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Root canal retreatment: a retrospective investigation using regression and data mining methods for the prediction of technical quality and periapical healing

J Appl Oral Sci. 2021 Apr 19;29:e20200799. doi: 10.1590/1678-7757-2020-0799. eCollection 2021.

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OBJECTIVES: This study aimed to investigate patterns and risk factors related to the feasibility of achieving technical quality and periapical healing in root canal non-surgical retreatment, using regression and data mining methods.

METHODOLOGY: This retrospective observational study included 321 consecutive patients presenting for root canal retreatment. Patients were treated by graduate students, following standard protocols. Data on medical history, diagnosis, treatment, and follow-up visits variables were collected from physical records and periapical radiographs and transferred to an electronic chart database. Basic statistics were tabulated, and univariate and multivariate analytical methods were used to identify risk factors for technical quality and periapical healing. Decision trees were generated to predict technical quality and periapical healing patterns using the J48 algorithm in the Weka software.

RESULTS: Technical outcome was satisfactory in 65.20%, and we observed periapical healing in 80.50% of the cases. Several factors were related to technical quality, including severity of root curvature and altered root canal morphology (p<0.05). Follow-up periods had a mean of 4.05 years. Periapical lesion area, tooth type, and apical resorption proved to be significantly associated with retreatment failure (p<0.05). Data mining analysis suggested that apical root resorption might prevent satisfactory technical outcomes even in teeth with straight root canals. Also, large periapical lesions and poor root filling quality in primary endodontic treatment might be related to healing failure.

CONCLUSION: Frequent patterns and factors affecting technical outcomes of endodontic retreatment included root canal morphological features and its alterations resulting from primary endodontic treatment. Healing outcomes were mainly associated with the extent of apical periodontitis pathological damages in dental and periapical tissues. To determine treatment predictability, we suggest patterns including clinical and radiographic features of apical periodontitis and technical quality of primary endodontic treatment.

PMID:33886941 | DOI:10.1590/1678-7757-2020-0799

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Dental and maxillomandibular incidental findings in panoramic radiography among individuals with mucopolysaccharidosis: a cross-sectional study

J Appl Oral Sci. 2021 Apr 14;29:e20200978. doi: 10.1590/1678-7757-2020-0978. eCollection 2021.

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Mucopolysaccharidosis (MPS) is a group of rare and inherited metabolic disorders caused by the accumulation of macromolecule glycosaminoglycans inside lysosomes. Affected individuals may have dental and craniofacial tissue alterations, facilitating the development of several oral diseases.

OBJECTIVES: To assess, with panoramic radiographic images, the frequency of dental and maxillomandibular incidental findings among MPS individuals and compare them with non-MPS individuals.

METHODOLOGY: A cross-sectional study evaluating a sample of 14 MPS individuals and 28 non-MPS individuals aged from 5 to 26 years was carried out. They were matched for sex and age on a 2:1 proportion. Panoramic radiographs were assessed for the presence/absence of the following dental and maxillomandibular alterations: dental anomalies of number (hypodontia/dental agenesis, supernumerary teeth); anomalies of form (microdontia, macrodontia, conoid teeth, taurodontism, and root dilaceration); anomalies of position (impacted tooth, inverted tooth, tooth migration, partially bony teeth, complete bony teeth); periapical alterations (furcation lesion, circumscribed bone rarefaction); other alterations (radiolucent bone lesions, radiopaque bone lesions, radiopacity in the maxillary sinus, condylar hypoplasia). Differences between groups were tested by the Fisher’s exact test and chi-square test (p<0.05).

RESULTS: For intrarater agreement, Kappa values were 0.76 to 0.85. The presence of supernumerary teeth (p=0.003); conoid teeth (p=0.009); taurodontism (p<0.001); impacted teeth (p<0.001); partial bony teeth (p=0.040); complete bony teeth (p=0.013); and root dilaceration (p=0.047) were statistically more frequent in MPS individuals compared to non-MPS individuals. Bone rarefaction/furcation lesions (p=0.032), condylar hypoplasia (p<0.001), radiolucent bone lesions (p=0.001), and dentigerous cysts (p=0.002) were also more frequent in MPS individuals.

CONCLUSION: The presence of specific oral manifestations is more common in MPS individuals than non-MPS individuals.

PMID:33886944 | DOI:10.1590/1678-7757-2020-0978

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Primary health care nurses: attitudes towards the person with mental disorder

Rev Gaucha Enferm. 2021 Mar 12;42:e20200088. doi: 10.1590/1983-1447.2021.20200088. eCollection 2021.

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OBJECTIVE: To identify the attitudes of nurses working in Primary Health Care towards the person with mental disorder and the variables related to health care provided.

