41 research outputs found

    Evaluasi Pelayanan Publik Produk Hukumonline.com untuk Mengetahui Kebutuhan Pelanggan Kasus PT Justika Siar Publika

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    Hukumonline.com is a legal information provider company in Indonesia that is committed to providing up-to-date legal information for all levels of society. The phenomenon of the problems in this study, from the products owned by Hukumonline.com, there are some products that are less satisfactory for customers. Broadly speaking, there are two things that cause this. First, because the products offered are still incomplete and not in accordance with customer needs. The second is due to the emergence of competitors who market similar products based on online bases. This research was conducted at PT Justika Siar Publika (Hukumonline.com), using 85 samples. The research method uses the concept of Quality Function Development using the Customer Voice (VoC) approach to Quality Houses (HoQ). From the results of the analysis, there are 8 important points that need to be corrected, namely: (1) The search process is facilitated, (2) the regional regulations are equipped, (3) the previous rules are completed, (4) Translate OLD multiplied, (5) The historical features of the regulations are complemented, (6) ILB is sent in accordance with the customer\u27s company background, (7) Retail subscription packages are provided, and (8) Discount prices are provided. So far, there are only 5 points for which the data is improved, namely in points 1 through 5. While 3 points at 6 to 8, it cannot be fixed due to inadequate treatment

    [Cervix uteri lesions and human papiloma virus infection (HPV): detection and characterization of DNA/HPV using PCR (polymerase chain reaction)]

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    Tit. em Português: Lesões do Colo Uterino e Infecção pelo Vírus do Papiloma Humano (HPV) Detecção e tipificação do ADN/HPV por PCR (Reacção de amplificação enzimática)The prevalence of human papillomavirus (HPV) genotypes was estimated by the polymerase chain reaction (PCR), in archival paraffin was embedded tissues. The case group consisted of 84 women aged 21-67 years (mean, 40 years) who were referred to the Department of Gynaecology (Oncology Centre, Coimbra) with citopathologically abnormal smears. This group was selected from a population of women who had undergone a screening programme (1990/94) in Central Region of Portugal. All these patients (n = 84) had a colposcopic directed cervical biopsy. HPV detection and typing was performed by the PCR method in the Department of Virology (National Health Care Institute, Lisbon). The prevalence of DNA/HPV found, concerning all epithelial cervical lesions studied and classified as squamous intra-epithelial lesions (SIL) and cervical cancer was 97.8%. On the basis of the data presented in this study, it was estimated that there was a statistically significant prevalence of low risk HPV types (HPV 6/11) in low grade SIL, 83.3%, and a statistically significant prevalence of high risk HPV types (HPV 16,18,31,33,51) in high grade SIL, 58.4%, as well as cervical cancer lesions in 100%. We conclude that there was a statistically significant difference between women with low and high grade SIL for HPV infection, with low and high risk HPV types, respectively. The risk factors for cervical cancer investigated (age at first sexual intercourse, multiple sexual partners, parity, use of oral contraceptives) were not associated to statistically significant differences concerning low grade SIL and high grade SIL. The clinical and therapeutic procedures were evaluated for the same five years (1990/94). It may be concluded that there would be no significant difference in clinical procedure for high grade lesions and cervical cancer, in which the treatment had been frequently radical (cone biopsies, simple or radical hysterectomy) and in which the HPV infection persisted frequently and was associated to high risk types (HPV 16 in 50% of these cases). On the other hand, it may be concluded that HPV detection in cervical biopsies, especially for low grade SIL lesions, which were evaluated in this study with a more conservative procedure (clinical evaluation only, punch biopsies, loop diathermy, CO2 laser vaporisation, cone biopsies), could identify women with high risk HPV types who might be at risk of developing dysplasia and cervical cancer

    Risk factors for human papillomavirus infection among women in Portugal: the CLEOPATRE Portugal Study

