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Clinical-epidemiological profile of leprosy patients in a municipality of Maranhão
Abstract
Objective: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.
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.
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