Prevalence and costs of hospitalizations for poisoning and accidental intoxication in Brazilian elderly

A cross-sectional study of secondary data/information obtained from the Hospital Information System (HIS) spanning the years 2008 - 2009 was performed. The distribution of the main hospital admissions by gender, age, color/race, region and federal unit of residence, average expenditure and average length of hospital stay, year of hospitalization and mortality rates (MR) were studied. The data collected were tabulated by TabNet and keyed into Microsoft Excel 2007. It was verified that elderly males (54.3%), from 60 to 69 years old (50.6%), nonwhites (36.3%) and residents of Southeast and North regions of the country had the highest rates of hospitalization. Seniors were hospitalized for an average of 4.8 days, and the major causes were exposure to alcohol (43.7%) and to drugs (33.9%). Expenses related to hospital admissions were, on average, R$ 529,817.70. The highest mortality rates were recorded among females (MR = 4.34), in elderly, 80 years or older (MR = 10.16) and Caucasians (MR = 3.95), where pharmacological substances with action on the Autonomic Nervous System were the leading cause of death. There are demographic differences in morbi-mortality of these elderly since, although men and younger elderly were the main victims, women and elderly of advanced age have greater mortality. The leading causes of hospitalization were alcohol and drugs

Sociodemographic and behavioral factors associated with overweight in brazilian adolescents-2015

Avaliar os fatores sociodemográficos e comportamentais associados ao excesso de peso em adolescentes brasileiros. Trata-se de um estudo transversal e analítico com amostra de 10.926 escolares de 13 a 17 anos participantes da Pesquisa Nacional de Saúde do Escolar - PeNSE em 2015. Foi considerada como variável dependente o excesso de peso e as variáveis independentes foram os aspectos sociodemográficos e comportamentais (consumo alimentar, prática de atividade física e comportamento sedentário). Os dados foram analisados no software IBMr SPSSr, versao 21.0, utilizando procedimentos do Complex Samples Module. As variáveis que apresentaram associaçao significativa com o desfecho foram submetidas à regressao logística multivariada para ajuste do Odds Ratio (ORaj). A prevalência de excesso de peso foi de 23,7% entre os adolescentes pesquisados, apresentando associaçao significativa com: morar na regiao Sul (ORaj = 1,40; IC95% 1,15-1,71), ter de 13 a 15 anos (ORaj = 1,26; IC95% 1,08-1,30), morar com mais de três pessoas (ORaj = 0,82; IC95% 0,72-0,94), mae com ensino superior incompleto (ORaj = 1,53; IC95% 1,08-2,18), consumo de legumes maior ou igual a cinco dias (ORaj = 1,23; IC95% 1,08-1,40) e consumo de guloseimas até quatro dias (ORaj = 1,21; IC95% 1,05-1,39). A associaçao significativa entre o excesso de peso e menor faixa etária dos escolares apresenta um cenário preocupante uma vez que hábitos nao saudáveis estao sendo incorporados cada vez mais cedo na vida dos indivíduos provocando efeitos deletérios a médio e longo prazo.162162