Paternal Physical Punishment and Neglect: Does It Increase the Odds of Toothache in Children and Adolescents?

Background: Physical punishment by caregivers affects approximately 60% of children between the ages of 2 and 14 worldwide.

Aim: To evaluate the association between physical punishment and paternal neglect of children and adolescents and toothache.

Design: This cross-sectional study included all schoolchildren between the ages of 9 and 19 from a small Brazilian town in 2016 (n = 329).

Self-reported discrimination against adults with hearing loss in Brazilian health services: results of the National Health Survey.

This article aims to estimate the prevalence of self-reported discrimination against people with hearing loss in Brazilian health services and analyze associated factors. We conducted a cross-sectional population-based study using data from the 2013 National Health Survey. The final study sample comprised 1,464 individuals with self-reported hearing loss.

[Changes in the prevalence of decayed permanent teeth in Brazil and upper-middle income countries in the years 1990 and 2017].

The distribution of caries is uneven and strongly associated with the different socioeconomic profiles of countries. The scope of this study was to describe the changes in the prevalence of decayed permanent teeth in Brazil and in upper-middle income countries for the years 1990 and 2017. It is a descriptive study based on secondary data extracted from the Global Burden of Disease.

Prevalence of malocclusion in early childhood and its associated factors in a primary care service in Brazil.

Purpose: to evaluate the prevalence of malocclusion and its associated factors of children cared for by a PHC Service in Porto Alegre, Brazil.

Methods: a cross-sectional study nested in a cohort, carried out in 12 Health Care Practices. Of the 414 children in the cohort examined, 268 were assessed for malocclusion.

Trends in general and public health scientific output of authors affiliated to Brazilian institutions among high-impact and SciELO journals: 1995-2019.

This study aimed to assess the percentage of articles with authors affiliated to Brazilian institutions in high-impact journals and SciELO journals and to evaluate trends in 5-year citations according to the author's affiliation and journal category. Bibliometric data were obtained using Scopus database from 1995 to 2019. Publications were selected from four journal categories: High-impact General Health (HGH), High-impact Public Health (HPH), SciELO General Health (SGH) and SciELO Public Health (SPH).

Access and use of speech-language therapy services in Porto Alegre, Brazil: a population-based study.

To estimate the prevalence of access and use of speech-language therapy services and identify the variables associated with access. Cross-sectional population-based study. The sample consisted of adult individuals living in Porto Alegre, southern Brazil.

Dental emergency: Scoping review.

Part of the oral health care in the care network encompasses users in emergency cases. This study proposed mapping the determinants of the use of dental care services within the health care network to address dental emergencies within the Brazilian Unified Health System (UHS) and to verify the main gaps in the research in this area. This is a scoping review that took place in 2018 using Andersen's behavioral model as a reference.

Access to dental services and oral health-related quality of life in the context of primary health care.

The aim of the present study was to evaluate the association between access to oral health care in the Primary Health Care (PHC) and Oral Health-Related Quality of Life (OHRQoL). The present study was a cross-sectional study, and the sample was composed of 412 users living in the areas covered by the public PHC services who visited a health unit for an oral exam or treatment in the last 24 months. Participants in the study responded to a home-based interview with questions that addressed socioeconomic status, behavioral, general health, dental prostheses, access to dental services in the PHC and their OHRQoL as measured by the Oral Health Impact Profile (OHIP-14) instrument.

Actions for tuberculosis controlin Brazil: evaluation of primary care.

Objective: To describe and evaluate the factors associated with actions for the control of tuberculosis (TB) in primary care (PC) in the five Brazilian macroregions.

Methods: This cross-sectional study was carried out with data from the second cycle of the National Program for Improving Access to and Quality of Primary Care. Theoutcome of the study was constructed based on a set of items that were considered essential for the treatment and control of tuberculosis in Primary Care Units (PCUs).

