Tania Ruiz

São Paulo State University | Unesp · Department of Public Health

Introduction: Back pain has become a serious public health problem. Objective: To determine the prevalence of back pain in a population-based sample of subjects over 20 years old living in the city of Bauru (São Paulo, Brazil) and to analyze the associations to variables- sociodemographic, ergonomic and lifestyle-related - and to morbidity. Metho...

The purpose was to verify the level of health-related quality of life in a population-based sample of adults aged 20 years or more living in the city of Bauru, São Paulo, Brazil, and its association with the amount of reported morbidities. A population survey was conducted through a complex sampling in two stages, totaling 600 participants in the u...

Objetivo: avaliar o efeito de um Programa de Educação em Gerontologia desenvolvido à Agentes Comunitários de Saúde. Métodos: estudo de intervenção (comparação antes e depois) com participação de 111 agentes comunitários, com perda de 25 (22,5%), atuantes nas 12 unidades de saúde da família de um município do interior paulista, em 2012. Os dados for...

Objetivo: avaliar o efeito de um Programa de Educação em Gerontologia desenvolvido à Agentes Comunitários de Saúde. Métodos: estudo de intervenção (comparação antes e depois) com participação de 111 agentes comunitários, com perda de 25 (22,5%), atuantes nas 12 unidades de saúde da família de um município do interior paulista, em 2012. Os dados for...

To describe community health workers' attitudes and beliefs toward the elderly. Cross-sectional descriptive study conducted in with 213 community health workers (CHWs) at 12 primary care units and 29 family health centers in the city of Marília, State of São Paulo, Southeastern Brazil, in 2010. Data were collected by means of a sociodemographic que...

OBJECTIVE: Evaluatethe professional insertion, income and satisfaction of physicians who graduated from Botucatu Medical School (UNESP), as well as possible risk factors associated with these outcomes. METHOD: A cross-sectional study with a target population of all physicians graduated between 1968 and 2005, using a self-reporting questionnaire. RE...

Introdução: À medida que a população envelhece, cresce a preocupação com a manutenção da sua qualidade de vida e capacidade funcional, que estão associadas ao grau de atividade física mantida. O uso de técnicas de geoprocessamento possibilita a análise espacial de dados de saúde, relacionando-os às características da população estudada, o que permi...

Introduction As reported by the literature, chronic diseases are related to the survival time of older populations. Objective To study the association of autonomy, depression cognition loss and alcoholism with older persons' survival in a medium-sized city in São Paulo state (BRAZIL). Methodology Systematic population sampling for unknown prevale...

This paper aimed to analyze self-evaluations in terms of quality of life (QoL), physical health (PH) and mental health (MH) of ex-medical students from a Brazilian public university, correlating these outcomes with demographic data and several professional aspects. a cross-sectional study with a target population of all students graduated from the...

Introduction: the world population is ageing, and Brazil follows this tendency, which requires the reorganization of society for care provision to older people. In such tendency, an increasing number of cases of depression and dementia is observed in addition to their association with other chronic-degenerative diseases. Objective: to estimate the...

Introdução: o envelhecimento populacional é um fenômeno mundial que se acelerou nas últimas décadas. A vida cada vez mais prolongada tem sido alvo de questionamentos e preocupações, no sentido de que esse prolongamento seja vivido com qualidade e vitalidade. Objetivo: estudar o estilo e o grau de satisfação com alguns aspectos da vida da população...

The purpose of this study was to evaluate anti-inflammatory drugs in the medium- and long-term management of mild to moderate carpal tunnel syndrome (CTS). The authors conducted a systematic review of the literature on the effectiveness of steroidal and nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs for mild and moderate cases of CTS. There were included onl...

In Brazil, a country with very heterogeneous social segments, child mortality rates are still associated with the occurrence of severe diarrhea, particularly in children under two years old. One of the etiological agents involved in such condition is the rotavirus. As from March 2006, the National Immunization Program has included this vaccine in t...

Geographic Information Systems serve as important public health tools for analyzing population disease distribution and thus for identifying individuals with chronic non-communicable diseases. The current study performed a spatial analysis of the distribution of the population 60 years and older in the city of Botucatu, São Paulo State, Brazil, stu...

Geographic Information Systems serve as important public health tools for analyzing population disease distribution and thus for identifying individuals with chronic non-communicable diseases. The current study performed a spatial analysis of the distribution of the population 60 years and older in the city of Botucatu, São Paulo State, Brazil, stu...

The proportion of elderly people about 60-year-old or more in Brazil, as well as in most parts of the world, has been increasing and gradually narrowing the base of the population pyramid. This proportion produces prevalence of incapacities which are responsible for physical and psychic dependence, compromising the autonomy of elderly people, and c...

Summary The proportion of elderly people about 60-year-old or more in Brazil, as well as in most parts of the world, has been in- creasing and gradually narrowing the base of the population pyramid. This proportion produces prevalence of incapacities which are responsible for physical and psychic dependence, compromising the autonomy of elderly peo...

