ABSTRACT Objective: To analyze the prevalence of electronic cigarette (e-cigarette) awareness and experimentation among university students, as well as the characteristics associated with that awareness. Methods: This was a cross-sectional study, conducted in 2015, in which 489 university students at t...
Concienciación,
Brasil/epidemiología,
Estudios Transversales,
Sistemas Electrónicos de Liberación de Nicotina/estadística & datos numéricos,
Prevalencia,
Estudiantes/psicología,
Estudiantes/estadística & datos numéricos,
Encuestas y Cuestionarios,
Universidades/estadística & datos numéricos,
Vapeo/epidemiología,
Vapeo/psicología
Abstract Objective: To estimate the past-year prevalence of parental use of verbal and physical discipline in an urban sample. Method: A cross-sectional study was conducted in two underprivileged neighborhoods with nearly 80,000 inhabitants. Complex sampling was used. The households were selected by ap...
Chen, Xiao-tian;
Yang, Song;
Yang, Ya-ming;
Zhao, Hai-long;
Chen, Yan-chun;
Zhao, Xiang-hai;
Wen, Jin-bo;
Tian, Yuan-rui;
Yan, Wei-li;
Shen, Chong.
Abstract Objective: Total bilirubin is beneficial for protecting cardiovascular diseases in adults. The authors aimed to investigate the association of total bilirubin, red blood cell, and hemoglobin levels with the prevalence of high blood pressure in children and adolescents. Methods: A total of 3776...
SUMMARY INTRODUCTION: The prevalence of systemic arterial hypertension in childhood has increased progressively OBJECTIVE: To analyze blood pressure and height reached by children in public schools in the South of Brazil. METHODS: This is a sectional study of a randomized sample of 1,082 students of s...
ABSTRACT Objective: to evaluate the completeness of perinatal death investigation sheets, stratified by age components. Method: descriptive study carried out in Recife, PE, in 2014. Among 308 perinatal deaths, 46 were excluded from this study due to association with congenital malformations, and 7 due ...
ABSTRACT Objective: to identify the defining characteristics of Ineffective airway clearance with better predictive power using classification trees. Method: the predictive power of the defining characteristics of Ineffective airway clearance was evaluated based on classification trees generated from t...
Algoritmos,
Brasil/epidemiología,
Distribución de Chi-Cuadrado,
Estudios Transversales,
Tamizaje Masivo/métodos,
Diagnóstico de Enfermería/métodos,
Diagnóstico de Enfermería/estadística & datos numéricos,
Insuficiencia Respiratoria/diagnóstico,
Insuficiencia Respiratoria/epidemiología,
Infecciones del Sistema Respiratorio/complicaciones,
Infecciones del Sistema Respiratorio/diagnóstico,
Infecciones del Sistema Respiratorio/epidemiología
ABSTRACT Objective: to analyze the flow of care to the person with symptoms of tuberculosis and the results achieved in the detection of cases in Primary Health Care units of two municipalities of Rio Grande do Sul. Method: descriptive of mixed methods, developed between 2013 and 2016. We used secondar...
ABSTRACT Objective: to analyze the Early Neonatal Mortality risk factors according to the risk stratification criteria of the Guideline of the Rede Mãe Paranaense Program. Method: a case-control epidemiological study with secondary data from the Mortality and Live Birth Information System in 2014. The...
Rodrigues-de-Paula, Fátima;
Lana, Raquel de Carvalho;
Lopes, Larissa Karlla Rodrigues;
Cardoso, Francisco;
Lindquist, Ana Raquel Rodrigues;
Piemonte, Maria Elisa Pimentel;
Correa, Clynton Lourenço;
Israel, Vera Lúcia;
Mendes, Felipe;
Lima, Lidiane Oliveira.
ABSTRACT To identify the factors affecting the use of physiotherapy services among individuals with Parkinson's disease (PD) living in Brazil. Methods: Overall, 479 individuals with idiopathic PD, of both sexes, at any stage of the Hoehn & Yahr (HY) scale, and from seven capital cities in Brazil wer...
Branco, Luciana Prats;
Adoni, Tarso;
Apostolos-Pereira, Samira Luisa;
Brooks, Joseph Bruno Bidin;
Correa, Eber Castro;
Damasceno, Carlos Augusto;
Eboni, Audred Cristina Biondo;
Fezer, Leticia;
Gama, Paulo Diniz da;
Goncalves, Marcus Vinicius Magno;
Gomes, Sidney;
Grzesiuk, Anderson Kuntz;
Mendes, Maria Fernanda;
Morales, Rogerio Rizo;
Muniz, Andre;
Parolin, Monica Fiuza Koncke;
Pimentel, Maria Lucia Vellutini;
Ribeiro, Marlise de Castro;
Santos, Gutemberg Augusto Cruz dos;
Sato, Henry Koiti;
Scherpenhuijzen, Simone Batista;
Scorcine, Claudio;
Siquineli, Fabio;
Sousa, Nise Alexandra de Carvalho;
Varela, Daniel Lima;
Winckler, Tereza Cristina Avila;
Fragoso, Yara Dadalti.
ABSTRACT Treatment options for multiple sclerosis (MS) have changed over the last few years, bringing about a new category of drugs with more efficient profiles. However, these drugs have come with a whole new profile of potential adverse events that neurologists have to learn well and quickly. One of th...
Anticuerpos Antivirales/sangre,
Brasil/epidemiología,
Ensayo de Inmunoadsorción Enzimática,
Virus JC/inmunología,
Leucoencefalopatía Multifocal Progresiva/sangre,
Leucoencefalopatía Multifocal Progresiva/inmunología,
Esclerosis Múltiple/sangre,
Esclerosis Múltiple/tratamiento farmacológico,
Esclerosis Múltiple/virología,
Natalizumab/efectos adversos,
Infecciones por Polyomavirus/epidemiología,
Infecciones por Polyomavirus/inmunología,
Prevalencia,
Seroconversión,
Factores Sexuales
