Comparison of the audit method and secondary data sources for assessing health-related characteristics of the built environment in a Brazilian city.

This study compared the audit method and secondary data sources for assessing health-related characteristics of the built environment in a Brazilian city. Study sample included 45 census tracts chosen by systematic random sampling, and 36 homes selected from each, from a population-based study. Each neighborhood was delimited by a 400m buffer around the midpoint of the homes.

Association between healthy dietary pattern and common mental disorders in women: a cross-sectional population-based study.

Objectives: Scientific evidence suggests an association between diet quality and the prevalence of common mental disorders (CMD) in women. Thus, this study aimed to investigate the association between a healthy dietary pattern and CMD among women.

Methods: A cross-sectional population-based study was conducted on a representative sample of 1128 women, aged 20-69 years, residing in the urban area of São Leopoldo, RS, Brazil.

Association of Body Image Perception / (Dis)Satisfaction and Symptoms of Eating Disorders in University Students of Health Sciences.

We aimed to investigate the association of body image perception / (dis)satisfaction with eating disorders symptoms. We conducted a cross-sectional university-based study with 534 students, aged 18 years or older, from a federal higher education institution specializing in health sciences and located in Southern Brazil in 2023. We evaluated eating disorder symptoms using the Brazilian version of the SCOFF screening tool (≥2 symptoms) and body image using a silhouette scale developed for Brazilian adults.

Obesity modifies the association of race and COVID-19 mortality: analysis of a retrospective cohort from Brazil.

COVID-19 and obesity are two concurrent, interrelated pandemics that share similarities in their social causes, including racism. It is essential to understand how their characteristics are interrelated and the possible role of obesity in the association between race and COVID-19 mortality. We investigated the relationship between race and COVID-19 mortality and the modifying effect of obesity on this relationship.

Body Mass Index and Prevalence of Obesity in Brazilian Adult Women: Temporal Comparison of Repeated Population-Based Cross-Sectional Surveys.

Obesity is a complex multifactorial disease that has been associated with higher morbidity and mortality. This study aimed to compare changes in body mass index (BMI) and obesity prevalence between two cross-sectional samples of Brazilian women. Furthermore, retrospective assessments of lifetime body weight changes were explored.

Prevalence of common mental disorders in southern Brazilian women: a comparison of two population-based studies (2003 vs. 2015).

Purpose: To investigate the prevalence and associated factors of common mental disorders (CMD) in women, and comparing them in two periods, 2003 and 2015.

Methods: A comparative study was conducted between two surveys with representative samples of women aged 20-60 years residing in southern Brazil. The final sample included 988 and 987 women from the 2003 and 2015 surveys, respectively.

Prevalence of Abdominal Obesity and Associated Factors in Urban Brazilian Women: A Comparison Between Two Population-Based Cross-Sectional Studies in 2003 and 2015.

Abdominal fat accumulation is a known risk factor for cardiometabolic diseases and mortality, particularly in women. This study aimed to compare the prevalence of abdominal obesity and its associated factors in 2003 and 2015. Two cross-sectional, population-based surveys were conducted, including representative and independent samples of adult women 20-60 years of age residing in the urban area of São Leopoldo/RS municipality in 2003 ( = 981) and 2015 ( = 984).

Common mental disorders in Brazilian female shift workers: prevalence and associated factors.

This study aimed to identify the prevalence of common mental disorders (CMD) and associated factors in female shift workers. A cross-sectional study was conducted with a sample of 450 female workers, aged 18 years or older (± 36.1 years), from an industry located in Southern Brazil.

Association between social capital and food patterns in women from Southern Brazil.

The present study aimed to verify the association between psychosocial aspects (social capital) and food patterns in adult women. A cross-sectional, population-based study was conducted with a representative sample of 1,128 women, aged 20 to 69 years, living in the urban area of the municipality of São Leopoldo, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil, in 2015. The food patterns were identified based on the frequency of food intake and classified as: healthy (fruits, vegetables, and whole foods), at-risk (ultraprocessed foods), and Brazilian (rice and beans), while social capital was evaluated using a collective efficacy scale.

Association between obesity and common mental disorders in women: a population-based study in Southern Brazil.

Purpose: The study aimed to investigate the relationship between obesity and common mental disorders (CMD) among women.

Methods: This is a cross-sectional population-based study with a representative sample of 981 adult women (20-60 years of age) living in the urban area of the municipality of São Leopoldo, RS, Brazil, in 2015. The presence of CMD was assessed using the Self-Reporting Questionnaire (SRQ-20 ≥ 8).

Multimorbidity patterns: obesity as the main modifiable risk factor in adult women in Southern Brazil.

Objective: To identify multimorbidity patterns in women in southern Brazil, and its relationship with sociodemographic, lifestyle characteristics, and nutritional status, as well as to explore the main independent risk factor for the identified patterns.

Subjects And Methods: This is a cross-sectional, population-based study with 1,128 women (20-69 years), southern Brazil. Chronic conditions were identified using the therapeutic and chemical anatomical classification of continuous use of medications.

Dietary pattern as a predictor of multimorbidity patterns: A population-based cross-sectional study with women.

Background And Aims: Multimorbidity is a common health condition, and the relationship between different patterns of multimorbidity and food consumption through dietary patterns needs to be determined. This study aimed to investigate the association between dietary patterns and multimorbidity patterns in women.

