Danusa de Almeida Machado

ORCID: 0000-0003-2240-827X
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  • Health, Nursing, Elderly Care
  • Gender, Sexuality, and Education
  • Hepatitis C virus research
  • Palliative Care and End-of-Life Issues
  • Youth, Drugs, and Violence
  • Dementia and Cognitive Impairment Research
  • Grief, Bereavement, and Mental Health
  • LGBTQ Health, Identity, and Policy
  • Nutritional Studies and Diet
  • Aging, Elder Care, and Social Issues
  • Liver Disease Diagnosis and Treatment
  • Evasion and Academic Success Factors
  • Liver Disease and Transplantation
  • Intimate Partner and Family Violence
  • Global Health Care Issues
  • Patient Dignity and Privacy
  • Substance Abuse Treatment and Outcomes
  • Religion, Spirituality, and Psychology
  • Occupational Health and Burnout
  • Patient-Provider Communication in Healthcare
  • Gender, Labor, and Family Dynamics
  • Alcohol Consumption and Health Effects
  • Palliative and Oncologic Care

Universidade Federal de São Paulo
2017-2019

Fundação de Apoio à Universidade Federal de São Paulo
2018-2019

Universidade Estadual Paulista (Unesp)
2014

Palliative care providers must seek to improve quality of life despite their patients' life-threating diseases, based on the concept total pain, which includes physical, psychological and spiritual pain. Understanding relationship between coping symptoms (especially depressive symptoms) could help healthcare teams better address needs. Across-sectional survey with aconvenient sample ambulatory palliative patients investigated pain through Hospital Anxiety Depressive (HAD) scale use...

10.1080/13548506.2019.1640887 article EN Psychology Health & Medicine 2019-07-09

Introduction It is important to understand the characteristics and vulnerabilities of people who have hepatitis C because this disease currently an public health problem. The objective study was estimate prevalence depressive symptoms harmful alcohol use in patients with association between these outcomes demographic, psychosocial clinical variables. Methods This cross-sectional, descriptive analytical involved 82 were being treated pegylated interferon ribavirin at a university hospital....

10.1590/0037-8682-0270-2013 article EN cc-by Revista da Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical 2014-04-01

With the rapid population aging in Low and Middle-Income Countries (LMIC), dementia is becoming a healthcare priority. Monitoring mortality-related indicators among people with (PWD) contributes to defining service provision. However, few studies have investigated mortality rates predictors PWD LMIC. This study aimed estimate determine risk factors 8 The vital status of 1477 older from LMIC was determined after three years. Total, age gender-specific per 1,000 person-years at risk, as well...

10.1016/j.jalz.2017.07.057 article EN Alzheimer s & Dementia 2017-07-01

Most cases of dementia in the world currently exist low and middle-income nations, with current prevalence estimates at 58% anticipated to rise 63% by 2030. In these countries, preference towards diagnosis is undetermined. We carried out a survey among older people caregivers primary care order determine preferences disclosure. Our study sample consisted 121 participants (83 elders 79 caregivers) assisted unit an urban setting southeast Brazil. conducted household using structured...

10.1016/j.jalz.2018.06.1238 article EN Alzheimer s & Dementia 2018-07-01

Dementia is still underdiagnosed worldwide. In Brazil, it estimated that more than 70% of people with dementia are not diagnosed. A potential contributor the lack training health professionals to identify in its early stages. Objective: To carry out an adaptation and validation a program for Community Health Workers (CHW) dementia. Training was conducted CHW at Primary Care Unit (PCU) middle size city southeast Brazil. After training, had 180 days cases among over 65 years within community...

10.1016/j.jalz.2018.06.1237 article EN Alzheimer s & Dementia 2018-07-01
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