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- ItemAcesso aberto (Open Access)Conhecimento e atitude da população do Hospital São Paulo sobre doação de córneas(Conselho Brasileiro de Oftalmologia, 2002-12-01) Rodrigues, Adriana Maria [UNIFESP]; Sato, Elcio Hideo [UNIFESP]; Universidade Federal de São Paulo (UNIFESP)Purpose: To analyze the knowledge and attitude of the general population in order to identify the main deficiencies and to suggest measures to increase the number of cornea donations by the general population. Methods: Study through questionnaire polls answered by 321 people at the São Paulo Hospital. Results: Among the general population, 79.4% said to be cornea donors. The reason for the other 20.6% not to be donors was fear of trade of organ and not to receive proper treatment by the medical staff for being a potential donor. There was a statistically significant difference of knowledge about transplantation between those who said to be donors and those who did not. Conclusion: The authors concluded that better information on corneal transplantation for the general population would be of great help in increasing the number of cornea donations.
- ItemAcesso aberto (Open Access)Entendimento dos médicos intensivistas sobre o processo de doação de córneas(Conselho Brasileiro de Oftalmologia, 2003-01-01) Rodrigues, Adriana Maria [UNIFESP]; Sato, Elcio Hideo [UNIFESP]; Universidade Federal de São Paulo (UNIFESP)PURPOSE: To evaluate the knowledge and attitudes of intensive care physicians concerning corneal transplantation. METHODS: A questionnaire was answered by 100 intensive care physicians. RESULTS: All physicians knew about the procedure and were in favor of cornea transplantation, but only 57% had ever asked for a donation. Forty-four (44%) of all physicians did not feel able of answering questions by possible donors and all the physicians said to be interested in having more information about corneal transplantation. CONCLUSION: Information and education about transplantation in Medical Schools must be improved, in order to provide better understanding for intensive care physicians, in such a way that they could act more effectively when facing such situations.
- ItemAcesso aberto (Open Access)Treinamento de clínicos para o diagnóstico e tratamento da depressão(Faculdade de Saúde Pública da Universidade de São Paulo, 2004-08-01) Valentini, Willians; Levav, Itzhak; Kohn, Robert; Miranda, Claudio T; Mello, Andrea de Abreu Feijó de [UNIFESP]; Mello, Marcelo Feijó de [UNIFESP]; Ramos, Cássia P; Serviço de Saúde 'Dr. Cândido Ferreira'; Ministério da Saúde; Brown University Providence Department of Psychiatry and Human Behavior; Organização Mundial da Saúde Organização Panamericana de Saúde; Universidade Federal de São Paulo (UNIFESP)OBJECTIVE: The American Regional Office of the WHO has launched a major initiative to reduce the prevalence of affective disorders region-wide that includes focusing on the primary health care system. This study evaluated the results of an educational training program for Brazilian primary care physicians that measured changes in knowledge, attitudes, and practice. METHODS: A total of 17 primary care physicians and 1,224 patients participated in the study. Physician's knowledge, attitudes, and clinical practice were assessed one-month prior and one-month following the training program. In addition, the patients that visited the clinic during a typical week completed depression symptom self-ratings, including the Zung and a DSM-IV/ICD-10 major depression checklist at both times. RESULTS: The training program showed limited benefits in this small sample of physicians. The program was unable to demonstrate benefit in improving knowledge about depression and in changing disorder-related attitudes. There were no changes in the diagnostic rates of major depression. There was some evidence to support improvement in psychopharmacological management. The physicians seemed more confident in treating patients, as there was a reduction of referrals to the specialists. Lack of statistical power prevented the latter two findings from reaching statistical significance. CONCLUSIONS: The inclusion of primary care physicians is a central component of any initiative to reduce the treatment gap and lag of depression. However, more effective methods of training Brazilian primary care physicians in the management of major depression need to be tested.