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Suicide rates between men and women in Brazil, 2000-2017

Abstract: This study aimed to analyze the trend in the standardized suicide rates by gender, according to Brazil's geographic regions from 2000 to 2017. Mortality data were retrieved from the Brazilian Mortality Information System database. Linear regression models were used, and Durbin-Watson tests were...

Quality of Life in Iranian Patients with Oral and Head and Neck Cancer

ABSTRACT Objective: To assess sociodemographic factors and cancer information on patients' quality of life with head and neck cancer. Material and Methods: This cross-sectional study was conducted on 69 patients with head and neck cancer who attended in one of the oncology centers in Mashhad, Iran, fro...

Efecto de la pandemia por COVID-19 en la salud mental de los otorrinolaringólogos en Hispanoamérica

Introducción: la pandemia puede generar compromiso en la salud mental y los otorrinolaringólogos son los especialistas con mayor riesgo de exposición y contagio por SARS-CoV-2. Materiales y métodos: estudio de corte transversal en otorrinolaringólogos de Hispanoamérica, donde se evaluaron variables...

Impact of Climate Change on Human Infectious Diseases: Dengue

Abstract Climate is considered an important factor in the temporal and spatial distribution of vector-borne diseases. Dengue transmission involves many factors: although it is not yet fully understood, climate is a critical factor as it facilitates risk analysis of epidemics. This study analyzed the effe...

Deformação miocárdica (strain) e fibrose miocárdica na forma cardíaca leve da Doença de Chagas

ABC., imagem cardiovasc; 34 (3), 2021
Fundamento: A identificação precoce do dano miocárdico parece ser importante na abordagem do paciente com doença de Chagas. A ecocardiografia com strain obtida por speckle tracking e a avaliação da fibrose miocárdica por meio da ressonância magnética cardíaca podem ser métodos diagnósticos pr...

Contribution of an instructional module for lymph node evaluation: An experiment

Objective: to evaluate the contribution of an instructional module identifying the number and characteristics of lymph nodes by undergraduate nursing students. Method: an experimental, randomized, controlled and masked study using an instructional module for intervention. The 68 students who made up the...

Associations between serum calcium, 25(OH)D level and bone mineral density in adolescents

Adv Rheumatol; 61 (), 2021
Abstract Backgrounds: It is important to improve our understanding of the roles of calcium and vitamin D in bone health for preventing osteoporosis. We aimed at exploring the associations between serum calcium, vitamin D level, and bone mineral density (BMD) in adolescents included in the National Healt...

Spirituality of medical students: associations with empathy and attitudes in the doctor-patient relationship

Rev. bras. educ. méd; 45 (2), 2021
Abstract: Introduction: Currently, the study of the factors that improve interpersonal relationships in patient care and medical education has been considered relevant and necessary. Understanding what precedes empathy and medical interns' and young doctors' attitudes is a relevant topic for health prof...

Relationship between GDP per capita and traffic accidents in Brazilian municipalities in 2005, 2010 and 2015

Rev. bras. epidemiol. (Online); 24 (supl.1), 2021
ABSTRACT: Objective: The main objective of this paper was to analyze the relation between GDP and three variables linked to traffic accidents in Brazilian municipalities: traffic accident mortality, deaths per vehicle; and vehicles per inhabitant. Methods: 2005, 2010 and 2015 traffic accident (TA) mort...

Concentração do fluoreto em dentifrícios distribuídos pelo serviço público em Salvador, Bahia

RFO UPF; 25 (3), 2020
Introdução: de acordo com a legislação brasileira, um dentifrício não pode conter mais que 1.500 ppm de flúor total (FT), e o fabricante deve declarar na embalagem a concentração e o tipo de sal de flúor que o produto contém. No entanto, para que possa exercer um efeito anticárie, o produto d...