Monitoring health as an opportunity to categorize preventative and early-treatment actions in a self-care journey: our experience with a Healthcare Magenta Scorecard.

Background: Applying a digital health intervention to measure health and wellbeing status offers opportunities to guide and augment healthcare and promotion. In our scenario, we consider mainly digital-native patients and present an evaluation of a new Healthcare Magenta Scorecard towards this end. Methods: Grounded in the six domains of health and promotion (physical activity; sleep quality; nutrition; habits/lifestyle; mental health; quality of life) we developed a health Magenta Scorecard (Magenta Score), a mobile based Electronic Patient Reported Outcomes (e-PRO) that measures patients health and wellbeing every 3-5 months. The Magenta Scorecard was derived from previously published evidence-based instruments. We collected data as patients were onboarded into our healthcare system (T0 and T1, time span between measurements, 141 days) and provided correlations among our domains of care. Results: A total of 1,622 participants responded to T0 and T1 our Magenta Scorecard. Participants mean age was 31.3 [95% confidence interval (CI): 31.2-31.5] years and female (63.4%). Fifty-five percent (n=892) of our sample were categorized as relating to Health and Wellbeing promotion, 8.5% (n=138) disease management, 35.7% (n=579) self-care care support and only 0.8% (n=13) pertained to case management. From our care coordination guided approach, our Magenta Scorecards reported mean improvement across the study cohort of 26 ± standard deviation (SD) points, from T0 (649, 95% CI: 643-656) to T1 (675, 95% CI: 668-682). Our Magenta Scorecard domains had significant, albeit weak spearman correlations. Conclusions: We demonstrated our Magenta Scorecard rationale and its guided approach. The Magenta Scorecard displayed adequate responsiveness and was significantly correlated across all of the domains investigated. Further prospective research is needed to validate our results in the long term.

Masculinities and mental distress: from personal care to fight against male sexism? / Masculinidades e sofrimento mental: do cuidado singular ao enfrentamento do machismo?

Mental health problems have great international health relevance. From a multifactorial nature, the health conditions considered here as suffering are influenced by social elements such as the construction of masculinity, notwithstanding the evident increasing criticisms and struggles against male sexism. Given this setting, the paper addresses male mental distress and its care, based on a literature review, according to BVS research, and considering the 2010-2020 period. Twenty-two papers were selected from the research. The results of the study were organized into these categories: Characteristics/Particularities of men's mental distress; Access/Way of seeking help by men in distress and approach/Care of men in mental distress. We can conclude that there is a need for more visibility for the relationship between masculinity and suffering and their care specificities, considering the existence of an apparent silent crisis, the right of men (as people) to care, and the possible contribution, albeit indirect and modest, of addressing men's distress to the fight against machismo.

Os problemas de saúde mental têm grande relevância sanitária internacional. De natureza multifatorial, tais condições de saúde, aqui consideradas como sofrimentos, são influenciadas, inclusive, por elementos sociais, como a construção da masculinidade, em que pese as críticas e lutas cada vez mais evidentes contra o machismo. Diante deste cenário, este artigo aborda o sofrimento mental masculino e seu cuidado, a partir de uma revisão da literatura, tendo como base a BVS e considerando o período de 2010 a 2020. Foram selecionados 22 artigos. Os resultados do estudo foram organizados em torno das categorias: Características/ Particularidades do sofrimento mental de homens; Acesso/Modo de procura por ajuda de homens em sofrimento e Abordagem/Cuidado de homens em sofrimento mental. Conclui-se haver necessidade de mais visibilidade para a relação entre masculinidade e sofrimento mental e suas especificidades no âmbito do cuidado, considerando a existência de uma aparente crise silenciosa, o direito dos homens (enquanto pessoas) ao cuidado bem como a possível contribuição, ainda que indireta e modesta, da abordagem do sofrimento dos homens para a luta contra o machismo.

Masculinidades e sofrimento mental: do cuidado singular ao enfrentamento do machismo? / Masculinities and mental distress: from personal care to fight against male sexism?

Resumo Os problemas de saúde mental têm grande relevância sanitária internacional. De natureza multifatorial, tais condições de saúde, aqui consideradas como sofrimentos, são influenciadas, inclusive, por elementos sociais, como a construção da masculinidade, em que pese as críticas e lutas cada vez mais evidentes contra o machismo. Diante deste cenário, este artigo aborda o sofrimento mental masculino e seu cuidado, a partir de uma revisão da literatura, tendo como base a BVS e considerando o período de 2010 a 2020. Foram selecionados 22 artigos. Os resultados do estudo foram organizados em torno das categorias: Características/ Particularidades do sofrimento mental de homens; Acesso/Modo de procura por ajuda de homens em sofrimento e Abordagem/Cuidado de homens em sofrimento mental. Conclui-se haver necessidade de mais visibilidade para a relação entre masculinidade e sofrimento mental e suas especificidades no âmbito do cuidado, considerando a existência de uma aparente crise silenciosa, o direito dos homens (enquanto pessoas) ao cuidado bem como a possível contribuição, ainda que indireta e modesta, da abordagem do sofrimento dos homens para a luta contra o machismo.

