Incidence of hepatitis C in Brazil.

Introduction: Hepatitis C is a public health problem of global dimensions, affecting approximately 200 million people worldwide. The main objective of this study was to estimate the incidence rate of hepatitis C in Brazil during the period between 2001 and 2012.

Methods: An epidemiological, temporal, and descriptive study was performed using data from the Information System for Reportable Diseases.

[The quality and characteristics of sleep of hypertensive patients].

Objective: Analyzing the quality of sleep of hypertensive patients registered in the national registration system and monitoring of hypertensive patients.

Methods: A cross-sectional study of quantitative and descriptive analyses with 280 hypertensive patients registered in the National Program of Hypertension and Diabetes of the Federal Government in the months from August to October 2011. Questionnaires were used which allowed for tracking sociodemographic data on hypertension and Pittsburgh Sleep Quality Index (PSQI).