Results: 1968

Directly observed treatment for tuberculosis in the State of São Paulo

Rev. bras. enferm; 72 (5), 2019
ABSTRACT Objectives: To describe and analyze the coverage profile of directly observed treatment for tuberculosis in 59 priority municipalities in the state of São Paulo, Brazil, through the creation and comparison of groups homogenized by the number of people in each municipality from 2006 to 2012. ...

The impact of the diagnosis of tuberculosis through its social representations

Rev. bras. enferm; 72 (5), 2019
ABSTRACT Objective: To identify people's way of acting after the diagnosis of tuberculosis, through their social representations about the disease. Method: Qualitative and descriptive study based on the Theory of Social Representations, in which 23 patients of a school health center in Belém, PA, Bra...

Epidemiological profile of tuberculosis cases with HIV coinfection in Porto Alegre city, Brazil

Rev. bras. enferm; 72 (5), 2019
ABSTRACT Objective: To describe and compare the epidemiological profile of cases of tuberculosis and HIV coinfection of the District Administration Health Units of Porto Alegre, Brazil, from 2009 to 2013. Method: Retrospective cohort with data from national health information systems. Sociodemographic...

Strategies for the evaluation of interventions for the control of tuberculosis: integrative review

Rev. bras. enferm; 72 (5), 2019
ABSTRACT Objective: Identifying the available evidence in the scientific literature about the strategies used in the evaluations of interventions for the control of tuberculosis. Method: Integrative review with searches in databases Lilacs, CINAHL and PubMed in August 2017. Thirty-three articles were s...

Permanence of professionals who work in the Tuberculosis Control Program

Rev. bras. enferm; 72 (5), 2019
ABSTRACT Objective: To analyze the length of stay of the professionals who work in the Tuberculosis Control Program in Basic Health Units of the city of Rio de Janeiro/RJ. Method: Sectional study, developed in eight Health Units of the Maré Complex/RJ. Physicians, nurses, nursing technicians and Commu...

Sociodemographic and health profile of TB/HIV co-infection in Brazil: a systematic review

Rev. bras. enferm; 72 (5), 2019
ABSTRACT Objective: to ascertain the epidemiological profile of TB/HIV co-infection in Brazilian scenarios. Method: this is a systematic review conducted via electronic search in databases PubMed, EMBASE, LILACS and SciELO, having as inclusion criterion articles based on the Brazilian scenario of TB/HI...

Clinical and epidemiological features of tuberculosis in children and adolescents

Rev. bras. enferm; 72 (5), 2019
ABSTRACT Objective: To analyze the clinical and epidemiological features of tuberculosis in children and adolescents in an infectious diseases reference hospital. Method: A documental and retrospective study was carried out with 88 medical files in an infectious diseases reference hospital in the state...

Nursing practices centered on individuals with tuberculosis: an interface with democracy

Rev. bras. enferm; 72 (5), 2019
ABSTRACT Objective: To analyze whether user-centered nursing practices in TB DOT are being carried out and are contributing to democracy. Method: A cross-sectional, exploratory, descriptive study with 123 nurses in three capital cities with high incidence of TB (Manaus-AM, João Pessoa-PB, Porto Alegr...

Social incentives for adherence to tuberculosis treatment

Rev. bras. enferm; 72 (5), 2019
ABSTRACT Objective: To analyze the influence of social incentives for adherence to tuberculosis (TB) treatment. Method: Qualitative study, in which 26 primary health care professionals of São Paulo were interviewed in 2015.Their testimonies were submitted to the speech analysis technique. The theoreti...

Factores determinantes relacionados con la incidencia de la tuberculosis en un municipio de Santiago de cuba
Determining factors related to the incidence of the tuberculosis in a municipality of Santiago de Cuba

Medisan; 23 (5), 2019
Introducción: La tuberculosis es una enfermedad infectocontagiosa que afecta a un gran número de personas a escala mundial. Objetivo: Describir las características de dicha enfermedad en el municipio de Mella, atendiendo a algunos determinantes sociodemográficos, socioculturales, de la conducta so...