BACKGROUND Diabetes, hyperglycemia, and their complications are a growing problem in Brazil. However, no comprehensive picture of this disease burden has yet been presented to date. METHODS We used Global Burden of Disease 2015 data to characterize diabetes prevalence, incidence and risk factors from 1990 to 2015 in Brazil. Additionally, we provide mortality, years of life lost prematurely (Y...

BACKGROUND The health impacts of pulmonary impairment after tuberculosis (TB) treatment have not been included in assessments of TB burden. Therefore, previous global and national TB burden estimates do not reflect the full consequences of surviving TB. We assessed the burden of TB including pulmonary impairment after tuberculosis in Tarrant County, Texas using Disability-adjusted Life Years (D...

BACKGROUND Numerous population-based studies have documented high prevalence of scabies in overcrowded settings, particularly among children and in tropical regions. We provide an estimate of the global burden of scabies using data from the Global Burden of Disease (GBD) Study 2015. METHODS We identified scabies epidemiological data sources from an extensive literature search and hospital ins...

P ain is a very frequent condition in worldwide population. In low-and middle-income countries the prevalence of any type of chronic pain is 33% in adult population, 56% in elderly population, and 35% in workers 1. Considering chronic widespread pain, we have observed estimates around 10% to 15%, with higher prevalence in women and in those with more than 40 years 2. Pain is one of the main cau...

Background: It is estimated that major depression disorders constitute 8.2% of years lived with disability (YLDs) globally. The repetitive Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation (rTMS) and Electroconvulsive Therapy (ECT) are two relative common interventions to treat major depressive disorders, especially for treatment resistant depression. In this study the cost- effectiveness and cost-utility of r...

BACKGROUND Malaria is a highly climate-sensitive vector-borne infectious disease that still represents a significant public health problem in Huaihe River Basin. However, little comprehensive information about the burden of malaria caused by flooding and waterlogging is available from this region. This study aims to quantitatively assess the impact of flooding and waterlogging on the burden of ...

background: it is estimated that major depression disorders constitute 8.2% of years lived with disability (ylds) globally. the repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation (rtms) and electroconvulsive therapy (ect) are two relative common interventions to treat major depressive disorders, especially for treatment resistant depression. in this study the cost- effectiveness and cost-utility of r...

This study aimed to compare COVID-19 average weekly infection fatality rate (AWIFR); investigate factors associated with AWIFR over two periods of Delta and Omicron variants; explore the linked increase in between variants. An ecological has been conducted among 110 countries first twelve weeks during variant dominance using open publicly available datasets. For presenting both (99 countries), ...