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Prevalence of COVID-19 in medical school and residency in Porto Alegre, RS

SUMMARY OBJECTIVE: A multicentric, cross-sectional study was carried out to determine the prevalence and risk factors for Coronavirus disease 2019 in medical students and residents from four universities and affiliated hospitals in Brazil. METHODS: A survey about contamination risk and symptoms was sen...

Prevalência de diabéticos, hipertensos e atividade física em Porto Alegre, Rio Grande do Sul

J. nurs. health; 12 (1), 2022
Objetivo: identificar a prevalência de diabéticos e hipertensos, a partir dos 18 anos, de acordo com perfil sociodemográfico e de prática de atividade física, no município de Porto Alegre, capital do Estado do Rio Grande do Sul. Método: estudo com dados da Vigilância de Fatores de Risco e proteç...

Hipertensão arterial e diabetes mellitus em uma região metropolitana de desigualdade social: inquérito populacional

Objetivo: Estimar a prevalência de hipertensão arterial sistêmica (HAS) e diabetes mellitus (DM) autorreferidas e verificar os fatores associados. Métodos: Estudo transversal realizado em 2015 que utilizou dados do inquérito populacional Saúde em Vespasiano. A amostra compôs-se por 1.206 adultos p...

Fluid intake, hydration status and body mass changes in U-15 judo athletes during a training day

Acta sci., Health sci; 44 (), 2022
Despite numerous studies related to dehydration there is still a lack of scientific literature presenting hydration status and fluid intake of judo athletes during different periods. Therefore, the aim of this study was to investigate, fluid intake, hydration status and body weight changes of...

Determination of prevalence, characteristics, management and related factors for pain in the older adults: pain among nursing home residents

Acta sci., Health sci; 44 (), 2022
This study aimed to determine pain assessment approaches and pain management strategies in elderly people in a nursing home.The cross-sectional-descriptive study sample consisted of 147 older adults living in a nursing home in Turkey in 2019. They all agreed to participate in ...

Depression, anxiety and stress, comorbidity evaluation among a large sample of general adults: results from SEPAHAN study

Acta sci., Health sci; 44 (), 2022
Depression, anxiety and stress are common psychological disorders (PDs).This study aimed to assess the odds of co-occurrence of mentioned PDs in total sample and different levels of socio-demographic characteristics, specifically among a large sample of general adults.Ina cross-s...

Prevalencia de malaria en Aguarico, comunidad de la Amazonía ecuatoriana
Malaria prevalence in Aguarico, a community in the Ecuadorian Amazon

Rev. Eugenio Espejo; 16 (1), 2022
Objetivo. Determinar el estado actual de la prevalencia de Plasmodium en pacientes febriles que acuden al Hospital Básico Franklin Tello Nuevo Rocafuerte, cantón Aguarico, comparando con los datos de otros estudios epidemiológicos de la misma zona y la frontera con el vecino país de Per...

Consumo de productos de tabaco y factores asociados en mujeres en Antioquia, Colombia

Resumen Introducción: El uso del tabaco en mujeres está aumentando significativamente a pesar de los alarmantes peligros para la salud. Objetivo: Determinar la prevalencia y factores asociados al consumo de tabaco en mujeres del departamento de Antioquia, Colombia. Materiales y métodos: Estudio des...

Caracterización epidemiológica de pacientes diabéticos e hipertensos en consultorio en Quinta Normal, 2018-2019

Rev. méd. Chile; 150 (1), 2022
BACKGROUND: Hypertension and diabetes are highly prevalent conditions in Chilean adults. AIM: To describe the demographic and clinical profiles, risk factors and complications associated with arterial hypertension (AH) and diabetes mellitus (DM) in patients ascribed to a cardiovascular health program at ...

Risco nutricional e cardiovascular em idosos quilombolas

Resumo O objetivo deste artigo é avaliar o risco nutricional e cardiovascular segundo medidas antropométricas em idosos quilombolas do estado do Maranhão. Trata-se de estudo transversal realizado em 11 comunidades remanescentes de quilombolas do município de Bequimão, Maranhão, Brasil. Realizou-se ...