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    OBJECTIVE: To investigate demographic, socioeconomic, lifestyle, and medical factors that might predispose women to cervical human papillomavirus (HPV) infection. METHOD: A cross-sectional population-based study was performed. Women aged 18-64 years who attended selected obstetrics and gynecology or sexually transmitted disease (STD) clinics in mainland Portugal between February 2008 and March 2009 were recruited, according to an age-stratified sampling strategy. Liquid-based cytology samples were analyzed centrally for HPV genotype and for cytologic features. Univariate and multivariate logistic regression analyses identified risk factors for HPV infection. RESULTS: Among the 2326 women evaluated, the crude prevalence of HPV infection was 19.4%. Lifetime number of sexual partners was a strong predictor of HPV infection (odds ratio 5.44 for 5-10 partners versus 1 partner; P<0.001). Other risk factors were young age (particularly among women aged 20-24 years; P<0.001); country of birth other than mainland Portugal (P=0.002); education up to secondary school level (P=0.010); smoking history (≤ 10 years; P=0.004); and any STD in the past 12 months (P=0.052). CONCLUSION: Data from the present study may aid identification of women at increased risk of HPV infection and target prevention strategies. TRIAL REGISTRATION: National Commission of Data Protection (CNPD) registration number 5346/2007; Sanofi Pasteur MSD study number HPV-E05.info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersio

    Chlamydia trachomatis infection in patients selected for HPV detection

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    Background: The significance of the association between the human papillomavirus (HPV) and other sexually transmitted infections in the development of cervical, penile or anal neoplasias has been investigated, and the more consistent data have pointed to an association with Chlamydia trachomatis. In Portugal, the lack of information on STI precludes any knowledge on this subject. Objective: To determine CT infection in a group of individuals selected for HPV detection in the major Portuguese STD clinic. Methods: This opportunistic screening comprehended 177 outpatients (148 women, 29 men; age: 16-61 years) suspected of HPV infection (warts, abnormal histology) between 2008 and 2010. Demographic and sexual behaviour data and a full medical history were obtained at enrolment. Genital samples (cervical, vulvar, vaginal, penile or anal) were collected from all the subjects. HPV DNA was detected by CLART HPV2 assay, which allowed the detection of 35 genotypes. CT DNA was detected by Cobas 4800. Results and Discussion: Overall, 84.5% of the individuals had at least one of the infections. Evidencing an excellent correlation with clinical signs, HPV infection was detected in 68.2% of the women and in 75.9% of the men, where CT positivity was 10.1% and 13.8%, respectively. Coinfection was observed in 8.9% of the women and in 13.8% of the men. No correlation with HPV or CT genotypes could be established. HPV infection was more frequent in CT negative (87.1%) than in CT positive women (13.8%), and the same was observed for men (81.8% versus 18.2%). Full results will be presented and discussed. Conclusions: No correlation between HPV-CT coinfection, and clinical signs was observed. However, further long-term studies are needed to elucidate the effects of HPV-CT coinfection in the clinical history of the infected patient, which would greatly contribute towards a better management of patients

    Risk factors for human papilomavirus infection among women in Portugal: the CLEOPATRE Portugal Study

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    OBJECTIVE: Human papillomavirus (HPV) is responsible for a range of diseases, including cervical cancer. The primary objectives of the CLEOPATRE Portugal study were to estimate the overall and age-stratified prevalence of cervical HPV infection and to assess HPV prevalence and type-specific distribution by cytological results among women aged 18 to 64 years, who reside in mainland Portugal. MATERIALS AND METHODS: This cross-sectional population-based study recruited women aged 18 to 64 years, according to an age-stratified sampling strategy, who attended gynecology/obstetrics or sexually transmitted disease clinics across the 5 regional health administrations in mainland Portugal between 2008 and 2009. Liquid-based cytology samples were collected and analyzed centrally for HPV genotyping (clinical array HPV 2 assay) and cytology. Prevalence estimates were adjusted for age using 2007 Portuguese census data. RESULTS: A total of 2326 women were included in the study. The overall prevalence of HPV infection in the study was 19.4% (95% confidence interval, 17.8%-21.0%), with the highest prevalence in women aged 18 to 24 years. High-risk HPV types were detected in 76.5% of infections, of which 36.6% involved multiple types. The commonest high-risk type was HPV-16. At least 1 of the HPV types 6/11/16/18 was detected in 32.6% of infections. The HPV prevalence in normal cytology samples was 16.5%. There was a statistically significant association between high-risk infection and cytological abnormalities (P < 0.001). CONCLUSIONS: This is the first population-based study to quantify and describe cervical HPV infection in mainland Portugal. This study provides baseline data for future assessment of the impact of HPV vaccination programs

