Maria Carvalho

Universidade Estadual de Maringá | UEM · Departamento de Medicina

Background Mortality resulting from coronary artery disease (CAD) among women is a complex issue influenced by many factors that encompass not only biological distinctions but also sociocultural, economic, and healthcare-related components. Understanding these factors is crucial to enhance healthcare provisions. Therefore, this study seeks to ident...

Considering that reports of violence against women must come after a victim seeks help, the subject matter transcends health-related issues. In Brazil, mobile urgency services (SAMU/SIATE) frequently provide first aid to these women and, to the best of our knowledge, no other research has specifically examined the first reaction given to these wome...

Introdução: Situações que representam violência acadêmica são comuns nos cursos médicos. Os impactos afetam a saúde mental, o desempenho dos estudantes e até o cuidado com os pacientes. Os estudos desenvolvidos na área, costumam apresentar abordagem metodológica observacional. Objetivo: Com a proposta de avaliar os impactos de um ambiente de aprend...

Objective Compare the breast cancer mortality rate and the rate of mammograms with socioeconomic factors, in Brazilian´s Federative Units, during the period of 2015 to 2021. Methods This is an ecological study, of a descriptive nature, which covers the 27 Brazilian federative units, using secondary data extracted from the DATASUS System. The infor...

The violence against women is a theme that extrapolates health issues, since after a victim seek for a health care, there is the notification of the act [1]. In Brazil, many times, these women are first assisted by mobile urgency services (SAMU/SIATE) and, as far as we have concern, there are no other studies with specific data about these assistan...

50 milhões de feridos. As lesões decorrentes de acidentes de trânsito é a principal causa de morte na população de 5 a 29 anos e oitava principal causa de morte em todas as faixas etárias. Aumentou o número de mortes em 104 países durante o período de 2013 à 2016. Esse trabalho tem por objetivo avaliar a têndencia de óbitos decorrentes de acidentes...

Cerca de 800 mil pessoas morrem por suicídio todos os anos no mundo, equivalendo a um suicídio a cada 40 segundos. O Brasil registra 11 mil pessoas/ano (taxa de 5,7/100.000 habitantes). Cada suicídio é uma tragédia e tem efeitos duradouros sobre as pessoas deixadas para trás, e por isso é considerado um problema de saúde pública. Este estudo, tem p...

Objective: To evaluate the functional capacity and quality of life of patients with knee osteoarthritis submitted to platelet-rich plasma injection. Methods: Observational cross-sectional study carried out with 31 subjects seen at the orthopedics outpatient clinic of a university hospital in a municipality in northwestern Paraná, from 2016 to 2017....

The aim of the present study was to analyze maternal near miss as a predictor of the Nursing Diagnoses of critically ill newborns admitted to intensive care. This cross-sectional, retrospective study was carried out by analyzing the medical records of mothers and their newborns born in a University Hospital and admitted to the Neonatal Intensive Ca...

Anaplastic large cell lymphoma associated with breast implants is a relatively new disease that deserves attention from the academic community. Brazil figures as one of the protagonists in plastic surgery, however publications are insufficient and very few cases are reported in comparison to other countries. It is a disease with excellent prognosis...

Analisar os diagnósticos de enfermagem relacionados ao uso de tabaco e associar aos fatores determinantes e desfechos perinatais no puerpério imediato. Estudo transversal, observacional realizado com 328 mulheres no puerpério imediato, destas 56 eram tabagistas. Realizado anamnese e exame físico, dados sociodemográficos, ginecológicos e obstétricos...

Background: This study aimed to analyze maternal risk factors associated with negative outcomes of COVID-19 and association with socioeconomic indicators in Brazil. Methods: A cross-sectional study, with data from the Influenza Epidemiological Surveillance Information System (SIVEP-Flu) of pregnant women with COVID-19 and cases of hospitalizatio...

Caracterizar a mortalidade e testar critérios definidores de near miss neonatal em Unidade de Terapia Intensiva. Estudo observacional, transversal e retrospectivo, realizado por meio de análise de prontuário de recém-nascidos em um Hospital Universitário de Alta e Média Complexidade em um município do Noroeste do Paraná, no período de janeiro de 20...

