{"title":"Reviewed article: Melo MS, Souza TTCM, Soares LM, Santos AD, Raiol T, Ribeiro A. Human papillomavirus vaccination access, coverage and dropout in the Federal District, Brazil: a time series study, 2013-2023. Epidemiol Serv Saude 2025;34:e20240006. 10.1590/S2237-96222025v34e20240006.en.","authors":"Maria Auxiliadora Parreiras Martins","doi":"10.1590/S2237-96222025v34e20240006.b","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1590/S2237-96222025v34e20240006.b","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":51473,"journal":{"name":"Epidemiologia e Servicos de Saude","volume":"34 ","pages":"e20240006.b"},"PeriodicalIF":2.5,"publicationDate":"2025-04-07","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143804656","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Reviewed article: Melo MS, Souza TTCM, Soares LM, Santos AD, Raiol T, Ribeiro A. Human papillomavirus vaccination access, coverage and dropout in the Federal District, Brazil: a time series study, 2013-2023. Epidemiol Serv Saude 2025;34:e20240006. 10.1590/S2237-96222025v34e20240006.en.","authors":"Andréa Tenório Correia da Silva","doi":"10.1590/S2237-96222025v34e20240006.a","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1590/S2237-96222025v34e20240006.a","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":51473,"journal":{"name":"Epidemiologia e Servicos de Saude","volume":"34 ","pages":"e20240006.a"},"PeriodicalIF":2.5,"publicationDate":"2025-04-07","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143804655","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Reviewed article: Müller CH, Bertoldi AD, Bielemann RM, Machado KP, Tomasi E, Gonzalez MC, Silveira MPT. Prevalence of polypharmacy use and association with mortality: a cohort study of elderly people in Southern Brazil, 2014-2017. Epidemiol Serv Saude. 2025;34:e20240081. 10.1590/S2237-96222025v33e20240081.en.","authors":"Aluísio Oliveira","doi":"10.1590/S2237-96222024v33e20240081.a","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1590/S2237-96222024v33e20240081.a","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":51473,"journal":{"name":"Epidemiologia e Servicos de Saude","volume":"34 ","pages":"e20240081.a"},"PeriodicalIF":2.5,"publicationDate":"2025-04-07","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143804755","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Elviani Basso Moura, Bruna de Albuquerque Catelano, Fernanda Perito de Aguiar, Helbert do Nascimento Lima, Paulo Henrique Condeixa de França
{"title":"Survival of critically ill people with COVID-19 and acute kidney injury undergoing hemodialysis in public and private hospitals in Joinville: a cohort study, 2020-2021.","authors":"Elviani Basso Moura, Bruna de Albuquerque Catelano, Fernanda Perito de Aguiar, Helbert do Nascimento Lima, Paulo Henrique Condeixa de França","doi":"10.1590/S2237-96222025v34e20240025.en","DOIUrl":"10.1590/S2237-96222025v34e20240025.en","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Objective: </strong>To compare the 90-day survival of critically ill people with COVID-19 and acute kidney injury in intensive care units (ICU) of public and private hospitals.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>This was a retrospective cohort study of critically ill people with COVID-19 and acute kidney injury undergoing hemodialysis in Joinville, Santa Catarina state.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>The 90-day survival rate in public ICU was 15.7% (95%CI 8.4; 25.1), while in private ICU it was 37.7% (95%CI 24.9; 50.5%). In the multivariate analysis adjusted for sociodemographic variables (Hazard ratio (HR) 2.01; 95%CI 1.31; 3.08) and comorbidities (HR 2.09; 95%CI 1.30; 3.37), admission to a public ICU was associated with a higher risk of death. After including severity of illness, admission to a public ICU was not associated with an increased risk of death compared to private ICU (HR 0.79; 95%CI 0.45; 1.42).</p><p><strong>Conclusion: </strong>Measures implemented during the COVID-19 pandemic may have reduced inequalities between health systems for critically ill patients with acute kidney injury.</p>","PeriodicalId":51473,"journal":{"name":"Epidemiologia e Servicos de Saude","volume":"34 ","pages":"e20240025"},"PeriodicalIF":2.5,"publicationDate":"2025-04-07","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143804758","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Reviewed article: Mour EB, Catelano BA, Aguiar FP, Lima H, França PHC. Survival of critically ill people with COVID-19 and acute kidney injury undergoing hemodialysis in public and private hospitals in Joinville: a cohort study, 2020-2021. Epidemiol Serv Saude. 2025:34;20240025. doi: 10.1590/S2237-96222025v34e20240025.en.","authors":"Thaynã Ramos Flores","doi":"10.1590/S2237-96222025v34e20240025.b","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1590/S2237-96222025v34e20240025.b","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":51473,"journal":{"name":"Epidemiologia e Servicos de Saude","volume":"34 ","pages":"e20240025.b"},"PeriodicalIF":2.5,"publicationDate":"2025-04-07","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143804751","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Reviewed article: Mour EB, Catelano BA, Aguiar FP, Lima H, França PHC. Survival of critically ill people with COVID-19 and acute kidney injury undergoing hemodialysis in public and private hospitals in Joinville: a cohort study, 2020-2021. Epidemiol Serv Saude. 