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- Title
PREVALENCE OF COMMUNITY INFECTIONS DIAGNOSED IN THE FAMILY HEALTH STRATEGY.
- Authors
de Oliveira, Layze Braz; Moura da Costa Valle, Andréia Rodrigues; de Lima Brito Magalhães, Rosilane; Rodrigues de Andrade, Daniela Furtado; Lopes de Sousa, Álvaro Francisco; Luz Nunes Queiroz, Artur Acelino Francisco
- Abstract
Objective: identifying the prevalence of community-acquired infections diagnosed in the Family Health Strategy. Method: a descriptive, retrospective study of a quantitative approach. The sample consisted of 90 patients attended in a Basic Health Unit. Data were organized in double typing in Excel version 2010 and exported to SPSS to perform frequency analysis of frequency of the variables, which allowed a descriptive analysis distributed in figures and tables and analyzed based on literature. The project was approved by the Research Ethics Committee, CAAE 23560313100005214. Results: among the infections, the respiratory were among the most prevalent with 52,2%, and 32,3% of these are represented by tonsillitis. Regarding treatment, 84% presented prescription of antibiotics, and the most prescribed was amoxicillin (43%). Conclusion: adult female patients, single with prevalence of respiratory infections represented by tonsillitis and with a high incidence of antibiotic prescriptions represented by amoxicillin.
- Subjects
BRAZIL; COMMUNICABLE disease treatment; THERAPEUTICS; ANTIBIOTICS; EPIDEMIOLOGY of sexually transmitted diseases; COMMUNICABLE disease epidemiology; COMMUNITY health services; DIARRHEA; EPIDEMIOLOGICAL research; FAMILY health; FAMILY services; MARITAL status; RESEARCH methodology; QUESTIONNAIRES; RESPIRATORY infections; SKIN diseases; QUANTITATIVE research; RETROSPECTIVE studies; DATA analysis software; DESCRIPTIVE statistics
- Publication
Journal of Nursing UFPE / Revista de Enfermagem UFPE, 2016, p325
- ISSN
1981-8963
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.5205/reuol.7901-80479-1-SP.1001sup201618