Background: Lung cancer (LC) is one of the main causes of mortality in Brazil; geographic, cultural, socioeconomic and health access factors can affect the development of the disease. We explored the geospatial distribution of LC mortality, and associated factors, between 2015 and 2019, in Parana state, Brazil. Methods and findings: We obtained...

A procura pela medicina popular tem sido recorrente, em que plantas medicinais são consumidas como agentes terapêuticos na prevenção de diversos sintomas e doenças. O objetivo deste estudo foi analisar a utilização de produtos naturais da medicina popular durante a pandemia, na prevenção da infecção e dos sintomas da COVID-19. Foi feito um estudo o...

O objetivo foi mapear artigos que discutam se a conscientização do câncer de mama melhora a detecção precoce. Foi realizada uma revisão nas bases de dados do Pubmed, Web of Science, Embase, Science Direct. Apesar da importância do rastreamento nos países de baixa renda, a adesão das mulheres a ele é baixa. Assim, estudos que examinem a sua prática...

O objetivo foi comparar os dados relacionados à realização do rastreamento do câncer de colo de útero no período anterior ao início da pandemia no Brasil, com os resultados durante e após a pandemia. Estudo observacional sobre número de rastreamento realizados nos serviços públicos de saúde entre janeiro e dezembro dos anos de 2018 a 2021. Os dados...

Heavy truck drivers represent a social group of great importance to any country's economy. Their professional activity requires a high level of dedication. Due to the irregular hours in their work routine and adopted habits, they mostly predispose them to a diversity of health problems. The purpose of this study is to perform a systematic review an...

A pandemia causada pelo SARS-CoV2, declarada em março de 2020 pela OMS, teve grande impacto sobre todo o mundo. Nesse contexto, os dados clínicos e demográficos tomaram grande importância para o manejo das infecções pelo Coronavírus. O presente estudo consiste em uma pesquisa de caráter quantitativo e exploratório, com o objetivo de analisar dados...

Objective: Violence in the workplace has been an alarming phenomenon around the world. The aim of this study was to analyze the frequency of violence against health personnel in urgent and emergency departments, before and during the COVID-19 pandemic. Methods: This is an exploratory cross-sectional study including a structured online survey wit...

Objectives to analyze colorectal cancer mortality trends in women in Brazil and its regions and states. Methods ecological, time-series study with trend analysis of deaths caused by colorectal cancer in women in Brazil and its regions and states between 2008 and 2019. Polynomial regression was used to treat the data. Results 48,225 deaths of wome...

Objectives to analyze colorectal cancer mortality trends in women in Brazil and its regions and states. Methods ecological, time-series study with trend analysis of deaths caused by colorectal cancer in women in Brazil and its regions and states between 2008 and 2019. Polynomial regression was used to treat the data. Results 48,225 deaths of wome...

Objetivo: Analisar a violação dos direitos das crianças e adolescentes no estado do Paraná, no período de 2009 a 2015. Método: Estudo descritivo, retrospectivo de corte transversal, com técnicas de análise espacial. Os dados foram coletados junto ao Sistema de Informação para a Infância e Adolescência (SIPIA). Realizada a distribuição espacial da v...

Situations of mistreatment in the academic environment are prevalent worldwide, but research in this area is scarce in middle-low-income countries. This study aimed to estimate the prevalence of mistreatment inflicted against Brazilian medical students. In addition, characterize these situations and analyze their consequences. Cross-sectional study...

Objetivo: Avaliar o comportamento da COVID-19 em municípios de pequeno porte. Métodos: Estudo transversal, retrospectivo, com dados de fichas de notificação do sistema Notifica COVID-19 da 14° Regional de Saúde do estado do Paraná, entre março de 2020 e maio de 2021, após os dados foram analisados em planilhas eletrônicas, com cálculo de prevalênci...

Objetivo: Analisar os fatores que permeiam o processo de doação de órgãos e tecidos para transplantes em crianças e adolescentes. Métodos: Trata-se de uma pesquisa descritiva, transversal, retrospectiva acerca da doação de órgãos e tecidos para transplantes em crianças e adolescentes que foram a óbito no estado do Paraná, Sul do Brasil, no período...

Objectives: To investigate the hospital morbidity related to leishmaniasis in a state of Southern Brazil and to analyse the management of the financial resources regarding hospital expenses. Methods: This is a cross-sectional study. The cases of hospital admissions due to leishmaniasis recorded in the state of Paraná between 2008-2018 were obtained...

