Ciencia & saude coletivaPub Date : 2025-09-01Epub Date: 2024-09-11DOI: 10.1590/1413-81232025309.18872023
Rilvane de Carvalho Duarte, Ariani Cavalcante Peixoto, Ana Carolina Rocha Gomes Ferreira, Carmen Silvia Motta Bandini
{"title":"Influence of spiritual interventions on the most lethal chronic non-communicable diseases: a scoping review.","authors":"Rilvane de Carvalho Duarte, Ariani Cavalcante Peixoto, Ana Carolina Rocha Gomes Ferreira, Carmen Silvia Motta Bandini","doi":"10.1590/1413-81232025309.18872023","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1590/1413-81232025309.18872023","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>The aim is to identify and map studies on spiritual interventions in individuals with, or undergoing prevention of, more lethal chronic non-communicable diseases. A scoping review following the recommendations of the Joanna Briggs Institute and the PRISMA extension for scoping reviews was conducted in search of studies published from 2000 onwards on the influence of spiritual interventions on chronic cardiovascular and respiratory diseases, diabetes mellitus and cancer. Of the 1,564 studies identified, 26 experimental or quasi-experimental studies published between 2000 and 2022 were eligible, covering eight modalities of spiritual intervention and a total population of 3,103 participants. The influence of spirituality on cardiovascular diseases was addressed in 16.0% of those studies; on diabetes mellitus, in 11.5%; and on cancer, in 73.0%. No results were found relating to respiratory diseases. Spiritual care was found to have positive effects on the physical, mental, and spiritual health of individuals with chronic illnesses. It is suggested that specific modalities of intervention be studied for associations with participants' spirituality; this important object of investigation may afford the possibility of enhancing gains by these interventions.</p>","PeriodicalId":10195,"journal":{"name":"Ciencia & saude coletiva","volume":"30 9","pages":"e18872023"},"PeriodicalIF":1.2,"publicationDate":"2025-09-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"145250123","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Ciencia & saude coletivaPub Date : 2025-09-01Epub Date: 2025-05-13DOI: 10.1590/1413-81232025309.08552025
Bruna Venturin, Elaine Thumé, Mirelle de Oliveira Saes, Mariangela Uhlmann Soares, Karla Pereira Machado, Luiz Augusto Facchini
{"title":"Financial and care support and their associated factors in elderly adults: data from a population-based cohort.","authors":"Bruna Venturin, Elaine Thumé, Mirelle de Oliveira Saes, Mariangela Uhlmann Soares, Karla Pereira Machado, Luiz Augusto Facchini","doi":"10.1590/1413-81232025309.08552025","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1590/1413-81232025309.08552025","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>The aim is to examine the receipt of financial and care-related social support, according to sociodemographic characteristics, health status and primary care model in a cohort of elderly people. This is a cross-sectional analysis of the SIGa-Bagé cohort with a sample of 1,593 elderly individuals (≥ 60 years) from the urban area. Poisson regression with robust variance adjustment was used. In 2008, 20.2% received financial support and 54.9% care; in 2016, 16.9% and 37.0%, respectively. In 2008, after adjusting for sociodemographic characteristics and health status, the probability of receiving financial support was 62%, 99% and 48% higher among non-retired people, those unable to perform activities of daily living and those who had not gone out in the last month, respectively. In 2016, women were 83% more likely to receive financial assistance. In 2008, the likelihood of receiving care was 53% higher among elderly people unable to perform instrumental activities and, in 2016, it was 84% higher among those living in Family Health Strategy areas. Considering the associations found, it is necessary to strengthen financial and care support among older adults.</p>","PeriodicalId":10195,"journal":{"name":"Ciencia & saude coletiva","volume":"30 9","pages":"e08552025"},"PeriodicalIF":1.2,"publicationDate":"2025-09-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"145250138","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Ciencia & saude coletivaPub Date : 2025-09-01Epub Date: 2024-09-28DOI: 10.1590/1413-81232025309.04302024
Sarah de Farias Lelis, Natália Bahia de Camargos, Vitória Rezende Rocha Monteiro, Ives Vieira Machado, Fabíola Ferreira Villela, Bruna Cristina Silva Martins, Aisha Aguiar Morais
