Repercussions of a sleep medicine outreach program
Braz. j. med. biol. res
; 39(8): 1057-1063, Aug. 2006. tab
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em Inglês
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| ID: lil-433176
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BR1.1
RESUMO
Despite the high prevalence of sleep disorders, many healthcare professionals and lay people have little knowledge of Sleep Medicine. Mindful of such a reality, in 2001 the Sleep Institute of the Associação Fundo de Incentivo à Psicofarmacologia launched a campaign to increase Sleep Medicine awareness. Media features, exhibitions, inserts, and classes were used to reach 2,000,000 people and 55,000 healthcare professionals during the period from 2001 to 2004. To evaluate this program, we compared data for polysomnography referrals to the Institute in 2000 and in 2004. A total of 8805 referrals were evaluated (2000 2164; 2004 6641). Over the 4 years of the program, the number of beds increased by 43 percent; more women were referred (31 vs 37 percent; P < 0.001), mainly with a diagnostic hypothesis of sleep-disorder breathing (SDB). SDB was the most frequent diagnostic hypothesis in 2000 and 2004. In 2004 there were fewer referrals without a diagnostic hypothesis (27 vs 21 percent; P < 0.001) and for controlling surgically treated SDB (2.3 vs 1.6 percent; P < 0.05), and an increase in the following diagnostic hypotheses non-invasive treatment of SDB (8.3 vs 12.3 percent; P < 0.001) and insomnia (3.5 vs 6.5 percent; P < 0.001). Insomnia diagnostic hypothesis was better correlated with SDB on referral documents in 2004 and less with a diagnostic hypothesis of limb movement disturbance. The program helped increase polysomnography referrals, particularly among women. Healthcare professionals appear to have a more developed understanding of sleep disorders.
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Coleções:
Bases de dados internacionais
Contexto em Saúde:
ODS3 - Meta 3C Aumentar o financiamento da saúde e o recrutamento, desenvolvimento, formação e retenção da força de trabalho da saúde
Problema de saúde:
Autoridade e Responsabilidade dos Profissionais de Saúde
Base de dados:
LILACS
Assunto principal:
Transtornos do Sono-Vigília
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Educação em Saúde
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Polissonografia
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Educação Médica Continuada
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Meios de Comunicação de Massa
Tipo de estudo:
Ensaio clínico controlado
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Estudo de avaliação
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Fatores de risco
Limite:
Feminino
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Humanos
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Masculino
País/Região como assunto:
América do Sul
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Brasil
Idioma:
Inglês
Revista:
Braz. j. med. biol. res
Assunto da revista:
Biologia
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Medicina
Ano de publicação:
2006
Tipo de documento:
Artigo
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Congresso e conferência
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Documento de projeto
País de afiliação:
Brasil
Instituição/País de afiliação:
Universidade Federal de São Paulo/BR