01804nas a2200181 4500000000100000008004100001653001900042653001700061100001800078700001400096700001600110700001500126245008800141856007300229490000700302520129900309022001401608 2020 d 10 aHealth profile 10 aEpidemiology 1 ada Silva PSR 1 aCunha NGT 1 aOliveira LS 1 aSantos MCA 00 aClinical-epidemiological profile of leprosy patients in a municipality of Maranhão uhttps://www.acervomais.com.br/index.php/saude/article/view/3468/2151 0 v12 3 aObjective:To analyze theclinical-epidemiological profile of patients with leprosy in a municipality in Maranhão from 2015 to 2017.
Methods:This is an epidemiological, retrospective, descriptive study with a quantitative approach, in which secondary data from of the Notifiable Diseases Information System (SINAN). Microsoft Excel 2013 software was used to tabulate data and create graphs and tables.
Results:In the period from 2015 to 2017, 265 cases of leprosy were reported, with a predominance in males (63%), aged between 30 and 39 years (20%), the highest occurrence of multibacillary cases (89%), being the dimorphic clinical form the most frequent (66,4%). As for the entry mode, most cases were registered as a new case (68,7%), the predominant mode of detection was spontaneous demand (36%) and with regard to the degree of physical disability in the diagnosis, the highest part of the patients presented degree 0 of disability (44%). In the type of exit, exit by cure predominated (54%).
Conclusion:Leprosy remains a public health problem in the region, since the municipality is still considered hyper-endemic for the disease, according to parameters established by the Ministry of Health. a2178-2091