Childhood Parental Neglect, Abuse and Rejection Among Transgender Women: A Cross-Sectional Study in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.

We aimed to estimate the proportions of childhood parental neglect, abuse, and rejection and to evaluate the co-occurrence of these experiences among transgender women in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. This was a cross-sectional study with a convenience sample enrolled between July 2019 and March 2020, using an adapted version of the Childhood Trauma Questionnaire. Proportions and corresponding confidence intervals (CI) were calculated. Kendall correlation with Tau-b estimator was used in the bivariate analyses. We gathered data from 139 participants. The most prevalent types of childhood traumas were emotional abuse (60.43%, 95% CI [51.79, 68.62]), physical abuse (57.55%, 95% CI [48.90, 65.89]) and sexual abuse (44.60%, 95% CI [36.18, 53.27]). Severe to extreme physical and emotional abuse occurred among 40.29% (95% CI [32.06, 48.93]) and 5.75% (95% CI [2.51, 11.02]) of participants, respectively. The proportion of parental rejection (eviction) was 32.37% (95% CI [25.04, 40.69]) and occurred with the other forms of abuse, except sexual abuse. Multiple types of childhood abuse, neglect, and parental rejection were observed among transgender women in our sample. The harmful effects of childhood abuse on the mental and physical health of people in the transgender population are of concern, particularly considering the cumulative effect produced by the co-occurrence of such events and their harmful lifetime effects. It is urgently necessary to debate and formulate public policies to ensure the right to gender expression from childhood.

Perfil dos casos notificados de síndrome respiratória aguda grave em um hospital do Rio de Janeiro / Profile of reported cases of severe acute respiratory syndrome in a hospital in Rio de Janeiro / Perfil de los casos notificados de síndrome respiratorio agudo severo en un hospital de Río de Janeiro

Objetivo: descrever o perfil clínico-epidemiológico e analisar a variável de desfecho óbito entre os casos notificados de Síndrome Respiratória Aguda Grave em um hospital federal do Rio de Janeiro. Método: estudo transversal descritivo, elaborado a partir de dados secundários da vigilância epidemiológica da Área de Epidemiologia do Hospital Federal dos Servidores do Estado. Resultados: os casos de síndrome respiratória aguda grave notificados pelo Hospital Federal dos Servidores do Estado apresentaram um perfil de idosos, com elevada prevalência de comorbidades. Os fatores relacionados ao óbito hospitalar foram: faixa etária 70 a 79 anos, sexo masculino, presença de dispneia, desconforto respiratório, saturação <95%, cardiopatias, doença renal, doença neurológica, pneumopatia, neoplasias, uso de suporte ventilatório invasivo. Conclusão: a vigilância epidemiológica assume um papel fundamental, não somente na notificação, investigação e encerramento dos casos, mas também na identificação das características da população acometida e dos fatores relacionados à maior gravidade da nova doença

Objective: to describe the clinical-epidemiological profile and analyze the death outcome variable among reported cases of Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (SARS) in a federal hospital in Rio de Janeiro. Method: a descriptive cross-sectional study, based on secondary data from the epidemiological surveillance of the Epidemiology Area of the Hospital Federal dos Servidores do Estado. Results: the Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome notification carried out by the Hospital Federal dos Servidores do Estado presented a profile of elderly people, with a high prevalence of comorbidities. The related factors with hospital death were: age group 70 to 79 years, male gender, presence of dyspnea, respiratory distress, saturation <95%, heart disease, kidney disease, neurological disease, lung disease, neoplasms, use of invasive ventilatory support. Conclusion: epidemiological surveillance plays a fundamental role, not only in the notification, investigation and closure of cases, but also in the identification of the characteristics of the affected population and the related factors with the greater severity of the new disease

Objetivo: describir el perfil clínico-epidemiológico y analizar la variable resultado muerte entre los casos notificados de Síndrome Respiratorio Agudo Severo en un hospital federal de Río de Janeiro. Método: estudio descriptivo transversal, basado en datos secundarios de la vigilancia epidemiológica del Área de Epidemiología del Hospital Federal dos Servidores do Estado. Resultados: la notificación del Síndrome Respiratorio Agudo Severo realizada por el Hospital Federal dos Servidores do Estado presentó un perfil de ancianos, con alta prevalencia de comorbilidades. Los factores relacionados a la muerte hospitalaria fueron: grupo de edad de 70 a 79 años, sexo masculino, presencia de disnea, dificultad respiratoria, saturación <95%, enfermedad cardíaca, enfermedad renal, enfermedad neurológica, enfermedad pulmonar, neoplasias, uso de soporte ventilatorio invasivo. Conclusión: la vigilancia epidemiológica juega un papel fundamental, no solo en la notificación, investigación y cierre de casos, sino también en la identificación de las características de la población afectada y los factores relacionados a la mayor gravedad de la nueva enfermedad