HOSPITAL CARE IN LEPROSY: A PROFILE OF PARA, BRAZIL, 2008-2014.

• Autor(a) principal: Borges, Mariana Garcia Lisboa
• Data de Publicação: 2015
• Outros Autores: Lopes, Geovanna Lemos, Nascimento, Gabriel Augusto Remígio Lima do, Xavier, Marília Brasil
• Tipo de documento: Artigo
• Idioma: por
• Título da fonte: Hansenologia Internationalis (Online)
• Texto Completo: https://periodicos.saude.sp.gov.br/hansenologia/article/view/35005
• topic: hanseníase; Mycobacterium leprae; epidemiologia; leprosy; Mycobacterium leprae; epidemiology; hospitalization

Cases of hospitalization represent severest cases of leprosy, with more complications. This study aimed to criate an epidemiological profile of hospital admissions for leprosy in the state of Pará, Brazil, from 2008 to 2014. To this end, we carried out a descriptive study of secondary data provided by the Department of the Unified Health System Information of Brazil. The analysis was performed predominantly descriptive and Chi-square test and G-tests were used when appropriate. It calculated the rate of hospitalization and rate of death for every 10,000 hospitalizations or deaths due to infectious and parasitic diseases to the Pará and other units of federation. It was found that during this period 740 people were hospitalized with the disease in the state, representing a rate of 12.86 / 10 000 admissions for infectious and parasitic diseases. Of total admissions, 526 (71.08%) were men and 524 (70.81%) were in the age group 20-59 years; 61 (8.25%) were in the age group 0-19 years. Of cases, 79.73% (n = 590) were recorded by the public health system, 92.30% (n = 683) on an elective basis and 84.19% (n = 623) outside the metropolitan area of Belém. Was observed that this state is last in regional ranking by hospitalization rate and second to last in the national ranking.The leprosy hospital admission profile in Pará is similar to the epidemiology of the disease, is more common in young men. The involvement of children and adolescents is worrisome because it’s represent the early exposure and more risk to develop disabilities.The records in the state were lower when compared to the average of states and low endemicity.