Objective: to analyze socioeconomic inequalities in the self-reported prevalence of Non-Communicable Diseases (NCDs) and disabilities in the Brazilian adult population. Methods: Cross-sectional study with data from the National Health Survey carried out in 2019. The self-reported prevalences of individuals with some NCDs were calculated, according to sociodemographic characteristics; and the prevalence and prev...
Objective: To investigate the use of health services and limitation in performing usual activities by adults and elderly people with and without Noncommunicable Chronic Diseases (NCDs), according to socio-demographic strata. Methods: Cross-sectional study in which data from the 2019 National Health Survey were analyzed. The final sample corresponded to 88,531 households with interviews carried out, referri...
Objective. To estimate the prevalence and factors associated with hypertension in adults from Senador Canedo, Goiás, Brazil, in the year 2016. Methods. Cross-sectional study, with three-stage cluster sampling. A questionnaire was applied and measurements of weight, height, waist circumference, blood pressure and total cholesterol levels were performed. Poisson regression was used to estimate prevalence ratios (...
Objective: the study aims to validate the estimates of adult smokers produced by Vigitel for small areas, defined by the Health Vulnerability Index (IVS). Methods: The database of the Health Survey of the Metropolitan Region of Belo Horizonte (RMBH) carried out in 2010 and the data from Vigitel in the period from 2010 to 2013 were used to obtain estimates of adult smokers by IVS. At Vigitel, the estimate of smo...
Objective: Compare the prevalence and trend of risk and protection factors for Chronic Non-Communicable Diseases among women beneficiaries and non-beneficiaries of Bolsa Família in the period between 2016 and 2019. Methods: This is a cross-sectional and time series study. The gross and adjusted prevalence and prevalence ratios of the indicators for NCDs were estimated with the respective confidence intervals by...
Objective: To estimate the prevalence of fruit and vegetable consumption, practice of leisure time physical activity and excessive drinking of alcoholic beverages for small areas of Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais. Methods: Ecological study conducted with data from the telephone survey of Surveillance System of Risk and Protective Factors for Chronic Diseases. The prevalence of risk and protection factors from 200...
Objective: To estimate the prevalence of hypertension and diabetes for small areas in Belo Horizonte, using the Health Vulnerability Index (HVI). Methods: Ecological study with data from the Surveillance of Risk and Protection Factors for Chronic Diseases by Telephone Survey (Vigitel) conducted in Belo Horizonte, from 2006 to 2013. The self-reported diagnosis of diabetes and hypertension were evaluated. The est...
O presente artigo originou-se de parte integrante da tese de doutorado de autoria de Kátia Crestine Poças, cujo título é ‘Avaliação da Atenção Primária à Saúde no Distrito Federal’, defendida junto ao Programa de Pós-Graduação em Saúde Coletiva da Faculdade de Ciências da Saúde da Universidade de Brasília (FS/UnB) em agosto de 2017. O estudo contou com financiamento da Secretaria de Vigilância em Saúde do Minis...
OBJETIVO: Descrever aspectos metodológicos do inquérito domiciliar da Pesquisa Nacional sobre Acesso, Utilização e Promoção do Uso Racional de Medicamentos (PNAUM) quanto ao desenho e implementação da amostragem e da amostra efetivamente obtida, seus instrumentos e implementação do campo. MÉTODOS: Estudo transversal de base populacional com amostra probabilística em três estágios da população residente nos domi...
OBJETIVOS: Com o objetivo de estimar a prevalência da síndrome gripal em adultos das capitais e regiões do Brasil, realizou-se monitoramento da ocorrência de sinais e sintomas compatíveis por inquérito telefônico (VIGITEL) em 2010. MÉTODO: Estudo transversal que contou com 47.876 entrevistas nas capitais dos estados brasileiros e no Distrito Federal, com amostragem probabilística da população >18 anos, resident...