Association between physical and psychosocial demands and musculoskeletal pain in health workers.

Introduction: The physical and psychosocial demands of work are important factors in the genesis of musculoskeletal pain. Identification of these dimensions and their interfaces with workers' individual characteristics could improve understanding of these outcomes.

Objectives: To analyze the associations between the physical and psychosocial demands of work and occurrence of musculoskeletal pain in health care workers.

Predictors of Hospital Readmission After Motor Vehicle Crash: Prospective Cohort Study.

Background: Motor vehicle crash (MVC) is a major public health problem worldwide and contributes to a large burden of death, disability, and economic loss.

Objective: To identify the predictors of hospital readmission in victims of MVC within 1 year after discharge.

Methods: A prospective cohort study conducted with individuals who suffered MVC admitted to a regional hospital and who were followed up for 12 months after discharge.

Association between multimorbidity, intensive care unit admission, and death in patients with COVID-19 in Brazil: a cross-section study, 2020.

Background: Multimorbidity can influence intensive care unit (ICU) admissions and deaths due to coronavirus disease (COVID-19).

Objective: To analyze the association between multimorbidity, ICU admissions, and deaths due to COVID-19 in Brazil.

Design And Setting: This cross-sectional study was conducted using data from patients with severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS) due to COVID-19 recorded in the Influenza Epidemiological Surveillance Information System (SIVEP-Gripe) in 2020.

Work-related musculoskeletal disorders among schoolteachers.

Introduction: Teachers belong to a risk group for the onset of musculoskeletal disorders, which may be justified by some work-related factors, with a direct impact on their lives.

Objectives: To evaluate the occurrence of musculoskeletal disorders among elementary school teachers in Jequié, state of Bahia, Brazil, and to investigate the association of these disorders with sociodemographic, occupational, organizational and health variables.

Methods: A cross-sectional epidemiological study with a sample of 304 elementary school teachers in Jequié.

[Users' assessment of the work by the Expanded Family Health and Basic Healthcare Centers (NASF-AB) according to attributes of primary care].

The study aimed to evaluate the work by the Expanded Family Health and Basic Healthcare Centers (NASF-AB), from the users' perspective, based on the attributes of comprehensive primary healthcare (PHC). This was a qualitative multiple case study conducted in six municipalities (counties) in the state of Bahia, Brazil. The theoretical and methodological frame of reference was an evaluative matrix based on the following attributes: access, longitudinality, and comprehensiveness.

Factors associated with presenteeism due to work-related musculoskeletal disorders.

Background: Presenteeism associated to work-related musculoskeletal disorders is an important aspect of occupational health that can reveal important information regarding productivity and quality of life at work.

Objective: To quantify and evaluate the factors associated to presenteeism due to work-related musculoskeletal disorders.

Methods: This is a crosssectional study that used data from the Brazilian National Survey of Health of 2013, involving 847 workers diagnosed with workrelated musculoskeletal disorders.

Factors associated with traffic accidents among drivers: findings from a population-based study.

This study aimed to identify associated factors with drivers' involvement in traffic accidents (TA). Thus, in 2013, a household survey was conducted with 1,406 drivers in Jequié, Bahia, Brazil. A hierarchical conceptual model was established and consisted of four blocks of exposure factors, considering the proximal-distal relationships between them and the outcome.

Associated factors from loss productivity among people involved in road traffic accident: a prospective study.

Objective: To study associated factors with loss productivity in people involved road traffic accidents (RTA).

Methods: The population based cohort study was conducted in Jequié, Brazil between 2013 to 2015. The instrument for interview was used in people involved in RTA and interview in four months.

Productivity costs among people involved in traffic accidents.

This paper aimed to characterize the productivity costs of people involved in traffic accidents (TA) in a medium-sized municipality. A longitudinal household-based study was conducted from 2013 to 2015. During this period, individuals with TA were interviewed, and followed-up and costs of productivity were calculated.

Traffic accidents among drivers: incidence and differences between motorcyclists and car drivers in population-based study.

Objectives: To estimate the incidence of traffic accidents among land vehicle drivers and to verify differences between motorcyclist and car driver accident victims.

Methods: A household survey was conducted in Jequié city, Bahia, Brazil, in 2013, with 1,406 drivers who were selected by cluster sampling strategy. Estimates of the cumulative incidence of traffic accidents were weighted by the sample design and, to compare groups of drivers, incidence rates (IR) and 95% confidence intervals were calculated with Poisson Regression.

[Occupational characteristics and lifestyle of teachers in a city of northeast Brazil].

Objective To analyze the characteristics of work, lifestyle profile and its association with professional development cycles teachers of the state system of Jequié (BA). Materials and Methods Cross-sectional study with a random sample of 304 teachers who answered a questionnaire on sociodemographic information, occupational and lifestyle. The phases of professional development cycles adopted were: entry, consolidation, diversification and stabilization.

[Factors associated with work-related accidents in the informal commercial sector].

This study aimed to estimate the incidence of non-fatal work-related accidents in the informal commercial sector and analyze associated socio-demographic, occupational, workplace, and health factors, in a cross-sectional survey of 434 workers in the business district of Jequié, Bahia State, Brazil, in 2013. Logistic regression was used to assess factors associated with accidents. Incidence of accidents in the previous 12 months was estimated at 32.

Expectations of orthodontic treatment in adults: the conduct in orthodontist/patient relationship.

Introduction: The high demand for orthodontic treatment, evidenced over the last few decades, has been justified mainly by the greater importance given to facial esthetics, influencing individual's self esteem. However, the professional frequently does not meet all the patient's expectations, for not establishing good communication and not knowing about the critical points during orthodontic treatment.

Objective: The aim of this study was to elucidate patients' desires and doubts regarding orthodontic treatment, by means of a survey applied to 60 adult patients.

[Psychosocial work-related factors and musculoskeletal pain among schoolteachers].

This study aimed to investigate the association between work-related psychosocial factors and musculoskeletal pain (MP) among primary schoolteachers in the public school system in Salvador, Bahia State, Brazil. A cross-sectional epidemiological study included all 4,496 teachers from the system. A self-applied mail questionnaire was used to collect information on complaints of musculoskeletal pain in the upper limbs, lower limbs, and back (dependent variables), demand-control model quadrants (independent variables), and covariables.

[Construction of a healthcare-related information technology education praxis for graduate school].

This paper presents an overview of an information technology education practice for healthcare practitioners in graduate school. Based on hands-on experience of the Information Technology Applied to Healthcare classes at the Jequié Campus of the Southeast Bahia State University (UESB) for the Nursing and Physiotherapy courses, an experience is reported that stresses the importance of teaching information technology by establishing links between Information and Communications Technologies and the praxis of the healthcare practitioners, enhancing the educational process and allowing students to 'visualize' how such technologies could be used for producing and qualifying impacts on their professional activities.