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Longitudinal impact of clinical and socioenvironmental variables on oral health-related quality of life in adolescents

Abstract The aim of the present study was to investigate the impact of oral diseases, socioeconomic status, and family environmental factors on changes in the perception of oral health-related quality of life (OHRQoL) in adolescents. A prospective cohort study was conducted in Juiz de Fora, Minas Gerais,...

O cuidado ao idoso do ponto de vista fonoaudiológico na rede assistencial em saúde de Florianópolis: uma ação de vigilância em saúde

CoDAS; 29 (5), 2017
RESUMO Objetivo Verificar aspectos relacionados ao cuidado na atenção à saúde do idoso, como forma de efetivar ações de vigilância em saúde. Método Estudo quantitativo transversal com idosos participantes de grupos de promoção da saúde em Centros de Saúde de Florianópolis, SC, que apresen...

Prevalência de alterações fonoaudiológicas na infância na região oeste de São Paulo

CoDAS; 29 (6), 2017
RESUMO Objetivo Identificar as alterações fonoaudiológicas em crianças residentes na região oeste de São Paulo; verificar as associações entre a hipótese diagnóstica (HD) e a faixa etária, o gênero e a origem do encaminhamento; e investigar o grau de concordância entre a queixa e a HD no mo...

Situações de violência na escola e a voz do professor

CoDAS; 29 (4), 2017
RESUMO Objetivo Correlacionar a autorreferência de distúrbio vocal com hábitos que influenciam a produção da voz e situações de violência vivenciadas por professores. Método Participaram do estudo 41 professores do Fundamental da Zona Rural e Urbana. Para a coleta de dados, foram utilizados do...

Working hours associated with unintentional sleep at work among airline pilots

ABSTRACT OBJECTIVE Tto identify factors associated with unintentional sleep at work of airline pilots. METHODS This is a cross-sectional epidemiological study conducted with 1,235 Brazilian airline pilots, who work national or international flights. Data collection has been performed online. We carried...

Risk factors for caries-free time: longitudinal study in early childhood

ABSTRACT OBJECTIVE To estimate time in days from the beginning of follow-up up to the development of dental caries in children under 30 months and to assess risk factors potentially affecting the development of the disease. METHODS The study population of the cohort study were children attending publ...

Caesarean birth rates in public and privately funded hospitals: a cross-sectional study

ABSTRACT OBJECTIVE To examine maternal and obstetric factors influencing births by cesarean section according to health care funding. METHODS A cross-sectional study with data from Southeastern Brazil. Caesarean section births from February 2011 to July 2012 were included. Data were obtained from int...

Insufficient free-time physical activity and occupational factors in Brazilian public school teachers

ABSTRACT OBJECTIVE To evaluate if perceived occupational factors are associated with insufficient free-time physical activity in Brazilian public school teachers. METHODS The relationship between insufficient physical activity (< 150 minutes/week) and variables related to work was analyzed in 978 ...

Spatial patterns of preventable perinatal mortality in Salvador, Bahia, Brazil

ABSTRACT OBJECTIVE To identify the spatial distribution patterns and areas of higher risk of preventable perinatal mortality in the city of Salvador, State of Bahia, Brazil. METHODS We carried out a spatial aggregated study in 2007, considering the weighting areas (census tracts contiguous sets) of Sal...

Spatiotemporal-based clusters as a method for dengue surveillance

ABSTRACT Objectives To develop and demonstrate the use of a new method for epidemiological surveillance of dengue. Methods This was a retrospective cohort study using data from the Health Department of São José do Rio Preto (São Paulo, Brazil). The geographical coordinates were obtained using QGIS&#...