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Item Comportamentos saudáveis e escolaridade no Brasil : tendência temporal de 2008 a 2013.(2016) Camelo, Lidyane do Valle; Figueiredo, Roberta Carvalho de; Campos, Maryane Oliveira; Giatti, Luana; Barreto, Sandhi MariaEste estudo analisou dados do Sistema de Vigilância por Inquérito Telefônico (Vigitel) com o objetivo de estimar a prevalência de aglomeração de comportamentos saudáveis (não fumar, consumo não abusivo de álcool, prática de atividade física regular no lazer e consumo recomendado de frutas e hortaliças) e sua tendência temporal entre 2008 e 2013. Adicionalmente, avaliamos se a associação entre a escolaridade e a aglomeração de 3 ou mais comportamentos saudáveis reduziu em magnitude nesse mesmo período. Razões de prevalências foram obtidas por regressão de Poisson. Encontramos que entre 2008 e 2013, a prevalência de aglomeração de 3 ou mais comportamentos saudáveis aumentou de 20% para 25% entre os homens, e passou de 26% para 32% entre as mulheres, sugerindo um aumento da prevalência de padrões de comportamentos saudáveis no Brasil. Esse aumento foi evidenciado em todas as faixas de escolaridade. Entretanto, a magnitude da associação entre escolaridade e prevalência da aglomeração dos 3 ou mais comportamentos saudáveis permaneceu constante no período. Assim, os resultados sugerem que as disparidades por escolaridade na aglomeração de 3 ou mais comportamentos saudáveis não se alteraram ao longo do tempo, apesar das melhorias sociais observadas no país nos últimos anos.Item Education plays a greater role than age in cognitive test performance among participants of the brazilian longitudinal study of adult health (ELSA - Brasil).(2015) Passos, Valéria Maria de Azeredo; Gonçalves, Luana Giatti; Benseñor, Isabela Judith Martins; Tiemeier, Henning; Ikram, Mohammed Arfan; Figueiredo, Roberta Carvalho de; Chor, Dóra; Schmidt, Maria Inês; Barreto, Sandhi MariaBackground: Brazil has gone through fast demographic, epidemiologic and nutritional transitions and, despite recent improvements in wealth distribution, continues to present a high level of social and economic inequality. The ELSA–Brasil, a cohort study, aimed at investigating cardiovascular diseases and diabetes, offers a great opportunity to assess cognitive decline in this aging population through time-sequential analyses drawn from the same battery of tests over time. The purpose of this study is to analyze the influence of sex, age and education on cognitive tests performance of the participants at baseline. Methods: Analyses pertain to 14,594 participants with aged 35 to 74 years, who were functionally independent and had no history of stroke or use of neuroleptics, anticonvulsants, cholinesterase inhibitors or antiparkinsonian agents. Mean age was 52.0 ± 9.0 years and 54.2 % of participants were women. Cognitive tests included the word memory tests (retention, recall and recognition), verbal fluency tests (VFT, animals and letter F) and Trail Making Test B. Multivariable linear regression analysis was used to determine the influence of sociodemographic characteristics on the distribution of the final score of each test. Results: Women had significant and slightly higher scores than men in all memory tests and VFT, but took more time to perform Trail B. Reduced performance in all tests was seen with an increase age and, more importantly, with decrease level of education. The word list and VFT scores decreased at about one word for every 10 years of age; whereas higher-educated participants scored four words more on the word list test, and six or seven more correct words on VFT, when compared to lower-educated participants. Additionally, the oldest and less educated participants showed significant lower response rates in all tests. Conclusions: The higher influence of education than age in this Brazilian population reinforce the need for caution in analyzing and diagnosing cognitive impairments based on traditional cognitive tests and the importance of searching for education-free cognitive tests, especially in low and middle-income countries.Item Recrutamento de participantes no Estudo Longitudinal de Saúde do Adulto.(2013) Aquino, Estela Maria Motta Leão de; Araujo, Maria Jenny; Almeida, Maria da Conceição Chagas de; Conceição, Patrícia; Andrade, Célia Regina de; Cade, Nágela Valadão; Carvalho, Marilia Sá; Figueiredo, Roberta Carvalho de; Fonseca, Maria de Jesus Mendes da; Giatti, Luana; Menezes, Greice Maria de Souza; Nunes, Maria Angélica Antunes; Souza, Angelita Gomes de; Silva, Paulo Roberto Vasconcellos da; Vigo, AlvaroOBJETIVO: Apresentar as estratégias de comunicação e recrut amento no Estudo Longitudinal de Saúde do Adulto (ELSA-Brasil) e discutir os resultados alcançados na constituição da coorte. MÉTODOS: As estratégias foram voltadas à divulgação, à institucionalização e ao recrutamento propriamente dito. As ações de comunicação pretenderam promover o fortalecimento de imagem institucional positiva para o estudo, a gestão de conhecimentos e o diálogo efi caz com seu público-alvo. Foi criado web site ofi cial visando dialogar com diferentes públicos, funcionar como difusor científi co e contribuir para a consolidação da imagem do estudo perante a sociedade. RESULTADOS: Foram recrutados 16.435 mulheres e homens, servidores ativos e aposentados de seis instituições públicas de ensino e pesquisa para constituir a coorte de 15.105 participantes. As metas de recrutamento foram plenamente alcançadas nos seis centros, com leve predomínio de mulheres e daqueles mais jovens, e um pouco menos de servidores com menor escolarização. CONCLUSÕES: As estratégias utilizadas se mostraram adequadas e essenciais para o sucesso da captação e participação dos servidores.Item Socioeconomic inequalities in youth smoking in Brazil.(2013) Barreto, Sandhi Maria; Figueiredo, Roberta Carvalho de; Giatti, LuanaObjective: The contribution of smoking to socioeconomic inequalities in health is increasing worldwide, including in Brazil. Youth smoking may play an important role in the increasing social inequalities related to smoking. This study investigates social determinants of smoking among 15-year-old to 19-year-old individuals. Design: Cross-sectional study. Setting: The study uses data of 3536 participants aged 15–19 years of age of the Global Adult Tobacco Survey (GATS) and the National Household Sample Survey (Pesquisa Nacional por Amostragem de Domicilio, PNAD) obtained from household interviews. Smoking was defined as currently smoking tobacco products, regardless of frequency. Household socioeconomic indicators included per capita income, the educational level and sex of the head of the household, the presence of smoking restrictions and the number of smokers (excluding adolescents). Adolescent social factors included years of delaying school and social status (full-time student, working, and neither working nor studying). The hierarchical logistic regression analysis considered the effect of the complex sampling design. Results: From 3536 participants, 6.2% were smokers (95% CI 5.4 to 7.1). More men than women had the habit of smoking (7.2%; 5.9 to 8.6 vs 3.6%; 2.7 to 4.6). The likelihood of smoking was significantly greater for men and older teens. There was an upward trend in the OR of smoking according to the number of smokers in the house. Adolescents living in households with no smoking restrictions had a greater likelihood of being smokers. OR of smoking rose as the number of years of delaying school increased, being about three times greater among adolescents who were working and five times greater among those who were neither studying nor working. Conclusions: Results demonstrate that socioeconomic inequality in smoking is established at younger ages and that school delay as well as school abandonment may contribute to increased smoking-related inequalities. Smoking restrictions at home were protective against adolescents becoming smokers. Living with other smokers was a strong predictor of adolescents becoming smokers.