Premalignant Skin Lesions among Residents of a Rural Municipality of Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil

• Autor(a) principal: Vaz Guimarães, Patrícia
• Data de Publicação: 2014
• Outros Autores: Nascimento de Carvalho, Flávia, Câmara, Maria Clara, Fernandes de Brito, Paula, Goi Barrios, Sueli, Bottom, Maiara, Costa Beber, André Avelino, de Albuquerque Campos, Élida, Sarpa de Campos Mello, Márcia, Barros Otero, Ubirani
• Tipo de documento: Artigo
• Idioma: por
• Título da fonte: Revista Brasileira de Cancerologia (Online)
• Texto Completo: https://rbc.inca.gov.br/index.php/revista/article/view/467
• topic: Neoplasias Cutâneas; Saúde do Trabalhador; População Rural; Detecção Precoce de Câncer; Radiação Solar; Skin Neoplasms; Occupational Health; Rural Population; Early Detection of Cancer; Solar Radiation; Neoplasias Cutáneas; Salud Laboral; Población Rural; Detección Precóz del Cáncer; Radiación Solar

Introduction: Skin cancer is an important public health issue and, despite the relevance of the topic, there are few studies available in Brazil addressing the pre-malignant skin lesions. Objectives: To describe the characteristics of rural population that works in an outdoor environment and analyse the association with the presence of premalignant skin lesions. Method: A population survey was conducted in a rural county in the South of the country between the years of 2010-2011. 242 individuals participated in this study. The subjects reported working outdoors, were in the age group of ≥40 years old and both genders were included. Interviews were conducted, and dermatologists of the regional referral hospital network evaluated the presence of skin lesions. All pre-malignant skin lesions in the study population were defined as outcome. Results: The prevalence of skin lesions in the study population was of 29.3% (71 cases). In a rough association analysis was observed that individuals aged ≥60 years were four times more likely to have skin lesions than those who were younger (OR=4.05; IC95% 1.89-8.70). The skin type I- II had a triple chance to have skin lesions compared to other skin types (OR=2.99; IC95% 1.58- 5.66) and those working in agriculture were twice as likely to have skin lesions in relation to other activities (OR=2.04; IC95% 1.01-4.14). Conclusion: Individuals with skin photo type I-II and workers performing their duties outdoors are part of specific groups with a higher risk for skin cancer. Strategies for the prevention and early detection of skin lesions should be implemented in these priority groups.