Abstract Objective: To develop and analyze the validity and reliability of a questionnaire to assess the knowledge of primary care physicians and nurses about trachoma. Methods: This is a methodological study of elaboration and analysis of validity and reliability of an instrument (questionnaire). The following steps were developed: 1) identification of updated source literature on the subject; 2) elaboration of the questionnaire items by the researchers; 3) content validation by experts; 4) construct validation with instrument application and hypothesis test […]

Trachoma has been mistakenly assumed as having been eradicated, but is on the list of neglected diseases. It is the leading cause of preventable blindness in the world, being found predominantly in developing countries. Several studies have shown that this disease is currently present in all regions of Brazil, which shows that both the government (at the federal, state and municipal levels) and academia must continue to treat trachoma as one of the causes of blindness. In this study, we […]

Trachoma is a disease known thousand years ago and still as a potential blindness disease all over the world. The authors call attention to the factors related with the transmission, present historical data and distribution of the disease in Brazil and in the world, comment on the agent, the signs and symptoms of this chronic conjunctivitis. Still, reinforce the need to enable professionals for the diagnosis, detection and treatment.The reflection of these attitudes will be the contribution to the elimination […]

Objective: To estimate the prevalence of ocular infection by Chlamydia trachomatis in conjuctival material, from january 2004 to june 2007 at Genetic and Molecular Biology Laboratory from Florianópolis Metropolitan area, SC. Methods: A cross-sectional and descriptive study involving all cases of conjunctivitis using the database of Genetic and Molecular biology Laboratory (DNAanálises) recorded in the period from january 2004 to june 2007 was carried out. The positivity to C. trachomatis in conjunctival material was observed. Results: A total of 660 […]