Change in Quality of Life and Its Association with Oral Health and Other Factors in Community-Dwelling Elderly Adults-A Prospective Cohort Study.

Objectives: To determine whether changes in oral health status were associated with decline in quality of life (QoL).

Design: Prospective cohort study.

Setting: Carlos Barbosa, southern Brazil.

Testing the applicability of a model of oral health-related quality of life.

The aim of this study was to test Wilson & Cleary's conceptual model of the direct and mediated pathways between clinical and non-clinical variables in relation to oral health-related quality of life. A random sample of 578 older people was evaluated. Wilson & Cleary's conceptual model was tested using structural equations modeling including: biological variables, symptom status, functional health, oral health perceptions, oral health-related quality of life.

Four-year incidence and predictors of coronal caries in south Brazilian elderly.

Objectives: To determine the incidence and predictors of coronal caries among community-dwelling elderly in a southern Brazilian city.

Methods: A cohort study was conducted using a simple random sample of persons aged 60 years or older in Carlos Barbosa city, southern Brazil. Interviews and oral examinations were conducted among 388 dentate individuals at baseline and among 273 at 4-year follow-up.

Comparison of two assessment instruments of quality of life in older adults.

Objective: To investigate if there is convergent validity between the dimensions of the World Health Organization Quality of Life Questionnaire-Brief Version (WHOQOL-Bref) and the Oral Health Impact Profile-14 (OHIP-14) questionnaire.

Methods: In this cross-sectional study, a random sample of 872 elderly Southern-Brazilians was evaluated. Questionnaires assessing socio-demographic data and quality of life in general (WHOQOL-Bref) and oral health-related quality of life (OHIP-14) were used.

The prevalence of elder abuse in the Porto Alegre metropolitan area.

Abuse of the elderly is a form of violence to come to the public's attention. Dental professionals are in an ideal position to identify physical abuse. The aim of this study was to assess the prevalence of elderly abuse and analyze the database of injury reports that can be identified by dental teams.

The Oral Health Impact Profile-14: a unidimensional scale?

The aim of this study was to investigate the dimensional structure of the Oral Health Impact Profile-14: (OHIP-14). Data was obtained from studies carried out in Rio de Janeiro (N = 504) and Carlos Barbosa (N = 872), in the State of Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil. Exploratory factor analysis (EFA) was performed to identify the latent dimensions of the OHIP-14.

Four-year incidence and predictors of tooth loss among older adults in a southern Brazilian city.

Background: Tooth loss is still prevalent among older adults and may negatively affect their health and well-being. Previous evidence has shown that oral disease-related factors are the more consistent predictors of tooth loss. Although certain models have considered oral health behaviour as a key construct in explaining oral health inequalities, others have favoured the role of social structure and the social environment in determining oral health outcomes.

Assessing changes in oral health-related quality of life and its factors in community-dwelling older Brazilians.

Objective: To describe changes in oral health-related quality of life and to evaluate the associations of these changes in community-dwelling older people.

Materials And Methods: In this longitudinal study a representative sample of 872 older people, living in Brazil, was evaluated during 2004. The follow-up was carried out during 2008, with 587 older persons evaluated.

Resilience and self-perceived oral health: a hierarchical approach.

Objectives: To determine whether positive self-perceived oral health is associated with sociodemographic health variables, with an emphasis on resilience, in community-dwelling older adults in southern Brazil.

Design: Cross-sectional study nested within a cohort study.

Setting: Carlos Barbosa in southern Brazil.

Denture stomatitis and its risk indicators in south Brazilian older adults.

Objective: The purpose of this study was to evaluate if socio-demographic, behaviour and health variables are risk indicators for denture-related stomatitis in community-dwelling older adults from Carlos Barbosa, Brazil.

Materials And Methods: In this cross-sectional study, 872 subjects aged 60 years or more were evaluated. Data collection included dental examinations and questionnaires to assess socio-demographic, behaviour, general and oral health data.