Methods: This population-based cross-sectional study included 1128 women (aged 20-69 years) living in southern Brazil.

Dietary patterns and prevalence of multimorbidity in women in southern Brazil.

Objective: This study aimed to investigate the association between dietary patterns and prevalence of multimorbidity in women.

Methods: This population-based cross-sectional study was conducted in 2015 and included 1,128 women aged 20 to 69 years living in the urban area of São Leopoldo municipality, southern Brazil. Multimorbidity was defined as the presence of two or more chronic conditions, among the 26 identified.

Does sleep quality modify the relationship between common mental disorders and chronic low back pain in adult women?

Objective: This study explored the association between common mental disorders (CMD) and chronic low back pain (CLBP) in women, while considering poor sleep quality as a potential effect modifier of this relationship.

Methods: A cross-sectional population-based study was conducted with a representative sample of 1068 women (age 20-69 years) living in the urban area of São Leopoldo, RS, Brazil. CLBP was defined as pain lasting for ≥3 months; CMD was assessed using the Self-Reporting Questionnaire (SRQ-20; score ≥8); poor sleep quality was evaluated using the Pittsburgh Sleep Quality Index (PSQI; score ≥5).

Relationship between temperature and relative humidity on initial spread of COVID-19 cases and related deaths in Brazil.

Introduction: Climate conditions may influence the transmission of COVID-19. Thus, the aim of this study was to evaluate the impact of temperature and relative humidity on COVID-19 cases and related deaths during the initial phase of the epidemic in Brazil.

Methodology: An ecological study based on secondary data was conducted.

Lifestyle, high Body Mass Index, and markers of socioeconomic conditions associated with multimorbidity in women.

Objective: This study aimed to identify the prevalence of multimorbidity and its associated factors in women in southern Brazil.

Methods: We conducted a cross-sectional, population-based study with a sample of 1,128 women (age 20-69 years), living in São Leopoldo, southern Brazil. Multimorbidity was defined as two or more chronic conditions measured using the therapeutic and chemical anatomical classification of continuous use medications prescribed by a physician.

Obesity Among Industrial Workers in Brazil: A Cross-sectional Study on Prevalence and Associated Factors.

Objective: Estimate the prevalence of obesity and its associated factors among industrial workers.

Methods: This is a cross-sectional study of secondary data from workers aged 18 to 59 years in the State of Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil.

Results: A total of 20,820 workers (12,372 men and 8448 women) were investigated.

Prevalence and factors associated with excessive and severe daytime sleepiness among healthcare university students in the Brazilian Midwest.

The present study aimed to determine the prevalence of, and factors associated with excessive and severe daytime sleepiness in healthcare university students. A cross-sectional university-based study was conducted with 1,779 students from a university located in the Brazilian Midwest State of Goiás, Brazil, in 2018. Daytime sleepiness was assessed using the Epworth Sleepiness Scale (ESS) and classified as excessive daytime sleepiness (EDS; cut-off ESS score ≥10) and severe EDS (S-EDS; cut-off ESS score ≥16).

Factors associated with common mental disorders: a study based on clusters of women.

Objective: to identify factors associated with common mental disorders (CMD) in a sample of adult women in Southern Brazil.

Methods: This population-based study, composed of 1,128 women, investigated socioeconomic, behavioral and health/disease explanatory demographic variables. Five response groups were explored: one group with common mental disorders - cut-off point 6/7 in the Self-Reporting Questionnaire 20 (SRQ-20) - and four others corresponding to the different clusters found using the latent class clustering technique, also from the SRQ-20.

Association of dietary patterns, number of daily meals and anthropometric measures in women in age of menopause.

Objective: To investigate the association of dietary patterns, number of daily meals and anthropometric measures among women in age of menopause.

Methods: This was a transversal study with 320 women over 50 years old from Caxias do Sul, Brazil. The outcomes were body mass index (BMI) and waist circumference (WC).

Insulin resistance and associated factors in female adolescents from two capital cities in the north and south of Brazil.

Background: It has been described that physiological changes in glucose metabolism, represented by insulin resistance (IR), are predicted during pubertal evolution, and obesity may be associated with its persistence even at the end of puberty. The aim of this study was to investigate the prevalence of IR in female adolescents with possible associated factors and evaluate the relationship of time since menarche (< 2 vs. ≥ 2 years) in the occurrence of IR in two Brazilian capital cities: Porto Velho (RO) and Porto Alegre (RS).

Factors Associated with the Occurrence of Arterial Hypertension in Industry Workers of State of Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil.

Background: Hypertension is a serious and persistent public health problem and is one of the main causes of cardiovascular diseases and general mortality.

Objectives: This study aimed to verify the prevalence and factors associated with systemic arterial hypertension in workers from the state of Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil.

Methods: This is a cross-sectional study using the secondary data from 20,792 industry workers from 18 to 59 years of age.

[Food environment in São Leopoldo, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil: the association with neighborhood sociodemographic variables].

The scope of this study is to describe the food environment of a medium-sized municipality in southern Brazil and compare the availability of different types of food outlets in neighborhood socioeconomic and demographic environments. An ecological study was carried out in 45 buffers of 400m in São Leopoldo county, RS. The buffer was calculated from the center point of the residences of women participating in a larger research project.