Abstract INTRODUCTION: To analyze the trend of prostate cancer mortality in the Brazilian population of 40 years of age and above. METHODS: Time series ecological study of the mortality rates due to prostate cancer in men of 40 years of age and above, using data from the Global Burden of Disease 2019 (GBD). Age-standardized mortality rates were calculated, as well as the age-standardized rates by the GBD for th...
Abstract INTRODUCTION Epidemiological surveys revealed that Brazil has a high burden of oral diseases. However, no prior study has reported estimates of untreated dental caries, periodontitis, and edentulism over a three-decade period. The objective of this study is to report the trends of prevalence, incidence, and years-lived with disability (YLDs) due to untreated dental caries in primary and permanent teeth...
Abstract INTRODUCTION: Cancers are the second main cause of morbidity worldwide, but robust information on lip, oral cavity, and pharynx cancers in Brazil is lacking. This study aimed to analyze the trends of incidence and mortality caused by lip, oral cavity, and pharynx cancers and age-period-cohort effects in the Brazilian population of 30 years of age and over, in the period of 1990 to 2019. METHODS: A time...
Resumo Introdução A hemodiálise costuma se estender até o final da vida ou até o transplante renal. Objetivo verificar os fatores relacionados aos desfechos clínicos e à sobrevida de doentes renais crônicos em tratamento hemodialítico em uma clínica do sul de Santa Catarina. Método Estudo de coorte retrospectivo. A sobrevida foi avaliada por curvas de Kaplan-Meier e os fatores relacionados ao desfecho, por meio...
Abstract: The aim of this study was to analyze the prevalence of dental visits due to toothache and tooth extraction in Brazil and its association with individual and contextual variables. This two-step cross-sectional study included persons aged 18 years and older in the 2019 National Health Survey who had visited a dentist in the 12 months prior to the interview (n = 40,369). The individual-level outcome was ...
Abstract Objective: To evaluate the distribution of cases of congenital anomalies in the state of Santa Catarina by health macro-region, to determine the frequency according to maternal and neonatal variables, to estimate the related mortality, and the trends in the period 2010–2018. Methods: An ecological time-series study with secondary data on congenital anomalies and the sociodemographic and health variable...
Resumo O objetivo deste estudo foi avaliar a prevalência de pré-diabetes e hiperglicemia intermediária em adultos brasileiros, considerando diferentes critérios diagnósticos, e estabelecer fatores associados à sua ocorrência. Análise dos dados laboratoriais da Pesquisa Nacional de Saúde, coletados em 2014 e 2015. Foram calculadas as prevalências das condições conforme critérios da Associação Americana de Diabet...
ABSTRACT: Objective: To describe the prevalence of use of dental services in Brazil according to states and the Federal District and its relationship with socioeconomic variables and types of services, based on the 2019 National Health Survey. Methods: This is a cross-sectional population-based study using data from the 2019 National Health Survey, which included 88,531 participants aged 18 or older. We assesse...
ABSTRACT Objective: To examine the rates of psychiatric hospitalization and the average length of stay, in Brazil, from 2009 to 2019, according to sociodemographic variables and character of the hospitalization (elective or urgency). Methods: This is an ecological study, with data collected from the Hospital Information System of the Unified Health System (SIH/SUS). Hospital admission rates were described accor...
RESUMO O estudo teve por objetivo identificar o interesse, a concordância e o conhecimento dos médicos atuantes no Sistema Único de Saúde (SUS) no município de Tubarão (SC) em relação às práticas da Medicina Integrativa e sua política nacional de inclusão ao sistema de saúde. Foi realizado estudo transversal, em amostra do tipo censo, composta por um total de 230 profissionais. A maioria dos médicos investigado...