of reading and writing. Research strategy: Articles published until August 2017 were searched in electronic databases. Aft...
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Introdução: Atualmente, o Transtorno de Déficit de Atenção e Hiperatividade é uma das condições de saúde mais frequentes na população infanto-juvenil, cujo impacto envolve alterações comportamentais e de convívio social, além de dificuldades fonológicas, metalinguísticas e de processamento auditivo. Objetivo: verificar a ocorrência de casos com dia...
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Objective To investigate self-perceived health, quality of life and its association with social determinants in adults and the elderly. Methods Observational analytical cross-sectional study, with a probabilistic sample of 1,129 participants, adults and seniors, stratified by conglomerates, living in a municipality in Minas Gerais, Brazil. The res...
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Objetivo Analisar a associação entre o desempenho escolar, idade, gênero, classificação econômica e comportamentos sociais - capacidades e dificuldades - de acordo com o instrumento Questionário de Capacidades e Dificuldades - SDQ-Por (Strengths and Difficulties Questionnaire - SDQ), de escolares matriculados no ensino fundamental. Métodos A amost...
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Objetivo Analisar as propriedades psicométricas do instrumento Quality of Care Scale, aplicado a usuários da Rede de Cuidados à Pessoa com Deficiência. Métodos Trata-se de estudo observacional, analítico e transversal. Entrevistas com 869 usuários do componente especializado da Rede de Cuidados à Pessoa com Deficiência foram realizadas por meio de...
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Objetivo: Identificar fatores relacionados à Classificação Internacional de Funcionalidade, Incapacidade e Saúde para Crianças e Jovens (CIF-CJ) representativos de mais de uma categoria e verificar sua associação com aspectos sociodemográficos e clínico-assistenciais em um ambulatório de avaliação fonoaudiológica. Método: Trata-se de estudo observ...
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Purpose: To map the Care Network for People with Disabilities in Minas Gerais, based on the identification of the points of care in the rehabilitation specialized care component, its modalities and distribution according to the population. Method: Cross-sectional descriptive study. We used geoprocessing techniques to describe the distribution of t...
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Objetivo: Analisar a distribuição espacial de usuários atendidos em uma Junta de Saúde Auditiva Microrregional, segundo aspectos sociodemográficos, clínicos e assistenciais. Métodos: Trata-se de estudo observacional descritivo transversal utilizando técnicas de geoprocessamento para descrever a distribuição de indivíduos atendidos no serviço de saú...
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Purpose: verify the perception of Care Network users for People with Disabilities in Minas Gerais regarding the quality of care. Methods: This is an observational, descriptive and cross-sectional study of 871 informants, users and caregivers of Care Network for People with Disabilities in Minas Gerais. Interviews were carried out based on three...
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Objective: To assess the effects of the lian gong practice as a rehabilitation strategy in primary health care on the quality of life and functional capacity of people with dizziness. Methods: Randomized controlled clinical trial. Thirty-six people, who were complaining of dizziness or vertigo without the presence of central signs and were refer...
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Objetivo: Descrever os resultados da triagem auditiva em escolares da educação infantil e verificar associação com aspectos socioeconômicos e histórico de saúde. Métodos: Amostra composta por 199 crianças. A coleta de dados consistiu na aplicação de questionário estruturado de caracterização da amostra do Critério de Classificação Econômica Brasil...
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Purpose: To verify the association between quality of life, socioenvironmental aspects and general health status of users of an Auditory Health Care Service. Methods: Cross-sectional observational study with simple random sample. A semi-structured interview was conducted with 114 adults and elderly, aged 19-92, Individual Hearing Aids (IHA) user...
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Introdução: A amamentação é fator de proteção para doenças respiratórias, além de contribuir para o desenvolvimento intelectual das crianças. Objetivo: Analisar a relação do tempo de amamentação com sinais de respiração oral em crianças com mau desempenho escolar. Métodos: Estudo transversal, realizado com 82 crianças de 7 a 12 anos de idade, com m...
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The aim of the present study was to investigate the quality of life of children with poor school performance and its association with behavioral aspects and hearing abilities. Methods: This cross-sectional observational study, developed in a town in the state of Minas Gerais, Brazil, investigated a random sample of public school children, aged 7-...
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Objetivo Associar a competência leitora em palavras e pseudopalavras de escolares de 7 a 10 anos de idade, segundo as variáveis sexo, idade, desempenho escolar e habilidades auditivas. Métodos Estudo observacional analítico transversal, com amostra não probabilística composta por 109 escolares. Foram utilizados como instrumentos o Teste de Competê...
