Publications by authors named "Botega N"
This study analyzed common mental disorders in the elderly according to demographic and socioeconomic characteristics, health-related behavior, and disease history. This was a cross-sectional, population-based study with a cluster sample using data from a health survey conducted in Campinas, São Paulo State, Brazil, in 2008. SRQ-20 was used to evaluate common mental disorders.
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- The study analyzed the profiles of 200 patients who received electroconvulsive therapy (ECT) over a 20-year period at a university hospital.
- Most patients were women with an average age of 39 and had previous psychiatric hospitalizations, with ECT primarily used for depression and catatonia.
- The findings indicated that complications were mostly mild and temporary, and 89.7% reported positive outcomes, especially among catatonic patients, with a small percentage experiencing lasting memory issues.
Objective: To estimate the frequency of depression/anxiety and to establish the social, epilepsy and psychiatric characteristics in individuals with epilepsy.
Method: A cross-sectional study was employed to evaluate 153 subjects with epilepsy who were identified in a previous community-based survey. First, a structured interview was conducted, followed by a psychiatric evaluation.
Objective: To compare the results of 6-month follow-ups for hospitalized patients who were divided into two groups of low- and high-intensity treatments for smoking cessation and compared to the results of standard hospital treatment.
Methods: A total of 2414 patients were screened. Two hundred thirty-seven current smokers were randomly assigned to high-intensity intervention (HII; 30-min motivational interview plus seven routine telephone calls after hospital discharge) or to low-intensity intervention (LII; 15-min counseling about the benefits of quitting) and 80 comprised the usual care (UC) group.
Objective: To determine prevalence rates and identify patient characteristics associated with depression, alcohol use disorders and nicotine dependence among individuals admitted to a general teaching hospital.
Method: Using the Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale and Alcohol Use Disorder Identification Test, we assessed 4,352 consecutive medical and surgical patients admitted over a 13-month period. The patients were also asked to report their daily cigarette smoking habits during the last month.
Objective: To evaluate the smokers' profile, immediate results and outcome after 25 months of treatment at a university public service.
Methods: One hundred and seventy one smokers were evaluated for treatment in the Therapeutic Group (TG) of the Service of Psychoactive Substances. We evaluated sociodemographic variables, history of smoking, presence of medical comorbidity and psychiatric symptoms, initial and late outcomes (median 25 months), by telephone contact.