2025:34;20240025. doi: 10.1590/S2237-96222025v34e20240025.en.","authors":"Wildo Navegantes de Araújo","doi":"10.1590/S2237-96222025v34e20240025.a","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1590/S2237-96222025v34e20240025.a","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":51473,"journal":{"name":"Epidemiologia e Servicos de Saude","volume":"34 ","pages":"e20240025.a"},"PeriodicalIF":2.5,"publicationDate":"2025-04-07","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143804659","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Matheus Santos Melo, Thaís Tâmara Castro E Minuzzi-Souza, Laís de Morais Soares, Allan Dantas Dos Santos, Tainá Raiol, Ana Ribeiro
{"title":"Human papillomavirus vaccination access, coverage and dropout in the Federal District: a time series study, 2013-2023.","authors":"Matheus Santos Melo, Thaís Tâmara Castro E Minuzzi-Souza, Laís de Morais Soares, Allan Dantas Dos Santos, Tainá Raiol, Ana Ribeiro","doi":"10.1590/S2237-96222025v34e20240006.en","DOIUrl":"10.1590/S2237-96222025v34e20240006.en","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Objective: </strong>o analyze the temporal trend of human papillomavirus (HPV) vaccination access, coverage and dropout the Federal District, Brazil, from 2013 to 2023.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>This is a time series study using data made available by the Brazilian National Immunization Program and the Federal District Health Department. Vaccination access, coverage and abandonment indicators were calculated. The segmented linear regression method was applied to analyze temporal trends.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>A total of 705,823 doses were administered, 484,386 (68.6%) in females and 221,437 (31.4%) in males. Access, with average annual percentage change (AAPC) of -4.6, (confidence interval [95%CI] -8.3; -3.8), and coverage (AAPC -9.2; 95% CI -12.4; -6.6) decreased during the study period. Dropout increased (AAPC 14.1; 95%CI 11.5; 20.0). Despite the reduction in dropout observed among males (AAPC -7.7; 95%CI -10.5; -5.4), there was an increase in dropout among females (AAPC 8.9; 95%CI 4.8; 13.2).</p><p><strong>Conclusion: </strong>There was a reduction in HPV vaccination access and coverage and an increase in dropout rates, especially among females. Strategies to reverse these trends must be prioritized.</p>","PeriodicalId":51473,"journal":{"name":"Epidemiologia e Servicos de Saude","volume":"34 ","pages":"e20240006"},"PeriodicalIF":2.5,"publicationDate":"2025-04-07","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143804653","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Marcos Anderson Lucas da Silva, Larissa Loures Mendes, Maria Alvim Leite, Luana Lara Rocha, Camila Aparecida Borges, Renata Bertazzi Levy, Maria Laura da Costa Louzada
{"title":"Food purchasing places classification system based on the Dietary Guidelines for the Brazilian Population: Locais-Nova.","authors":"Marcos Anderson Lucas da Silva, Larissa Loures Mendes, Maria Alvim Leite, Luana Lara Rocha, Camila Aparecida Borges, Renata Bertazzi Levy, Maria Laura da Costa Louzada","doi":"10.1590/S2237-96222025v34.20240361.en","DOIUrl":"10.1590/S2237-96222025v34.20240361.en","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Objective: </strong>To propose a new classification system for food purchasing places (Locais-Nova) based on the Dietary Guidelines for the Brazilian Population.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>We used 2017-2018 Brazilian Household Budgets Survey data on household food purchasing. Foods were categorized, according to the Nova classification, into unprocessed or minimally processed food, processed culinary ingredients, processed foods and ultra-processed foods. We estimated the average share of each Nova classification group in the total of grams acquired in Brazil. This estimate was compared with the average share of each Nova classification group in each of the 16 purchasing places assessed. Places were classified as \"purchasing sources\" for a specific Nova classification group whenever that group's share a given place was equal to or greater than the national average.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>Locais-Nova identified three categories of purchasing places: sources of unprocessed or minimally processed food and processed culinary ingredients, sources of processed foods and sources of ultra-processed foods. Fruits, vegetables, and farm products and butcher shops stood out as the main sources of unprocessed or minimally processed food; minimarkets and grocery stores were the main sources of ultra-processed foods; and bakeries and confectionaries, stood out as sources of processed and ultra-processed foods. Supermarkets were classified as sources of unprocessed or minimally processed food and ultra-processed foods.