Objetivo: Avaliar a prevalência de hábitos parafuncionais em crianças e verificar se o aleitamento materno, o uso de mamadeira, a renda e a escolaridade materna estão associados a estes hábitos. Materiais e Métodos: Um estudo transversal foi realizado com 592 crianças de 36 a 71 meses de idade e s...
Introdução: os sintomas do trato digestivo representam uma das queixas mais comuns na prática clínica diária. Objetivo: avaliar o perfil dos pacientes adultos que consultam na atenção primária apresentando queixas dispépticas. Métodos: o estudo foi retrospectivo, transversal, de base populacion...
OBJECTIVE: To explore gender and racial profiling of percentage body fat of 1136 urban South African children attending public schools in Pretoria Central. METHODS: This is a cross-sectional survey of 1136 randomly selected children (548 boys and 588 girls) aged 9-13 years in urban (Pretoria Central) Sou...
OBJECTIVE: To see if black Jamaican postmenopausal women who had hysterectomy were at increased risk of osteoporosis. To assess the risk of osteoporosis in hysterectomized Jamaican postmenopausal patients. METHOD: We reviewed 809 women (403 hysterectomized and 406 controls) for cardiovascular disease ris...
OBJECTIVE: To determine the sociodemographic information and characteristics of patients aged 18-60 years diagnosed with substance use disorders presenting to the three government treatment facilities. To determine the prevalence rates of alcohol, cannabis, cocaine and poly-substance use disorders in pat...
OBJECTIVE: To explore possible associations of age, gender, socio-economic status, educational level and level of cognitive functioning with depressive symptoms in a community sample of elderly persons. METHOD: Two hundred elderly persons from two communities in Kingston, Jamaica, were randomly selected ...
BACKGROUND: Depression is a common problem among those suffering from diabetes mellitus. The dual diagnoses of a chronic medical disease and mental disorder, symptomatic presentation and stringent treatment regimen are sources ofpsychological distress for patients and present a major challenge for health...
OBJECTIVE: To determine the Treatment Needs Index (TNI) for dental caries, the restorative Care Index (CI), and to introduce a Tooth Extractions Index (TEI) to estimate past and current treatment needs among Mexican adolescents. SUBJECT AND METHODS: A descriptive cross-sectional study was carried out on ...
La atención estomatológica en Cuba prioriza a embarazadas y madres con niños menores de un año. Objetivo: identificar los conocimientos sobre salud bucal de embarazadas y madres con niños menores de un año. Métodos: se realizó un estudio observacional, descriptivo y transversal, en el municipio M...
Desde hace algunos años se observa en nuestras universidades de ciencias médicas estudiantes chinos de forma masiva, evento sin precedentes en nuestro país. Para el dominio de todo lo referente a su salud bucal y al proceso salud-enfermedad de los mismos. Objetivo: identificar las principales enfermed...
