Objetivo: Evidenciar os fatores relacionados às hospitalizações por Diabetes, a partir dos dados da Pesquisa Nacional de Saúde (PNS) realizada em 2013. Métodos: Análise secundária de dados clínicos, hábitos de vida e sociodemográficos de diabéticos identificados na PNS com e sem histórico de hospitalização pela doença. Resultados: Foram analisados 3.182 participantes com 7,5% de hospitalizações, que foram mais ...
We have investigated the differences related to oral health status between urban and rural elderly, including oral health self-care, habits and access to dental service characteristics. Data was obtained from Brazilian National Health Survey (2013). According to geographic area we have found different profiles. Urbans demonstrated better indicators of oral health status, more use of technology to appoint a dent...
This article intended to identify significantly determinants related to HDL cholesterol serum levels in oldest-old (≥ 85 years) in a South city of Brazil. It could be expected the declining of 2mg/dL HDL cholesterol value by each one day of increasing on the weekly frequency refrigerant consumption. The HDL cholesterol levels were inversely associated with being man, to have higher waist circumference, serum tr...
The purpose of this study was to understand how users who frequent talk in the community exercised the leading role, using the knowledge acquired in the wheels and how they multiply this information in the promotion of health care. This is a qualitative, descriptive research that interviewed eight elderly women (60 years old or more) of the community, belonging to different micro areas of a health territory, fr...