Listar por tema "Health Surveys"

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  • Adherence to pharmacotherapy and medication-related beliefs in patients with hypertension in Lima, Peru 
    Fernandez-Arias, Marta; Acuna-Villaorduna, Ana; Miranda, J. Jaime; Diez-Canseco Montero, Francisco; Málaga Rodríguez, Germán Javier (Public Library of Science, 2014)
    OBJECTIVE: To characterize adherence to pharmacological medication and beliefs towards medication in a group of patients with hypertension in a large national hospital. MATERIALS AND METHODS: Cross-sectional survey among ...
  • Asociación entre ver televisión y obesidad en mujeres peruanas 
    Poterico, J.A.; Bernabé Ortiz, Antonio; de Mola, C.L.; Miranda, J. Jaime (Universidade Estadual de Maringá, 2012)
    Objective: To assess the association between frequency of television viewing, overweight and obesity in a nationally representative sample of Peruvian women. Methods: Secondary analysis of the Demographic and Health Survey ...
  • Associations between DSM-IV mental disorders and onset of self-reported peptic ulcer in the World Mental Health Surveys 
    Scott, Kate M.; Alonso, Jordi; de Jonge, Peter; Viana, Maria Carmen; Liu, Zhaorui; O'Neill, Siobhan; Aguilar-Gaxiola, Sergio; Bruffaerts, Ronny; Caldas-de-Almeida, Jose Miguel; Stein, Dan J.; Angermeyer, Matthias; Benjet, Corina; de Girolamo, Giovanni; Firuleasa, Ingrid-Laura; Hu, Chiyi; Kiejna, Andrzej; Kovess-Masfety, Viviane; Levinson, Daphna; Nakane, Yoshibumi; Piazza Ferrand, Marina Julia; Posada-Villa, José A.; Khalaf, Mohammad S.; Lim, Carmen C.W.; Kessler, Ronald C. (Elsevier, 2013)
    Recent research demonstrating concurrent associations between mental disorders and peptic ulcers has renewed interest in links between psychological factors and ulcers. However, little is known about associations between ...
  • Cancer patterns, trends, and transitions in Peru: a regional perspective 
    Piñeros, Marion; Ramos, Willy; Antoni, Sébastien; Abriata, Graciela; Medina, Luis E.; Miranda, J. Jaime; Payet, Eduardo; Bray, Freddie (Elsevier, 2017)
    Peru, like several other South American countries, is experiencing remarkable population growth, ageing, and urbanisation, which has given rise to profound changes in its epidemiological profile. Prostate and breast cancer ...
  • Comorbidity of common mental disorders with cancer and their treatment gap: Findings from the World Mental Health Surveys 
    Nakash, Ora; Levav, Itzhak; Aguilar-Gaxiola, Sergio; Alonso, Jordi; Andrade, Laura Helena; Angermeyer, Matthias C.; Bruffaerts, Ronny; Caldas-De-Almeida, Jose Miguel; Florescu, Silvia; De Girolamo, Giovanni; Gureje, Oye; He, Yanling; Hu, Chiyi; De Jonge, Peter; Karam, Elie G.; Kovess-Masfety, Viviane; Medina-Mora, Maria Elena; Moskalewicz, Jacek; Murphy, Sam; Nakamura, Yosikazu; Piazza Ferrand, Marina Julia; Posada-Villa, Jose; Stein, Dan J.; Taib, Nezar Ismet; Zarkov, Zahari; Kessler, Ronald C.; Scott, Kate M. (Wiley, 2014)
    Objective: This study aimed to study the comorbidity of common mental disorders (CMDs) and cancer, and the mental health treatment gap among community residents with active cancer, cancer survivors and cancer-free respondents ...
  • Condom Use by Partner Type Among Military and Police Personnel in Peru 
    Villaran, M.V.; Bayer, A.; Konda, K.A.; Mendoza, C.; Quijandria, H.; Ampuero, J.S.; Apolaya, M.; Palacios, O.; Lescano Guevara, Andres Guillermo; Vega, A.M.; Blazes, D.L.; Kochel, T.; Montano, S.M. (SAGE Publications, 2012)
    The aim of this study was to analyze the rates of condom use among military and police populations in Peru, focusing on differences in use by type of partner. A Knowledge Attitudes and Practices survey was conducted among ...
