Publications by authors named "Cintia Fuzikawa"
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- Burnout is defined as a syndrome involving emotional exhaustion, cynicism, and decreased effectiveness, often due to long-term job stress, and has been worsened by the COVID-19 pandemic, particularly among healthcare workers in Brazil.
- A study surveying 143 hospital workers found a high prevalence of burnout at 53.85%, with the 'frenetic' subtype being the most common, where individuals overexert themselves to meet demands at the cost of personal needs.
- The study highlights the importance of tailored interventions based on burnout subtypes and notes that younger workers (under 51) experience higher burnout levels, indicating a need for preventative measures in the healthcare sector.
Depression is common in Parkinson's disease (PD) and is associated with several poor outcomes. However the literature regarding treatment with antidepressants in this population is controversial. The aim of this paper was to systematically review all randomized controlled trials that studied the efficacy of antidepressants for depression in PD (dPD).
View Article and Find Full Text PDFBackground: Antidepressant combination has been suggested as a strategy to increase treatment efficacy. The objective of this study was to perform a systematic review and meta-analysis of studies that assessed the effect of antidepressant combination for major depression in patients with incomplete response to an initial antidepressant.
Methods: Studies were retrieved from PubMed (1966-February, 2012), Cochrane Library (-February, 2012), Embase (1980-February, 2012), PsycINFO (1980-February, 2012), Lilacs (1982-February, 2012), clinical trials registry, thesis database (www.
The objective was to perform a systematic review and meta-analysis of studies that assessed the effect of the combination of antidepressants from the beginning of the treatment of major depressive disorder. Studies were retrieved from PubMed (1966 to August 2010), Cochrane Library (August 2010), Embase (1980 to August 2010), PsycINFO (1980 to August 2010), Lilacs (1982 to August 2010), clinical trials registry, thesis database (www.capes.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFStudy Objectives: To investigate the association between different types of insomnia as exposures and excessive daytime sleepiness (EDS) as a binary outcome in older Brazilian residents.
Design: The baseline examination of the Bambuí Health and Ageing Study (BHAS), which is an ongoing population-based prospective cohort study of older adults.
Setting: Bambuí (15,000 inhabitants), a city in the State of Minas Gerais, Southeast Brazil
Participants: All residents aged ≥ 60 years were eligible to take part in the BHAS baseline.
Objectives: To investigate the validity of previously suggested dimensions underlying the Mini-Mental State Examination (MMSE) and differences in associations of these dimensions with sociodemographic and health characteristics in an older Latin-American community sample with low levels of education.
Design: Secondary analysis of baseline data from a population-based cohort study.
Setting: Bambuí, Brazil.
Objective: To estimate the prevalence of cognitive impairment in an elderly population-based cohort, using several Mini-Mental State Examination (MMSE) cut-off points recommended by Brazilian authors and to examine the percentile distribution of MMSE scores in the study population.
Method: A total of 1558 subjects aged>60 years (89.4% of the total), living in the city of Bambuí, MG, completed the MMSE and were included in the present study.
Background: The aim of the study was to determine the correlation and agreement between the Mini-mental State Examination (MMSE) and Clock Drawing Test (CDT), administered and scored using Shulman's method (2000), in elderly Brazilian adults with very low levels of formal education.
Methods: CDT and MMSE tests, performed by a sample of 1118 elderly subjects from a population-based cohort, were evaluated. Spearman's correlation coefficient was calculated for the total sample and according to gender, age and schooling level.
Background And Purpose: The aim was to evaluate the relationship between insomnia and psychiatric disorders in general hospital inpatients.
Patients And Methods: Information about insomnia was collected using a structured and codified questionnaire adapted from a previously validated one in Brazil. For Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders IV (DSM-IV) psychiatric diagnosis, the Portuguese version of the International Neuropsychiatric Interview (MINI) was used.
Background: Reliability should be considered when selecting a scoring system since it influences validity. CDT reliability has rarely been assessed in population based studies and in developing countries. The aim of the present study was to determine intra and inter-rater reliabilities of the CDT scored by the Shulman (2000) method, in elderly with very low formal educational level from Brazil.
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