Objective: To analyze the characteristics associated with vaccination against Covid-19 in pregnant and postpartum women with Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome in Brazil and to investigate a possible association between vaccination and the clinical course and outcome of the disease. Methods: Retrospective cohort study of hospitalized pregnant and...

Objective: Analyze the number of discards of organs and tissues from patients with Brain Death in the state of Paraná and estimate the financial costs for the health system. Methods: Exploratory cross-sectional retrospective study. All deaths occurred in the state of Paraná, Brazil, from 2011 to 2015. Results: A total of 1,013 patients were studied...

We assess the risk factors and the prevalence of anxiety and depression in 75 physicians, who provided care in the area of emergency and hospital emergency in our service. Method: Exploratory and observational research at the beginning of the COVID pandemic in a city in southern Brazil, using sociodemographic questionnaire and the Hospital Anxiety...

Introdução: A população brasileira passa por intenso envelhecimento e consequente aumento de multimorbidade impactando os serviços de saúde. Em 2011 o Ministério da Saúde criou o programa “Melhor em Casa” com o intuito de promover o internamento domiciliar como possibilidade de expandir leitos hospitalares ao domicílio do cliente e assim, humanizar...

Objective: To perform a scoping review of the applicability of the Gail model in different countries for different ethnicities. Methods: The review was conducted based on the Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analyses extension for Scoping Reviews (PRISMA-ScR) checklist and search strategies based on the PICOS approach. T...

Buscou-se avaliar a frequência de ansiedade e depressão e seus fatores associados ao longo da pandemia de COVID-19. Estudo transversal exploratório envolvendo 1.057 participantes, sendo aplicados os questionários GAD-7 e PHQ-9, através de Plataforma Google Forms, com amostragem bola de neve. A média de idade foi de 38 ± 14 anos, sendo 78% mulheres,...

Objectives: to analyze the ergonomics of two models of breastfeeding bras. Methods: descriptive study carried out with 152 infants in a Brazilian university hospital. The prototypes were separated into two groups (A and B). To compare the two bra models, the Odds Ratio (OR) was used as a measure of the strength of the association. In subjective...

Purpose The aim is to verify the impact of the Covid-19 pandemic on women’s healthcare and medical assistance in Brazil. Patients and Methods This exploratory cross-sectional study evaluated a non-probabilistic sample of women above 20 years old, carried out between August and September of 2020, through a snowball sampling using a Google Forms app...

Introduction: The COVID-19 pandemic stressed the importance of healthcare personnel. However, there is evidence of an increase in violence against them, which brings consequences, such as anxiety. The aim of this study was to analyze the anxiety levels of health professionals who have or not suffered violence during the COVID-19 pandemic, and verif...

Pacientes oncológicos possuem riscos mais elevados para o desenvolvimento da doença por COVID-19 em sua forma mais severa. Objetivo: analisar a mortalidade por câncer de mama associada a COVID-19 em mulheres brasileiras. Metodologia: Trata-se de um estudo quantitativo. Os dados foram coletados no site do Open Data SUS, no período de janeiro a agost...

Introduction: The occurrence of abuse, harassment and mistreatment of medical students is a widespread phenomenon and not a problem limited to certain countries or particular schools. Such behavior during medical training creates hostile learning environments, induces stress, depressive symptoms, may impair performance and patient care. Objective:...

Background The increase in violence against health professionals in the COVID-19 pandemic makes it necessary to identify the predictors of violence, in order to prevent these events from happening. Objective Evaluating the prevalence and analyzing the variables involved in the occurrence of violence against health professionals during the COVID-19...

Objective To analyze gastroschisis annual incidence, mortality rates, and trends in the Brazilian state of Rio Grande do Sul from the year 2000 to the year 2017. Method Population-based study with the analysis of the temporal trend of gastroschisis annual incidence and mortality rates. Data were obtained from the Live Birth Information System and...

Objetivo: Investigar as internações por estresse nos estados do Sul do Brasil no período de janeiro de 2009 a dezembro de 2018. Metodologia: Foram coletados registros dos arquivos do SIH/SUS (Sistema Internação Hospitalar do Sistema único de Saúde) na plataforma eletrônica do Departamento de Informática do Sistema Único de Saúde (DATASUS), referent...

