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BACKGROUND Age misreporting affects population estimates at older ages. In Brazil, every citizen must be registered and show an identity document to vaccinate against COVID-19. This requirement to present proof of age provides a unique opportunity for measuring the oldest-old population using novel administrative data.OBJECTIVES To offer critically assessed estimates of the Brazilian population aged 80 and older based on data from the vaccination registration system (VRS). To uncover discrepancies between the number of vaccinated oldest-old people and the projections used to estimate target populations for COVID-19 vaccination. METHODS We calculate data quality indicators based on data from the VRS - namely, 100+/80+ and 90+/80+ population proportions, sex ratios, and the Myers blended index - and compare them to those based on data on target populations from Brazilian censuses and demographic projections, and from Sweden - a country with high-quality data. We also estimate vaccination coverage ratios using population projections adjusted to excess deaths as the denominators.RESULTS Requiring documentation reduces age heaping, age exaggeration, and sex ratios marginally. However, it cannot solve the problem of the misreporting of birth dates due to the absence of long-standing birth registration systems in Brazil, particularly in the northern and central regions. In addition, we find a mismatch between the projected populations and numbers of vaccinated people across regions.CONCLUSIONS Despite improvements in data quality in Brazil, we are still not confident about the accuracy of age reporting among the oldest old in the less advantaged Brazilian regions. The postponement of the 2020 census reduced the ability of authorities to define the target populations for vaccinations against COVID-19 and other diseases.CONTRIBUTIONS This is the first study to compare population estimates for the oldest old in administrative data and census data in Brazil. Age misreporting resulted in discrepancies that may have compromised the efficacy of the COVID-19 vaccination campaign.
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This article discusses the starting point for the creation of the theatrical texts for the Inverted South Trilogy: southern Rio Grande do Sul, a Brazilian state. By observing the three plays and their respective genesis, it is possible to see how this region is used as the background of the works comprising the trilogy. The collection, written by Ingrid Duarte, Mario Celso, and Thalles Echeverry, professors graduated from the Universidade Federal de Pelotas, was launched during the COVID-19 pandemic with resources granted according to Federal Law n.degrees 14017 (Aldir Blanc Law). This trilogy highlights a change in perspective which goes beyond the capital of the state to address cities located outside the metropolitan areas, and demonstrates the importance of creating spaces for training and incentive to writing of plays, particularly to new authors.
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Introduction: COVID-19 infections could grow due to lack of understanding of the virus. More ever, social media is a supply of fake news. However, there is no validated instrument for assessing social media user's knowledge and trust in COVID-19 information. The psychometry of social media users' knowledge, attitudes, practices in COVID-19 (KAPCOV-19), and trust in social media in Indonesia is being validated in this study. Methods: The developed instrument consists of 13 items in trust in the social media domain, 18 items in the knowledge domain, six items in the attitude domain, and 12 items in the practice domain. This questionnaire received expert validation before being administered to 1129 respondents who are over 18 years old, who actively use social media. The validity was examined using the Convergent Validity, discriminant validity and average variance extracted (AVE) methods. For reliability, internal consistency was examined by means of composite reliability and Cronbach's alpha methods. Results: The Smart PLS 3.28 output results show that Convergent validity and discriminant validity are above 0.7. In addition, the results of the AVE value are also above 0.5;this means that all latent variables used in this study are valid. All constructs have composite reliability and Cronbach's alpha above 0.70. it can be concluded that the construct has good reliability. Conclusion: This instrument can be used to examine KAPCOV-19 and Trust in social media. The KAP-COVID-19 is a reliable tool for assessing knowledge, attitudes, and behaviours related to COVID-19. © 2022 UPM Press. All rights reserved.
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The COVID-19 pandemic is spreading rapidly almost all over the world and has an effect on all aspects, especially in health services. Nursing is the profession with the highest interac the most psychological impacts due to the pandemic. Changes in treatment procedures, working in areas of risk of infec the unpredictability of this pandemic have become a source of stress for nurses. Nurses are required to be able to manage the stress they feel in maintaining mental health and op services. This study is part of a qualita experiences related to nurses' stress management strategies during the COVID-19 pandemic. The research par people, namely nurses who worked in the COVID-19 treatment room and were selected based on the purposive sampling technique. The study was conducted at 3 hospitals in Pekanbaru and started at the end of June 2021 un collec analysis techniques using Collaizy analysis. The results of this study indicate that doing ac with others, taking vitamins, and taking that are used to manage perceived stress. Nurses are able to perform good stress management in an effort to maintain mental health during the pandemic. Coopera needed to achieve success in dealing with the pandemic.
