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- Title
DA ATENÇÃO PRIMÁRIA AO SERVIÇO DE REFERÊNCIA NEUROLÓGICA: ANÁLISE DE ENCAMINHAMENTOS E INTEGRAÇÃO ENTRE OS NÍVEIS.
- Authors
Urias Mendonça, Ronaldo; Ferreira Freitas, Ronilson; Rocha Urias, Elaine Veloso; Prates Caldeira, Antônio; Brant Rocha, Josiane Santos; Veloso Popoff, Daniela Araújo
- Abstract
The aim of this study was to verify the need for primary care referrals to the neurological referral public service, the waiting time for this specialized appointment, the prevalence of pathologies treated by neurology and the integration between the different levels of care. This was a descriptive, cross-sectional, quantitative, epidemiological study that analyzed the need, reason, waiting time, agreement between primary health care and neurologist diagnosis, the need for complementary tests, the destination of patients and the integration between care levels. A total of 400 individuals participated in this study, mostly from the urban area, women, married, brown, with low income and more than 5 years of study. The waiting time varied from zero to 2357 days, 68% of the cases were first appointment, 96.3% did not have a reference and counter-reference form. About 50% of the cases were considered simple, requiring neither neurological follow-up nor complementary tests. Few referrals had a diagnostic hypothesis. The most prevalent pathologies were headache, epilepsy and cerebrovascular disease. The statistical analysis of the data using SPSS® by measures of central tendency, standard deviation, simple and relative frequency, chi-square test (p <0.05) allowed the conclusion that the waiting time is long, there is no integration between the levels nor defined criteria for referral.
- Publication
Revista UniVap, 2019, Vol 24, Issue 47, p86
- ISSN
1517-3275
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.18066/revistaunivap.v25i47.2078