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OBJECTIVE To determine the prevalence of common mental disorders (CMD) and evaluate their association with living conditions and occupational organization. METHODS A cross-sectional survey of a random sample of private households was carried out in Olinda, Brazil, in 1993. The sample consisted of 621 adults aged 15 years or over and the participants were interviewed using the Self-Reporting Q...

I . C . G E B E S H U B E R *, J. H . K I N D T †, J. B . T H O M P S O N †, Y. D E L A M O ‡, H . S T A C H E L B E R GE R §, M . A . B R Z E Z I N S K I ¶, G . D. S T U C K Y **, D. E . M O R S E †† & P. K . H A N S M A † * Austrian Center of Competence for Tribology AC 2T Research GmbH, Viktor-Kaplan-Strasse 2, A-2700 Wiener Neustadt, Austria and Institut für Allgemeine Physik, Technische Un...

Background: Social engagement is key to health and quality of life. Little is known about social engagement patterns of middle-aged and older adults who live with one or more chronic illnesses. This study investigated social engagement restrictions among middle-aged and older adults with chronic conditions and factors associated with these restrictions. Methods: Cross-sectional representative d...

OBJECTIVE To investigate spatial tuberculosis (TB) distribution patterns and the association between living conditions and incidence of the disease in Salvador, Bahia, Brazil. METHODS An ecological study with neighborhood as the unit of analysis. Data was collected from the Notifiable Diseases Information System (Sistema de Informação de Agravos de Notificação, SINAN) and the Brazilian Instit...