O estudo visou estimar a incidência dos fatores associados à soroconversão para o anti-HCV em pacientes em hemodiálise no Sistema Único de Saúde (SUS). Trata-se de um estudo prospectivo, não concorrente, utilizando dados de pacientes identificados por relacionamento determinístico- probabilístico nos registros dos sistemas de informação do SUS. Foram incluídos 47.079 pacientes que iniciaram em hemodiálise no pe...
OBJECTIVE: To examine whether the level of complexity of the services structure and sociodemographic and clinical characteristics of patients in hemodialysis are associated with the prevalence of poor health self-assessment. METHODS: In this cross-sectional study, we evaluated 1,621 patients with chronic terminal kidney disease on hemodialysis accompanied in 81 dialysis services in the Brazilian Unified Health ...
The aim of this study was to develop a score to determine the level of understanding regarding information on antiretroviral therapy (ART) among patients initiating treatment. This was a cross-sectional analysis based on interviews with HIV patients in outpatient public referral centers (Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais State, Brazil). The score for patients’ understanding of their medicines was obtained using a la...