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    • Health- and skill-related physical fitness profile of Brazilian children and adolescents: a systematic review 

      Pedretti, Augusto; Mello, Julio Brugnara; Gaya, Anelise Reis; Pedretti, Alessandro (2020) [Journal article]
      Since 1994, the Projeto Esporte Brasil (PROESP-Br) battery tests has been used to evaluate healthand skill-related physical fitness among aged 6-17 Brazilian schoolchildren. The aim of this study was to delineate the ...

    • Health care seeking behavior and patient delay in tuberculosis diagnosis 

      Almeida, Carlos Podalirio Borges de; Skupien, Erika Cavalheiro; Silva, Denise Rossato (2015) [Journal article]
      Delays in diagnosis of TB cases are major impeding factors in the control of TB. The objectives of this study were to describe the health care seeking behavior of TB patients, assessing patient delay and the number of ...

    • Health conceptions under the perspective of lay caregiver women accompanying hospitalized children 

      Wegner, Wiliam; Pedro, Eva Néri Rubim (2009) [Journal article]
      Objetiva-se apresentar e discutir uma parte dos achados de investigação realizada em um hospital escola. É um estudo qualitativo descritivo-exploratório e intervencionista junto a nove mulheres cuidadoras-leigas, acompanhantes ...

    • Health policy and systems research publications in Latin America warrant the launching of a new specialised regional journal 

      González Block, Miguel Ángel; Arroyo Laguna, Juan; Cetrángolo, Oscar; Crocco Abalos, Pedro; Guerrero, Ramiro; Knauth, Daniela Riva; Ghaffar, Abdul; Léon, Patricia Pavón; Rocío Saénz, María del; González McQuire, Rosanna; Martínez Zavala, Beatriz; Gutiérrez Calderón, Emilio (2020) [Journal article]
      Background: Scientific journals play a critical role in research validation and dissemination and are increasingly vocal about the identification of research priorities and the targeting of research results to key audiences. ...

    • Health professionals' perception about the difficulties faced by the elderly 

      Amthauer, Camila; Falk, João Werner (2014) [Journal article]
      Objective: to survey the perceptions of professionals from a Family Health team about the difficulties faced by the elderly during their aging process. Method: descriptive study, with a qualitative approach, carried out ...

    • Health-related quality of life in adolescents with excess weight 

      D'avila, Helen Freitas; Poll, Fabiana Assmann; Reuter, Cézane Priscila; Burgos, Miria Suzana; Mello, Elza Daniel de (2019) [Journal article]
      Objective: To identify health-related quality of life in adolescents with excess weight and associated factors, such as gender, age, and weight categories. Method: A cross-sectional study with collected and secondary data ...

    • Health-related quality of life in Brazil : normative data for the SF-36 in a general population sample in the south of the country 

      Cruz, Luciane Nascimento; Fleck, Marcelo Pio de Almeida; Oliveira, Michele Rosana; Camey, Suzi Alves; Hoffmann, Juliana Feliciati; Bagattini, Ângela Maria; Polanczyk, Carisi Anne (2013) [Journal article]
      The objective of this study was to provide normative SF-36 scores in a general population sample in Brazil and to describe differences in mean scores according to socio-demographic characteristics. The SF-36 questionnaire ...

    • Health-related quality of life in patients with bronchiolitis obliterans 

      Sarria, Edgar Enrique; Mundstock, Eduardo; Machado, Denise Greff; Mocelin, Helena Teresinha; Fischer, Gilberto Bueno; Furlan, Silvana Piazza; Antonello, Ivan Carlos Ferreira; Stein, Ricardo; Mattiello, Rita (2018) [Journal article]
      Objective: To evaluate the overall health-related quality of life in patients with bronchiolitis obliterans. Methods: Participants with a diagnosis of post-infectious bronchiolitis obliterans, who were being followed-up ...

    • Health-related quality of life in patients with type 1 diabetes mellitus in the different geographical regions of Brazil : data from the Brazilian Type 1 Diabetes Study Group 