  • Daily smoking and 4-year caries increment in Finnish adults 
    Bernabé, Eduardo; Delgado-Angulo, Elsa K.; Vehkalahti, Miira M.; Aromaa, Arpo; Suominen, Anna L. (Wiley, 2014)
    Objectives: Although the harmful effects of smoking on periodontal disease and oral cancer are now indisputable, its effect on dental caries is less well known. This study assessed whether daily smoking predicts caries ...
  • The descriptive epidemiology of DSM-IV Adult ADHD in the World Health Organization World Mental Health Surveys 
    Fayyad, John; Sampson, Nancy A.; Hwang, Irving; Adamowski, Tomasz; Aguilar-Gaxiola, Sergio; Al-Hamzawi, Ali; Andrade, Laura H. S. G.; Borges, Guilherme; de Girolamo, Giovanni; Florescu, Silvia; Gureje, Oye; Haro, Josep Maria; Hu, Chiyi; Karam, Elie G.; Lee, Sing; Navarro-Mateu, Fernando; O'Neill, Siobhan; Pennell, Beth-Ellen; Piazza Ferrand, Marina Julia; Posada-Villa, Jose; Ten Have, Margreet; Torres, Yolanda; Xavier, Miguel; Zaslavsky, Alan M.; Kessler, Ronald C. (Springer, 2016)
    We previously reported on the cross-national epidemiology of ADHD from the first 10 countries in the WHO World Mental Health (WMH) Surveys. The current report expands those previous findings to the 20 nationally or regionally ...
  • Ethics issues in social media-based HIV prevention in low- and middle-income countries 
    Chiu, ChingChe J.; Menacho Alvirio, Luis Alberto; Fisher, C.; Young, Sean D. (Cambridge University Press, 2015)
    Questions have been raised regarding participants' safety and comfort when participating in e-health education programs. Although researchers have begun to explore this issue in the United States, little research has been ...
  • Functional low vision in adults from Latin America: findings from population-based surveys in 15 countries 
    Limburg, Hans; Espinoza, Rosario; Lansingh, Van C.; Silva, Juan Carlos (Pan American Health Organization, 2015)
    OBJECTIVE: To review data on functional low vision (FLV) (low vision-visual acuity (VA) < 6/18 (<20/60) to > perception of light (PL+) in the better eye-that is untreatable and uncorrectable) in adults aged 50 years or ...
  • Inadequate glycaemic control in LMIC: health system failures in Peru 
    Taype-Rondan, Alvaro; Lazo Porras, María de los Ángeles; Moscoso-Porras, Miguel; Moreano-Saenz, Marcia; Miranda, J. Jaime (Royal College of General Practitioners, 2016)
    Worldwide, 80% of patients with diabetes reside in low- and middle-income countries (LMICs). These patients are at higher risk of having inadequate glycaemic control and developing serious complications from their diabetes ...
  • Maternal obesity and fetal deaths: Results from the Brazilian cross-sectional demographic health survey, 2006 
    Felisbino-Mendes, M.S.; Matozinhos, F.P.; Miranda, J. Jaime; Villamor, E.; Velasquez-Melendez, G. (BioMed Central, 2014)
    Background: Obesity is highly related to negative reproductive health outcomes, but its relationship with spontaneous abortion and stillbirth remains to be understood, especially in transitioning economies. This study aimed ...
  • Measurement of physical activity and sedentary behavior in national health surveys, South America 
    Silva, D.R.; Barboza, L.L.; Baldew, S.-S.; Anza-Ramirez, C.; Ramírez-Vélez, R.; Schuch, F.B.; Gomes, T.N.; Sadarangani, K.P.; García-Hermoso, A.; Nieto-Martinez, R.; Ferrari, G.; Miranda, J. Jaime; Werneck, A.O.; the South American Physical Activity and Sedentary Behavior Network (SAPASEN) collaborators (Pan American Health Organization, 2022)
    Objectives. To characterize how physical activity and sedentary behavior have been measured in national health surveys in South American countries. Methods. An extensive search was made for national health surveys from all ...
  • Occurrence and inequalities by education in multimorbidity in Brazilian adults between 2013 and 2019: evidence from the National Health Survey. 
