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- Title
LA LEPRA EN MENORES DE 15 AÑOS: CARACTERIZACIÓN SOCIODEMOGRÁFICA Y CLÍNICA DE LOS CASOS EN UN MUNICIPIO HIPERENDÉMICO.
- Authors
de Lima de Andrade Silva, Francisca Ja; de Aquino, Dorlene Maria Cardoso; Monteiro, Estela Maria Leite Meirelles; Coutinho, Nair Portela Silva; Corrêa, Rita da Graça Carvalhal Frazão; de Fátima Lires Paiva, Maria
- Abstract
Objective: to analyze the sociodemographic and clinical profile of reported cases of Hansen´s disease in children under 15 years old in the municipality of São Luís - Maranhão - Brazil. Method: descriptive study conducted with 826 cases reported in the Notifiable Diseases Information System, in São Luís - Maranhão, in the period from 2010 to 2019. Data were analyzed using descriptive statistics and were expressed in absolute and relative frequencies. Results: age group between 10 and 14 years (60.29%), male (51.09%), brown (69.59%), incomplete elementary education (39.58%), multibacillary (62.71%), dimorphic clinical form (54.24%), up to five lesions (74.45%), zero to two nerves affected (83.23%), no bacilloscopic (46.28%), new cases (93.70%), spontaneous demand (46.38%) and zero degree of disability at diagnosis (78.98%). Conclusion: hyper-endemic parameters with high risk for the disease were demonstrated. It is important to create control and prevention strategies to reduce Hansen´s disease transmission in children.
- Subjects
BRAZIL; HANSEN'S disease; RESEARCH methodology; AGE distribution; FUNCTIONAL status; RACE; RISK assessment; SEX distribution; SYMPTOMS; DESCRIPTIVE statistics; SOCIODEMOGRAPHIC factors; EDUCATIONAL attainment; DISEASE risk factors; CHILDREN; ADOLESCENCE
- Publication
Cogitare Enfermagem, 2022, Vol 27, p1341
- ISSN
1414-8536
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.5380/ce.v27i0.86924