METHODOLOGY: Descriptive, correlational study with 250 nurses from 69 Basic Health Units in the city of São Paulo. Data collection took place between April and August 2019 using the “Opinions about Mental Illness” scale. The data were analyzed using the KrusKal-Wallis test, with a 95% confidence level and statistical significance of p <0.05.

RESULTS: The global mean of the scale was 197, which shows negative attitudes especially in the dimensions of Authoritarianism (44.6), Social Restriction (42.0), and positive in the dimension of Benevolence (51.7).

CONCLUSION: Nurses tend to have a stigmatizing attitudinal profile. It is necessary formative and permanent intervention so that it is possible to reduce stigma and improve community-based care recommended in the guidelines of the Psychosocial Care Network.

PMID:33886923 | DOI:10.1590/1983-1447.2021.20200088

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Infection factors related to nursing procedures in Intensive Care Units: a scoping review

Rev Bras Enferm. 2021 Apr 9;74(1):e20200731. doi: 10.1590/0034-7167-2020-0731. eCollection 2021.

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OBJECTIVES: to identify and map the invasive procedures performed by nursing that can cause Healthcare-Associated Infections in patients in Intensive Care Units.

METHODS: this is a scoping review carried out in the first half of 2018, based on search for studies in national and international databases, in which 2,209 studies were found, of which 35 constituted the final sample. The data were analyzed and organized by simple descriptive statistics.

RESULTS: among the invasive procedures performed by nursing that provide Healthcare-Associated Infections, delayed bladder catheter was indicated in 34 (66.67%) studies, the nasogastric catheter in 10 (19.61%) and the nasoenteral catheter in two (03.92%).

CONCLUSIONS: in the face of such problems, better nursing planning and guidance for care in these invasive techniques becomes relevant and thus minimizes the incidence of infections.

PMID:33886931 | DOI:10.1590/0034-7167-2020-0731

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Impact of telephone monitoring on cancer patients undergoing esophagectomy and gastrectomy

Rev Esc Enferm USP. 2021 Apr 16;55:e03679. doi: 10.1590/S1980-220X2019023003679. eCollection 2021.

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OBJECTIVE: To evaluate telephone monitoring for symptoms, quality of life, distress, admissions to the emergency center and the satisfaction of cancer patients undergoing esophagectomy and gastrectomy.

METHOD: Randomized controlled study in two groups, carried out at the Cancer Institute of the State of Sao Paulo; the intervention group received telephone monitoring for four moments after the surgery, while the control group received only institutional care.

RESULTS: Of the 81 patients evaluated, the domain most affected by quality of life was social relationships domain. Distress had no significant difference between groups and moments. In both groups, admissions to the emergency center were similar (p=0.539). Pain was the most reported symptom in telephone monitoring. There was statistical significance regarding patient satisfaction with monitoring (p=0.002).

CONCLUSION: Telephone monitoring provided greater patient satisfaction in the intervention group, demonstrating the real impact of this process on the care of cancer patients.

PMID:33886909 | DOI:10.1590/S1980-220X2019023003679

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Analysis of workplace violence against nursing professionals and possibilities for prevention

Rev Gaucha Enferm. 2021 Mar 12;42:e20190406. doi: 10.1590/1983-1447.2021.20190406. eCollection 2021.

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OBJECTIVE: To investigate workplace violence against nursing professionals, its relationship with personal, health and work variables, and to know possibilities for prevention.

METHOD: Descriptive and cross-sectional study, with quantitative approach, conducted with 267 nursing professionals from urgency and emergency units between 2015 and 2017. The Questionnaire of socio-demographic, life style and work and health aspects and Questionnaire on Workplace violence collected data, after submitted to statistical analysis.

RESULTS: 61.6% reported having been victims of verbal abuse, sexual harassment, or physical violence at work in the last 12 months. Statistically significant relationships were identified between suffering or not violence and personal, health and work variables. Possibilities for prevention were revealed and constituted a multidimensional model.

CONCLUSION: More than half of the sample reported having suffered workplace violence in the previous year, and possibilities of how to avoid it were revealed to support prevention protocols.

PMID:33886920 | DOI:10.1590/1983-1447.2021.20190406

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Prevalence of congenital anomalies at birth among live births in the state of Maranhão from 2001 to 2016: temporal and spatial analysis

Rev Bras Epidemiol. 2021 Apr 16;24(suppl 1):e210020. doi: 10.1590/1980-549720210020.supl.1. eCollection 2021.

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OBJECTIVES: To analyze the prevalence at birth and the spatial and temporal distribution of congenital anomalies (CAs) among live births in the state of Maranhão in 2001 to 2016. To describe demographic, gestational and neonatal variables of interest.