Objetivo: Analisar a idade materna, associação com intercorrências na gestação e a influência na determinação do parto. Método: Estudo observacional, retrospectivo, transversal com puérperas cujos partos ocorreram no ano de 2016, em hospital do interior paulista. Resultados: De 1130 prontuários analisados, 22,2% apresentaram <19 anos e 10,3% ≥ 35 a...

Objetivo: Analisar o desempenho das Comissões Intra-Hospitalares de Doação de Órgãos e Tecidos para Transplantes da Macrorregional Norte do Paraná, Brasil. Método: Estudo de avaliação realizado com 7.383 notificações de 16 hospitais sobre potenciais doadores, cujos óbitos ocorreram em 2015. Os dados fornecidos pela Central Estadual de Transplantes...

Objective The purpose of this study was to analyze helicopter emergency medical service (HEMS) transport with secondary land ambulance transfer, comparing landings performed inside and outside the hospital complex to the emergency department. Methods This was a cross-sectional observational study of HEMS transports of trauma patients between 2016...

Objetivo: Rastrear as Doenças Crônicas Não Transmissíveis como Diabetes Mellitus, Hipertensão Arterial e Obesidade em população sem cobertura de Estratégia Saúde da Família. Método: Pesquisa observacional transversal, de abordagem quantitativa com dados primários. A amostra foi composta por 62 indivíduos maiores de 18 anos, moradores de um bairro l...

Global suicide rates have increased in recent decades becoming a serious social and public health problem. In Brazil, rates have been increasing annually. We aimed to analyze the correlation between suicide mortality rates and global economic and political crisis periods of 2008 and 2014 in Brazil. The analysis of suicide mortality in Brazil was do...

Objective Malignant breast cancer is the leading cause of death by cancer in young women. The study aimed to determine if breast cancer mortality among young women has increased between the period from 1996 to 2017 in Brazil. Methods A time-series analysis of breast cancer mortality rate in young women (20–39 years old) was carried out. Mortality...

Although lactation is associated with transient bone loss and body weight changes, the unchanged TBS could highlight a limited effectiveness in detecting dynamic bone properties in the first year postpartum.PurposeTo evaluate trabecular bone score (TBS) and bone mineral density (BMD) in postpartum women.Methods This was a 12-month prospective cohor...

Objective: To analyze the management of bullying by the managers of elementary schools. Methods: Descriptive, exploratory research carried out through semi-structured interviews with 17 school counselors from a city in the South of Brazil, randomly selected from different geographical sectors. The interviews were recorded with participants' cons...

Cardiovascular diseases are the leading cause of deaths globally. Machine learning studies predicting mortality rates for ischemic heart disease (IHD) at the municipal level are very limited. The goal of this paper was to create and validate a Heart Health Care Index (HHCI) to predict risk of IHD based on location and risk factors. Secondary data,...

This study analyzed the knowledge of medical and law students about the restrictive measures adopted during the COVID-19 pandemic and the implications in the fundamental rights of the individuals. A google forms questionnaire was prepared and sent by WhatsApp to medical students and law students. The survey included questions about social isolation...

A obesidade tem aumentado drasticamente nos últimos anos, tornando-se um grave problema de saúde pública. Este estudo objetivou analisar o ganho de peso durante a gestação, os fatores associados e seus desfechos. Estudo descritivo, transversal, realizado com mulheres em pós-parto mediato, em uma maternidade de referência do município de Maringá-PR,...

A Simulação Realística é uma ferramenta que vem sendo amplamente utilizada no ensino na Área de Saúde, desenvolvendo habilidades como: trabalho em equipe, tomada de decisões e comunicação. Contribui para o aprendizado por permitir ao aluno experimentar a realidade, em ambiente seguro e pedagogicamente planejado. Objetivo: Comparar o aprendizado de...

The year 2020 has generated profound changes in personal and working relations, and in dreams of millions of people worldwide. The aim of this study was to investigate the frequency and content of nightmares during the COVID-19 pandemic in Brazil, evaluating its associations with sociodemographic, occupational, and clinical factors. Cross-sectional...

Objective To evaluate the use of facemasks by the Brazilian population during the COVID-19 pandemic. Materials and Methods This cross-sectional study involved 1277 participants who answered a web-based open survey with questions about the use of facemasks during the COVID-19 pandemic. Descriptive statistics with percentages was performed, and the...