      Felicio, João Soares; Souza, Ana Carolina Contente Braga de; Koury, Camila Cavalcante; Abrahão Neto, João Felício; Miléo, Karem Barbosa; Santos, Flávia Marques; Motta, Ana Regina Bastos; Silva, Denisson Dias; Arbage, Thaís Pontes; Carvalho, Carolina Tavares; Brito, Hana Andrade de Rider; Yamada, Elizabeth Sumi; Cobas, Roberta Arnoldi; Costa, Alessandra Saldanha Matheus Fernandes da; Tannus, Lucianne Righeti Monteiro; Palma, Catia C. Sousa; Japiassú, Letícia Mauricio Garcia; Carneiro, João Regis Ivar; Rodacki, Melanie; Zajdenverg, Lenita; Araujo, Neuza Braga Campos de; Cordeiro, Marilena de Menezes; Luescher, Jorge L.; Berardo, Renata Szundy; Nery, Márcia; Cani, Catarina Gomes; Marques, Maria do Carmo Arruda; Calliari, Luís Eduardo Procopio; Noronha, Renata Maria de; Della Manna, Thais; Savoldelli, Roberta Diaz; Penha, Fernanda Garcia; Foss, Milton Cesar; Freitas, Maria Cristina Foss de; Pires, Antonio Carlos; Robles, Fernando Cesar; Negrato, Carlos Antônio; Guedes, Maria de Fátima S.; Dib, Sérgio Atala; Dualib, Patricia Medici; Silva, Saulo Cavalcanti da; Sepulveda, Janice; Sampaio, Emerson; Rea, Rosangela Roginski; Faria, Ana Cristina Ravazzani de Almeida; Tschiedel, Balduíno; Lavigne, Suzana Coelho de; Cardozo, Gustavo Adolfo; Azevedo, Mirela Jobim de; Canani, Luis Henrique Santos; Zucatti, Alessandra Teixeira Netto; Coral, Marisa Helena Cesar; Pereira, Daniela Aline; Araújo, Luiz Antonio de; Pedrosa, Hermelinda Cordeiro; Tolentino, Monica; Prado, Flaviene Alves; Rassi, Nelson; Araujo, Leticia B.; Fonseca, Reine Marie Chaves; Guedes, Alexis Dourado; Mattos, Odelisa S.; Faria, Manuel S.; Azulay, Rossana Santiago de Sousa; Forti, Adriana Costa e; Façanha, Cristina Figueiredo Sampaio; Montenegro Júnior, Renan Magalhães; Montenegro, Ana Paula; Melo, Naira Horta; Rezende, Karla Freire; Ramos, Alberto; Jezini, Deborah Laredo; Gomes, Marília de Brito (2015) [Journal article]
      Background: In type 1 diabetes mellitus (T1DM) management, enhancing health-related quality of life (HRQoL) is as important as good metabolic control and prevention of secondary complications. This study aims to evaluate ...

    • Health-related quality of life in post-infectious bronchiolitis obliterans : agreement between children and their proxy 

      Sarria, Edgar Enrique; Mundstock, Eduardo; Mocelin, Helena Teresinha; Fischer, Gilberto Bueno; Torres, Renato Rangel; Garbin, João Guilherme Meinem; Leal, Lisiane Freitas; Arend, Márcia Helena Rodrigues de Freitas; Stein, Ricardo; Booij, Linda; Araújo, Rafael Moreno de; Mattiello, Rita (2019) [Journal article]
      Objective: To assess the level of agreement in health-related quality of life between children with Post-infectious Bronchiolitis Obliterans and their parent (so-called proxy). Methods: Participants aged between 8and 17 ...

    • Health-related quality of life of children and adolescents with osteogenesis imperfecta: a cross-sectional study using PedsQL 

      Vanz, Ana Paula; Lee, Juliana van de Sande; Pinheiro, Bruna de Souza; Zambrano, Marina Bauer; Brizola, Evelise Silva; Rocha, Neusa Sica da; Schwartz, Ida Vanessa Doederlein; Pires, Maria Marlene de Souza; Felix, Temis Maria (2018) [Journal article]
      Background: Osteogenesis imperfecta (OI) is a disorder of bone formation leading to low mineral density and fractures. Children and adolescents with OI require periodic medical follow up, corrective surgery, drug therapy ...

    • Healthy and Safe School Cafeteria Program : a randomized controlled study 

      Balestrin, Mariana; Kirsten, Vanessa Ramos; Wagner, Mario Bernardes (2022) [Journal article]
      Objective: To assess the effect of an educational intervention program focused on health risk conditions, based on an assessment of the hygiene and quality of food sold in school cafeterias. Methods: This is a controlled, ...

    • Healthy lifestyle gone bad : effect of the COVID-19 pandemic on the daily habits of children and adolescents with type 1 diabetes 

      Oliveira, Giovana Berger de; Alessi, Janine; Erthal, Isadora Nunes; Teixeira, Julia Belato; Morello, Milena Sbalchiero; Ribeiro, Raquel Jaqueline Eder; Teló, Guilherme Heiden; Schaan, Beatriz D'Agord; Teló, Gabriela Heiden (2022) [Journal article]
      Objective: To assess caregivers’ perception about the changes in the daily habits of children and adolescents with type 1 diabetes during the COVID-19 pandemic. Subjects and methods: Primary caregivers of youth aged ≤18 ...

