Eating habits, anthropometry, lifestyle, and hypertension of a group of non-village indigenous women in Amazon, Brazil

SUMMARY OBJECTIVE: The aim of this study was to describe the anthropometric characteristics, eating habits, and lifestyle of non-village indigenous women living in Manaus, AM, and their association with hypertension. METHODS: This cross-sectional (descriptive-analytical) study was carried out from January 2020 to December 2021 using a questionnaire for clinical, sociodemographic, and behavioral data. Non-pregnant women who belonged to Parque das Tribos for more than a year, declared themselves indigenous, and were over 18 years of age were included in the study. RESULTS: In total, 21 ethnicities were identified, and 95 indigenous women were evaluated. The average age group was 36±12.1 years, the average height was 157 cm, and the body mass index was 28.8 kg/m2. The prevalence of systemic arterial hypertension was ±40%, and 68.5% had excess weight, with 29.1% having class I obesity. In all, 35.8% consumed a lot of salt, sugar, and industrialized foods, and 88.4% were sedentary. CONCLUSION: Much of the sample presented excess weight, and almost all were sedentary. More than one-third had unappropriated eating habits. Hypertension was present in more than one-third of these indigenous women. There was an association between higher body mass index and hypertension. Knowing the characteristics of this group of non-village indigenous women may help determine the best health approach. The data demonstrate the necessity of preventive measures.

Arte e ciência do cuidar: alteridade, estabelecidos e outsiders na autonomia do enfermeiro como profissional liberal / The art and science of caring: appreciation, established and outsiders in the autonomy of the nursing liberal professional / Arte y ciencia del cuidado: alteridad, establecidos y outsiders en la autonomía del enfermero como profesional liberal

Objetivo: Compreender o processo de construção da autonomia do enfermeiro como profissional liberal. Método: Estudo qualitativo realizado com quatro enfermeiros empreendedores, à luz dos conceitos de "estabelecidos", outsiders, "alteridade" e "estigmatização", dos teóricos Norbert Elias, Anthony Giddens e Goffman. Foi utilizada a análise de conteúdo de Bardin. Resultados: Foram identificados enfermeiros autônomos que, de forma sistêmica, encontram-se como outsiders e que sofrem estigmas pelos profissionais, comunidade e pelos próprios outsiders. Conclusão: A autonomia, em enfermagem, alcançada pelos profissionais liberais está, em alguns aspectos, restrita por leis e resoluções que regem a sua atuação. Os profissionais em enfermagem ainda dependem, de uma forma realista, de uma maior organização da categoria e de incentivos na fase acadêmica por meio de disciplinas de empreendedorismo para, assim, buscarem a efetivação de políticas públicas que desburocratizem o exercício liberal da profissão

Objective: The study's purpose has been to further understand the process of building the nursing autonomy as a liberal professional. Methods: It is a descriptive-exploratory study with a qualitative approach, which was carried out with four entrepreneur nurses. The study was performed in the light of the concepts of "established", outsiders, "appreciation" and "stigmatization", by the following theorists: Norbert Elias, Anthony Giddens and Goffman. The Bardin's thematic content analysis was used. Results: The findings revealed, in a systemic way, that autonomous nurses are outsiders and are also stigmatized by other professionals, the community and other outsiders as well. Conclusion: With regards to the nursing profession, the autonomy achieved by liberal professionals is, in some aspects, limited by laws and resolutions that rule their performance. Furthermore, the nursing professionals are still an unorganized category, which needs incentives during the academic life such as entrepreneurship disciplines. Through this approach, new public policies may come up aiming to decrease the bureaucracy towards the liberal exercise of the profession

Objetivo: Comprender el proceso de construcción de la autonomía del enfermero como profesional liberal. Método: Estudio cualitativo realizado con cuatro enfermeros emprendedores, a la luz de los conceptos de "establecidos", outsiders, "alteridad" y "estigmatización", de los teóricos Norbert Elias, Anthony Giddens y Goffman. Se utilizó el análisis de contenido de Bardin. Resultados: Se identificaron enfermeros autónomos que, de forma sistémica, se encuentran como outsiders y que sufren estigmas por los profesionales, comunidad y por los propios outsiders. Conclusión: La autonomía, en enfermería, alcanzada por los profesionales liberales está, en algunos aspectos, restringida por leyes y resoluciones que rigen su actuación. Los profesionales en enfermería todavía dependen, de una forma realista, de una mayor organización de la categoría y de incentivos en la fase académica por medio de disciplinas de emprendimiento para, así, buscar la efectivación de políticas públicas que desburocratizen el ejercicio liberal de la profesión

Alteraçöes neuroendócrinas nos transtornos do humor: foco no eixo hipotálamo-hipófise-tireoideo / Neuroendocrine changes in mood disordrs: focus on hipothalamic-pituitary-thyroid axis

Estudos recentes com pacientes deprimidos têm evidenciado a presença de perturbaçöes no eixo hipotálamo-hipófise-tireoideo (HDT) e esta tem sido uma área para a qual os estudiosos do assunto têm dirigido seus esforços de pesquisa. Entre as alteraçöes mais freqüentes temos a diminuiçäo da resposta do hormônio estimulante da tireóide (TSH) à diminuiçäo da resposta do hormônio liberador da tireotropina (TRH). Foi demosntrado ainda que a triiodotironina (T3) aumenta os efeitos dos antidepressivos tricíclicos. Os autores fazem revisäo bibliográfica das alteraçöes neuroendócrinas presentes nos transtornos do humor, com foco no eixo HPT e depressäo