{"title":"Hormoneization for trans people in Divinópolis-MG, Brazil: a population description for the recognition of health demands.","authors":"Sarah de Farias Lelis, Natália Bahia de Camargos, Vitória Rezende Rocha Monteiro, Ives Vieira Machado, Fabíola Ferreira Villela, Bruna Cristina Silva Martins, Aisha Aguiar Morais","doi":"10.1590/1413-81232025309.04302024","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1590/1413-81232025309.04302024","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>The present study aimed to evaluate the adequacy of hormoneization in the transgender population of Divinópolis-MG according to national and international protocols, as well as associated factors. It is a quantitative cross-sectional investigation with a non-probabilistic sample listed using the virtual snowball technique. Participants answered an online questionnaire on the Google Forms platform. Among the 48 employees, 77% (n = 37) declared themselves to be transgender binary. Thirty participants reported hormoneization, in 17 of them it was considered inadequate (58.8%). The following variables showed the greatest disagreement with the recommended protocols: non-compliance or dissatisfaction with medical follow-up (p < 0.05) and exclusive use of the SUS for health care (p < 0.05). A quarter of the participants stated disrespect for the rectified social or civil name in the places frequented, which was more frequent among non-binary people (p = 0.03). There has been a high incidence of reports of violence and unprotected sexual intercourse in the last year.</p>","PeriodicalId":10195,"journal":{"name":"Ciencia & saude coletiva","volume":"30 9","pages":"e04302024"},"PeriodicalIF":1.2,"publicationDate":"2025-09-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"145250179","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Theoretical-methodological approaches and markers of differences: a perspective of Social Sciences in the Journal Ciência & Saúde Coletiva.","authors":"Romeu Gomes, Martha Cristina Nunes Moreira, Suely Ferreira Deslandes","doi":"10.1590/1413-81232025309.14702025","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1590/1413-81232025309.14702025","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>We produced an analysis of the articles approved in 2024 in the social sciences area of the journal Ciência & Saúde Coletiva, based on two synergistic movements. The first mapped the topics covered, focusing on the emergence of the issue of social differences as markers of inequality. The second analyzed the theoretical-methodological approaches with a view to their emerging and consolidated manifestations. We concluded that the perspective of considering difference as a political construct related to the distribution of power that hierarchizes existences still seems to us to be little incorporated into research.</p>","PeriodicalId":10195,"journal":{"name":"Ciencia & saude coletiva","volume":"30 9","pages":"e14702025"},"PeriodicalIF":1.2,"publicationDate":"2025-09-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"145250291","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Ciencia & saude coletivaPub Date : 2025-09-01Epub Date: 2024-08-30DOI: 10.1590/1413-81232025309.19632023
Yzabela Yara de Souza Legramante, Poliana Silva de Oliveira, Priscila Norié Araujo-Betetti, Felipe Lima Dos Santos, Karen da Silva Santos, Cinira Magali Fortuna
{"title":"A look at the mental health of family members with missing loved ones: scoping review.","authors":"Yzabela Yara de Souza Legramante, Poliana Silva de Oliveira, Priscila Norié Araujo-Betetti, Felipe Lima Dos Santos, Karen da Silva Santos, Cinira Magali Fortuna","doi":"10.1590/1413-81232025309.19632023","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1590/1413-81232025309.19632023","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>The aim of the research was to analyze the scientific literature on the mental health of people who have missing family members. This was a scoping review study, in accordance with the Joanna Briggs Institute and the PRISMA-ScR. The following digital libraries were used: Virtual Health Library and National Library of Medicine (PubMed), and the databases: SCOPUS, EMBASE, Web of Science and APA PsycNet. 10 studies were selected and two thematic axes: \"The damage to the mental health of family members who have missing loved ones\" and \"The strategies used and support found to cope with the disappearance\". The first axis discusses how the emotional and psychological suffering of family members of missing loved ones is evident in all the studies mentioned, being strongly related to the Ambiguous Loss Theory and the occurrence of mental disorders. The second axis points out strategies to combat the phenomenon of disappearance, such as religion, the presence of family ties, the continuity of migratory projects and the organization of programs and interventions aimed at this public. The review highlights that the suffering experienced by family members of missing loved ones can be profound, complex and diverse, with repercussions on the mental health.</p>","PeriodicalId":10195,"journal":{"name":"Ciencia & saude coletiva","volume":"30 9","pages":"e19632023"},"PeriodicalIF":1.2,"publicationDate":"2025-09-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"145249983","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Ciencia & saude coletivaPub Date : 2025-09-01Epub Date: 2024-08-31DOI: 10.1590/1413-81232025309.07832024
Maria Carmen Martinez, Maria do Rosário Dias de Oliveira Latorre, Frida Marina Fischer