    • Hearing impairment and socioeconomic factors : a population-based survey of an urban locality in southern Brazil 

      Béria, Jorge Umberto; Raymann, Beatriz Carmen Warth; Gigante, Luciana Petrucci; Figueiredo, Andréia Cristina Leal; Jotz, Geraldo Pereira; Roithmann, Renato; Costa, Sady Selaimen da; Garcez, Vera Regina Carvalho; Scherer, Caroline Raymann; Smith, Andrew (2007) [Journal article]
      Objetivo. Presentar los primeros datos de un estudio de base poblacional sobre sordera y deficiencia auditiva en Brasil. Métodos. Se realizó una encuesta transversal de hogares en 2003 en la que participaron 2 427 personas ...

    • Hearing loss prevalence and years lived with disability, 1990-2019 : findings from the Global Burden of Disease Study 2019 

      Haile, Lydia M; Goulart, Bárbara Niegia Garcia de; Chadha, Shelly; Duncan, Bruce Bartholow; Schmidt, Maria Inês; World Health Organization. Global Burden of Disease (2021) [Journal article]
      BACKGROUND: Hearing loss affects access to spoken language, which can affect cognition and development, and can negatively affect social wellbeing. We present updated estimates from the Global Burden of Disease (GBD) study ...

    • Heart failure secondary to myocarditis after SARS-CoV-2 reinfection : a case report 

      Riedel, Patrícia Gabriela; Sakai, Vitoria Fedrizzi; Toniasso, Sheila de Castro Cardoso; Brum, Maria Carlota Borba; Fernandes, Fernando Schmidt; Pereira, Robson Martins; Baldin, Camila Pereira; Baldin, Cícero de Campos; Takahasi, Anderson Yudi; Shiki, Hugo; Krepsky, Ana Maria Rocha; Trindade, Damasio Macedo; Merlo, Alvaro Roberto Crespo; Rohde, Luis Eduardo Paim; Joveleviths, Dvora (2021) [Journal article]
      Introduction: Cardiac involvement in COVID-19 can range from mild damage to severe myocarditis. The precise mechanism by which COVID-19 causes myocardial injury is still unknown. Myocarditis following administration of ...

    • Height and body-mass index trajectories of school-aged children and adolescents from 1985 to 2019 in 200 countries and territories : a pooled analysis of 2181 population-based studies with 65 million participants 

      NCD Risk Factor Collaboration; Rodriguez-Martinez, Andrea; Fuchs, Flávio Danni; Fuchs, Sandra Cristina Pereira Costa; Moreira, Leila Beltrami; Silva, Mariana Sbaraini da; Gaya, Adroaldo Cezar Araujo; Gaya, Anelise Reis; Schaan, Beatriz D'Agord; Sparrenberger, Karen; Cureau, Felipe Vogt; Zuziak, Monika (2020) [Journal article]
      Background Comparable global data on health and nutrition of school-aged children and adolescents are scarce. We aimed to estimate age trajectories and time trends in mean height and mean body-mass index (BMI), which ...

    • Height and sexual maturation in girls with juvenile idiopathic arthritis 

      Machado, Sandra Helena; Xavier, Ricardo Machado; Lora, Priscila Schmidt; Gonçalves, Luciana Machado Kurtz; Trindade, Luciane R.; Marostica, Paulo José Cauduro (2020) [Journal article]
      Objective: To evaluate height, sexual maturation, and the difference between final and expected height in girls with juvenile idiopathic arthritis and no glucocorticoid treatment for at least six months, as compared to a ...

    • Helicobacter Pylori : da sua descoberta ao Prêmio Nobel de Medicina de 2005 

      Francisconi, Carlos Fernando de Magalhães; Mazzoleni, Luiz Edmundo (2005) [Journal article]

    • Helicobacter pylori eradication : influence of interleukin-1beta –31 C/T polymorphism 

      Rech, Tássia Flores; Mazzoleni, Luiz Edmundo; Mazzoleni, Felipe; Francesconi, Carlos Fernando de Magalhães; Sander, Guilherme Becker; Michita, Rafael Tomoya; Nabinger, Débora Dreher; Milbradt, Tobias Cancian; Torresini, Ronaldo Joao Spinato; Simon, Daniel (2018) [Journal article]
      Aim: To analyze the influence of the –31 C/T polymorphism of the interleukin-1 gene on Helicobacter pylori eradication therapy success in patients with functional dyspepsia. Methods: Functional dyspepsia was diagnosed ...