ABSTRACT OBJECTIVE To describe the increase in cases of malaria in Mozambique. METHODS Cross-sectional study conducted in 2014, in Mozambique with national weekly epidemiological bulletin data. I analyzed the number of recorded cases in the 2009-2013 period, which led to the creation of an endemic ch...
ABSTRACT OBJECTIVE To test if the neighborhood socioeconomic status is associated with systolic blood pressure and hypertension in older adults. METHODS A cross-sectional population-based study with a sample of 1,705 older adults from Florianópolis, SC, Southern Brazil. The contextual variable used ...
Antihipertensivos/uso terapéutico,
Presión Sanguínea,
Brasil/epidemiología,
Estudios Transversales,
Hipertensión/tratamiento farmacológico,
Hipertensión/epidemiología,
Hipertensión/fisiopatología,
Persona de Mediana Edad,
Prevalencia,
Características de la Residencia,
Factores de Riesgo,
Clase Social,
Factores Socioeconómicos
ABSTRACT OBJECTIVE To describe the trend in cancer mortality rates in Brazil and regions before and after correction for underreporting of deaths and redistribution of ill-defined and nonspecific causes. METHODS The study used data of deaths from lung cancer among the population aged from 30 to 69 ye...
ABSTRACT Epidemiology is the study of occurrence, distribution and determinants of health-related events, including the application of that knowledge to the prevention and control of health problems. However, epidemiological studies, in most cases, have limited their research questions to determinants of...
ABSTRACT OBJECTIVE To analyze the factors associated with late presentation to HIV/AIDS services among heterosexual men. METHODS Men infected by HIV who self-identified as heterosexual (n = 543) were included in the study. Descriptive, biivariate and logistic regression analyses were performed to eva...
Actitud Frente a la Salud,
Brasil/epidemiología,
Recuento de Linfocito CD4,
Estudios Transversales,
Diagnóstico Tardío,
Progresión de la Enfermedad,
Infecciones por VIH/diagnóstico,
Infecciones por VIH/epidemiología,
Accesibilidad a los Servicios de Salud,
Heterosexualidad,
Persona de Mediana Edad,
Prevalencia,
Factores de Riesgo
ABSTRACT OBJECTIVE To analyze the contributions of the socioeconomic, hygienic, and sanitation improvements in reducing the prevalence of diarrhea in a city of the Amazon. METHODS In this population-based cross-sectional study, we analyzed data from surveys conducted in the city of Jordão, Acre. In ...
ABSTRACT OBJECTIVE To identify the factors associated with severity of malocclusion in a population of adolescents. METHODS In this cross-sectional population-based study, the sample size (n = 761) was calculated considering a prevalence of malocclusion of 50.0%, with a 95% confidence level and a 5.0...
ABSTRACT OBJECTIVE To estimate the prevalence of hypertension among adolescent Brazilian students. METHODS A systematic review of school-based cross-sectional studies was conducted. The articles were searched in the databases MEDLINE, Embase, Scopus, LILACS, SciELO, Web of Science, CAPES thesis datab...
Resumo: O envelhecimento populacional ocasionou aumento da dependência e da sobrecarga de cuidadores familiares de idosos dependentes. O objetivo foi verificar, entre cuidadores familiares, a prevalência de sobrecarga e os fatores associados a ela em uma região pobre e violenta do Rio de Janeiro, Bras...
Cuidadores/psicología,
Demencia/epidemiología,
Depresión/epidemiología,
Estrés Psicológico/epidemiología,
Brasil/epidemiología,
Cuidadores/estadística & datos numéricos,
Estudios Transversales,
Demencia/psicología,
Depresión/psicología,
Anciano Frágil/psicología,
Anciano Frágil/estadística & datos numéricos,
Prevalencia,
Factores de Riesgo,
Factores Socioeconómicos,
Estrés Psicológico/psicología
Resumo: O trabalho objetivou identificar e analisar a prevalência da violência familiar física e psicológica entre crianças e adolescentes com diferentes categorias de deficiência em um hospital no Rio de Janeiro, Brasil. Estudo observacional, transversal realizado com aplicação do instrumento Pa...
Maltrato a los Niños/estadística & datos numéricos,
Niños con Discapacidad/estadística & datos numéricos,
Violencia Doméstica/estadística & datos numéricos,
Agresión/psicología,
Brasil/epidemiología,
Maltrato a los Niños/psicología,
Estudios Transversales,
Niños con Discapacidad/clasificación,
Violencia Doméstica/psicología,
Personas con Discapacidades Mentales/estadística & datos numéricos,
Prevalencia,
Factores Sexuales