</p><p><strong>Conclusion: </strong>This study presented an innovative classification of food purchasing places. This reflected the recommendations of the Dietary Guidelines for the Brazilian Population and made it possible to understand food purchasing patterns in different types of purchasing places.</p>","PeriodicalId":51473,"journal":{"name":"Epidemiologia e Servicos de Saude","volume":"34 ","pages":"e20240361"},"PeriodicalIF":2.5,"publicationDate":"2025-04-07","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143804652","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Prevalence of polypharmacy use and association with mortality: a cohort study of elderly people in Southern Brazil, 2014-2017.","authors":"Cristina Heloisa Müller, Andréa Dâmaso Bertoldi, Renata Moraes Bielemann, Karla Pereira Machado, Elaine Tomasi, Maria Cristina Gonzalez, Marysabel Pinto Telis Silveira","doi":"10.1590/S2237-96222025v33e20240081.en","DOIUrl":"10.1590/S2237-96222025v33e20240081.en","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Objective: </strong>To characterize prevalence of polypharmacy use and its association with mortality in elderly people.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>Prospective cohort (2014 to 2017), with non-institutionalized individuals aged 60 years or over, living in Pelotas, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil. Association between polypharmacy and mortality was analyzed using Cox regression. Hazard ratios (HR) and their respective 95% confidence intervals (95%CI) were calculated, following the Cox proportional hazards model. Interaction between age groupand multimorbidity was considered to be statistically significant when p-value<0.100.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>Results: Polypharmacy prevalence was 36.1% (95%CI 33.7; 38.6), being higher as age group increased (29.8% in those aged 60-69; 41.3% in those aged 70-79). and 47.8% inthose aged 80 years and over). In the adjusted analysis, risk of mortality was 62% higher among elderly people using polypharmacy (HR 1.62; 95%CI 1.10; 2.39), without interaction between age group (p-value 0.750) and multimorbidity (p-value 0.312). Thesurvival analysis demonstrated that the probability of survival was lower in elderly people using polypharmacy (85.6%).</p><p><strong>Conclusion: </strong>Polypharmacy prevalence was found to be higher as age group increased and elderly people using polypharmacy had higher risk of mortality, regardless of age group and presence of multimorbidity.</p>","PeriodicalId":51473,"journal":{"name":"Epidemiologia e Servicos de Saude","volume":"34 ","pages":"e20240081"},"PeriodicalIF":2.5,"publicationDate":"2025-04-07","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143804654","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Julianne Damiana da Silva Vicente, Cristine Vieira do Bonfim, Jessyka Mary Vasconcelos Barbosa, Vanessa de Lima Silva, Albanita Gomes da Costa de Ceballos, Gabriella Morais Duarte Miranda
{"title":"Survival of elderly people living with the human immunodeficiency virus in a municipality in Northeast Brazil: a retrospective cohort, 2006-2021.","authors":"Julianne Damiana da Silva Vicente, Cristine Vieira do Bonfim, Jessyka Mary Vasconcelos Barbosa, Vanessa de Lima Silva, Albanita Gomes da Costa de Ceballos, Gabriella Morais Duarte Miranda","doi":"10.1590/S2237-96222025v34e20240071.en","DOIUrl":"10.1590/S2237-96222025v34e20240071.en","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Objective: </strong>To characterize the survival of elderly people with HIV infection who had follow-up at a reference service in Jaboatão dos Guararapes, Pernambuco, Brazil.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>This is a retrospective cohort of elderly people who began follow-up between 2006 and 2021. Kaplan-Meier survival analysis was used. The Cox model was applied to calculate the hazard ratio (HR) and 95% confidence interval (95%CI) of survival based on the study variables.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>116 elderly people were analyzed, the majority (n=83) were 60-69 years old and were diagnosed after the age of 60 (n=45). Risk of death was higher among elderly people who were hospitalized during the study period (HR 4.83; 95%CI 1.07; 21.79). Nine people died from HIV-related causes and average survival time was 76.5±48.5 months. In the first year of the study, probability of survival was greater than 96%.</p><p><strong>Conclusion: </strong>Survival varied from less than one month to more than 195 months. Among the sociodemographic and clinical factors studied, only hospitalization showed significant association with occurrence of deaths among the elderly. Although the study was carried out in just one service, these results can contribute to guiding care strategies for elderly people living with HIV.</p>","PeriodicalId":51473,"journal":{"name":"Epidemiologia e Servicos de Saude","volume":"34 ","pages":"e20240071"},"PeriodicalIF":2.5,"publicationDate":"2025-03-31","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC11967166/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143765631","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}