Stroke in Brazil: prevalence, activity limitations, access to healthcare, and physiotherapeutic treatment.

Background:  Stroke remains a public health problem, reported as the third cause of disability. Among survivors, the ability to perform usual daily activities may be reduced, requiring rehabilitation.

Objective:  To investigate the prevalence of self-reported stroke, the accessibility of healthcare, and the degree and percentage of patients with limitations in usual activities who are unassisted by physiotherapeutic treatment in different regions of the country.

Patellofemoral pain syndrome in children and adolescents: A cross-sectional study.

Objectives: To assess the prevalence and associated factors of Patellofemoral Pain Syndrome (PFPS) in children and adolescents.

Method: A population-based cross-sectional study was conducted with children and adolescents aged 10 to 18 years, who presented a history of peripatellar and/or retropatellar pain, attending elementary or high school in urban public schools in Natal, Brazil. The sample size was calculated based on a minimum outcome prevalence of 22%.

Effects of primary health care and socioeconomic aspects on the dispersion of COVID-19 in the Brazilian Northeast: Ecological study of the first pandemic wave.

Background: The COVID-19 pandemic has had a negative impact on socioeconomic and public health conditions of the population.

Aim: To measure the temporal evolution of COVID-19 cases in cities near the countryside outside metropolitan areas of northeastern Brazil and the impact of the primary care organization in its containment.

Methods: This is a time-series study, based on the first three months of COVID-19 incidence in northeastern Brazil.

Dynamic knee valgus prevalence in children and its association with pain intensity, foot mobility, and sex- A cross-sectional study.

Introduction: Knee pain can impact the performance of activities and sports participation in children. Dynamic knee valgus is a movement pattern commonly related to health conditions that may be associated with sex and foot kinematics in children.

Objective: To assess the prevalence of dynamic knee valgus and its relationship with foot mobility, sex, and knee pain in children.

Low health literacy and quality of life in patients with systemic arterial hypertension.

Purpose: Evaluate the level of health literacy and quality of life of patients with hypertension.

Methods: A cross-sectional, observational study was carried out in the Northeast region of Brazil with 105 patients with hypertension through the SAHLPA-18, S-TOFHLA and MINICHAL tests.

Results: For both literacy tests applied, it can be observed that about 60% of the interviewed patients did not present adequate health literacy.

Biopsychosocial inequality, active lifestyle and chronic health conditions: a cross-sectional National Health Survey 2013 in Brazil.

This study estimated the biopsychosocial factors related to active physical behavior in the Brazilian population with and without chronic non-transmissible disease (NCD). Cross-sectional study of the National Health Survey (NHS) in Brazil, with 60,202 individuals in 2013. Participants were randomly selected by complex sampling.

COVID-19 in Brazilian cities: Impact of social determinants, coverage and quality of primary health care.

Background: Brazil, as many other countries, have been heavily affected by COVID-19. This study aimed to analyze the impact of Primary health care and the family health strategy (FHS) coverage, the scores of the National Program for Improving Primary Care Access and Quality (PMAQ), and socioeconomic and social indicators in the number of COVID-19 cases in Brazilian largest cities.

Methods: This is an ecological study, carried out through the analysis of secondary data on the population of all Brazilian main cities, based on the analysis of a 26-week epidemiological epidemic week series by COVID-19.