Introdução: O atendimento à pessoa em crise psiquiátrica, quando ocorre fora do hospital ou Unidade Básica de Saúde pública, é feito pelo Serviço de Atendimento Móvel de Urgência. O objetivo deste trabalho foi analisar o perfil epidemiológico dos atendimentos psiquiátricos realizados pelo Samu em uma região metropolitana do Paraná, ano de 2018. Met...

Objetivo: Analisar a tendência de mortalidade por suicídio de idosos no Paraná, na região noroeste do estado e cidade de Maringá. Métodos: estudo ecológico de séries temporais. Foram avaliados óbitos por suicídio no período de 2009 a 2018. Os dados foram coletados do Sistema de Informação sobre Mortalidade do Departamento de Informática do Sistema...

BACKGROUND Gestational trophoblastic disease is a pregnancy anomaly that represents a series of invasive diseases that can metastasize or lead to death. Risk factors are genetic, racial, nutritional, and social. OBJECTIVE Analyze the number of cases of gestational trophoblastic disease, the incidence and risk factor among all patients hospitalized...

Brazil is in a critical situation due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Healthcare workers that are in the front line face challenges with a shortage of personal protective equipment, high risk of contamination, low adherence to the social distancing measures by the population, low coronavirus testing with underestimation of cases, and also financial conce...

Ovarian cancer is the eighth cause of death by cancer in women worldwide. The objective of this study was to analyze trends in the Brazilian ovarian cancer mortality and the relation to age, schooling, and race. Data was collected in the Brazilian Mortality Information System (SIM), from 2006 to 2016. The polynomial regression model was used for th...

Buscou-se identificar o grau de adesão dos hospitais de referência ao Protocolo de atendimento às mulheres em situação de violência sexual no Paraná-Brasil, entre 2009 e 2015, associando aos perfis sociodemográficos e às categorias de adesão. Estudo observacional transversal, população composta por todas as mulheres em situação de violência sexual,...

Objective: To analyze near miss cases among newborns hospitalized in the Intensive Care Unit. Methods: An observational, cross-sectional, retrospective study using the STROBE guideline. Data were collected from 1,101 records of live births (newborns). Statistical analysis used the Epi-Info program 3.3.2 and Chi-square and Fisher’s exact tests. Re...

Introdução: A violência praticada por parceiro íntimo refere-se ao comportamento de parceiros ou ex-parceiros íntimos que resulta em dano físico, sexual ou psicológico, incluindo agressão física, coerção sexual, abuso psicológico e comportamento controlador. Sabe-se que o etilismo está associado ao aumento de tal violência. Objetivo: Analisar se a...

The presence of parenchymal or intra-bronchial endometrial tissue is rare and has been reported in <6% of women of childbearing age with thoracic endometriosis. Hemoptysis during the menstrual cycle is the most common clinical presentation. We report a case of pulmonary endometriosis, treated concurrently with the patient’s menstrual period, with w...

This is a systematic review aiming to evaluate the recovery of bone mass after lactation-related loss. Bone loss is transitory with recovery depending on the return of menstruation and weaning, and several compensatory homeostatic mechanisms are involved to minimize any significant damage to the maternal skeleton. Abstract Lactation has been assoc...

Objective: This study aimed to analyze the trend in cervical cancer (ICD C53) mortality in Brazilian regions in women who are who are screened and not screened from 1996 to 2015. Methods: An epidemiological study, of time series of mortality from cervical cancer performed in 90,856 women under 24 years old (343 women), between 25 and 64 years ol...

Objective: to analyze the trend of hospitalization rates and mortality due to Diabetes Mellitus in children and adolescents in Brazil. Method: temporal series study, hospitalization rates and diabetes mortality in children and adolescents. Data were obtained from the Hospital Information System and Mortality Information System, from 2005-2015, w...

Objective: To analyze the diagnostic accuracy of predictive models of breast cancer risk for the Brazilian population. Method: A cross-sectional, study was conducted in a sample of 382 women aged 35-69 years who were users of the Unified Health System (SUS) residing in a municipality in southern Brazil. Results: The results showed that the Tyr...

