Impact of Anxiety on Health-Related Quality of Life and Symptoms of Burnout in Multi-Professional Residents in Brazil During the COVID-19 Pandemic.

We aimed to determine the prevalence of anxiety and to identify associated factors among multi-professional residents in Brazil during the early days of the COVID-19 pandemic. A cross-sectional study included a sample of 752 multi-professional residents selected by snowball technique. Symptoms of anxiety were measured by the Beck anxiety inventory scale (≥ 16 cut-off).

Validation of the RAND 36-Item Health Survey questionnaire in Brazil.

Background: Health-related quality of life is frequently used as an outcome measure that improves the quality of care. The SF-36 and RAND-36 were derived from the Medical Outcomes Study.

Objective: The present study aimed to validate the RAND-36 in Brazil, in healthy individuals and patients with liver disease.

Anxiety, health-related quality of life, and symptoms of burnout in frontline physicians during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Background: COVID-19 pandemic caused increased workload and stress for health professionals involved in the care of such patients. We aimed to describe the health-related quality of life, and burnout in frontline physicians diagnosed with anxiety during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Methods: This was a cross-sectional study conducted during the first-wave phase of COVID-19, from September to October 2020.

Validity and reliability of the 36-Item Short Form Health Survey questionnaire version 2 among people living with HIV in Brazil.

Background: The 36-Item Short Form Health Survey questionnaire (SF-36) is a widely used instrument for evaluating health-related quality-of-life (HRQoL). The psychometric validation of the SF-36 version 2.0 (SF-36v2) in HIV-infected patients had not yet conducted in Brazil.

Choosing Wisely in Pediatric Internship.

. The Choosing Wisely (CW) campaign informs physicians and the public about safety and quality in medical practice. .

Translation, transcultural adaptation, and validation of the role-modeling cost-conscious behaviors scale.

Background: Training in the use of cost-conscious strategies for medical students may prepare new physicians to deliver health care in a more sustainable way. Recently, a role-modeling cost-conscious behaviors scale (RMCCBS) was developed for assessing students' perceptions of their teachers' attitudes to cost consciousness. We aimed to translate the RMCCBS into Brazilian Portuguese, adapt the scale, transculturally, and validate it.

Health-related quality of life of medical students in a Brazilian student loan programme.

This study aimed to evaluate the health-related quality of life of medical students participating in a large Brazilian government loan programme for undergraduate students in private schools.A cross-sectional study in a stratified sample of students from a private medical school in Salvador, Brazil, evaluated their health-related quality of life by using a Brazilian Portuguese version of the 36-item Short Form Health Survey questionnaire (SF-36).Students supported by the loan programme consistently presented lower mean scores in all SF-36 domains and in the physical and mental component summary scores than those who were not in the programme.

Acute Poisoning in Children in Bahia, Brazil.

Acute poisoning is a frequent accident in childhood, particularly in children under 4 years of age. This was a descriptive study with data collected from standardized forms of the Poison Control Center and patient record charts. All the cases of acute poisoning in children aged 0 to 14 years during the period 2008 to 2012 were selected.

Medical Students' Perception of Their Educational Environment and Quality of Life: Is There a Positive Association?

Purpose: To assess perceptions of educational environment of students from 22 Brazilian medical schools and to study the association between these perceptions and quality of life (QoL) measures.

Method: The authors performed a multicenter study (August 2011 to August 2012), examining students' views both of (1) educational environment using the Dundee Ready Education Environment Measure (DREEM) and (2) QoL using the World Health Organization Quality of Life Assessment, abbreviated version (WHOQOL-BREF). They also examined students' self-assessment of their overall QoL and medical-school-related QoL (MSQoL).

Health-related quality of life of students from a private medical school in Brazil.

Objectives: To assess health-related quality of life (HRQOL) and to describe factors associated with its variation among undergraduate medical students at a Brazilian private medical school.

Methods: A cross-sectional study in a sample (n=180) of medical students at a private medical school in Salvador, Brazil, stratified by year of medical course. Data about age, sex, year of course, physical activity, sleepiness, headaches, participation in a student loan program supported by the Brazilian government (FIES) and living arrangements were collected using a self-administered form.

Perception of illegal practice of medicine by Brazilian medical students.

Introduction: Illegal practice of medicine by medical students is a worldwide problem. In Brazil, information about this issue is scarce.

Objective: To describe the perception of illegal practice of medicine by medical students.

Determinants of C-reactive protein in individuals with very low socioeconomic status.

Background: Low socioeconomic (SE) status has been associated to inflammation and predictors of C-reactive protein (CRP) have been investigated by studies performed in developed countries. This study aimed to identify predictors of CRP in individuals of very low SE level in a developing country and evaluate whether CRP is related to SE status in this scenario.

Objective: Eight-two individuals of very low SE level were recruited from a poor, semi-rural community in Brazil.