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- Title
Epidemiological profile of leprosy in a municipality in the Brazilian Northeast: a retrospective analysis.
- Authors
Alves, Eliracema Silva; Braz de Oliveira, Layze; Evangelista de Araújo, Telma Maria; Venâncio de Melo, Ivone; do Perpétuo Socorro Araújo, Rosineidia; Ferreira Marques, Lindalva Maria
- Abstract
Objective: To analyze leprosy epidemiological profile in the state of Piauí, Brazil. Methods: Cross-sectional epidemiological study with retrospective collection. It was used data from the SUS Notifiable Diseases Information System of leprosy patients, for the period from 2005 to 2014. We evaluated the detection rate, degree of disability in the diagnosis and cure, and the proportion of healing. Results: It was totaled 13,787 leprosy cases, the detection rate has decreased over the years, the degree of disability to be evaluated in the diagnosis and cure showed a downward trend assessment, the cure rate was regular (%?). Conclusion: The proportion of cases detected with degree of disability and the prevalence of passive forms of detection suggest late diagnosis and confirm the importance of integrating leprosy control actions in primary care.
- Subjects
BRAZIL; HANSEN'S disease diagnosis; DATABASES; EPIDEMIOLOGICAL research; HEALTH status indicators; MEDICAL information storage &; retrieval systems; HANSEN'S disease; TREATMENT effectiveness; TREND analysis; CROSS-sectional method; RETROSPECTIVE studies; DESCRIPTIVE statistics; DISEASE complications
- Publication
Revista de Pesquisa: Cuidado é Fundamental, 2017, Vol 9, Issue 3, p648
- ISSN
1809-6107
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.9789/2175-5361.2017.v9i3.648-652