METHODS: Ecological, population-based study, using secondary data from the Live Birth Information System (SINASC). Annual prevalence of total and per-group CAs was calculated. Spatial analyzes were based on the Local Indicators of Spatial Association (LISA) and the Moran I Index, and interactive maps were generated. Demographic, gestational and neonatal variables of interest available from SINASC were described in the group of newborns with CAs.

RESULTS: 1,831,830 live births, 6,110 with CAs (33.4/10,000) were included. Higher frequencies occurred in more recent years. Spatial clusters have been observed in specific years. The prevalence of newborns with CAs was different between categories of variables considered as risk factors for this outcome.

CONCLUSION: The prevalence at birth of total CAs was lower than expected for major human defects (3%). The temporal peak of records in 2015/2016 is probably related to the increase in CAs caused by gestational infection by the Zika virus. The spatial clusters were probably due to variations at random due to the small number of births as they are not repeated in other years. Studies like this are the basis for the establishment of CA surveillance programs.

PMID:33886893 | DOI:10.1590/1980-549720210020.supl.1

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Strategies to support health professionals in the condition of second victim: scoping review

Rev Esc Enferm USP. 2021 Apr 16;55:e03669. doi: 10.1590/S1980-220X2019011803669. eCollection 2021.

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OBJECTIVE: To map and analyze the knowledge produced about strategies aimed at promoting support to health professionals in the condition of second victim.

METHOD: Scoping review, developed in portals, databases and academic websites, whose inclusion criteria were articles and materials indexed in the respective search sites, between January 2000 and December 2019, in Portuguese, English and Spanish. The findings were summarized and analyzed based on descriptive statistics and narrative synthesis.

RESULTS: A total of 64 studies were included, 100% international; 92.2% in English and 50% from secondary research. The support strategies were grouped into four categories and most of the studies referred to the use of the forYOU, Medically Induced Trauma Support Services and Resilience in Stressful Events programs and the interventions represented, through dialogue with peers, family, friends and managers.

CONCLUSION: Support strategies for the second victim are pointed out in international studies and mostly developed through programs/services and interventions. It is recommended to develop studies to learn about the phenomenon and to structure feasible support strategies in Brazilian health organizations.

PMID:33886900 | DOI:10.1590/S1980-220X2019011803669

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Caring ability of urban and rural family caregivers: association with overburden, stress and coping

Rev Esc Enferm USP. 2021 Apr 16;55:e03672. doi: 10.1590/S1980-220X2019019103672. eCollection 2021.

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OBJECTIVE: To correlate caring ability with overburden, stress and coping of urban and rural family caregivers of patients undergoing cancer treatment.

METHOD: Cross-sectional study, carried out in a referral hospital for cancer treatment, with urban and rural caregivers who responded the following instruments: questionnaire of sociodemographic characterization of the caregiver and the care provided, Perceived Stress scale, Burden Interview scale and Brief COPE. Pearson’s correlation test was used for statistical analysis, with a significance level ≤5%.

RESULTS: A total of 163 urban caregivers and 59 rural caregivers participated in the study. Between the caring ability and stress, a negative and moderate correlation was found in rural caregivers. In the relationship between the caring ability and the overburden, there was a statistically significant correlation in urban caregivers in the interpersonal relationship and perception of self-efficacy factor. Between coping and the caring ability, a positive and moderate correlation was identified in coping focused on the problem in the knowledge dimension in urban caregivers.

CONCLUSION: Urban caregivers had greater intensity of overburden and coping focused on the problem in relation to the caring ability.

PMID:33886903 | DOI:10.1590/S1980-220X2019019103672

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Child behavior during the social distancing in the COVID-19 pandemic

Rev Bras Enferm. 2021 Apr 14;74Suppl 1(Suppl 1):e20200762. doi: 10.1590/0034-7167-2020-0762. eCollection 2021.

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OBJECTIVE: To describe the daily activities performed by children from 6 to 12 years of age incomplete and analyze children’s behavior during social distancing in the face of the COVID-19 pandemic.

METHODS: Cross-sectional study with children in a learning stage living in Brazil. The data were collected via online form. Fisher’s exact test was applied to analyze the association of categorical variables with child behavior; when significant, it was used the odds ratio. It was considered results considered statistically significant those presenting values of p < 0.05.

RESULTS: Data from 530 children were analyzed: 50.3% female, 71.3% from the Southeast Region, 73% in fulltime social distancing, 52% presented anxiety, which was significantly associated with changes in sleep and appetite.

CONCLUSION: The results indicate the need for parents/caretakers to stimulate moments for the child to express themselves, not minimizing their feelings and providing emotional support to mitigate the negative impact of these feelings on the child’s mental and physical health.

PMID:33886839 | DOI:10.1590/0034-7167-2020-0762