Seroprevalence and risk factors for syphilis in prisoners in Goiás, Brazil

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Autor(a) principal: Andrade, Ana Lúcia Sampaio Sgambatti de
Data de Publicação: 1989
Outros Autores: Martelli, Celina Maria Turchi, Sousa, Luiz Carlos Silva, Sousa, Marta Antunes de, Zicker, Fabio
Tipo de documento: Artigo
Idioma: por
Título da fonte: Revista do Instituto de Medicina Tropical de São Paulo
Texto Completo: https://www.revistas.usp.br/rimtsp/article/view/28659
Resumo: A cross-sectional survey was carried-out among 299 prisoners in the Penitentiary Center of Industrial Activity of Goiás (CEPAIGO), to determine the seroprevalence to T. pallidum and to identify risk factors associated to seropositivity. The seropositivity criterion was a positive VDRL test at any titer. A questionnaire was applied to evaluate the following'risk factors: time of imprisonment, clinical evidence of sexually transmitted diseases (STD), history of syphilis or others STD, homo/bisexuality and number of sexual partners. The positive (PPV) and negative (NPV) predictive values of the history of syphilis were calculated. Seroprevalence of 18,4% was found and no difference was detected in the different age groups. The PPV of history of syphilis was 26% indicating that 74% of the individuals who have reported syphilis in the past presented a negative VDRL test. Among all the risk factors studied, homo/bisexuality was the only one with statistically significant association with seropositivity (relative risks 5.7-95% CL1.2-26, p = 0.03). The paper discusses the methodological problems related with the investigation.
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spelling Seroprevalence and risk factors for syphilis in prisoners in Goiás, Brazil Soroprevalência e fatores de risco para sífilis em população carcerária de Goiás Rastreamento sorológicoSoroprevalênciaSífilisFatores de riscoDoenças sexualmente transmissíveis A cross-sectional survey was carried-out among 299 prisoners in the Penitentiary Center of Industrial Activity of Goiás (CEPAIGO), to determine the seroprevalence to T. pallidum and to identify risk factors associated to seropositivity. The seropositivity criterion was a positive VDRL test at any titer. A questionnaire was applied to evaluate the following'risk factors: time of imprisonment, clinical evidence of sexually transmitted diseases (STD), history of syphilis or others STD, homo/bisexuality and number of sexual partners. The positive (PPV) and negative (NPV) predictive values of the history of syphilis were calculated. Seroprevalence of 18,4% was found and no difference was detected in the different age groups. The PPV of history of syphilis was 26% indicating that 74% of the individuals who have reported syphilis in the past presented a negative VDRL test. Among all the risk factors studied, homo/bisexuality was the only one with statistically significant association with seropositivity (relative risks 5.7-95% CL1.2-26, p = 0.03). The paper discusses the methodological problems related with the investigation. Com o objetivo de dimensionar a prevalência da infecção pelo Treponema pallidum e determinar fatores de risco relacionados a soropositividade foram rastreados 299 presidiários no Centro Penitenciário de Atividades Industriais de Goiás (CEPAI-GO), 20 Km de Goiânia. O rastreamento sorológico foi realizado utilizando-se como critério de positividade, qualquer resultado sororeagente ao VDRL independentemente do título. Através de um questionário padronizado foram avaliados os seguintes fatores de risco: tempo de encarceramento, sinais e sintomas relativos às principais doenças sexualmente transmissíveis (DST), história de sífilis ou outras DST e práticas sexuais (homo/bissexualismo e número de parceiros). Foram calculados o valor preditivo positivo (VPP) e negativo (VPN) da história pregressa de sífilis obtida na anamnese. Uma soroprevalência global de 18,4% foi obtida, não havendo diferença entre as faixas etárias. O VPP do antecedente de sífilis foi de 26% significando que 74% dos indivíduos que referiram sífilis no passado não tiveram confirmação pelo VDRL. Entre os fatores de risco testados, a bissexualidade foi o único que apresentou associação estatisticamente significante