Abstract Mental health problems have great international health relevance. From a multifactorial nature, the health conditions considered here as suffering are influenced by social elements such as the construction of masculinity, notwithstanding the evident increasing criticisms and struggles against male sexism. Given this setting, the paper addresses male mental distress and its care, based on a literature review, according to BVS research, and considering the 2010-2020 period. Twenty-two papers were selected from the research. The results of the study were organized into these categories: Characteristics/Particularities of men's mental distress; Access/Way of seeking help by men in distress and approach/Care of men in mental distress. We can conclude that there is a need for more visibility for the relationship between masculinity and suffering and their care specificities, considering the existence of an apparent silent crisis, the right of men (as people) to care, and the possible contribution, albeit indirect and modest, of addressing men's distress to the fight against machismo.

Effects of concurrent training and intermittent fasting on structural, functional, and morphological parameters of the heart / Efectos del entrenamiento concurrente y el ayuno intermitente sobre los parámetros estructurales, funcionales y morfológicos del corazón

SUMMARY: Intermittent fasting and concurrent training have been performed frequently to decrease body mass. The aim was to analyze the effects of concurrent training (CT) and intermittent fasting (IF) on cardiac remodeling. In total, 39 adult male Wistar rats were used, divided into four groups: control (C [n = 12]), fasting control (FC [n = 11]), training (T [n = 8]) and fasting training (FT [n = 8]). The CT protocol was composed of 12 sessions, with 30 minutes of aerobic training (AT) in the liquid medium at an intensity of 80 % of the anaerobic threshold, followed by resistance training (RT) with 4 series of 10 aquatic jumps at an corresponding to 50 % of body weight. The IF period was established at 12/12 hours, starting at 9 p.m. and ending at 9 a.m. Echocardiographic analyzes were performed before and after the intervention and, at the end of the experiment, samples of the cardiac tissue were collected to perform the histological analyses. Data analysis was performed using the Shapiro-Wilk tests, Analysis of Variance - ANOVA with Tukey's post-test, and Kruskal- Wallis with Dunn's post-test. All procedures assumed an error of 5 % (p<0.05). Neither group showed alterations in the functional (min. p= 0.12 - max. p= 0.83) and structural parameters of the heart (min. p=0.31 - max. p=0.83). A decrease was observed in the area of cardiomyocytes in the T (p=0.001) and FT groups (p=0.001). The CT and IF did not alter the functional and structural parameters of the heart, but did cause a decrease in the area of the cardiomyocytes.

RESUMEN: El ayuno intermitente y el entrenamiento concurrente se han realizado frecuentemente para disminuir la masa corporal. El objetivo fue analizar los efectos del entrenamiento concurrente (EC) y el ayuno intermitente (AI) sobre el remodelado cardíaco. En total, se utilizaron 39 ratas Wistar macho adultas, divididas en cuatro grupos: control (C [n = 12]), control en ayunas (AC [n = 11]), entrenamiento (E [n = 8]) y ayuno, entrenamiento [n = 8]). El protocolo de EC estuvo compuesto de 12 sesiones, con 30 minutos de entrenamiento aeróbico (EA) en el medio líquido a una intensidad del 80 % del umbral anaeróbico, seguido de entrenamiento de resistencia (ER) con 4 series de 10 saltos acuáticos correspondiente al 50 % del peso corporal. El período de AI se estableció a las 12/12 horas, a partir de las 21:00 horas. finalizando a las 9 a.m. Se realizaron análisis ecocardiográficos antes y después de la intervención y, al finalizar el experimento, se reco- lectaron muestras del tejido cardíaco para realizar los análisis histológicos. El análisis de los datos se realizó mediante las pruebas de Shapiro-Wilk, Análisis de Varianza - ANOVA con pos test de Tukey y Kruskal-Wallis con postest de Dunn. Todos los procedimientos asumieron un error del 5 % (p <0,05). No se observaron alteraciones funcionales de los grupos (mín. P = 0,12 - máx. P = 0,83) y estructurales del corazón (mín. P = 0,31 - máx. P = 0,83). Se observó una disminución en el área de cardiomiocitos en los grupos E (p = 0,001) y EA (p = 0,001). La EC y la AI no alteraron los parámetros funcionales y estructurales del corazón, pero sí provocaron una disminución del área de los cardiomiocitos.