Strategies to combat COVID-19 in long -term care facilities for older people.

Objective: To describe the strategies to combat COVID-19 in Long-Term Care Facilities for older people in Bahia state.

Methodology: This is a qualitative study based on documentary analysis of the collection produced by the Intersectoral Committee on Monitoring Long-Term Care for older people in the state of Bahia, from April 2020 to June 2021. Data analysis was based on Bardin's content analysis.

Past smoking and current dopamine agonist use show an independent and dose-dependent association with impulse control disorders in Parkinson's disease.

Background: Previous studies have described the association between dopamine replacement therapy in Parkinson's disease and impulse control disorders.

Methods: A case-control study was performed to establish the prevalence of four of these behaviors in Brazilian patients with Parkinson's disease on stable dopamine replacement therapy and the possible associated risk factors. We investigated 152 patients and 212 healthy controls for pathological gambling, compulsive sexual behavior and compulsive buying and eating.

[Depression and clinical illness: comorbidity in a geriatric outpatient clinic].

The aim of this study was to investigate the association between depression and clinical illness among a group of elderly in the city of Salvador, Bahia, Brazil. The study population included 1,120 individuals over 60 years of age treated at a geriatric outpatient clinic. Crude and stratified prevalence ratios were calculated.