AIMS: To evaluate the users' degree of satisfaction with the structure and services provided in a Basic Health Unit of the Public Health System.METHODS: This cross-sectional study included individuals aged ≥18 years, of both genders, individually interviewed from March to May 2018 at the Ferraria Basic Health Unit, Campo Largo, Paraná, Brazil. A structured questionnaire contained sociodemographic information and questions adapted from the instrument used in the National Health Services Evaluation Program, regarding satisfaction with the staff, waiting time and local physical structure. Descriptive analysis of the data was followed by the Mann-Whitney U, Kruskal-Wallis, Chi-square and Poisson regression tests. Values of p<0.05 were considered statistically significant.RESULTS: The sample consisted of 373 users who met the inclusion criteria, of whom 72.9% were female, 82.8% were white race/skin color, 69.0% had low income and 36.4% had low schooling.The health team was the best evaluated item (73.3% of answers in the categories "very good" and "good"); and the waiting time for service was the worst evaluated item (61.5% of answers "bad" or "very poor"). In the bivariate analysis, the health team care was not associated with any independent variables. In the general evaluation of the establishment, the categories "very good/good", "regular", "bad" and "very bad" were evaluated respectively by 84 (27.4%), 128 (41.7%), 67 (21.8%) and 28 (9.1%) white users; and 22 (34.9%), 34 (54.0%), 7 (11.1%) and 0 (0.0%) non-white users (p=0.006). In the Poisson regression model, low schooling was associated with a 1.5 times greater chance of not knowing where to complain in case of poor care.CONCLUSIONS: The degree of satisfaction of the users of the Ferraria Basic Health Unit was influenced by factors such as race/skin color, income and schooling. Non-white users expressed a higher degree of satisfaction than white users. Users with low schooling knew less where to complain if service was not satisfactory. Although the evaluation was generally positive, some items were identified as unsatisfactory, deserving corrective measures.

Objective: The purpose of this study was to evaluate the correlation between the growth maturity indicators in orthodontic patients. Design: This cross-sectional study was performed on 37 orthodontic patients (17 males and 20 females). An anamnesis, clinical and image examination, and blood sample collection were performed. The inclusion criteria were non-syndromic Class II patients of both gender, age ranging between 10 to 16 years. The lateral cephalometric radiographs were evaluated using 6-stage cervical vertebrae maturation (CVM) technique. The hand-wrist radiographs were staged using the 11-stage skeletal maturation indicator (SMI) technique. Blood was collected in the same week of the images to quantify IGF-1 levels in serum. Data were tested for normality by Shapiro–Wilk test. The Pearson test was used to determine the correlation strength between the variables (alpha of 5%). Results: A strong correlation was observed only between SMI stages and CVM stages in the total sample (r=0.864; p<0.0001) and according to the gender (r=0.793; p<0.0001 for females; and r=0.753; p<0.0001 for males). IGF-1 was only moderately correlated with SMI stages and CVM stages. Conclusion: Hand-wrist and cervical vertebral stages were strongly correlated among them, however, IGF-1 was only moderately correlated with both skeletal maturity indicators.

Avaliar se existe correlação entre maturação esquelética e maturação dentária em crianças brasileiras. Material e métodos: A amostra foi composta por 37 documentações ortodônticas de pacientes que iniciaram o tratamento ortodôntico para correção da maloclusão classe II na Universidade Positivo. Incluíram-se no estudo documentações de pacientes com idade variando de 10 a 16 anos e de ambos os sexos. Excluíram-se documentações de pacientes com alterações sistêmicas, histórico de traumatismos na região da face, fissuras labiopalatinas e agenesias dentárias. O método de avaliação da maturação mão-punho e o método de avaliação da maturação vertebral cervical serviram para análise da maturação esquelética. Os métodos de avaliação dos estágios de desenvolvimento dentário de Demirjian e Hofmann foram utilizados para avaliação da maturação dentária e o coeficiente de correlação de Pearson, para determinar a força de correlação entre as variáveis. O nível de significância usado foi de 5%. Resultados: A idade cronológica demonstrou correlação moderada com o método de avaliação da maturação esquelética de mão-punho, o método de avaliação da maturação esquelética vertebral cervical e a maturação dentária (r = 0,525, p = 0,003; r = 0,450, p = 0,014; r = 0,564, p = 0,004 e r = 0,436, p = 0,011, respectivamente). O método de avaliação da maturação mão-punho evidenciou correlação forte com o método de avaliação da maturação vertebral cervical (r = 0,864, p<0,0001) e correlação moderada com a maturação dentária de Demirjian (r = 0,551, p = 0,002). O método de Demirjian demonstrou correlação moderada com o método de Hofmann (r = 0,410, p = 0,046). Conclusão: Existe apenas uma correlação moderada entre maturação esquelética e maturação dentária.>

AIMS: To evaluate the users' degree of satisfaction with the structure and services provided in a Basic Health Unit of the Public Health System.METHODS: This cross-sectional study included individuals aged ≥18 years, of both genders, individually interviewed from March to May 2018 at the Ferraria Basic Health Unit, Campo Largo, Paraná, Brazil. A structured questionnaire contained sociodemographic information and questions adapted from the instrument used in the National Health Services Evaluation Program, regarding satisfaction with the staff, waiting time and local physical structure. Descriptive analysis of the data was followed by the Mann-Whitney U, Kruskal-Wallis, Chi-square and Poisson regression tests. Values of p<0.05 were considered statistically significant.RESULTS: The sample consisted of 373 users who met the inclusion criteria, of whom 72.9% were female, 82.8% were white race/skin color, 69.0% had low income and 36.4% had low schooling.The health team was the best evaluated item (73.3% of answers in the categories "very good" and "good"); and the waiting time for service was the worst evaluated item (61.5% of answers "bad" or "very poor"). In the bivariate analysis, the health team care was not associated with any independent variables. In the general evaluation of the establishment, the categories "very good/good", "regular", "bad" and "very bad" were evaluated respectively by 84 (27.4%), 128 (41.7%), 67 (21.8%) and 28 (9.1%) white users; and 22 (34.9%), 34 (54.0%), 7 (11.1%) and 0 (0.0%) non-white users (p=0.006). In the Poisson regression model, low schooling was associated with a 1.5 times greater chance of not knowing where to complain in case of poor care.CONCLUSIONS: The degree of satisfaction of the users of the Ferraria Basic Health Unit was influenced by factors such as race/skin color, income and schooling. Non-white users expressed a higher degree of satisfaction than white users. Users with low schooling knew less where to complain if service was not satisfactory. Although the evaluation was generally positive, some items were identified as unsatisfactory, deserving corrective measures.