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Educational levels and the functional dependence of ischemic stroke survivors
Fernandes,Tiótrefis G.; Goulart,Alessandra C.; Santos-Junior,Waldyr R.; Alencar,Airlane P.; Benseñor,Isabela M.; Lotufo,Paulo A.We evaluated the functional dependence of stroke survivors from the Study of Stroke Mortality and Morbidity, using the Rankin Scale. Out of 355 ischemic stroke survivors (with a mean age of 67.9 years), 40% had some functional dependence at 28 days and 34.4% had some functional dependence at 6 months. Most predictors of physical dependence were identified at 28 days. These predictors were: low levels of educati...
Early stroke case-fatality rates in three hospital registries in the Northeast ...
Fernandes,Tiótrefis G.; Goulart,Alessandra C.; Campos,Tania F.; Lucena,Neide M. G.; Freitas,Karen L. A.; Trevisan,Cláudia M.; Benseñor,Isabela M.Few studies have addressed early cerebrovascular lethality in Brazil. OBJECTIVE: To evaluate 10 and 28-day stroke case-fatality rates in three hospitals in three Brazilian cities. METHODS: We described the stroke registries in São Paulo, João Pessoa, and Natal. RESULTS: Out of a total of 962 first-ever events (mean age, 68.1 years-old; 53% men), 83.6% (804 cases) were classified as ischemic and 16.4% (158) as h...
Suicide rates and trends in São Paulo, Brazil, according to gender, age and dem...
Bando,Daniel H.; Brunoni,André R.; Fernandes,Tiótrefis G.; Benseñor,Isabela M.; Lotufo,Paulo A.OBJECTIVE: To evaluate suicide rates and trends in São Paulo by sex, age-strata, and methods. METHODS: Data was collected from State registry from 1996 to 2009. Population was estimated using the National Census. We utilized joinpoint regression analysis to explore temporal trends. We also evaluated marital status, ethnicity, birthplace and methods for suicide. RESULTS: In the period analyzed, 6,002 suicides we...