Abstract Objective: To estimate the prevalence of syphilis and associated factors in riverine communities. Method: This is a cross-sectional and analytical study carried out with 250 riverside dwellers living in five communities in the city of João Pessoa, state of Paraíba. Data were collected through interviews and rapid screening tests to investigate syphilis. Bivariate, logistic regression and weight of evid...
Abstract Objective: To identify factors associated with the adoption of non-pharmacological preventive measures against covid-19 by healthcare workers within their families. Method: This is an analytical cross-sectional study carried out from October 1st to December 31st, 2020, with 11,513 healthcare workers in Brazil. Data collection through a virtual questionnaire on the platform Survey Monkey. To characteriz...
Resumo Objetivo Identificar evidências na literatura acerca do conhecimento dos profissionais de saúde sobre vacinação das pessoas vivendo com HIV. Método Trata-se de uma revisão integrativa. Para a busca, foram utilizados os descritores: pessoal de saúde (health personnel), conhecimento (knowledge), vacinação (vaccination), HIV e seus sinônimos, sem utilização de filtros, nas bases de dados Pubmed, Biblioteca ...
ABSTRACT Objectives: to develop and validate a scale for assessing the quality of life of women with Human Papillomavirus infection. Methods: a methodological study to develop the stages of item elaboration, apparent and content validation, semantic validation, pre-test, item allocation in domains, and reliability. Results: 98 items were elaborated and submitted to apparent and content validation (version 2; n=...
Abstract This article addresses sexual violence, as part of the Clinical Protocol and Therapeutic Guidelines for Comprehensive Care for People with Sexually Transmitted Infections, published by the Brazilian Ministry of Health. Guidance is provided in programmatic and operational management, focusing on the service network for people in situation of sexual violence, recommendations to health staff about pregnan...
Resumo Objetivo Identificar a prevalência da síndrome metabólica e a concordância entre os critérios do National Cholesterol Education Program Adult Treatment Panel III (NCEP-ATPIII) e da International Diabetes Federation (IDF) em pessoas vivendo com HIV. Métodos Estudo analítico transversal, realizado em cinco serviços especializados em município do interior paulista, de 2014 a 2016, com 340 pessoas vivendo co...
Resumo Objetivo Adaptar culturalmente para o português do Brasil a Face Mask Use Scale e avaliar suas propriedades psicométricas. Métodos Estudo metodológico, transversal, com abordagem quantitativa, que compreendeu as etapas de: tradução; consenso da versão em português; avaliação por comitê de especialistas; retrotradução e comparação com a versão original; teste piloto e avaliação psicométrica da Face Mask U...
RESUMO Objetivo: Avaliar a prática do uso de máscaras pela população paraibana durante a pandemia da COVID-19. Método: Estudo transversal descritivo-analítico realizado com adultos residentes no estado da Paraíba via instrumento online, no período de abril a maio de 2020, por meio da escala da prática do uso de máscaras das Faculdades Metropolitanas Unidas da Paraíba. Resultados: Participaram do estudo 1.307 (1...
ABSTRACT Objective: to identify factors associated with depressive symptoms among older adults during the COVID-19 pandemic. Method: a cross-sectional study developed in all regions of Brazil, using an electronic form among older adults aged 60 or over. Data were collected from April 17 to May 15, 2020. Measures of central tendency and dispersion were used. For comparison of means, Student’s t-test and analysis...
ABSTRACT Objective: to develop and validate a scale to measure the quality of life of people living with HIV in Brazil. Method: methodological study conducted in a Brazilian care service specialized in sexually transmissible infections/AIDS between 2017 and 2019 addressing people living with HIV. The scale’s development and validation included exploratory factor analysis to describe its factor structure and psy...