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Trend of self-reported asthma prevalence in Brazil from 2003 to 2013 in adults ...
Santos,Felipe Moraes dos; Viana,Karynna Pimentel; Saturnino,Luciana Tarbes; Lazaridis,Evelyn; Gazzotti,Mariana Rodrigues; Stelmach,RafaelABSTRACT Objectives: To determine the trend of self-reported asthma diagnosed prevalence and to describe the factors associated with asthma in Brazilian adults. Method: Epidemiological cross-sectional study based on databases analysis from three national household surveys: Pesquisa Nacional por Amostra de Domicílios (PNAD) 2003, PNAD 2008 and Pesquisa Nacional de Saúde (PNS) 2013. Participants between 18-45 yea...
Access to continued-use medication among older adults, Brazil
Viana,Karynna Pimentel; Brito,Alexandre dos Santos; Rodrigues,Claudia Soares; Luiz,Ronir RaggioOBJECTIVE To determine the prevalence and associated access factors for all continued-use prescription drugs and the ways in which they can be obtained.METHODS Data was obtained from the 2008 Household National Survey. The sample comprised 27,333 individuals above 60 years who reported that they used continued-use prescription drugs. A descriptive analysis and binary and multiple multinomial logistic regression...