Prevalência de infecções por enteroparasitos na população de idosos residentes em instituições de longa permanência na região metropolitana de Porto Alegre e na serra do Rio Grande do Sul

• Autor(a) principal: Larré, Anne Brandolt
• Data de Publicação: 2014
• Tipo de documento: Dissertação
• Idioma: por
• Título da fonte: Repositório Institucional PUCRS
• Texto Completo: http://hdl.handle.net/10923/5839
• topic: MEDICINA; GERONTOLOGIA; GERIATRIA; IDOSOS; DOENÇAS PARASITÁRIAS

Introduction : Little attention has been given to the problems associated with parasitic diseases. The most susceptible elderly suffer not only the effects on your immune system, but also on their nutritional state. It's ridiculous that there are papers on the theme parasites in the elderly in our country. Objective : To describe the prevalence of intestinal parasites in elderly residents in asylums in Porto Alegre Metropolitan Regions (São Leopoldo and Novo Hamburgo) and Serrana in RS (Bento Gonçalves and Caxias do Sul) and in the employees of these institutions. Methods : Cross-sectional study in a sample of 200 elderly residents in asylums in the Metropolitan Region of Porto Alegre and in the Region Serrana in Rio Grande do Sul. The elderly’s feces were assessed by parasite stool testing. The elderly and workers’ sociodemographic, economic, hygiene habits, symptomatology and coprologic survey conditions and variables were assessed through a questionnaire. Statistical analysis was performed using Statistical Package for Social Sciences version 17. 0 software. Results were expressed as frequencies, mean and standard deviation, considering significant p <0. 05. This study was approved by the Ethics Committee in Research of PUCRS, under protocol number 147 597.Results : We analyzed 12 asylums, they were collected samples of 145 (72. 5%) women and of 55 (27. 5%) men, with average age 79. 4±9. 5 years old. The prevalence of enteroparasitosis was of 4. 0%, where 6 (75. 0%) corresponded to Endolimax nana and 2 (25. 0%) to Entamoeba coli. The private homes for the aged showed higher positivity (4. 7%) than the public ones (2. 8%). Regarding eating habits, the elderly who ate more salads, vegetables and fruits had a higher prevalence (25. 0%) compared to those who ate everything and to those who ate only meat, bread and pasta (p=0. 008). As for the workers, 25 (96. 2%), with average age of 37. 3±10. 0 years old. There was a prevalence of 19. 2%, where 3 (60. 0%) corresponded to E. nana, 1 (20. 0%) E. coli and 1 (20. 0%) biparasitism. Conclusion : The prevalence of intestinal parasites was low both in the elderly, as the workers. The non-pathogenic intestinal parasites were found, these results may be related to the socio-sanitary conditions of the environments found in these asylums. The prevalence of 6. 1% of intestinal parasites in the Metropolitan Region of Porto Alegre and 2. 0% in the Region Serrana in RS, showing the peculiar conditions found in these southern regions, confirming that the parasites present variations according to each region.