Avaliação da satisfação com a vida e o risco para violência em idosos / Assessment of life satisfaction and risk of violence in elderly / Evaluación de la satisfacción con la vida y riesgo de violencia en personas mayores

Objetivo:descrever a relação da satisfação com a vida e o risco para violência entre homens e mulheres idosos. Método: estudo quantitativo, transversal, realizado com 159 idosos, utilizando a Escala de Satisfação com a Vida e Hwalek-Sengstock Elder Abuse Screening Test. Os dados foram analisados mediante estatística descritiva (frequência absoluta e relativa, medidas de tendência central e dispersão) e inferencial (Teste t de Student; Regressão Linear). Resultados: a satisfação com a vida segundo o gênero apresentou diferença significativa entre as médias do risco para violência, verificando que os homens idosos que apresentavam risco para violência estavam menos satisfeitos com a vida. Observou-se correlação negativa para o grupo masculino (ß=-0,416) e feminino (ß=-0,293) entre essas variáveis. Conclusão: homens idosos que apresentam risco para violência exibem menores escores de satisfação, apontando que a satisfação com a vida aumenta à medida em que o risco para violência diminui

Objective: to describe the relationship between life satisfaction and risk of violence among elderly men and women. Method: quantitative study, cross-sectional, conducted with 159 elderlies, using the Life Satisfaction Scale and Hwalek-Sengstock Elder Abuse Screening Test. Data were analyzed through descriptive statistic (absolute and relative frequency, measures of central tendency and dispersion) and inferential (Student's t-test; Linear regression). Results: life satisfaction according to gender presented significant difference between the averages of the risk of violence, verifying that older men that presented risk of violence were less satisfied with life. It was observed negative correlation for male group (ß=-0,416) and female between these variables. (ß=-0,293). Conclusion: older men that presented risk of violence exhibit lower satisfaction scores, pointing out that life satisfaction increases as the risk of violence decreases

Objetivo: describir la relación entre la satisfacción vital y el riesgo de violencia entre hombres y mujeres ancianos. Método: estudio cuantitativo, transversal, realizado con 159 ancianos, utilizando la Escala de Satisfacción con la Vida y Hwalek-Sengstock Elder Abuse Screening Test. Los datos se analizaron mediante estadísticas descriptivas (frecuencia absoluta y relativa, medidas de tendencia central y dispersión) y estadísticas inferenciales (prueba t de Student; regresión lineal). Resultados: la satisfacción con la vida según el género mostró diferencia significativa entre las medias de riesgo de violencia, verificando que los hombres ancianos que presentaban riesgo de violencia estaban menos satisfechos con la vida. Se observó correlación negativa para el grupo de hombres (ß=-0,416) y mujeres (ß=-0,293) entre estas variables. Conclusión: los hombres ancianos que presentan riesgo de violencia muestran puntuaciones de satisfacción más bajas, lo que indica que la satisfacción con la vida aumenta a medida que disminuye el riesgo de violencia

SARS-CoV-2 testing among patients and healthcare professionals in an HIV outpatient clinic in Brazil

ABSTRACT The COVID-19 pandemic in Brazil has been marked by high infection and death rates. The immune response generated by current vaccination might be influenced by previous natural infection, and baseline estimates may help in the evaluation of vaccine-induced serological response. We evaluated previous SARS-CoV-2 testing (RT-PCR), and performed rapid diagnostic tests (RDT) and high throughput electrochemiluminescence immunoassay (ECLIA) before vaccination among people living with HIV (PLWH), users of antiretroviral prophylaxis (PrEP/PEP), and healthcare professionals in an HIV outpatient clinic (HCP-HC). RDT was positive in 25.7% (95% CI: 19-33%) overall, 31.3% (95% CI : 18-45%) among PLWH, 23.7% (95% CI : 14-34%) in PrEP/PEP users and 21.4% (95% CI : 05-28%) in HCP-HC (p=0.548). Diagnostic RT-PCR testing was very limited, even for symptomatic individuals, and whereas all HCP-HC had one test perfomed, only 35% of the patients (PREP/PEP/PLWH) were tested (p<0.0001). Adequate monitoring of post-vaccination humoral response and breakthrough infections including those in asymptomatic cases are warranted, especially in immunologically compromised individuals.