2015
DOI: 10.1590/0104-1169.0502.2582
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Presence and extent of the primary health care attributes among children hospitalized for pneumonia

Abstract: OBJECTIVE: to analyze the presence and extent of the primary health care attributes among children hospitalized for pneumonia. METHOD: observational and retrospective study with hospital-based case-control design, developed in three hospitals associated to the Brazilian Unified Health System, located in a city of the State of São Paulo, Brazil. The study included 690 children under five years old, with 345 cases and 345 controls. RESULTS: both groups scored high for access to health services. In contrast, high… Show more

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“…Values obtained for each of the scores on the Likert Scale were converted to the scale from zero to ten, where the measures with values ≥ 6.60 indicate the extent of each PHC attribute (19,20) . In this transformation, the guidelines of the manual were applied, using the following formula: (Score obtained -1) X 10/3 (21) .…”
Section: Study Protocolmentioning
confidence: 99%
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“…Values obtained for each of the scores on the Likert Scale were converted to the scale from zero to ten, where the measures with values ≥ 6.60 indicate the extent of each PHC attribute (19,20) . In this transformation, the guidelines of the manual were applied, using the following formula: (Score obtained -1) X 10/3 (21) .…”
Section: Study Protocolmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…If the value of the score is lower than 6.60, low orientation for PHC will be indicated. This value corresponds, on the scale of one to four, to score three ("probably yes"); Thus, values equal to or greater than 6.60 represent positive responses (21) .…”
Section: Study Protocolmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…9,17,19 The importance of longitudinality of care for the prevention of hospitalizations of children, such as pneumonia, the continuity of care, mutual trust service / user and the user's connection with health professionals have been demonstrated. 36 Thus, by recognizing the links with families and the community, the attribute of longitudinality contributes to improving the health care of children in an integrative perspective.…”
Section: Resultsmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…In Brazil, although the reduction of the mortality rate is related to the improvement of the economic conditions of the population, to the access to health care and the national availability of antibiotics and vaccination policies, to the reduction of infections of the lower respiratory tract, especially pneumonia, it remains the third cause of mortality over the years, reaching a total of 75,602 deaths, which corresponds to 5.6% of the total deaths in the country (2) . For this reason, the interest remains in research with a focus on respiratory diseases (2)(3)(4) , with the acute diseases being a concern in nursing studies (4) in order to strengthen the provision of care so that it becomes more effective.…”
Section: Introductionmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…It is in this situation of sickness that the child, conducted by the family, goes through several services of the health care network, such as primary health care units, emergency care units, secondary or tertiary hospitals, looking for solution, being fundamental the coordination of the care of the child with pneumonia, making possible the early diagnosis and treatment, as well as the continuity of the care (4) .…”
Section: Introductionmentioning
confidence: 99%