Results: 137

Enfrentamento das doenças crônicas não transmissíveis na atenção primária à saúde em Goiás: estudo descritivo, 2012 e 2014

Epidemiol. serv. saúde; 29 (5), 2020
Objetivo: Comparar as ações realizadas para atenção às doenças crônicas não transmissíveis (DCNTs) pela atenção primária à saúde (APS) no estado de Goiás, Brasil, entre 2012 e 2014. Métodos: Estudo descritivo, com dados secundários do Programa Nacional de Melhoria do Acesso e da Qualida...

Factors associated with the functional capacity of elderly individuals with hypertension and/or diabetes mellitus

Abstract Objective: To identify the association of sociodemographic and clinical factors with the functional capacity of elderly individuals with hypertension and/or diabetes mellitus. Method: An outpatient, non-probabilistic cross-sectional study, performed in two Health Units in a city from the inlan...

Perfil epidemiológico de usuários atendidos em ação de saúde na Baixada Litorânea do Rio de Janeiro

Objetivo: identificar o perfil epidemiológico dos usuários atendidos em ação de saúde na Baixada Litorânea do Rio de Janeiro. Método: trata-se de um estudo descritivo, retrospectivo, exploratório de natureza quantitativa que utilizou como delineamento a pesquisa documental por meio da análise de...

Condiciones de salud, síndromes geriátricos y estado nutricional de los adultos mayores en México

Salud Publica Mex; 62 (6), 2020
Resumen: Objetivo: Generar un diagnóstico actualizado de las condiciones de salud, síndromes geriátricos y estado nutricional de los adultos mayores mexicanos. Material y métodos: Estudio descriptivo con una muestra de 9 047 adultos mayores de 60 años o más con representatividad nacional. Se anal...

Do the determinants of self-rated health vary among older people with disability, chronic diseases or both conditions in urban Colombia?

Abstract: Our study aimed to identify the main determinants of self-rated health for individuals aged 60 years or older in Bogotá, Colombia, and if those determinants vary between groups. Data was obtained from the Demographic Health Survey 2011 for Bogotá. Logistic regression models were estimated to ...

Complexity of pediatric chronic disease: cross-sectional study with 16,237 patients followed by multiple medical specialties

ABSTRACT Objective: To assess demographic data and characteristics of children and adolescents with pediatric chronic diseases (PCD), according to the number of specialties/patient. Methods: We performed a cross-sectional study with 16,237 PCD patients at outpatient clinics in one year. Data were ana...

Caracterização de pacientes elegíveis para cuidados paliativos em unidades de internação de um hospital universitário

Objective: The study’s main goal has been to characterize eligible patients for palliative care admitted to a university hospital. Method: This is a descriptive, cross-sectional, and quantitative study. Population sample was adopted, selecting patients over 18 years old, diagnosed with chronic disease,...

Polypharmacy, socioeconomic indicators and number of diseases: results from ELSA-Brasil

ABSTRACT: Objective: To estimate the prevalence of polypharmacy, describe the pharmacotherapeutic classes used, and investigate whether polypharmacy is associated with demographic and socioeconomic indicators, regardless of the number of diseases, among participants in the Brazilian Longitudinal Study ...

Fiscal austerity and the health sector: the cost of adjustments

Abstract Fiscal austerity policies have been used as responses to economic crises and fiscal deficits in both developed and developing countries. While they vary in regard to their content, intensity and implementation, such models recommend reducing public expenses and social investments, retracting the...

Premature mortality caused by the main chronic noncommunicable diseases in the Brazilian states

ABSTRACT Objective: To verify the variation of the premature mortality rate caused the group of the main chronic noncommunicable diseases. Method: This is a time-series ecological study, which used secondary data of the Mortality Information System, from 2006 to 2014, from the 26 federal units and from...