Avaliar a decanulação utilizando a laringotraqueoscopia flexível visando o reconhecimento das lesões laringotraqueais não diagnosticadas quando utilizados somente critérios clínicos. Participaram do estudo 100 pacientes, com idade entre 18 e 80 anos, traqueostomizados, com indicação de decanulação que foram submetidos à oclusão da cânula por 03 min...

Objective: To conduct a geospatial analysis of suicide deaths among young people in the state of Paraná, southern Brazil, and evaluate their association with socioeconomic and spatial determinants. Methods: Data were obtained from the Mortality Information System and the Brazilian Institute of Geography and Statistics. Data on suicide mortality...

Purpose: To analyze the number of discarded donated corneas and the causes associated with discard in southern Brazil. Methods: This retrospective, cross-sectional, and analytic study of donor corneal discards and their associated factors and geospatial distribution was based on a macroregional strategy conducted from 2011 to 2015 in Paraná, sou...

Background Traffic accidents are a major global public health problem with an impact on morbidity and mortality. Objective The aim of this study was to analyze the mortality trend from road accidents among young adults. Method An ecological time-series study was performed of the deaths of young (15-24 years old) in traffic accidents in the state of...

Introduction Breast cancer remains an important public health problem that is responsible for high morbidity and mortality rates, especially in developing countries. Objective To analyze the socioeconomic and access disparities related to breast cancer mortality in 399 cities in the state of Parana, Brazil. Methods Ecological, descriptive and ana...

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After obtaining certification of the absence of transmission of the Trypanosoma cruzi by Triatoma infestans in 2006, other native species of protozoan vectors have been found in human dwellings within municipalities of the State of Paraná, Southern Brazil. However, the spatial distribution of T. cruzi vectors and how climatic and landscape combined...

Climate and landscape suitability of the 399 municipalities of the State of Paraná for the occurrence of triatomines. (DOCX)

Summary of the factorial analysis of the climatic variables used to model the distribution of triatomines in the State of Paraná, Southern Brazil. Bold values correspond to climatic variables used for the construction of climate-based models. (DOCX)

Summary of the factorial analysis of the landscape variables used to model the distribution of triatomines in the State of Paraná, Southern Brazil. Bold values correspond to landscape variables used for the construction of landscape models. (DOCX)

The True Skill Statistic (TSS) values of climate-based models and landscape-based models. We used the following algorithms: Bioclim, Gower, Maxent, and numbers from 1 to 10 are the model replicates. SD—Standard deviation. (DOCX)

Background: Breast cancer is the most common cancer among women worldwide and the obesity is one of the factors related to the risk of breast cancer mainly in postmenopausal women. This study investigated the association between obesity in pre- and postmenopausal women with the development of breast cancer and the expression of estrogen, progestero...

Aim To identify the factors associated with bullying and turnover intention among nurses. Background Previous studies have demonstrated an association between leadership, bullying, and turnover intention. However, few studies to date have addressed this topic among nurses. Methods A cross‐sectional study was conducted using web‐based data collect...

Introduction The aim of this study was to determine the prevalence of GBS colonization in pregnant women in a public health service. Methods A study of 496 pregnant women at 35-37 gestational weeks was conducted from September 2011 to March 2014 in 21 municipalities of the 18th Health Region of Paraná State. Vaginal and anorectal samples of each w...

Objective Evaluate disparities in a Brazilian state by conducting an analysis to determine whether socioeconomic status was associated with the reported intimate partner sexual violence (IPSV) rates against women. Design A retrospective, ecological study. Settings Data retrieved from the Notifiable Diseases Information System database of the Mini...

BACKGROUND: Pregnancy and motherhood are important in women's lives, but they can generate physical and emotional changes making them vulnerable. OBJECTIVE: To analyze the presence of maternal sadness symptoms experienced by postpartum women and their associated factors. METHODS: This is a cross-sectional, quantitative study of 278 women admitted t...

Objective: to verify the effectiveness of the organ donation process in the State of Paraná. Methods: Cross-sectional study carried out with data provided by the Department of Transplantation of the State of Paraná referred to the organ donation process, from 2011 to 2016. Of the 3,872 notifications of potential donors with brain death, 2,600 were...

Objectives: to identify factors associated with abnormal cytopathological test uterine cervix. Methods: it is a analytical study with the participation of 390 women who presented abnormal cytopathological from a city in the state of Paraná in 2012. They were randomly selected through sampling plan. Sociodemographic information such as age, marital...