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Motivation for first-time drug use and relapses of people in treatment
Pedrosa, Sheila Mara; Caetano, Karlla Antonieta Amorim; França, Divânia Dias da Silva; Silva, Leandro Nascimento daThe aim of this study was to investigate the motivation for first-time drug use and relapses after abstinence of people with chemical dependency to crack cocaine. A descriptive study, with a mixed approach. In the quantitative phase, six hundred interviews were conducted using a structured questionnaire. In the qualitative phase, eight focus groups were created, with 39 total participants. SPSS software and the...
Decline in hepatitis B and C prevalence among hemodialysis patients in Tocantin...
Cordeiro, Valéria Maciel; Martins, Bruno César Teodoro; Teles, Sheila Araujo; Martins, Regina Maria Bringel; Cruvinel, Karla Prado de SouzaInfection control measures have been responsible for a decline in the prevalence of hepatitis B virus (HBV) and hepatitis C virus (HCV) infections in hemodialysis patients. In Brazil, these measures have been in place since 1996. The aim of this study was to evaluate the current HBV and HCV epidemiology among hemodialysis patients in the State of Tocantins comparing them with those found 14 years ago. There was...
Conductas de riesgo para enfermedades de transmisión sexual entre usuarios de c...
Guimarães, Rafael Alves; Silva, Leandro Nascimento da; França, Divânia Dias da Silva; Del-Rios, Nativa Helena AlvesObjectives: to investigate the prevalence and risk behaviors by means of reporting of sexually transmitted diseases among crack users.Method: cross-sectional study carried out with 588 crack users in a referral care unit for the treatment of chemical dependency. Data were collected by means of face-to-face interview and analyzed using Stata statistical software, version 8.0.Results: of the total participants, 1...
Ventrogluteal region, an alternative location to apply benzathine penicillin
Oliveira, Laura Ferreira; Junqueira, Priscilla Santos; Silva, Maisa Rodrigues da; Souza, Márcia Maria de; Teles, Sheila AraujoThe objective of this study was to compare the pain level related to the administration of benzathine penicillin on the ventrogluteal (VG) and dorsogluteal (DG) region. A randomized controlled trial. Sixty-one people participated in the study, 31 on the intervention group (VG region), and 30 on the control (DG region). The Chi-Squared and Mann-Whitney tests were used to test differences of proportions and to co...
Vulnerability to Sexually Transmitted Infections in women who sell sex on the r...
Matos, Marcos Andre de; Caetano, Karlla Antonieta Amorim; Franca, Divania Dias da Silva; Pinheiro, Raquel Silva; Moraes, Luciene Carneiro deOBJETIVO: investigar el conocimiento, conductas de riesgo y signos/síntomas de enfermedades de transmisión sexual de mujeres profesionales del sexo. MÉTODO: estudio transversal con una muestra probabilística compuesta por 395 mujeres reclutadas mediante el método Respondent Driven Sampling entre el 2009 y 2010. Los datos fueron recolectados en entrevistas personales. RESULTADOS: la mayoría de las participantes ...
Masculinity, vulnerability and prevention of STD/HIV/AIDS among male adolescent...
Arraes, Camila de Oliveira; Palos, Marinesia Aparecida Prado; Barbosa, Maria Alves; Teles, Sheila Araujo; Souza, Marcia Maria de; Matos, Marcos Andre deOBJECTIVE: to analyze the relationship of masculinity, vulnerability and prevention of STD / HIV / AIDS among adolescent males of a land reform settlement in central Brazil. METHOD: a qualitative study using as precepts the strands of social representations with teenagers between 12 to 24 years. RESULTS: three categories emerged - Perception of vulnerability; Gender and vulnerability; and, Prevention and vulner...
Symptoms of depression and quality of life of people living with HIV/AIDS
Reis, Renata Karina; Haas, Vanderley José; Santos, Claudia Benedita dos; Teles, Sheila Araujo; Galvão, Marli Teresinha Gimenez; Gir, ElucirThis is a cross-sectional study conducted with 228 people living with HIV/AIDS in a municipality in the State of São Paulo during 2007 and 2008. The aims of this study were to investigate the intensity of the depressive symptoms in individuals with HIV/AIDS treated at two referral units in Ribeirão Preto, Brazil, and to compare the quality of life with the different degrees of intensity of the depressive sympto...
ESTUDO DA TRANSMISSÃO NOSOCOMIAL DO VÍRUS DA HEPATITE B E AVALIAÇÃO DA SOROCONV...
Teles, Sheila AraujoOs pacientes em hemodiálise apresentam um risco elevado de infecção pelo vírus da hepatite B (HBV), sendo a vacina contra a mesma a medida mais efetiva para sua prevenção. Neste estudo, investigou-se os índices de positividade para o marcador sorológico HBsAg em hemodialisados em Goiânia-Goiás, no período de 1995 (n=282) a 1999 (n=536), detectando-se, ainda, a presença dos marcadores AgHBe/anti-HBe pelo ensaio ...