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Objective: to analyze the perceptions of academics and supervisors about the strategic action “O Brasil Conta Comigo”(Brazil counts on me). Method: cross-sectional study conducted in Mato Grosso do Sul-Brazil, from December 2020 to March 2021, in two stages: 1) Exploratory (quantitative), via analysis of reports of the 33 supervisors and 90 academics convened, application of an online questionnaire;2) In-depth (qualitative), using the remote focus group technique, with convenience sampling. Descriptive and content analysis was performed. Results: the reasons for joining and remaining with the action (scholarship, internship hours, and social responsibility), the pedagogical aspects (training, evaluation, and support from educational institutions, and management), and the contributions of the action (assistance and professional training) were identified. Conclusion: the general perceptions of the recruits are positive. Pedagogical aspects related to the evaluation of academics and support from higher education institutions should be reviewed, for more assertive actions in times of health crisis. © 2022, Universidade Federal do Parana. All rights reserved.
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Introduction: To verify the association among the mood state variables (total mood, depression, tension, and anger domains), sleep quality and the sleepiness of the university students during the COVID-19 Pandemic. Objective: To estimate whether mood is associated with the sleep quality and sleepiness in the university student during the COVID-19 Pandemic. Methods: Two hundred and four university students of both sexes, with a mean age of 23.72±5.95 years, registered from the 2nd to the 7th period of both shifts (day and night classes) in three health courses of Brazilian private universities were participated of this study. Sleep quality was measured by Pittsburgh Sleep Quality Index (PSQI), sleepiness by Epworth Sleepiness Scale (ESS) and mood state was measured by Brazil Mood Scale (BRAMS) before classes (day = 7h00 and night = 19h00). The Kolmogorov- Smirnov test was applied to verify the normality of the data. Spearman correlation coefficient was used to calculate the correlation between the following variables. The α-level for all analysis was set at 0.05. Results: The results showed there was a significant positive association among poor sleep quality (PSQI>5) and the total mood state (r=0.53;p<0.01), depression mood domain (r=0.42;p<0.01), tension mood domain (r=0.38;p<0.001), and anger mood domain (r=0.28;p=0.02). In addition, there was a significant association among sleepiness (ESS>9) and the total mood state (r=0.59;p<0.01), depression mood domain (r=0.40;p<0.01), and the anger mood domain (r=0.25;p=0.05). Depressed, high levels of tension and anger mood were associated with poor sleep quality (PSQI>5) and increased sleepiness (ESS>9). Conclusion: Therefore, university students were poor sleep quality, high levels of sleepiness, depression, tension, and anger mood before classes in the day-night shifts. The sleep quality and the sleepiness presented positive moderate correlation with the total mood state. In addition, the sleep quality and sleepiness presented positive weak correlation with depressed, stress and anger mood domains. In this context, it is important to highlight that it is necessary to improve the quality of sleep, alertness, and mood state of the university students during the COVID-19 pandemic to increase their academic performance and positive mood.
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Background: Lifestyle changes are crucial to preventing diabetes and its cardiovascular complications, including maintaining a physically active lifestyle. Morever, patient education is essential to promote diabetes self-management and health condition control. However, programs that combine physical exercise and lifestyle education are still poorly implemented in low- and middle-income countries, such as Brazil. The Diabetes College Brazil Study is a pioneer randomized clinical trial (RCT) designed to promote behavioral changes in adults with diabetes and prediabetes. PURPOSE: To test the feasibility, acceptability, and preliminary effectiveness of Diabetes College Brazil Study interventions (Exercise (Ex) vs. Exercise and Lifestyle Education (ExLE)) as part of the preparation for the development of the RCT. Methods: This pilot randomized trial (NCT03914924) had two parallel arms: ExLE program (12 weeks of exercise and educational interventions) and Ex program (12 weeks of exercise intervention only) (Figure 1). Feasibility (eligibility, recruitment, retention, completeness of RCT variables measures and participation rates), acceptability (satisfaction with interventions), and preliminary effectiveness of interventions (comparison of RCT variables measured in pre-and post-assessments) were evaluated. The preliminary effectiveness of the interventions was analyzed from the values of the difference between post-and pre-intervention measures (Δ post-pre) using both per-protocol (PP) and intention to treat (ITT) analysis for the comparison between groups (Ex vs. ExLE). The value 0 was imputed to replace the missing data in the analysis that followed the ITT principle. The results were reported as estimates of effect (95% confidence interval (CI) of the difference) for variables with normal distribution. RESULTS: Thirty-seven individuals participated in the study (ExLE: n = 18, 56.9±9.5 years old, 55.6% female, 5.6% prediabetes;Ex: n = 19, 59.5±7.3 years old, 52.6% female, 21.1% prediabetes). Eligibility, recruitment and retention rates were 16%, 100% and 82% respectively. The completeness of RCT variables measures was higher in the pre-intervention assessment. Missing data in the post-intervention assessment were mainly related to modifications in research procedures due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Participation rates in supervised exercise sessions and education classes were 76% and 71%, respectively (total sample). Interventions were highly acceptable to participants. There was a trend towards better results in the ExLE than Ex for most variables, mainly for physical activity level and quality of life (Table 1). Conclusion: The interventions are feasible and acceptable to participants. The results of this trial indicate the potential clinical benefit of lifestyle educational intervention associated with exercise intervention for people with diabetes and prediabetes. (Figure Presented).
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The standards regulating class management and learning negotiation is a topic of interest to the mathematics education research community. In the context of virtuality as a result of the Covid-19 pandemic, it is necessary to study the type of standards emerging to regulate interactions in math classes. In this study, standards regulating online high school geometry classes are characterized. As a theoretical reference, the didactic analysis model proposed by the Ontosemiotic Approach (OSA) is considered, particularly the notions of mathematics teacher’ practices and the standard classification system. The research is developed under a qualitative-naturalistic paradigm in which researchers analyzed two classes on metric relationships in circumferences taught to Chilean third-year high school students (15-16 years). In conclusion, the standards regulating the interaction processes in an online classroom are characterized, and teachers’ adaptability is shown in an exceptional-virtual context, where standards are established and changed when necessary to guarantee the optimization of the students’ learning. © 2021 Samuel Pelkey, Bonnie Stelmach, Darryl Hunter