{"title":"Validity and reliability of the Brazilian version of the Work Ability Index - WAI: a re-evaluation.","authors":"Maria Carmen Martinez, Maria do Rosário Dias de Oliveira Latorre, Frida Marina Fischer","doi":"10.1590/1413-81232025309.07832024","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1590/1413-81232025309.07832024","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>The aim is to reevaluate the measurement properties of the Portuguese version of the Work Ability Index (WAI). A cross-sectional study was conducted with 3,051 nurses in the state of São Paulo. Participants answered a questionnaire on individual characteristics, working conditions, and WAI. Validity was assessed through discriminative analysis of known groups and exploratory factor analysis (EFA) with parallel analysis (PA). Reliability was assessed using Cronbach's alpha and McDonald's omega coefficients. In the analysis of known groups, all investigated individual and work variables showed statistically significant associations with WAI (p < 0.005). EFA revealed a unidimensional structure, which was confirmed by PA. The model proved to be appropriate (root mean square error of approximation = 0.125; Tucker-Lewis Index = 0.900), although the Comparative Fit Index = 0.882 was slightly lower than expected. Reliability was satisfactory (Cronbach's alpha coefficient = 0.787 and McDonald's omega = 0.819). The WAI continues to be a valid and reliable measure to evaluate work ability in the current context of Brazilian work.</p>","PeriodicalId":10195,"journal":{"name":"Ciencia & saude coletiva","volume":"30 9","pages":"e07832024"},"PeriodicalIF":1.2,"publicationDate":"2025-09-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"145250202","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Ciencia & saude coletivaPub Date : 2025-09-01Epub Date: 2025-07-10DOI: 10.1590/1413-81232025309.12842025
Rosana Onocko-Campos, Júlia Demétrio Salgado, Beatriz de Oliveira Rover, Rosana Evangelista Poderoso, Lilian Miranda
{"title":"Mental Health Studies Published in the last five years in the Journal Ciência & Saúde Coletiva: time as king.","authors":"Rosana Onocko-Campos, Júlia Demétrio Salgado, Beatriz de Oliveira Rover, Rosana Evangelista Poderoso, Lilian Miranda","doi":"10.1590/1413-81232025309.12842025","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1590/1413-81232025309.12842025","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Systematic review of articles on mental health published between 2020 and 2025 in the journal Ciência & Saúde Coletiva. Building on a previous study covering the first twenty-five years of the journal's publications, this review aimed to identify continuities and changes in the most frequent approaches, as well as the emergence of underexplored themes such as mental health in relation to race, gender, violence, and the climate crisis. A total of 162 articles were analyzed, categorized into: epidemiological studies/psychiatric classifications; sociocultural transformations of madness; clinical care in substitute services; implementation and expansion of the service network; the role of Primary Health Care; mental health of children and adolescents; substance use; legislative changes; and others (including mental health of workers, the COVID-19 pandemic, the prison system, housing, race, and therapeutic communities). A significant increase was observed in discussions about child and adolescent mental health, along with advances in topics related to Primary Health Care and clinical practices in substitute services. However, emerging issues such as gender, race, aging, and mental health related to disasters and the environment remain underrepresented in the journal's publications.</p>","PeriodicalId":10195,"journal":{"name":"Ciencia & saude coletiva","volume":"30 9","pages":"e12842025"},"PeriodicalIF":1.2,"publicationDate":"2025-09-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"145250242","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Ciencia & saude coletivaPub Date : 2025-09-01Epub Date: 2025-07-05DOI: 10.1590/1413-81232025309.12542025
Maria Cecília de Souza Minayo
{"title":"Ciência & Saúde Coletiva: from birth to maturity.","authors":"Maria Cecília de Souza Minayo","doi":"10.1590/1413-81232025309.12542025","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1590/1413-81232025309.12542025","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>This short story is a summary, written in the first person by the author who created the Journal Ciência & Saúde Coletiva, on behalf of the Brazilian Association of Collective Health, recalling its origins up to the 30th anniversary celebrated in this year, 2025. She recalls the context, the objective conditions and the timing of the journal's birth and its steps towards a strong presence in the field and for the SUS. In this context, she discusses its name, its characteristics, its mission and the steps it has taken over the years to reach its current maturity and the institutions that have helped leverage this process. The author highlights the day-to-day involvement of the Chief editors, the Team of Associate Editors, the Editorial Policy Council, Reviewers and, above all, the Executive Team responsible for technical quality, for the monthly presence of the journal and the management of themed issues and increasingly intense dissemination, with a view to popularizing science. As it was written in the first person, at the end, the author talks about the function of the intellectual in society and looks at the achievements of the present, calling the future editors to innovate without ever losing the pillars on which the journal was built.</p>","PeriodicalId":10195,"journal":{"name":"Ciencia & saude coletiva","volume":"30 9","pages":"e12542025"},"PeriodicalIF":1.2,"publicationDate":"2025-09-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"145250008","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Ciencia & saude coletivaPub Date : 2025-09-01Epub Date: 2024-09-15DOI: 10.1590/1413-81232025309.06132024
