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Self-collection of nasopharyngeal swab and molecular test in pool testing as st...
Guimarães, Nathalia Sernizon; Costa, Murilo Soares; Machado, Elaine Leandro; Sato, Hugo Itaru; Amaral, Eduarda de Carvalho Maia eObjective: To show the feasibility of using combined nasopharyngeal swab auto-collection and pool testing to detect SARS-CoV-2 in epidemiological surveys. Methods: The study involved a sample of 154 students from the Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais, who performed the self-collection of the nasopharyngeal swab in individual booths without supervision. Molecular testing was performed using the pool testing t...
Development and evaluation of a mobile decision support system for hypertension...
Silveira, Daniel Vitório; Marcolino, Milena Soriano; Machado, Elaine Leandro; Ferreira, Camila Gonçalves; Alkmim, Maria Beatriz MoreiraBackground: Despite being an important cardiovascular risk factor, hypertension has low control levels worldwide. Computerized clinical decision support systems (CDSSs) might be effective in reducing blood pressure with a potential impact in reducing cardiovascular risk. Objective: The goal of the research was to evaluate the feasibility, usability, and utility of a CDSS, TeleHAS (tele–hipertensão arterial sist...
Factors associated with non-use of condoms and prevalence of HIV, viral hepatit...
Barbosa, Keila Furbino; Batista, Aline Priscila; Nacife, Maria Beatriz Pena e Silva Leite; Vianna, Valeska Natiely; Oliveira, Wandeir Wagner deObjective: to investigate socio-demographic factors associated with non-use of condoms, and to describe the prevalence of sexually transmitted infections (STI) in rural communities of Ouro Preto, Minas Gerais, Brazil, 2014 to 2016. Methods: data were gathered from individual interviews and rapid tests were performed; associations were tested using Poisson regression, with a 95% confidence interval (95%CI). Resu...
Depression and anxiety among patients undergoing dialysis and kidney transplant...
Brito, Daniela Cristina Sampaio de; Machado, Elaine Leandro; Reis, Ilka Afonso; Carmo, Lilian Pires de Freitas do; Cherchiglia, Mariângela LealBACKGROUND: Depression and anxiety are the most prevalent psychological disorders among end-stage renal disease patients and are associated with various conditions that result in poorer health outcomes, e.g. reduced quality of life and survival. We aimed to investigate the prevalences of depression and anxiety among patients undergoing renal replacement therapy. DESIGN AND SETTING: Cross-sectional study in Belo...
Incidência de hepatite viral C em pacientes em hemodiálise no Brasil entre 2000...
Cherchiglia, Mariângela Leal; Giordano, Luiz Flávio Couto; Machado, Elaine Leandro; Gomes, Isabel Cristina; Carno, Ricardo AndradeO estudo visou estimar a incidência dos fatores associados à soroconversão para o anti-HCV em pacientes em hemodiálise no Sistema Único de Saúde (SUS). Trata-se de um estudo prospectivo, não concorrente, utilizando dados de pacientes identificados por relacionamento determinístico- probabilístico nos registros dos sistemas de informação do SUS. Foram incluídos 47.079 pacientes que iniciaram em hemodiálise no pe...
Self-reported occupational accidents among Brazil’s adult population based on d...
Malta, Deborah Carvalho; Stopa, Sheila Rizzato; Silva, Marta Maria Alves da; Szwarcwald, Célia Landmann; Franco, Marco da SilveiraObjective: to provide an overview of occupational accidents among Brazil’s adult population. Methods: descriptive study using data from the 2013 National Health Survey. Results: A total of 4.9 million workers mentioned having suffered some kind of work-related accident, which is equivalent to 3.4% (CI95% 4.6-5.6) of Brazil’s adult population. Prevalence rates were higher among men, young adults aged between 18 ...