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- Title
Analysis of the clinical characteristics of leprosy in the elderly population.
- Authors
Dos Santos Sanches, Luysa; Teixeira Castro, Darlene; Gonçalves Novaes, Dennis; Machado Borges, Raquel; De Oliveira Feitosa, Marcela; Gonçalves Jacinto, Priscila; Da Costa TeixeiraCarneiro, Ana Maria; Ferreira De Lima, Lilian Natalia
- Abstract
Objective: To analyze the clinical characteristics of leprosy in the elderly. Method: This is an epidemiological research of quantitative and descriptive character, conducted in the municipality of Augustinópolis in the period from 2010 to 2020, and the target population were the elderly and data collection occurred through the availability of the forms of the Sistema de Informação de Agravos de Notificação (SINAN) by the Municipal Health Secretary. Results: 76 cases were reported and the clinical characteristic prevailed with multibacillary classification (75%), dimorphic clinical form (60.5%), with more than 5 skin lesions (39.5%), zero nerves affected (67.1%), GIF in the diagnosis with zero degree (44.7%) and GIF in the cure with zero degree (53.9%). Conclusion: The research was necessary to collaborate as a source of local epidemiological information, so that greater investments can be made in the training and continuing education of management and multidisciplinary teams linked to health to perform early diagnosis and treatment.
- Subjects
BRAZIL; HANSEN'S disease; RESEARCH methodology; QUANTITATIVE research; DESCRIPTIVE statistics; EPIDEMIOLOGICAL research; EARLY diagnosis; EARLY medical intervention; SYMPTOMS; OLD age
- Publication
Saúde Coletiva, 2023, Vol 13, Issue 84, p12283
- ISSN
1806-3365
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.36489/saudecoletiva.2023v13i84p12276-12289