Paola Flamia Simões, Thamires Pereira Braga da Silva, Enrique Falceto de Barros, Karina Pavão Patrício, Rafaela Brugalli Zandavalli
{"title":"Carbon footprint of inhalers in Brazil and Porto Alegre: impacts and alternatives.","authors":"Paola Flamia Simões, Thamires Pereira Braga da Silva, Enrique Falceto de Barros, Karina Pavão Patrício, Rafaela Brugalli Zandavalli","doi":"10.1590/1413-81232025309.06132024","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1590/1413-81232025309.06132024","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>The aim is to calculate the carbon footprint of metered-dose inhalers used for asthma and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease management, distributed by the Brazilian National Health Service in Brazil and in the city of Porto Alegre, Brazil, in the year 2019. Data regarding the dispensation of salbutamol and beclomethasone were obtained upon request from the Ministry of Health. The dispensations were multiplied by the proportional carbon footprint of each device. The prescription of the metered-dose inhalers resulted in between 24,889,141 and 60,878,728 tons of CO2-eq released into the atmosphere in Brazil (equivalent to traveling 23 to 57 million times the north-to-south distance of Brazil in a standard gasoline car); and between 459,830 and 1,151,008 tons of CO2-eq in the city of Porto Alegre. The study demonstrated the substantial amount of GreenHouse Gas emissions associated with these devices in Brazil. The substitution with dry powder inhalers or Soft mist inhalers in appropriate situations would prevent significant environmental harm, while also providing clinical benefits to patients, as they are currently the first-line choice recommended by clinical guidelines for the treatment of respiratory diseases.</p>","PeriodicalId":10195,"journal":{"name":"Ciencia & saude coletiva","volume":"30 9","pages":"e06132024"},"PeriodicalIF":1.2,"publicationDate":"2025-09-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"145250019","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Ciencia & saude coletivaPub Date : 2025-09-01Epub Date: 2024-08-21DOI: 10.1590/1413-81232025309.01012024
Bruna Grazielle Mendes Rodrigues, Vanessa do Nascimento Vilarinho, Layanne Cristina de Carvalho Lâvor, Poliana Cristina de Almeida Fonseca Viola, Paulo Víctor de Lima Sousa, Márcio Dênis Medeiros Mascarenhas, Karoline de Macedo Gonçalves Frota
{"title":"Consumption of ultra-processed foods is associated with metabolic syndrome in individuals over 40 years of age.","authors":"Bruna Grazielle Mendes Rodrigues, Vanessa do Nascimento Vilarinho, Layanne Cristina de Carvalho Lâvor, Poliana Cristina de Almeida Fonseca Viola, Paulo Víctor de Lima Sousa, Márcio Dênis Medeiros Mascarenhas, Karoline de Macedo Gonçalves Frota","doi":"10.1590/1413-81232025309.01012024","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1590/1413-81232025309.01012024","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>A cross-sectional, population- and household-based study was conducted to ascertain the association between consumption of ultra-processed foods (UPFs) and metabolic syndrome (MS) in individuals aged 20 to 39 and ≥ 40 years. Demographic, socioeconomic, lifestyle, anthropometric, biochemical, food consumption and blood pressure data were collected from individuals ≥ 20 years old, of both sexes, living in Teresina (Piauí). Of the 262 participants, 38.2% were aged 20 to 39 years and 61.8%, ≥ 40 years old. Individuals aged ≥ 40 years returned higher prevalence of MS (57.4%), hyperglycaemia (13%), hypertension (54.9%) and high waist circumference (50.6%). At 20 to 39 years of age, prevalence of MS was 23%, while blood glucose, blood pressure and waist circumference were normal in 99%, 78% and 77%, respectively. In the total sample, UPFs accounted for 20% of total calorie intake, but 24.4% in the group aged 20 to 39 years and 17% in the group ≥ 40 years. Individuals aged ≥ 40 years in the highest tercile of UPF consumption returned 35% higher prevalence of MS. Excessive consumption of UPF should be discouraged and the consumption of fresh/minimally processed foods, encouraged, with a view to guaranteeing population health.</p>","PeriodicalId":10195,"journal":{"name":"Ciencia & saude coletiva","volume":"30 9","pages":"e01012024"},"PeriodicalIF":1.2,"publicationDate":"2025-09-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"145250052","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}