    Budget impact analysis of cervical cancer screening in Portugal: comparison of cytology and primary HPV screening strategies

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    BACKGROUND: Primary Human Papilloma Virus (HPV) testing is the currently recommended cervical cancer (CxCa) screening strategy by the Portuguese Society of Gynecology (SPG) clinical consensus. However, primary HPV testing has not yet been adopted by the Portuguese organized screening programs. This modelling study compares clinical benefits and costs of replacing the current practice, namely cytology with ASCUS HPV triage, with 2 comparative strategies: 1) HPV (pooled) test with cytology triage, or 2) HPV test with 16/18 genotyping and cytology triage, in organized CxCa screenings in Portugal. METHODS: A budget impact model compares screening performance, clinical outcomes and budget impact of the 3 screening strategies. A hypothetical cohort of 2,078,039 Portuguese women aged 25-64 years old women is followed for two screening cycles. Screening intervals are 3 years for cytology and 5 years for the HPV strategies. Model inputs include epidemiological, test performance and medical cost data. Clinical impacts are assessed with the numbers of CIN2-3 and CxCa detected. Annual costs, budget impact and cost of detecting one CIN2+ were calculated from a public healthcare payer's perspective. RESULTS: HPV testing with HPV16/18 genotyping and cytology triage (comparator 2) shows the best clinical outcomes at the same cost as comparator 1 and is the most cost-effective CxCa screening strategy in the Portuguese context. Compared to screening with cytology, it would reduce annual CxCa incidence from 9.3 to 5.3 per 100,000, and CxCa mortality from 2.7 to 1.1 per 100,000. Further, it generates substantial cost savings by reducing the annual costs by €9.16 million (- 24%). The cost of detecting CIN2+ decreases from the current €15,845 to €12,795. On the other hand, HPV (pooled) test with cytology triage (comparator 1) reduces annual incidence of CxCa to 6.9 per 100,000 and CxCa mortality to 1.6 per 100,000, with a cost of €13,227 per CIN2+ detected with annual savings of €9.36 million (- 24%). The savings are mainly caused by increasing the length of routine screening intervals from three to five years. CONCLUSION: The results support current clinical recommendations to replace cytology with HPV with 16/18 genotyping with cytology triage as screening algorithm.info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersio

    HPV type-specific distribution in a group of women attending at Hospital Fernando Fonseca, Lisbon

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    Introduction: Genital HPV infection is very frequent. Nevertheless, type-specific distribution can vary greatly in different populations. Aim: To assess the HPV frequency and type-specific distribution in a highly ethnically diverse region and its association with gynecological cytology. Material and Methods: From March to July 2009, 419 LBC samples (ThinPrep) were collected from women 16-79 years old, attending Hospital Fernando Fonseca and associated Primary Health Care Centers. HPV genotyping was performed using CLINICAL ARRAY HPV 2. Statistical analysis was performed (Chi-Square test). Results: Out of 419 women (median age: 41 years), 74.0% were Caucasian and 21.0% African. Overall, 90.2% of the women had a normal cytology, 4.3% had ASCUS, 3.1% LSIL, 1.7% HSIL, and 0.7% had invasive carcinoma. HPV infection was detected in 25.8% of the cases, whereas in 75.0% of women between 20-45 years. HR-HPV genotypes were identified in 57.8% of the infected women. The most frequent HR-HPV types were HPV16 (11.4%), HPV52 (8.5%), HPV31 and 58 (7.2% each). Multiple infections (2-6 genotypes) were observed in 34.2%. HPV58, 16, 31, and 52 (9.5%, 7.4%, 7.4%, 7.4%, respectively) were the most frequent genotypes. HPV DNA was detected in 19.6% of the women with normal cytology, of which 31.0% had multiple infections. In ASCUS, LSIL, HSIL and invasive carcinoma, HPV was detected in 66.7%, 100%, 100%, and 66.7%, respectively. HPV16, 31, 52, 58 and 42 were most frequent among Caucasian and HPV16, 83, 52, 53 and 54 among African women. HPV16 and 18 were found in 4.5% and 1.0% of the women. Infection by multiple HPV was related to lesion grade (p=0.042). Conclusion: Our results are consistent with the data observed in the literature. Our findings can help achieve a better understanding of the wide spectrum of HPV infection and can contribute to a baseline for future assessment of screening and immunization strategies
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