CV Lattes
Universidade de São Paulo (USP). Escola de Enfermagem (EE) (Institutional affiliation from the last research proposal) Birthplace: Brazil
Degree in Nursing from the University of São Paulo (1979), MS in Nursing from the University of São Paulo (1988) and PhD in nursing from the University of São Paulo (1995). Has experience in nursing, focusing on medical-surgical nursing, acting on the following subjects: pain, chronic pain, assessment of pain, cancer pain and palliative care. (Source: Lattes Curriculum)
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Chronic pain affects about 30% of adults and schizophrenia about 1%, but little is known about the co-morbidity of these conditions. Chronic pain causes great suffering, and physical, social, emotional and financial impairment to the patient and society and, in combination with psychiatric conditions, the damage may be even greater. Investigating the prevalence, characteristics of pain an…
Opioids are drugs traditionally recommended for acute and cancer pain control. Nowadays, their indication on chronic non-cancer pain has been more frequent. There is a high concern regarding opioid usage in Denmark, due to opioid increased prescription during the last years and we can predict the same tendency in Brazil. However, there is little evidence about opioids effects on chronic n…
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