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Incidence of excess body weight and annual weight gain in women and men: result...

Working from home, work-time control and mental health: Results from the Brazil...

Fundação Oswaldo Cruz. Instituto Oswaldo Cruz. Laboratório de Educação em Ambiente e Saúde. Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brasil.; Fundação Oswaldo Cruz. Instituto Gonçalo Muniz. Salvador, BA, Brasil.; Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais. Escola de Medicina e Hospital das Clínicas. EBSERH. Belo Horizonte, MG, Brasil.; Universidade de São Paulo. Escola de Medicina. São Paulo, SP, Brasil.; Universidade Federal do Rio Gran...

Time of exposure to night work and carotid atherosclerosis: a structural equati...

Apoio social entre idosas de uma localidade de baixa renda no Munícipio do Rio ...

OBJETIVO: Identificar a percepção de disponibilidade e oferta de apoio social informal e formal entre idosas de uma localidade de baixa renda do Município do Rio de Janeiro. MÉTODOS: Estudo descritivo, de corte seccional realizado por meio de inquérito domiciliar com 369 (83,5%) idosas da comunidade. RESULTADOS: As mulheres tinham condição social desfavorável (49,3% eram não letrados, 71,3% não tinham companhei...

Infecção pelo HIV entre gestantes atendidas nos centros de testagem e aconselha...

OBJETIVO: Estimar a prevalência do HIV e identificar comportamentos sexuais de risco para a infecção em gestantes que realizaram rotina da assistência pré-natal. MÉTODOS: Estudo transversal com base em registros de atendimentos de 8.002 gestantes (25% do total dos municípios) residentes em 27 municípios da Região Sul do Brasil, em 2003, que realizaram testes anti-HIV em Centro de Testagem e Aconselhamento que r...

Transcultural adaptation and validation of the Stanford Presenteeism Scale for ...

OBJECTIVE: describe the process of transcultural adaptation and validation of the Stanford Presenteeism Scale for Brazilian Portuguese. METHODS: Methodological study of the cultural adaptation and validation of the tool which involved 153 nursing staff and included six aspects of equivalence, obtained through the following stages: translation, first version of consent, retranslation, specialist committee, pre-t...

Working hours and health behaviour among nurses at public hospitals

OBJECTIVE: to analyse the differences between genders in the description in the professional, domestic and total work hours and assess its association with health-related behaviour among nurses. METHODS: this is a transversal study carried out in 18 different public hospitals in the municipality of Rio de Janeiro. The data collection procedure was based on questionnaires. All nurses working with assistance were...

Seroprevalence of Hepatitis C and factors associated with this in crack users

OBJETIVO: investigar la seroprevalencia de la Hepatitis C en usuarios de crack del estado de Piauí. Método: se trata de una investigación seroepidemiológico, desarrollado en los Centros de Atención Psicosocial Alcohol y Drogas de Piauí entre diciembre del 2011 y mayo del 2012. Fue aplicado formulario y colectada muestra sanguínea para investigación serológica. Fue utilizado el test exacto de Fisher y de Mann-Wh...

Barriers related to screening examinations for prostate cancer

With the aim of describing barriers to screening for prostate cancer, a domicile survey was carried out covering 160 men of a Family Health Strategy (FHS) area. Slightly over half had undergone the examination. Regarding beliefs related to the disease, 95% of the men believed there is a cure if detected early, 29.4% mentioned the possibility of a normal life while ill, 56.3% believed it may be asymptomatic, 36....

Psychosocial aspects of work and musculoskeletal disorders in nursing workers

This study aimed to evaluate the association between psychological demands and control on work and the occurrence of musculoskeletal disorders among nursing workers. This cross-sectional study involved 491 nursing workers from a University hospital in Rio Grande do Sul. Brazilian versions of the Nordic Musculoskeletal Questionnaire and the Job Content Questionnaire were used. Among the participants, 96.3% repor...