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- Title
Características clínicas e epidemiológicas de idosos com hanseníase atendidos em um Hospital de Ensino no Nordeste do Brasil.
- Authors
da Silva Marques, Wesley; Carvalhal Frazão Corrêa, Rita da Graça; Batista dos Santos, Kezia Cristina; Marques Soares, Aruse Maria; Silva Lima, Mara Ellen; Cardoso de Aquino, Dorlene Maria
- Abstract
Objective: To describe the clinical and epidemiological profile of leprosy cases in the elderly attended at a Teaching Hospital in São Luís/MA. Methods: Descriptive, retrospective and quantitative study carried out by means of the notification form and medical records data. A total of 100 medical records of the elderly of the Leprosy Control Program (LCP) of a teaching hospital were analyzed. Data were collected through a semi-structured form containing socioeconomic and clinical variables. Results: In the period 2005-2010, 632 cases of leprosy were reported, of which 100 cases were in the elderly, corresponding to 15.8% of the cases. Most of the elderly were female (53.0%), age 60-69 (61.0%), brown skin (26.0%) and from the capital (79.0%). Regarding clinical aspects, 40.0% were dimorphous form and 61.0% classified as multibacillary. All the elderly adhered to polychemotherapy and 71.0% were cured. The degree of incapacity I was predominant (40.0%) at the beginning; however, most of the patients showed some degree of disability. A total of 17.0% presented reaction, being more frequent type I. Conclusion: The elderly was diagnosed late due to the clinical form and frequency of some degree of disability.
- Subjects
BRAZIL; ACADEMIC medical centers; AGE distribution; DIAGNOSIS; HANSEN'S disease; RESEARCH methodology; MEDICAL errors; SEX distribution; QUANTITATIVE research; SOCIOECONOMIC factors; SYMPTOMS; RETROSPECTIVE studies; DESCRIPTIVE statistics
- Publication
Enfermagem Brasil, 2019, Vol 19, Issue 3, p406
- ISSN
1678-2410
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.33233/eb.v18i3.2505