TOXICOLOGICAL EVENTS IN OLDER ADULTS ATTENDED BY TOXICOLOGICAL INFORMATION CENTER: A TREND ANALYSIS

• Autor(a) principal: Rocha, Everton José da Silva
• Data de Publicação: 2021
• Outros Autores: Girotto, Edmarlon, Guidoni, Camilo Molino
• Tipo de documento: Artigo
• Idioma: por
• Título da fonte: Revista Baiana de Saúde Pública (Online)
• DOI: 10.22278/2318-2660.2020.v44.n1.a3204
• Texto Completo: https://rbsp.sesab.ba.gov.br/index.php/rbsp/article/view/3204
• topic: Idoso; Envenenamento; Dinâmica populacional; epidemiologia; intoxicação; idosos; tendência; Anciano; Envenenamiento; Dinámica poblacional; Aged; Poisoning; Population dynamics

Human intoxication is considered an important public health problem because it produces a high socioeconomic impact, promoting avoidable costs and damages, in addition to having harmful effects on the human body. With aging, individuals are susceptible to various diseases and health problems. Among several health problems, it is important to note the toxicological events that occurred due to various circumstances, such as polypharmacy, suicide attempt, wrong medical prescription, wrong medication administration, among others, causes increasingly present in this population. This study aims at determining the profile and trend of toxicological events among older adults. A trend study was conducted with individuals aged 60 years or older that were notified by a Center for Information and Toxicological Assistance of Londrina CIATox, from 1985 to 2014. Variables were obtained from the CIATox database. Trend analysis performed using simple linear regression models. In total, 2042 cases of toxicological events were identified, predominating from 60 to 69 years (61.9%). The events were mostly accidental (69.1%) and acute (98.2%), involving animals (64.6%), pesticides (16.5%) and drugs (10.8%) as main agents. Cases with animals showed significant increase tendencies (R2 = 0.682, p = 0.03, ?1 = 1.542). This trend was also observed in males (R2 = 0.766, p = 0.001, ?1 = 1.855). There was predominance of events involving animals, pesticides and drugs, with tendency to increase in cases with animals, both among the total population and among males.