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RESUMO O objetivo do atual estudo foi avaliar e comparar a ansiedade prévia ao tratamento odontológico de crianças e seus responsáveis. Estudo observacional, transversal, quantitativo e descritivo avaliou a ansiedade por meio de uma escala e de um teste de aplicação de figuras em 40 crianças de ambos os sexos de quatro a doze anos de idade e seus respectivos responsáveis, na sala de espera de uma Clínica Odontológica Infantil em 2015, com nível de significância de 5%. Sobre o grau de ansiedade das crianças e a de seus responsáveis, encontrou-se a maioria (n=15; 37,5%) das crianças relacionando o seu sentimento à "feliz", embora a maioria (n=14; 35%) dos responsáveis tenha apontado o grau "ansiedade moderada". Não foi constatado a influência da ansiedade dos responsáveis com ansiedade da criança. Conclui-se que as crianças investigadas estavam felizes antes da consulta odontológica, cuja ansiedade de suas mães não teve relação significante, embora tenha sido observada relação numérica.

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0 1 7 ) A 3 9 9 -A 8 1 1 room (ER) visits. A patient-tailored, post-discharge support program (Coloplast Care) has been developed as an adjunct to nurse-led ostomy care to provide patients with post-operative education and easily accessible assistance. This study investigated the effectiveness of the patient support program on real-world, preventable healthcare utilization in patients living with an ostomy. Methods: This study employed a cross-sectional online survey design. Coloplast, an ostomy patient support program provider, maintains an ostomy patient database. Patients in this database were eligible to participate in the survey; they were stratified into program enrollees and non-enrollees. Both patient groups received a survey containing questions addressing the following domains: characteristics of ostomy surgery, readmissions and ER visits within the first month or after the first month of discharge including reasons for preventable events; and level of healthcare access. Two multivariate logistic regressions controlling for covariates were applied to assess any association between program enrollment and ostomy-related readmissions or ER visit rates. Results: Of 7,026 surveys sent to program enrollees, 493 (7%) responded compared with 225 (5%) out of 4,149 surveys sent to nonenrollees. The two groups were similar in demographics; there were no statistically significant differences in gender, race, the medical condition requiring ostomy surgery, whether the patients visited an ostomy clinic after surgery, or received other patient support programs. Logistic regressions showed that compared with non-enrollees, program enrollees had a significantly lower likelihood of being readmitted and visiting the ER due to ostomy complications one month or more following discharge (odds ratio, 0.45; 95% CI, 0.27-0.73 and 0.37; 95% CI, 0.22,0.64, respectively). ConClusions: This study suggests that enrolling patients with an ostomy in the post-discharge support program is effective in reducing potentially preventable healthcare utilization.objeCtives: Located in the heart of the community and widely distributed geographically, community pharmacies provide a platform for a more proactive involvement in public health services. So far, little information has been gathered in Ethiopia on community pharmacists' level of involvement in public health services. The aim of the present study was, therefore, to document the level of involvement of community pharmacy professionals in the provision of public health services and the barriers to such involvement. Methods: This study employed a self-administered questionnaire based survey, which asked participants to indicate their frequency and level of involvement in providing public health services and their perceived barriers in providing such services. Surveys were undertaken from May to July, 2016 with 472 community pharmacy professionals working in community pharmacies in six cities of Amhara regional state of Ethiopia: Debre Markos, Gondar, Dessie, Bahir Dar, Woldya and Debre B...