Depression, anxiety and change in eating habits during the COVID-19 pandemic in Brazilian university students.

This cross-sectional study aims to evaluate the association between anxiety and depression with changes in the consumption of hyperpalatable foods and meal patterns in a sample of 771 Brazilian university students during the social isolation period in the COVID-19 pandemic. More than half of the subjects self-reported clinically significant symptoms of anxiety (53.8%) and depression (62.

Mortality from chronic respiratory disease in Brazil: time trend and forecasts.

Objective: To analyze the time trend of monthly mortality rates from chronic respiratory diseases in Brazil from 1996 to 2017, with forecasts for 2022, besides analyzing the possibility of achieving the goal of the Plano de Ações Estratégicas para o Enfrentamento das Doenças Crônicas Não Transmissíveis no Brasil (Strategic Action Plan to Tackle Chronic Noncommunicable Diseases in Brazil) from 2011 to 2022.

Methods: This is an ecological study that uses data from Sistema de Informações sobre Mortalidade (SIM - Mortality Information System), Sistema de Informações Demográficas e Socioeconômicas (Demographic and Socioeconomic Information System) and Pesquisa Nacional por Amostra de Domicílios Contínua (PNAD Contínua - Continuous National Household Sample Survey). We established the age range between 30 and 69 years old and the evolution of the rates over time was made by autoregressive integrated moving average models in R statistical tool.

[Evaluative Matrix of the Longitudinal Bond in primary healthcare: statistical validation in a health territory in the city of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil].

In keeping with the process of institutionalization of evaluation of primary healthcare in Brazil, we developed the Evaluative Matrix of the Longitudinal Bond (MAVIL in Portuguese), a simple and concise evaluative tool. MAVIL is structured according to three dimensions in the concept of longitudinal bond: Dimension 1 - recognition of the basic health unit (UBS in Portuguese) as a regular source of care, Dimension 2 - healthcare worker/patient interpersonal relationship, and Dimension 3 - continuity of information. The instrument consists of a structured set of 12 criteria, 20 indicators and respective questions, and verification items submitted to various validation stages.

Selectivity of pesticides used in integrated apple production to the lacewing, Chrysoperla externa.

This research aimed to assess the toxicity of the pesticides abamectin 18 CE (0.02 g a.i.