    Mendes Delpino, Felipe; Wendt, Andrea; Crespo, Pedro Augusto; Blumenberg, Cauane; da Cruz Teixeira, Doralice Severo; Rodrigues Batista, Sandro; Carvalho Malta, Deborah; Miranda, J. Jaime; Ramos Flores, Thaynã; Pereira Nunes, Bruno; Wehrmeister, Fernando César (Associação Brasileira de Pós-Gradução em Saúde Coletiva, 2021)
    OBJECTIVE: The aims of this study were: 1) to estimate the prevalence of multimorbidity in 2013 and 2019 in adults aged 20-59 years; 2) to assess inequalities in the prevalence of multimorbidity in 2013 and 2019 according ...
  • Parity and Overweight/Obesity in Peruvian Women 
    Huayanay Espinoza, Carlos Andrés; Quispe, Renato; Poterico, Julio A.; Carrillo Larco, Rodrigo Martín; Bazo-Alvarez, Juan Carlos; Miranda, J. Jaime (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 2017)
    INTRODUCTION: The rise in noncommunicable diseases and their risk factors in developing countries may have changed or intensified the effect of parity on obesity. We aimed to assess this association in Peruvian women using ...
  • Prevalence of stroke and related burden among older people living in Latin America, India and China 
    Ferri, C.P.; Schoenborn, C.; Kalra, L.; Acosta, D.; Guerra Arteaga, Mariella; Huang, Y.; Jacob, K.S.; Llibre Rodriguez, J.J.; Salas, A.; Sosa, A.L.; Williams, J.D.; Liu, Z.; Moriyama, T.; Valhuerdi, A.; Prince, M.J. (BMJ Publishing Group, 2011)
    Objectives: Despite the growing importance of stroke in developing countries, little is known of stroke burden in survivors.s investigated the prevalence of selfreported stroke, stroke-related disability, dependence and ...
  • Prevalences of sexually transmitted infections in young adults and female sex workers in Peru: A national population-based survey 
    Cárcamo Cavagnaro, César Paul Eugenio; Campos, P.E.; Garcia Funegra, Patricia Jannet; Hughes, J.P.; Garnett, G.P.; Holmes, K.K. (Elsevier, 2012)
    Background: We assessed prevalences of seven sexually transmitted infections (STIs) in Peru, stratified by risk behaviours, to help to define care and prevention priorities. Methods: In a 2002 household-based survey of the ...
  • Shared decision making in senior medical students: results from a national survey 
    Zeballos-Palacios, Claudia; Quispe, Renato; Mongilardi, Nicole; Diaz-Arocutipa, Carlos; Mendez-Davalos, Carlos; Lizarraga, Natalia; Paz, Aldo; Montori, Victor M.; Málaga Rodríguez, Germán Javier (SAGE Publications, 2015)
    PURPOSE: To explore perceptions and experiences of Peruvian medical students about observed, preferred, and feasible decision-making approaches. METHODS: We surveyed senior medical students from 19 teaching hospitals in 4 ...
  • Socioeconomic inequalities in adult oral health across different ethnic groups in England 
    Delgado-Angulo, Elsa K.; Mangal, Munisha; Bernabé, Eduardo (BioMed Central, 2019)
    BACKGROUND: Ethnic inequalities in oral health among British adults remain largely unexplored. This study explored the role of socioeconomic position (SEP) in explaining ethnic inequalities in oral health; and the consistency ...
  • Undertreatment of people with major depressive disorder in 21 countries 
    Thornicroft, Graham; Chatterji, Somnath; Evans-Lacko, Sara; Gruber, Michael; Sampson, Nancy; Aguilar-Gaxiola, Sergio; Al-Hamzawi, Ali; Alonso, Jordi; Andrade, Laura; Borges, Guilherme; Bruffaerts, Ronny; Bunting, Brendan; Caldas de Almeida, Jose Miguel; Florescu, Silvia; de Girolamo, Giovanni; Gureje, Oye; Haro, Josep Maria; He, Yanling; Hinkov, Hristo; Karam, Elie; Kawakami, Norito; Lee, Sing; Navarro-Mateu, Fernando; Piazza Ferrand, Marina Julia; Posada-Villa, Jose; Torres de Galvis, Yolanda; Kessler, Ronald C. (Cambridge University Press, 2018)
    BACKGROUND: Major depressive disorder (MDD) is a leading cause of disability worldwide. AIMS: To examine the: (a) 12-month prevalence of DSM-IV MDD; (b) proportion aware that they have a problem needing treatment and who ...

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