Perfil de estrés y estrés crónico en migrantes mexicanos en Canadá / Stress profile and chronic stress in Mexican immigrants in Canada

Objetivo Establecer la asociación existente entre el nivel alto de estrés crónico y las variables consideradas como negativas del perfil de estrés en los migrantes mexicanos radicados en Edmonton Canadá. Métodos La selección de la población fue por medio de la técnica aleatoria simple. El tamaño de la muestra fue: 58 migrantes, durante el año de 2010-20011, se aplicó el Inventario de Síntomas de Estrés y el Perfil de Nowack. Resultados Los niveles de estrés crónico fueron: 34 % alto, 45 % medios y 21 % bajo, El análisis de regresión estadístico se determinó que la situación de estrés y la minimización de la amenaza son predictoras para desarrollar niveles altos de estrés crónico. Conclusión La situación de estrés y la minimización de la amenaza son predictoras para desarrollar niveles altos de estrés crónico y las mujeres migrantes a diferencia del sexo masculino, tienden a no utilizar la minimización de la amenaza como afrontamiento al estrés.

Objective Establishing an association between high chronic stress levels and variables considered to be negative regarding the stress profile for Mexican migrants living in Edmonton, Canada. Methods A simple random technique was used for choosing the target population; the sample size involved 58 migrants. The Nowack Stress Profile and Maslach Burnout Inventory were used to identify immigrants' stress symptoms during 2010-2011. Results Chronic stress levels were classified as being 24 % high, 45 % medium and 21 % low. Statistical regression analysis determined that a stressful situation and threat minimisation were predictors for developing high levels of chronic stress. Conclusions Stress situation and threat minimisation were predictors for developing high levels of chronic stress; migrant women (unlike males) tended not to use threat minimisation to deal with stress.

Análise comparativa da condição bucal, sistêmica e sociodemográfica de idosos brasileiros e canadenses, relacionados à qualidade de vida / A comparative analysis of oral health condition, general health and sociodemographic factors in Brazilian and Canadian elderly people related to the quality of life

Este estudo investigou a relação entre as condições de saúde oral, a saúde sistêmica e os fatores sociodemográficos em idosos brasileiros, canadenses e imigrantes canadenses, relacionados à qualidade de vida. Um total de 602 pessoas, com idade entre 60 e 85 anos, participaram voluntariamente deste estudo: 202 brasileiros, 189 canadenses e 211 imigrantes canadenses (78 chineses, 125 indianos e 8 vietnamitas). Os fatores sociodemográficos analisados foram: gênero, idade, nível educacional, estado civil, moradia e renda. A condição de saúde oral avaliou o número de dentes presentes, dentes perdidos, cariados, restaurados, hígidos, além de possuir próteses dentárias, os tipos de prótese dentária, além da condição periodontal, como profundidade de sondagem, recessão gengival, nível de inserção periodontal, mobilidade dental, índice de placa e gengival. A condição sistêmica foi baseada no auto-relato, dados sobre doenças diagnosticadas e os medicamentos que estavam em uso. A qualidade de vida foi mensurada usando o Geriatric Oral Health Assessment Índex (GOHAI), o Oral Health Impact Profile-14 (OHIP-14) e o World Health Organization Quality of Life (WHOQOL-bref), que foi administrado através de entrevista pessoal. Os resultados mostraram que 65 idosos brasileiros eram edêntulos e que os brasileiros dentados tinham perdido mais dentes, 20,10 ± 10,38 dentes. Os idosos canadenses permaneciam com mais dentes, 25,51 ±15,08 dentes, e tinham mais dentes restaurados (11,13 ± 5,72 dentes). Os idosos imigrantes canadenses tinham mais dentes hígidos,15,45 ±7,71 dentes, e mais dentes cariados, 2,96 ±3,03. A prótese dentária mais facilmente encontrada eram as Próteses Totais e as Próteses Parciais Fixas, mas mais de 50% era insatisfatórias. Em relação à condição periodontal, os idosos imigrantes canadenses tinham as maiores profundidades de sondagem, os idosos brasileiros tinham as maiores recessões gengivais (1,81 ± 1,26mm) e a maior perda de inserção periodontal (3,49 ±0,96mm...

This study investigated the relationship between oral health condition, general health and sociodemographic factors in Brazilian, Canadian and Canadian immigrant elderly people related to the quality of life. A total of 602 subjects aged 60 to 85 years volunteered, being 202 Brazilian, 189 Canadian and 211 Canadian immigrant elderly individuals (among the latter, 78 Chinese, 125 Indian and 8 Vietnamese). The sociodemographic factors analyzed included gender, age, educational level, marital status, having an own house and income. Analysis of the oral condition comprised the number of present teeth, sound teeth, decayed teeth, filled teeth, missing teeth, the use of dental prosthesis, as well as the periodontal status (probing depth at six sites per tooth, gingival recession, attachment loss, plaque index, gingival index, and tooth mobility). Systemic diseases were recorded based on subjects self-reports of the diseases with which they were currently diagnosed, as well as the medications they were using. The quality of life was measured using the Geriatric Oral Health Assessment Index (GOHAI), the Oral Health Impact Profile-14 (OHIP-14) and the World Health Organization Quality of Life (WHOQOL-bref), which were administered by a personal interview. The results showed that 65 Brazilian elderly adults were edentulous and that Brazilian dentate subjects had more missing teeth (20.10 ± 10.38); the Canadian elderly adults retained more teeth (25.51 ±15.08) and had more filled teeth (11.13 ± 5.72); the Canadian immigrant elderly adults had more sound teeth (15.45 ± 7.71) and more decayed teeth (2.96 ± 3.03). The dental prosthesis most commonly found was complete dentures and fixed partial prosthesis, but more than 50% were unsatisfactory. Concerning the periodontal condition, the Canadian immigrant elderly men had the deepest probing depth values, the Brazilian elderly adults had the largest gingival recession 1.81±1.26mm) and the greatest attachment loss...