ABSTRACT OBJECTIVE To estimate the proportion and total number of the general adult population who may be at higher risk of severe Covid-19 in Brazil. METHODS We included 51,770 participants from a nationally representative, household-based health survey (PNS) conducted in Brazil. We estimated the pr...
Factores de Edad,
Betacoronavirus,
Brasil/epidemiología,
COVID-19,
Enfermedad Crónica,
Infecciones por Coronavirus/epidemiología,
Infecciones por Coronavirus/etiología,
Escolaridad,
Persona de Mediana Edad,
Pandemias,
Neumonía Viral/epidemiología,
Neumonía Viral/etiología,
Prevalencia,
Medición de Riesgo,
Factores de Riesgo,
SARS-CoV-2,
Índice de Severidad de la Enfermedad,
Factores Sexuales,
Factores Socioeconómicos
ABSTRACT The study discusses the possible role of adequate vitamin D status in plasma or serum for preventing acute respiratory infections during the Covid-19 pandemic. Our arguments respond to an article, published in Italy, that describes the high prevalence of hypovitaminosis D in older Italian women ...
Betacoronavirus,
Brasil,
COVID-19,
Infecciones por Coronavirus/etiología,
Infecciones por Coronavirus/prevención & control,
Pandemias/prevención & control,
Neumonía Viral/etiología,
Neumonía Viral/prevención & control,
Factores de Riesgo,
SARS-CoV-2,
Vitamina D/sangre,
Vitamina D/farmacología,
Vitamina D/uso terapéutico,
Deficiencia de Vitamina D/complicaciones
ABSTRACT The coronavirus disease 2019 (covid-19) pandemic has caused a public health emergency worldwide. Risk, severity and mortality of the disease have been associated with non-communicable chronic diseases, such as diabetes mellitus. Accumulated evidence has caused great concern in countries with hig...
Factores de Edad,
Betacoronavirus,
Brasil/epidemiología,
COVID-19,
Enfermedades Cardiovasculares/complicaciones,
Enfermedades Cardiovasculares/epidemiología,
Enfermedades Cardiovasculares/fisiopatología,
Comorbilidad,
Infecciones por Coronavirus/epidemiología,
Infecciones por Coronavirus/fisiopatología,
Complicaciones de la Diabetes/epidemiología,
Complicaciones de la Diabetes/fisiopatología,
Diabetes Mellitus/epidemiología,
Diabetes Mellitus/fisiopatología,
Hipertensión/complicaciones,
Hipertensión/epidemiología,
Hipertensión/fisiopatología,
Persona de Mediana Edad,
Obesidad/complicaciones,
Obesidad/epidemiología,
Obesidad/fisiopatología,
Pandemias,
Neumonía Viral/epidemiología,
Neumonía Viral/fisiopatología,
Prevalencia,
Factores de Riesgo,
SARS-CoV-2,
Índice de Severidad de la Enfermedad
ABSTRACT OBJECTIVE To use the advantages of a ratio scale with verbal anchors in order to measure the risk perception in the novel coronavirus infection, which causes covid-19, in a health belief model-based questionnaire, as well as its validity and reproducibility. METHOD We used the health belief mo...
Betacoronavirus,
Brasil,
COVID-19,
Infecciones por Coronavirus/psicología,
Infecciones por Coronavirus/transmisión,
Cultura,
Persona de Mediana Edad,
Modelos Psicológicos,
Pandemias,
Neumonía Viral/psicología,
Neumonía Viral/transmisión,
Valores de Referencia,
Reproducibilidad de los Resultados,
Medición de Riesgo/métodos,
Factores de Riesgo,
SARS-CoV-2,
Factores Socioeconómicos,
Encuestas y Cuestionarios/normas
ABSTRACT The World Health Organization has emphasized that one of the most important questions to address regarding the covid-19 pandemic is to understand risk factors for disease severity. We conducted a brief review that synthesizes the available evidence and provides a judgment on the consistency of t...
Barros, Aluisio J D;
Victora, Cesar G;
Menezes, Ana M B;
Horta, Bernardo L;
Hartwig, Fernando;
Victora, Gabriel;
Pellanda, Lúcia C;
Dellagostin, Odir A;
Struchiner, Claudio J;
Burattini, Marcelo N;
Gonçalves, Marcelo R;
Possuelo, Lia G;
Weber, Liliana P;
Estima, Sonara Lucia;
Jacques, Nadège;
Härter, Jenifer;
Silva, Shana G;
Frizzo, Matias;
Lima, Rosangela C;
Barros, Fernando C;
Silveira, Mariângela F;
Hallal, Pedro C.
ABSTRACT OBJECTIVE To describe social distancing practices in nine municipalities of the state of Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil, stratified by gender, age, and educational attainment. METHODS Two sequential cross-sectional studies were conducted in the municipalities of Canoas, Caxias do Sul, Ijuí, Pass...
Betacoronavirus,
Brasil,
COVID-19,
Ciudades,
Control de Enfermedades Transmisibles/estadística & datos numéricos,
Infecciones por Coronavirus/prevención & control,
Estudios Transversales,
Persona de Mediana Edad,
Pandemias/prevención & control,
Neumonía Viral/prevención & control,
SARS-CoV-2,
Aislamiento Social
Objective. To describe perinatal and neonatal outcomes in newborns exposed to SARS-CoV-2. Methods. A systematic review was conducted by searching PubMed Central, LILACS, and Google Scholar using the keywords ‘covid ’ AND ‘newborn’ OR ‘child’ OR ‘infant,’ on 18 March 2020, and again on 17 ...
Italy and South Korea have two distinctly different healthcare systems, causing them to respond to public health crises such as the COVID-19 pandemic in markedly different ways. Differences exist in medical education for both countries, allowing South Korean medical graduates to have a more holistic educ...
