Byeon, Kyeong Hyang Kim, Dong Wook Kim, Jaiyong Choi, Bo Youl Choi, Boyoung Cho, Kyu Dong
Published in
International Journal of Infectious Diseases
Objectives This study aims to identify the survival rate and to explore factors affecting survival among early COVID-19 patients in South Korea. Methods Data reported by the Korea Disease Control and Prevention Agency (KDCA) up to July 15, when COVID-19 was confirmed, were used as research data in connection with the National Health Insurance Servi...
Burgette, Jacqueline M. Weyant, Robert J. Ettinger, Anna Miller, Elizabeth Ray, Kristin N.
Published in
Journal of the American Dental Association (1939)
Background The degree to which children experience unmet need for dental care during the COVID-19 pandemic, and its association with pandemic-related household job or income loss, is unknown. Methods The authors performed a cross-sectional household survey of 348 families in Pittsburgh, PA during the week June 25 to July 2, 2020. Unmet need for chi...
Snowden, Lonnie R Graaf, Genevieve
As the COVID-19 pandemic progresses, more African Americans than whites are falling ill and dying from the virus and more are losing livelihoods from the accompanying recession. The virus thereby exploits structural disadvantages, rooted partly in historical and contemporary anti-Black sentiments, working against African Americans. These include hi...
Seixas, Brayan V. Freitas, Gabriel R.
Published in
Pharmacy Practice
Background: Polypharmacy has become an increasingly public health issue as population age and novel drugs are developed. Yet, evidence on low- and middle-income countries (LMIC) is still scarce. Objective: This work aims to estimate the prevalence of polypharmacy among Brazilians aged 50 and over, and investigate associated factors. Methods: A cros...
Onyejaka, Nneka Kate Eboh, Obinna Franklyn Amobi, Emmanuel Obiajulu Nwamba, Njideka Patricia
ABSTRACT Objective: To determine the prevalence and risk indicators of caries among nursing mothers in a tertiary hospital. Material and Methods: This was a cross-sectional study of 408 nursing mothers aged 15 to 52 years who brought their children for immunization in a tertiary hospital in Enugu, Nigeria. Data on socio-demographic profile, parity,...
Freire, Rafael Silveira Reis, Vivianne Margareth Chaves Pereira Brito, Alexandre Botelho Brito, Maria Fernanda Santos Figueiredo de Pinho, Lucinéia Silva, Rosângela Ramos Veloso Silveira, Marise Fagundes
Published in
Revista de Saúde Pública
OBJECTIVE To investigate the interrelationships between sociodemographic, behavioral and clinical factors associated with high blood pressure in a population of Brazilian adults. METHODS Data from a cross-sectional population-based study conducted with adults were used. In the hypothetical model developed socioeconomic status, fruit and vegetable i...
Moore, Justin Xavier Akinyemiju, Tomi Bartolucci, Alfred Wang, Henry E Waterbor, John Griffin, Russell
Published in
Journal of intensive care medicine
Few studies have examined whether community factors mediate the relationship between patients surviving cancer and future development of sepsis. We determined the influence of community characteristics upon risk of sepsis after cancer, and whether there are differences by race. We performed a prospective analysis using data from the REasons for Geo...
Bernardes, Gabriella Marques Saulo, Helton Fernandez, Rodrigo Nobre Lima-Costa, Maria Fernanda de Andrade, Fabíola Bof
Published in
Revista de Saúde Pública
OBJECTIVE: To estimate the relation between catastrophic health expenditure (CHE) and multimorbidity in a national representative sample of the Brazilian population aged 50 year or older. METHODS: This study used data from 8,347 participants of the Estudo Longitudinal de Saúde dos Idosos Brasileiros (ELSI – Brazilian Longitudinal Study of Aging) co...
Costa, Ândria Krolow Bertoldi, Andréa Dâmaso Fontanella, Andréia Turmina Ramos, Luiz Roberto Arrais, Paulo Sergio Dourado Luiza, Vera Lucia Mengue, Sotero Serrate Nunes, Bruno Pereira
Published in
Revista de Saúde Pública
OBJECTIVE: To assess the prevalence of multimorbidity among Brazilian adults and its association with socioeconomic indicators. METHODS: Cross-sectional study that used data from the Pesquisa Nacional Sobre Acesso, Utilização e Promoção do Uso Racional de Medicamentos no Brasil (PNAUM – Brazilian National Survey on Access, Use and Promotion of Rati...
Defilipo, Érica Cesário Chagas, Paula Silva de Carvalho Ribeiro, Luiz Cláudio
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Revista de Saúde Pública
OBJECTIVE To characterize violence against women during pregnancy and to verify its association with socioeconomic, demographic, obstetric, behavioral factors, health care and diseases during pregnancy. METHODS Cross-sectional study carried out with puerperal women whose birth took place at the Municipal Hospital of Governador Valadares, in Minas G...