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RESUMO Objetivos Investigar, na literatura, a efetividade de tratamentos usados para reabilitação vestibular (RV) na atenção primária à saúde. Estratégia de pesquisa A busca de publicações sobre RV na APS foi realizada nas bases de dados eletrônicas MEDLINE (acesso pela PubMed), PEDro e Web of Science. Critérios de seleção Foram selecionados ensaio...
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Resumo Introdução A deficiência auditiva é um dos déficits sensoriais mais frequentes no mundo. O estudo da autopercepção de saúde poderá proporcionar o conhecimento do impacto dessa deficiência e avaliar medidas de promoção e de prevenção da saúde. Objetivo Verificar a associação entre autopercepção de saúde, percepção de problemas auditivos e mot...
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Purpose: to verify the association between self-perception of health, gender, age, economic status, quality of life, cultural aspects and contexts of violence in high school adolescents. Methods: an observational analytical cross-sectional study with a probabilistic sample composed of 386 high school students aged 15-19 years. The data collection w...
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Purpose: Characterize the performance of outpatients regarding aspects of communication disorders according to the categories of the International Classification of Functioning, Disability and Health - Children and Youth Version (ICF-CY). Methods: This is a descriptive, observational study based on a retrospective analysis of secondary data coll...
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Purpose To verify the association between health literacy, social determinants and self-rated health in adult’s primary health care patients. Methods this is an Observational cross-sectional study in which a total of 380 patients of the Unified Health System in the context of primary health care were interviewed. The sample was probabilistic, stra...
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Purpose Analyze the association of simple and complex auditory temporal ordering skills with reading competence tasks in students. Methods Pilot phase of a cross-sectional study conducted with a non-probabilistic sample of 22 schoolchildren aged eight to ten years. Instruments for evaluation of reading competence tasks and simple and complex audit...
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Resumo O objetivo da pesquisa foi investigar o letramento em saúde e associação com fatores sociodemográficos, autopercepção da saúde e qualidade de vida em adultos. Tratou-se de estudo transversal com adultos entre 20 e 59 anos, usuários da atenção primária à saúde, realizado em unidades básicas de saúde, de fevereiro a maio de 2015 – amostra prob...
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Objetivo: investigar a associação entre remuneração e carga horária de trabalho de fonoaudiólogos da atenção à saúde auditiva com aspectos sociodemográficos e satisfação com estrutura física, rotina e demandas administrativas. Métodos: estudo exploratório transversal, com amostra não probabilística composta por 27 fonoaudiólogos da Rede de Atenção...
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Objetivo: Descrever queixas e hipóteses diagnósticas de pacientes avaliados em serviço fonoaudiológico ambulatorial e verificar suas associações com aspectos sociodemográficos e clínico-assistenciais. Método: Trata-se de estudo observacional, analítico e transversal, baseado em análise retrospectiva de prontuários pertencentes a pacientes avaliados...
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O objetivo do estudo é descrever o percurso utilizado por uma equipe de pesquisadores para elaboração e desenvolvimento de um projeto de pesquisa para avaliação da Rede de Cuidados à Pessoa com Deficiência em Minas Gerais. Trata-se de relato de experiência, no qual foram destacadas as etapas percorridas pela equipe e a importância da discussão do t...
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Objective: To examine the association between quality of life and health self-perception of children with poor school performance, considering sociodemographic factors. Methods: An analytical, observational, cross-sectional study was conducted with 99 children aged 7 to 12 years receiving specialized educational assistance. Parents and legal guard...
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Purpose: to correlate aspects involved in the satisfaction of speech therapists with the work in the Hearing Health Care Network regarding human resources policy, provided assistance and communication relationships. Methods: an analytical observational cross-sectional study, consisting of 27 speech therapists connected to the Hearing Health Care N...
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Objetivo: Analisar a restrição à participação auditiva, segundo fatores sociodemográficos, clínicos e assistenciais de adultos e idosos atendidos em um Ambulatório de Audiologia e no Serviço de Saúde Auditiva de um hospital de ensino. Métodos: Trata-se de estudo observacional analítico transversal com amostra probabilística composta por 152 indivíd...
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Introduction The World Health Organization (WHO) estimates that 360 million people in the world suffer from disabling hearing loss. Purpose Investigate the association between disabling hearing loss and clinical, sociodemographic, communicative, behavioral and health services characteristics in a population with hearing loss treated in a public he...
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Purpose To investigate the association between functional health literacy and sociodemographic factors, quality of life, self-perception of health, and perception of contexts of violence in adolescents in state schools in Belo Horizonte. Methods This is a cross-sectional analytical observational study with a probabilistic sample of 384 adolescents...