ABSTRACT Objective: To discuss the potentialities of using the concept of vulnerability to support measures for preventing and controlling healthcare-associated infections (HAIs). Methods: This theoretical study was conducted in steps: 1) presentation of markers that frame the concept of vulnerability;...
ABSTRACT Objective: to analyze the school violence suffered and practiced and its association with the use of alcohol and other drugs in adolescents between 12 and 18 years old. Method: the study sample consisted of 643 adolescents enrolled in six schools, who answered two self-administered questionnai...
Objetivo: determinar a relação entre o estilo de vida, presença de hipertensão, diabetes e dislipidemia com a taxa de internação hospitalar (IH) por doenças do aparelho circulatório (DC) nos estados brasileiros. Método: foi realizado um estudo de caráter ecológico utilizando a base de dados DA...
Abstract Objective: To identify if nurses' home visits recorded by the family health strategy are proportional to the registered population and the population covered by the family health team, and its relationship with the rate of hospitalization for conditions sensitive to primary health care. Method...
ABSTRACT Objective: To evaluate the relationship between presence/absence of Pressure Ulcer, socio-demographic factors and hospitalization. Method: Case-control study, performed through multiple logistic regression based on information from the adverse event reporting system and the hospital informatio...
Brasil/epidemiología,
Estudios de Casos y Controles,
Unidades de Cuidados Intensivos/organización & administración,
Unidades de Cuidados Intensivos/estadística & datos numéricos,
Modelos Logísticos,
Persona de Mediana Edad,
Úlcera por Presión/clasificación,
Úlcera por Presión/diagnóstico,
Úlcera por Presión/epidemiología,
Indicadores de Calidad de la Atención de Salud/estadística & datos numéricos,
Factores de Riesgo
ABSTRACT Objective: To outline the clinical-epidemiological profile of patients submitted to Percutaneous Coronary Intervention in a Reference Hospital in Urgent Cardiology Clinic of the state of Rio Grande do Norte. Method: This is a descriptive, exploratory, prospective study with a quantitative appr...
Abstract Objective: To analyze the epidemiological and clinical aspects involved in the transmission and manifestation of schistosomiasis in a community of fishermen from the endemic area of Alagoas. Methods: Epidemiological, transversal, prospective, descriptive, quantitative study. The coproparasitol...
Enfermedades Desatendidas/epidemiología,
Carga de Parásitos,
Diarrea/parasitología,
Dolor Abdominal/parasitología,
Esquistosomiasis mansoni/epidemiología,
Explotaciones Pesqueras,
Estudios Transversales,
Estudios Prospectivos,
Perfil de Salud,
Brasil/epidemiología,
Saneamiento Básico,
Riesgos Laborales,
Factores Socioeconómicos,
Praziquantel/uso terapéutico
Objective to verify associations between the types of intimate partner violence and the domains of common mental disorders in women. Method cross-sectional study with 369 women. The information was obtained through the instruments Self-Reporting Questionnaire and Conflict Tactic Scales. To analyze the...
Objective to compare the frailty syndrome among elderly people living at home in two Brazilian cities and to identify factors related to sociodemographic and health-related variables. Method population-based cross-sectional study with 480 elderly individuals from the cities of Ribeirão Preto/SP and J...
ABSTRACT Objective: to estimate the prevalence of serological markers for hepatitis B and C in patients with diabetes mellitus and analyze potential associated factors. Method: a cross-sectional study with 255 patients with diabetes mellitus. Demographic, clinical, and risk behavior factors for hepatit...
