Objetivo: analizar los factores asociados a la enfermedad renal crónica en personas que viven con VIH/SIDA (PVVIH). Método: estudio del tipo caso-control emparejado (4 controles para cada caso), realizado en un servicio de atención especializado en el sudeste de Brasil por medio del análisis de registros médicos de PVVIH. La muestra estuvo compuesta por 85 participantes, correspondiendo a 17 casos y 68 controle...
Tuberculosis (TB) is an infectious-contagious disease that affects mainly the lungs, ranking in the 10 main causes of death in the world. Non-adherence or non-treatment of TB may prolong transmissibility, increase the risk of drug resistance and lead to patient death. One step forward is the use of smartphones for monitoring the medication intake via video (VDOT). VDOT is a more acceptable and cost-effective op...
Assessment of health information systems consider different aspects of the system itself. They focus or on the professional who will use the software or on its usability or on the software engineering metrics or on financial and managerial issues. The existent approaches are very resources consuming, disconnected, and not standardized. As the software becomes more critical in the health organizations and in pat...
The evaluation of health software from the point of view of the health professionals is critical for its success. The work aims to present one of the steps, in this case the usability evaluation, of a more comprehensive protocol of how health software can be evaluated. A software for monitoring tuberculosis treatment (SISTB) was used to test the proposed protocol. The Computer System Usability Questionnaire was...