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Objective: The period of enforced school-closures from March 2020 to March 2021 has taken a huge toll on children in Ireland. Ill-effects of COVID-19 including direct infection, social isolation and mental health problems are clear to see. However, not all complications are so obvious. We examined the findings of paediatric nerve conduction studies (NCS) carried out at a tertiary general hospital in the South of Ireland. We aimed to highlight at increase in the incidence of 'idiopathic' common peroneal nerve palsies arising during the COVID-19 social and school restrictions. Methods: We examined the results from all NCS performed on children (<18 years) during the two and a half year period between January 2019 and July 2021. We correlated our findings with the clinical patient information from the time of the neurophysiological investigation. Results: One hundred and two NCS examinations were performed on 95 different children between January 2019 and July 2021. During the 1-year period before the COVID-19 pandemic arrived in Ireland (January 2019 to January 2020) there was only a single case of paediatric common peroneal nerve palsy recorded. This case had an obvious precipitant cause (recent significant weight loss). During the time of school closures, there were five cases including one case of bilateral common peroneal nerve palsy. MRI and examination identified no cause, and all children reported adopting abnormal sitting postures while carrying out schoolwork at home (prolonged kneeling, side sitting, unsuitable seating). Conclusions: Children have been seen as invisible victims of the COVID-19 pandemic, and although the direct health burden of COVID-19 infection on children is lower than in vulnerable adults;there are many negative social, educational, psychiatric and indeed neurological effectors of paediatric health arising from the COVID-19 crisis. We hypothesise that the prolonged school closures led to an increase in 'idiopathic' paediatric common peroneal nerve palsies, which are otherwise extremely rare in this population.
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The COVID-19 pandemic has spread rapidly around the world in a frightening way. In Brazil, the third country with the highest number of infected and deaths from the disease, it is important for government health authorities to identify the federation units that stand out in cases and deaths from this disease to target resources. The circular scan statistic proposed by Martin Kulldorff allows to identify with some statistical significance the units of the federation that stand out in relation to the number of cases and deaths of COVID-19 in Brazil. Such units of federation are known as clusters. Once these clusters were identified, we used the coefficients of incidence and lethality to better describe the behavior of these clusters during three phases of the pandemic: the initial phase, the peak phase, and also the stability and fall phase. We observed changes in the location of the clusters identified in these three phases and used the R software and also the SaTScan software to obtain the maps and results, which were consistent with what was reported by the Brazilian media. © 2021, Universidade Federal de Lavras -Departamento de Estatistica. All rights reserved.
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IntroductionAutism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) is a neurodevelopmental disorder that can cause social and professional harm in an individual. Many teachers are unprepared to receive students with ASD. They find it difficult to communicate with other professionals or to comfort the family. And parents often do not feel that their children at school benefit socially and in their academic skills.ObjectivesTo know the point of view and expectations of parents with children with Autism Spectrum Disorder about the academic future and professional life.MethodsAn online questionnaire was applied with 38 multiple choice questions about the future academic perspectives and expectations of their children, the job market and about school adaptations and the school year during the COVID-19 pandemic.ResultsSo far, 16 parents of a Speech-Language Pathology laboratory in which they assist children with Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) have answered the questionnaire. When asked if there were teachers who work with TEA individuals, nine guardians 56.3% answered that they did not, 50% of the guardians said they had received adapted material during the COVID-19 pandemic, 100% of the guardians believe that their child will finish high school, 93.8% of those in charge do not believe that the job market is prepared for individuals with ASD.ConclusionsParents are dissatisfied with the education their children receive and most of them did not get adequate support during the COVID-19 pandemic. There are also low expectations for the future in the job market.
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OBJECTIVE: Healthcare workers are at risk for COVID-19 contamination. It is important to protect them in order to reduce nosocomial transmission and maintain the assistance capacity of health systems. To evaluate the diagnostic test and retest strategy with RT-PCR for SARS-CoV-2 and factors associated with the diagnosis of COVID-19 among healthcare workers. PATIENTS AND METHODS: Cross-sectional study carried out in a Brazilian hospital. From April 27 to June 16, 2020, symptomatic healthcare workers underwent an RT-PCR test on upper respiratory tract specimens as soon as possible and, if negative, it was repeated close to the 5th day of symptom evolution. Working areas were divided into assistance areas dedicated or not dedicated to COVID-19 and non-assistance areas. The type of activity was divided into assistance or non-assistance activity. RESULTS: 775 individuals were evaluated. 114 were diagnosed with COVID-19, of whom 101 followed the testing protocol. A second RT-PCR identified five (4.9%) of the positive cases. Working in an area dedicated to patients with COVID-19 was more prevalent among positive cases (35.1% x 19.8%, p=0.001) as well as working in an assistance activity (80.7% x 70.8%, p=0.031). CONCLUSIONS: A second RT-PCR test after the 5th day of symptom evolution showed limited diagnostic improvement. The adoption of a single test-based strategy, carried out at the right time after the onset of symptoms, allows the optimal use of resources. Working in a COVID-19 dedicated area and in direct contact with patients is related to a higher prevalence of COVID-19 among symptomatic healthcare workers.