ABSTRACT Objectives: to know how people with tuberculosis undergoing treatment exercise their rights throughout daily life while experiencing illness. Methods: this qualitative study was developed from April to May 2015, with people with tuberculosis undergoing treatment in an outpatient clinic of the Municipal Tuberculosis Control Program in the city of Pelotas. Data were collected through semi-structured inte...
ABSTRACT Objective: To analyze whether user-centered nursing practices in TB DOT are being carried out and are contributing to democracy. Method: A cross-sectional, exploratory, descriptive study with 123 nurses in three capital cities with high incidence of TB (Manaus-AM, João Pessoa-PB, Porto Alegre-RS) in Brazil. Data were collected from January to June 2014. Descriptive and multiple correspondence analyzes ...
ABSTRACT Objective: To identify tuberculosis-related health care and surveillance actions in Prison Health Units. Method: Cross-sectional study, of quantitative, exploratory and descriptive character. We visited 13 Teams of Prison Health, and nurses and technicians were interviewed regarding epidemiological surveillance instruments, physical structure and materials. Results: Search for respiratory symptoms in a...
Abstract Objective: to know the perception of health professionals about the records produced in the detection of symptomatic respiratory symptoms of tuberculosis. Method: a qualitative study carried out in the municipalities of Sapucaia do Sul and Pelotas (Rio Grande do Sul state). Data were collected between January 2013 and March 2014 with 37 health workers through a semi-structured interview and analyzed in...
ABSTRACT Objective: to analyze the flow of care to the person with symptoms of tuberculosis and the results achieved in the detection of cases in Primary Health Care units of two municipalities of Rio Grande do Sul. Method: descriptive of mixed methods, developed between 2013 and 2016. We used secondary data of 69 units and semi-structured interviews with 10 professionals. Descriptive statistical analysis and c...
RESUMO Objetivo: compreender os significados das experiências corporais de pessoas em tratamento para tuberculose pulmonar. Método: pesquisa qualitativa, realizada no município de Pelotas, Estado do Rio Grande do Sul, Brasil. Utilizou-se o referencial teórico da Antropologia em Saúde de Byron Good. Foram realizadas entrevistas semiestruturadas com dez pessoas na segunda fase de tratamento para a tuberculose, em...
This is a qualitative study with the aim to understand the perspective of workers about the risk of work-related burn injuries. The content obtained through semi-structured interviews was submitted to content analysis, guided by the Neuman Systems Model. Participants were six workers who suffered burns and were treated at a specialized center in southern Brazil. Intrapersonal stressors were: male gender, young ...
Based on data available in the Information System for Notifiable Diseases, predictive factors of favorable results were identified in the treatment of pulmonary tuberculosis, diagnosed between 2001 and 2004 and living in Recife-PE, Brazil. Uni- and multivariate logistic regression methods were used. In multivariate analysis, the following factors remained: Age (years), 0 to 9 (OR=4.27; p=0.001) and 10 to 19 (OR...
OBJETIVO: Avaliar o desempenho dos serviços de saúde no controle da tuberculose para o estabelecimento do vínculo entre doente e profissional de saúde no Município de Ribeirão Preto - SP, em 2007. MÉTODOS: Foi aplicado um questionário a 100 doentes, elaborado para atenção básica e adaptado para atenção à tuberculose, que contém dez indicadores de avaliação de vinculo. RESULTADOS: Mais de 60% dos doentes de cada...
Objetivando descrever a cobertura do DOTS, analisou-se o Tratamento Supervisionado (TS) nos 36 municípios prioritários para o controle da TB do Estado de São Paulo entre 1998 e 2004. Estudo exploratório fundamentado no Banco de Dados EPI-TB da Secretaria de Estado da Saúde de São Paulo. Foi elaborado um instrumento de coleta de dados e calculada a cobertura do TS. Os dados foram dispostos no programa Excel. Nos...