Maria Helena Villas Bôas Concone

Research and the (free and) informed consent

The aim of this article was to reflect about the Free and Informed Consent (IC) in qualitative researches in the health field. Coming from the experience of being part of a CER (Committee for Ethic in Research) in the health area the authoresses place in debate some important questions, exploring them and conducting suggestions. One of these questions and topic of analysis is the meaning of IC, as for the participant as for the researcher.

Level of physical activity and quality of life: a comparative study among the elderly of rural and urban areas

Objective: To investigate if the relationship between physical activity level (PAL) and quality of life (QOL) is affected by living environment (rural or urban). Method: A quantitative, observational and cross-sectional study was performed. Of the 40 participants of both genders, 20 were residents of urban areas and 20 were residents of rural areas in the town of Pimenta Bueno (RO), Brazil. The WHOQOL BREF and IPAQ Long Version questionnaires were used to assess QOL and PAL, respectively. Mann Whitney and Fishers Exact were used to statistically compare groups for QOL and PAL scores. The correlation between the two was tested by the Spearman test. A significance level of p<0.05 was used. Results: No differences between the rural and urban areas for QOL or PAL were found. In the rural group a positive and significant correlation was found between PAL and the physical, psychological and complete QOL domains. In terms of PAL, elderly persons from the rural area who were regularly active had higher total QOL and physical domain scores than insufficiently active elderly individuals from the rural area. When place of residence was compared, insufficiently active elderly in the urban area had higher scores on the social component of QOL than insufficiently active elderly from the rural group. Among regularly active seniors, those living in the rural area had higher physical QOL scores. Conclusion: According to the results, level of physical activity exerts a differential influence on the QOL of elderly people from rural and urban areas. http://dx.doi.org/10.1590/1809-9823.2015.14182Objective : To investigate if the relationship between physical activity level (PAL) and quality of life (QOL) is affected by living environment (rural or urban). Method : A quantitative, observational and cross-sectional study was performed. Of the 40 participants of both genders, 20 were residents of urban areas and 20 were residents of rural areas in the town of Pimenta Bueno (RO), Brazil. The WHOQOL BREF and IPAQ Long Version questionnaires were used to assess QOL and PAL, respectively. Mann Whitney and Fishers Exact were used to statistically compare groups for QOL and PAL scores. The correlation between the two was tested by the Spearman test. A significance level of p<0.05 was used. Results : No differences between the rural and urban areas for QOL or PAL were found. In the rural group a positive and significant correlation was found between PAL and the physical, psychological and complete QOL domains. In terms of PAL, elderly persons from the rural area who were regularly active had higher total QOL and physical domain scores than insufficiently active elderly individuals from the rural area. When place of residence was compared, insufficiently active elderly in the urban area had higher scores on the social component of QOL than insufficiently active elderly from the rural group. Among regularly active seniors, those living in the rural area had higher physical QOL scores. Conclusion : According to the results, level of physical activity exerts a differential influence on the QOL of elderly people from rural and urban areas.

COZINHA TERENA: NOVAS PRÁTICAS ALIMENTARES EM TEMPOS DE MUDANÇA

Este estudo teve por objetivo identificar aspectos da cozinha terena, analisando a composicao da dieta, as praticas alimentares e recomendacoes gerais em situacoes especificas da vida, como o puerperio e presenca de doencas. O estudo foi de abordagem qualitativa com individuos terena, identificados como informantes-chave nas questoes da comida e cozinha e residentes na Terra Indigena Buriti, Mato Grosso do Sul, Brasil. Os relatos evidenciaram significativas mudancas nas praticas alimentares, com destaque para as mudancas ocorridas na obtencao e plantio dos proprios alimentos, a introducao de alimentos industrializados e as preocupacoes com os resultados oriundos dos novos habitos. A limitacao da area disponivel, a degradacao ambiental e a presenca de alimentos fornecidos na cesta basica foram indicadas como elementos que contribuem para alteracoes da dieta terena. A permanencia da cozinha de taquarussu, o fogao a lenha, a conservacao das carnes pela desidratacao, os alimentos disponiveis no fogao, o local das refeicoes, a familia reunida, os utensilios e as receitas transmitidas oralmente sao elementos repletos de valores simbolicos da cultura terena. Novos estudos sao necessarios para aprofundamento de elementos aqui identificados e abordados como pequenos fragmentos da realidade, necessitando de maior discussao teorica sobre a rica experiencia terena em contexto de mudanca.