ABSTRACT Objective: to compare electronic and manual prescriptions of a public hospital of Brasilia, identifying risk factors for the occurrence of medication errors. Method: descriptive-exploratory, comparative and retrospective study. Data collection occurred from July 2012 to January 2013, using a...
ABSTRACT OBJECTIVE To analyze if the adjusted hospital mortality varies according to source of payment of hospital admissions, legal nature, and financing settlement of hospitals. METHODS Cros-ssectional study with information source in administrative databases. Specific hospital admission reasons we...
Brasil/epidemiología,
Gastos en Salud,
Mortalidad Hospitalaria,
Hospitalización/economía,
Hospitalización/estadística & datos numéricos,
Hospitales,
Persona de Mediana Edad,
Programas Nacionales de Salud,
Asociación entre el Sector Público-Privado,
Factores de Riesgo,
Factores Sexuales
ABSTRACT OBJECTIVE To identify individual and hospital characteristics associated with the risk of readmission in older inpatients for proximal femoral fracture in the period of 90 days after discharge. METHODS Deaths and readmissions were obtained by a linkage of databases of the Hospital Informatio...
Artroplastia de Reemplazo de Cadera,
Brasil/epidemiología,
Fijación Interna de Fracturas,
Fracturas de Cadera/clasificación,
Fracturas de Cadera/cirugía,
Hospitalización,
Persona de Mediana Edad,
Programas Nacionales de Salud,
Readmisión del Paciente/estadística & datos numéricos,
Complicaciones Posoperatorias/epidemiología,
Calidad de la Atención de Salud,
Factores de Riesgo,
Factores Sexuales,
Factores de Tiempo
ABSTRACT OBJECTIVE To identify the prevalence of back pain among Brazilian school children and the factors associated with this pain. METHODS All 1,720 schoolchildren from the fifth to the eight grade attending schools from the city of Teutonia, RS, Southern Brazil, were invited to participate in the...
ABSTRACT OBJECTIVE To analyze if maternal mental health is associated with infant nutritional status at six month of age. METHODS A cross-sectional study with 228 six-month-old infants who used primary health care units of the city of Rio de Janeiro, Southeastern Brazil. Mean weight-for-length and me...
Peso al Nacer,
Brasil,
Estudios Transversales,
Depresión Posparto/psicología,
Trastornos del Crecimiento,
Trastornos de la Nutrición del Lactante/etiología,
Fenómenos Fisiológicos Nutricionales del Lactante,
Salud Mental,
Relaciones Madre-Hijo,
Madres/psicología,
Estado Nutricional,
Factores de Riesgo,
Encuestas y Cuestionarios
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 assess the influence of I mmigration on the psychological health of women after childbirth. METHODS In this cross-sectional study, immigrant and Portuguese-native women delivering in the four public hospitals of the metropolitan area of Porto, Portugal, were contacted by telepho...
Brasil/epidemiología,
Estudios Transversales,
Depresión Posparto/epidemiología,
Depresión Posparto/psicología,
Emigrantes e Inmigrantes/psicología,
Emigrantes e Inmigrantes/estadística & datos numéricos,
Etnicidad/estadística & datos numéricos,
Europa Oriental/epidemiología,
Promoción de la Salud/métodos,
Entrevistas como Asunto,
Madres/psicología,
Portugal/epidemiología,
Periodo Posparto/psicología,
Factores de Riesgo,
Apoyo Social,
Factores Socioeconómicos,
Salud de la Mujer
ABSTRACT OBJECTIVE To understand the meanings assigned by long-distance truck drivers to HIV/AIDS and its transmission and prevention, bearing in mind different contexts of vulnerability. METHODS Qualitative research with 22 truck drivers. Semi-structured interviews and participant observation were c...
Síndrome de Inmunodeficiencia Adquirida/prevención & control,
Síndrome de Inmunodeficiencia Adquirida/psicología,
Síndrome de Inmunodeficiencia Adquirida/transmisión,
Conducción de Automóvil,
Brasil,
Conocimientos, Actitudes y Práctica en Salud,
Persona de Mediana Edad,
Vehículos a Motor,
Factores de Riesgo,
Asunción de Riesgos,
Parejas Sexuales,
Factores Socioeconómicos
ABSTRACT OBJECTIVE To describe the spatial distribution of avoidable hospitalizations due to tuberculosis in the municipality of Ribeirao Preto, SP, Brazil, and to identify spatial and space-time clusters for the risk of occurrence of these events. METHODS This is a descriptive, ecological study that...
ABSTRACT OBJECTIVE To estimate the direct costs associated to outpatient and hospital care of diseases related to alcohol consumption in the Brazilian Unified Health System. METHODS Attributable populational risks were estimated for the selected diseases related to the use of 25 g/day or more of etha...
Consumo de Bebidas Alcohólicas/economía,
Consumo de Bebidas Alcohólicas/epidemiología,
Trastornos Relacionados con Alcohol/clasificación,
Trastornos Relacionados con Alcohol/economía,
Trastornos Relacionados con Alcohol/epidemiología,
Brasil/epidemiología,
Costos y Análisis de Costo,
Costos de la Atención en Salud/estadística & datos numéricos,
Programas Nacionales de Salud,
Factores de Riesgo,
Factores Sexuales
