OBJECTIVE: Prior epidemiological surveys revealed that Chile experiences a high burden of oral diseases. However, no prior study has reported estimates of untreated dental caries, periodontitis, and edentulism over a three-decade period for the country. Using estimates of the Global Burden of Diseases St...
La violencia por cuestiones de género es un fenómeno histórico, complejo y prevalente a nivel mundial. Definida por la Organización de las Naciones Unidas como ’todo acto de violencia basado en la pertenencia al sexo femenino, que tenga o pueda tener como resultado un daño o sufrimiento físico, s...
ABSTRACT Objective: To determine caries prevalence and its association with body mass index in school children between 9-12 years of age in Hail, Saudi Arabia. Material and Methods: This descriptive cross-sectional study included 524 school children 9-12 years of age. These children were selected from ...
Caries Dental/prevención & control,
Índice de Masa Corporal,
Prevalencia,
Índice CPO,
Análisis de Varianza,
Estudios Transversales/métodos,
Distribución de Chi-Cuadrado,
Factores Sociodemográficos,
Determinantes Sociales de la Salud,
Estadísticas no Paramétricas,
Niño,
Caries Dental/etiología,
Salud Pública
: O aleitamento materno, de acordo com a Organização Mundial da Saúde,
deve ser o único alimento para os bebês até 6 meses de idade e o principal para as
crianças de até 24 meses de idade. Entre suas inúmeras vantagens destaca-se menores
índices de morbidade infantil por diarreia, infecções r...
Ullah, N;
Kakakhel, M A;
Bai, Y;
Xi, L;
Khan, I;
Kalra, B S;
Kumar, T;
Ahmad, H;
Shah, M;
Guanlan, L;
Zhang, C.
Abstract Hepatitis C virus (HCV) is the serious global public health burden of liver disease. Approximately 170 million people in the world are infected with (HCV). In Pakistan, where the disease has high occurrence rate. The present study envisages an up-to-date prevalence of HCV and genotypic distribut...
Abstract The current study was carried out to estimate the prevalence and diversity of ectoparasites in rock pigeons in different regions of Punjab, Pakistan. A total of 120 birds were captured from March 2017 to February 2019. The ectoparasites were collected by standard procedures and preserved in 70% ...
Aim: To estimate the prevalence and associated factors of self-reported depressive symptoms in undergraduate and graduate dental students. Methods: The Depression, Anxiety and Stress Scale (DASS-21) was applied, and only the depression domain was verified. A structured questionnaire was used to collect s...
Aim: To assess the prevalence of cleft lip and/or cleft palate (CL/P) and associated variables in neonates admitted to neonatal intensive care units (ICU). Methods: Medical charts for neonates born and admitted to the ICU between 2012 and 2018 were reviewed. Obstetric and neonatal variables were collecte...
García, Renzo;
Noya, Beatriz;
Surbano, Marta;
Cavallieri, Fiorella;
Bouchacourt, Juan Pablo;
Illescas, Laura;
González, Leandro;
Lladó, Natalia;
Kmaid, Ana;
Riva, Juan.
La fragilidad determina una incapacidad para enfrentar estresores debido a la disminución de las reservas fisiológicas multisistémicas. El acto anestésico quirúrgico constituye un evento estresante y la presencia de fragilidad es un factor de riesgo independiente de morbimortalidad perioperatoria. I...
OBJECTIVES: To assess functional disability and associated factors in older patients cared for at a large Brazilian urban area.
METHODS: This is a cross-sectional study performed at a primary health care unit in the city of São Paulo, Brazil. Participants were selected via probabilistic sampling of 400 ...