Este trabalho consiste na proposta de utilização, em Odontologia, de uma abordagem metodológica usada em pesquisas qualitativas, denominada Grounded Theory, quando se objetiva compreender fenômenos ou se pretende descrevê-los de acordo com o ponto de vista do sujeito. Pesquisas em saúde, utilizando abordagens qualitativas, estão sendo, cada vez mai...

This study proposes the use of a methodological approach in Dentistry that is also deployed in qualitative research: Grounded theory. The proposal is to use it whenever the intention is to understand phenomena or describe them from a subjective standpoint. Researchers are using the qualitative approach more and more often in health studies, and, in...

As a result of overall growing population's life expectancy, it has become increasingly important to ensure not only that the elderly have greater longevity but also happiness and life satisfaction. The objective of the study was to describe factors associated with life satisfaction among elderly people. Three hundred and sixty-five older persons,...

OBJECTIVE: As a result of overall growing population's life expectancy, it has become increasingly important to ensure not only that the elderly have greater longevity but also happiness and life satisfaction. The objective of the study was to describe factors associated with life satisfaction among elderly people. METHODS: Three hundred and sixty-...

Even though influenza vaccination is free and widely available in Brazil since 1999, coverage is still inadequate in several of the country's municipalities. The aim of the present study was to estimate vaccine coverage and to identify factors related to vaccination against influenza in the elderly population. A household survey was carried out usi...

OBJETIVO: Mesmo gratuita e disponível no Brasil desde 1999, a cobertura vacinal contra a influenza ainda é inadequada em diversos municípios do País. O objetivo da pesquisa foi estimar a cobertura vacinal e identificar fatores relacionados à vacinação contra a influenza em idosos. MÉTODOS: Realizou-se inquérito domiciliar em amostra aleatória siste...

Population aging and declining birth rate have significantly altered the Brazilian age structure pyramid. In parallel with demographic transition, epidemiological transition is altering morbidity-mortality profiles, without adequate health support for the elderly population group. By searching databases, the objective of this study was a systemic l...

Population aging and declining birth rate have significantly altered the Brazilian age structure pyramid. In parallel with demographic transition, epidemiological transition is altering morbidity-mortality profiles, without adequate health support for the elderly population group. By searching databases, the objective of this study was a systemic l...

Considering that life expectancy has become increasingly higher, various studies have been conducted in order to improve the quality of life of the elderly. This study aimed to learn the opinions of the elderly living in a medium-size city in the state of São Paulo, Brazil with regard to the meaning of quality of life, by using an open question whi...

Hospital infection is an important cause of morbidity and mortality in the elderly population. The objective of this study was to evaluate the occurrence of hospital infection and risk factors associated with it. This is a prospective study of a sample of 332 elderly people, 60 years and older, interned in a university hospital, between September 1...

OBJETIVO: A infecção hospitalar é uma importante causa de morbidade e mortalidade na população idosa. O estudo realizado teve como objetivo avaliar a ocorrência e os fatores de risco da infecção hospitalar. MÉTODOS: Realizou-se estudo prospectivo em uma amostra de 322 idosos com 60 anos e mais, internados em um hospital universitário, entre setembr...

Objective Hospital infection is an important cause of morbidity and mortality in the elderly population. The objective of this study was to evaluate the occurrence of hospital infection and risk factors associated with it. Methods This is a prospective study of a sample of 332 elderly people, 60 years and older interned in a university hospital, be...

O aumento proporcional do número de idosos na população tem motivado estudos no sentido de melhorar a qualidade de vida desta faixa etária através de políticas sociais e, entre elas, o planejamento em saúde. Com o objetivo de conhecer riscos de mortalidade para a população de sessenta anos e mais, um estudo de sobrevida foi realizado rastreando, no...

To detect factors associated with cardiovascular mortality in the elderly of Botucatu. We evaluated 29 variables of interest in a cohort of patients aged 60 using data from a survey conducted between 1983/84. The elderly cohort was analyzed in 1992 to detect the occurrence of cardiovascular deaths. Survival analysis was performed using the Kaplan-M...

With the objective of evaluating teaching at the Faculdade de Medicina de Botucatu, UNESP, questionnaires were sent to 605 ex students and with return of 245 answers. The medical course was considered good, Pediatrics and Medicine obtaining the best marks, the evaluation of Medicine, however decreased among the more recently graduated. Surgery, gyn...

Com a finalidade de se avaliarem os resultados alcançados numa experiência de internato rural, foram analizados os relatórios dos estudantes que dela participaram. Considera-se internato rural a modalidade de estágio que se caracteriza pela transferência do estudante do "campus" universitário para uma comunidade rural, onde permanecerá por tempo de...

The Brazilian population has experienced an ageing process, thus characterizing an increase in the number of elderly people. Instruments have been developed in order to measure the quality of life of elderly individuals. Hence, a questionnaire consisting of various validated instruments and an open question was applied to a group of elderly citizen...