Chronic noncommunicable diseases and absenteeism from work: National Survey of Health, 2019.

Objective: To evaluate the association between burden of disease and multimorbidity and absenteeism in Brazil.

Methods: This is a cross-sectional study using data from the National Survey of Health 2019. The assessed outcome was absenteeism from work.

Multimorbidity and the use of health services in the Brazilian population: National Health Survey 2019.

Objective: To describe the prevalence of health service use due to multimorbidity according to sociodemographic and health characteristics of the Brazilian population; to analyze the relationship between multimorbidity and the use of health services.

Methods: This was a cross-sectional study using data from the 2019 National Health Survey. The outcomes were seeking health services in the last 15 days, medical consultation and hospitalization in the previous 12 months.

COVID-19 hospitalization and death and relationship with social determinants of health and morbidities in Espírito Santo State, Brazil: a cross-sectional study.

Objective: To analyze the association between social determinants and morbidities for the outcomes of hospitalization, intensive care unit admission and death by COVID-19 in Espírito Santo State, Brazil.

Methods: Cross-sectional study with secondary data from confirmed cases of COVID-19, reported in the Notifiable Diseases Information System. Poisson regression was used to estimate the prevalence ratios.

Trends in the use of health services and their relationship with multimorbidity in Brazil, 1998-2013.

Background: Chronic non-communicable diseases (NCDs) are the leading cause of multimorbidity. Access to effective and equitable health services that meet NCDs' needs is still limited in many countries. This constitutes the main barrier to coping with NCDs, especially in minimising the suffering of those who are already sick.

Multimorbidity and population at risk for severe COVID-19 in the Brazilian Longitudinal Study of Aging.

This study aimed to measure the occurrence of multimorbidity and to estimate the number of individuals in the Brazilian population 50 years or older at risk for severe COVID-19. This was a cross-sectional nationwide study based on data from the Brazilian Longitudinal Study of Aging (ELSI-Brazil), conducted in 2015-2016, with 9,412 individuals 50 years or older. Multimorbidity was defined as ≥ 2 chronic conditions based on a list of 15 diseases considered risk conditions for severe COVID-19.

Protective behaviors for COVID-19 among Brazilian adults and elderly living with multimorbidity: the ELSI-COVID-19 initiative.

To measure the occurrence of protective behaviors for COVID-19 and sociodemographic factors according to the occurrence of multimorbidity in the Brazilian population aged 50 or over was the objective of this study. We used data from telephone surveys among participants of ELSI-Brazil (Brazilian Longitudinal Study of Aging), conducted between May and June 2020. The use of non-pharmacological prevention measures for COVID-19, reasons for leaving home according to the presence of multimorbidity and sociodemographic variables were evaluated.

The Shortage of Benzathine Penicillin and Its Impact on Congenital Syphilis Incidence: An Ecologic Study in the City of Rio de Janeiro.

Background: The Pan American Health Organization indicates that increased incidence of congenital syphilis (CS) can be attributed to the lack of penicillin. This study aimed to analyze the relationship between the benzathine penicillin shortage and the significant increase in the incidence of congenital syphilis in the city of Rio de Janeiro from 2013 to 2017.

Methods: We used a mixed ecologic study design (temporal and multiple groups).

Who was affected by the shortage of penicillin for syphilis in Rio de Janeiro, 2013-2017?

Objective: To analyze the shortage of benzathine penicillin G (BPG), characterizing its temporal evolution and spatial distribution in the city of Rio de Janeiro from 2013 to 2017.

Methods: This ecological study used gestational and congenital syphilis notifications, BPG distribution records, and sociodemographic data from the population of Rio de Janeiro. To quantify the shortage, a BPG supply indicator was estimated per quarter for each neighborhood between 2013 and 2017.

[Multimorbidity and use of health services by individuals with restrictions on habitual activities: the Pró-Saúde Study].

The study aimed to assess the use of health services and the association with different measures of multimorbidity. This was a cross-sectional study nested in the Pró-Saúde Study, a longitudinal study of municipal technical and administrative employees in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Data were analyzed from phase 2 (2001-2002), and the study population consisted of 733 individuals who reported restrictions on habitual activities due to health problems in the 15 days prior to the data collection.