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Justificativa e Desenho do Ensaio Clínico Randomizado COVID-19 Outpatient Preve...
Oliveira Junior,Haliton Alves de; Ferri,Cleusa P.; Boszczowski,Icaro; Oliveira,Gustavo B. F.; Cavalcanti,Alexandre B.; Rosa,Regis G.; Lopes,Renato D.Resumo Fundamento Apesar da necessidade de opções terapêuticas específicas para a doença do coronavírus 2019 (covid-19), ainda não há evidências da eficácia de tratamentos específicos no contexto ambulatorial. Há poucos estudos randomizados que avaliam a hidroxicloroquina (HCQ) em pacientes não hospitalizados. Esses estudos não indicaram benefício com o uso da HCQ; no entanto, avaliaram desfechos primários dife...
Translating science into policy: mental health challenges during the COVID-19 p...
Mari,Jair J.; Gadelha,Ary; Kieling,Christian; Ferri,Cleusa P.; Kapczinski,Flavio; Nardi,Antonio E.; Almeida-Filho,Naomar; Sanchez,Zila M.Several stressors associated with the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) are expected to affect the mental health of global populations: the effects of physical distancing, quarantine, and social isolation; the emotional suffering of health and other frontline workers; neuropsychiatric sequelae in those affected by the virus; the impact to families of lives lost to the disease; differential effects for those w...
Harmonization of epidemiological studies on dementia in Latin America Why does ...
Ferri,Cleusa P.; Oliveira,DeborahABSTRACT Evidence on dementia in Latin America (LA) is limited and varies between and within countries, contributing to a delay in the establishment and implementation of dementia action plans by governments and services. The harmonization of standardised measurement outcomes and the use of unified databases that address the key issues affecting the LA population can help address this issue. This paper is based...
Contributions of parenting styles and parental drunkenness to adolescent drinking
Zuquetto,Carla R.; Opaleye,Emérita S.; Feijó,Marianne R.; Amato,Tatiana C.; Ferri,Cleusa P.; Noto,Ana R.Objective: To estimate the association of parental drunkenness and parenting style with alcohol consumption among adolescents and the contributions of parental drunkenness and parenting style to the prevalence of binge drinking among adolescents. Method: Cross-sectional survey of a representative sample of secondary students aged 13 to 18 from 27 Brazilian state capitals (n=17,028). Private and public schools w...
Endovascular thrombectomy for the treatment of acute ischemic stroke
Ferri,Cleusa P.; Buehler,Anna; Flato,Uri Adrian Prync; Puglia Junior,Paulo; Fernandes,Jefferson G.ABSTRACT Few patients benefit from the current standard treatment for acute ischemic stroke (AIS), encouraging the development of new treatments. Objective To systematically review the literature on the efficacy and/or safety of endovascular thrombectomy in AIS compared to standard treatment and to identify ongoing randomized controlled trials (RCTs). Method Searches for RCTs were performed in Medline/Embase, a...
Implementação em Portugal de um estudo de prevalência da demência e da depressã...
Gonçalves‐Pereira,Manuel; Cardoso,Ana; Verdelho,Ana; Silva,Joaquim Alves da; Almeida,Manuel Caldas de; Fernandes,Alexandra; Raminhos,CátiaIntrodução A demência e a depressão têm um impacto social muito significativo. Em Portugal, escasseiam dados epidemiológicos em pessoas idosas na comunidade. Em países em desenvolvimento, o 10/66 Dementia Research Group (DRG) conduziu múltiplos estudos sobre a prevalência e a incidência destes quadros. Os protocolos de avaliação 10/66‐DRG foram validados extensivamente nesses países, havendo vantagens potenciai...
Depression increases in patients with Parkinson?s disease according to the incr...
Chagas,Marcos Hortes N.; Moriyama,Tais S.; Felício,André C.; Sosa,Ana Luisa; Bressan,Rodrigo A.; Ferri,Cleusa P.Objective : To test the hypothesis that severity of cognitive impairment modifies the association between depression and Parkinson’s disease (PD). Method : One-phase population-based door-to-door surveys. This is a secondary analysis of 1,451 people aged 65 years and older with cognitive impairment living in defined catchment areas. Depression was estimated according to ICD-10, self-reported PD, disability acco...
Incidence of dementia and association with APOE genotype in older Cubans
Rodríguez,Juan J. Llibre; Cepero,Adolfo Valhuerdi; Gil,Isis Y. Sanchez; Medina,Ana M. López; Llibre-Guerra,Juan C.; Llibre-Guerra,Jorge J.OBJECTIVE: In an admixed population of older Cubans, the incidence and association of APOE and socio demographic risk factors with dementia incidence was estimated. METHODS: A single-phase survey (baseline) of all over 65-year-olds residing in seven catchment areas in Cuba (n=2944) was conducted between 2003 and 2007. Dementia diagnosis was established according to DSM-IV and 10/66 criteria. APOE genotype was d...
Nonprescribed use of tranquilizers and use of other drugs among Brazilian students
Opaleye,Emérita S.; Ferri,Cleusa P.; Locatelli,Danilo P.; Amato,Tatiana C.; Noto,Ana R.Objectives: To describe patterns of nonprescribed use of tranquilizers by students aged 10 to 18 years and assess the sociodemographic characteristics of these adolescents and their use of other substances. Methods: A randomized and stratified sample of 47,979 students from state and private schools of the 27 Brazilian state capitals completed a self-report questionnaire. Poisson regression was used to estimate...
Helping carers to care: the 10/66 dementia research group's randomized control ...
Guerra,Mariella; Ferri,Cleusa P.; Fonseca,Magaly; Banerjee,Sube; Prince,MartinOBJECTIVE: There is a need, in the absence of formal services, to design interventions aimed at improving the lives of people with dementia and their families. This study tested the effectiveness of the 10/66 caregiver intervention among people with dementia and their caregivers in Lima, Peru. METHOD: Design/participants: a randomized controlled trial was performed involving 58 caregivers of people with dementi...