com soropositividade (risco relativo 5,8 - LC 95% 1,2-16,0 p= 0,03). Foram discutidas as dificuldades metodológicas que poderiam ter influenciado nos resultados. Universidade de São Paulo. Instituto de Medicina Tropical de São Paulo1989-06-01info:eu-repo/semantics/articleinfo:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersionapplication/pdfhttps://www.revistas.usp.br/rimtsp/article/view/28659Revista do Instituto de Medicina Tropical de São Paulo; Vol. 31 No. 3 (1989); 177-182 Revista do Instituto de Medicina Tropical de São Paulo; Vol. 31 Núm. 3 (1989); 177-182 Revista do Instituto de Medicina Tropical de São Paulo; v. 31 n. 3 (1989); 177-182 1678-99460036-4665reponame:Revista do Instituto de Medicina Tropical de São Pauloinstname:Instituto de Medicina Tropical (IMT)instacron:IMTporhttps://www.revistas.usp.br/rimtsp/article/view/28659/30512Copyright (c) 2018 Revista do Instituto de Medicina Tropical de São Pauloinfo:eu-repo/semantics/openAccessAndrade, Ana Lúcia Sampaio Sgambatti deMartelli, Celina Maria TurchiSousa, Luiz Carlos SilvaSousa, Marta Antunes deZicker, Fabio2012-07-02T01:09:43Zoai:revistas.usp.br:article/28659Revistahttp://www.revistas.usp.br/rimtsp/indexPUBhttps://www.revistas.usp.br/rimtsp/oai||revimtsp@usp.br1678-99460036-4665opendoar:2022-12-13T16:50:24.303714Revista do Instituto de Medicina Tropical de São Paulo - Instituto de Medicina Tropical (IMT)true
dc.title.none.fl_str_mv Seroprevalence and risk factors for syphilis in prisoners in Goiás, Brazil
Soroprevalência e fatores de risco para sífilis em população carcerária de Goiás
title Seroprevalence and risk factors for syphilis in prisoners in Goiás, Brazil
spellingShingle Seroprevalence and risk factors for syphilis in prisoners in Goiás, Brazil
Andrade, Ana Lúcia Sampaio Sgambatti de
Rastreamento sorológico
Soroprevalência
Sífilis
Fatores de risco
Doenças sexualmente transmissíveis
title_short Seroprevalence and risk factors for syphilis in prisoners in Goiás, Brazil
title_full Seroprevalence and risk factors for syphilis in prisoners in Goiás, Brazil
title_fullStr Seroprevalence and risk factors for syphilis in prisoners in Goiás, Brazil
title_full_unstemmed Seroprevalence and risk factors for syphilis in prisoners in Goiás, Brazil
title_sort Seroprevalence and risk factors for syphilis in prisoners in Goiás, Brazil
author Andrade, Ana Lúcia Sampaio Sgambatti de
author_facet Andrade, Ana Lúcia Sampaio Sgambatti de
Martelli, Celina Maria Turchi
Sousa, Luiz Carlos Silva
Sousa, Marta Antunes de
Zicker, Fabio
author_role author
author2 Martelli, Celina Maria Turchi
Sousa, Luiz Carlos Silva
Sousa, Marta Antunes de
Zicker, Fabio
author2_role author
author
author
author
dc.contributor.author.fl_str_mv Andrade, Ana Lúcia Sampaio Sgambatti de
Martelli, Celina Maria Turchi
Sousa, Luiz Carlos Silva
Sousa, Marta Antunes de
Zicker, Fabio
dc.subject.por.fl_str_mv Rastreamento sorológico
Soroprevalência
Sífilis
Fatores de risco
Doenças sexualmente transmissíveis
topic Rastreamento sorológico
Soroprevalência
Sífilis
Fatores de risco
Doenças sexualmente transmissíveis
description A cross-sectional survey was carried-out among 299 prisoners in the Penitentiary Center of Industrial Activity of Goiás (CEPAIGO), to determine the seroprevalence to T. pallidum and to identify risk factors associated to seropositivity. The seropositivity criterion was a positive VDRL test at any titer. A questionnaire was applied to evaluate the following'risk factors: time of imprisonment, clinical evidence of sexually transmitted diseases (STD), history of syphilis or others STD, homo/bisexuality and number of sexual partners. The positive (PPV) and negative (NPV) predictive values of the history of syphilis were calculated. Seroprevalence of 18,4% was found and no difference was detected in the different age groups. The PPV of history of syphilis was 26% indicating that 74% of the individuals who have reported syphilis in the past presented a negative VDRL test. Among all the risk factors studied, homo/bisexuality was the only one with statistically significant association with seropositivity (relative risks 5.7-95% CL1.2-26, p = 0.03). The paper discusses the methodological problems related with the investigation.
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