Spatial analysis of risk areas for the development of tuberculosis and treatment outcomes

• Autor(a) principal: Andrade,Hamilton Leandro Pinto de
• Data de Publicação: 2021
• Outros Autores: Ramos,Antônio Carlos Vieira, Crispim,Juliane de Almeida, Santos Neto,Marcelino, Arroyo,Luiz Henrique, Arcêncio,Ricardo Alexandre
• Tipo de documento: Artigo
• Idioma: eng
• Título da fonte: Revista Brasileira de Enfermagem (Online)
• Texto Completo: http://old.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0034-71672021000200169
• topic: Tuberculosis; Ecological Parameter; Spatial Analysis; Risk Factors; Nursing

ABSTRACT Objectives: to identify risk clusters for the occurrence of tuberculosis and its treatment outcomes. Methods: ecological study, in a city in Maranhão, using data from the Notifiable Diseases Information System. Point density analysis and isotonic scanning techniques were used to identify areas with the highest occurrence of treatment outcomes and identify risk areas for possible tuberculosis cases. Results: most tuberculosis cases occurred in the male, adult, brown-skinned population. Also, most of the reported cases were classified as pulmonary and as new cases that progressed to a cure. The areas with the highest density of cure, death and abandonment are located in the central region of the city. Conclusions: the central region of the urban area of the city, with high demographic density and poor sanitary and socioeconomic conditions, presented a greater cluster of tuberculosis cases.