MS prevalence and patients’ characteristics in the district of Braga, Portugal

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Autor(a) principal: Figueiredo, José
Data de Publicação: 2015
Outros Autores: Silva, Ângela, Cerqueira, João José, Fonseca, Joaquim, Pereira, Paulo A.
Tipo de documento: Artigo
Idioma: eng
Título da fonte: Repositório Científico de Acesso Aberto de Portugal (Repositórios Cientìficos)
Texto Completo: http://hdl.handle.net/1822/39248
Resumo: Article ID 895163
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spelling MS prevalence and patients’ characteristics in the district of Braga, PortugalMultiple SclerosisEpidemiologyDemographicClinicalCiências Naturais::MatemáticasCiências Médicas::Ciências da SaúdeCiências Médicas::Outras Ciências MédicasScience & TechnologyArticle ID 895163Multiple Sclerosis (MS) is a chronic autoimmune disease of the Central Nervous System causing inflammation and neurodegeneration. There are only 3 epidemiological studies in Portugal, 2 in the Centre and 1 in the North, and there is the need to further study MS epidemiology in this country. The objective of this work is to contribute to the MS epidemiological knowledge in Portugal, describing the patients’ epidemiological, demographic, and clinical characteristics in the Braga district of Portugal. This is a cross-sectional study of 345 patients followed in two hospitals of Braga district. These hospitals cover a resident population of 866,012 inhabitants. The data was collected from the clinical records, and 31/12/2009 was established as the prevalence day. For all MS patients, demographic characteristics and clinical outcomes are reported. We have found an incidence of 2.74/100,000 and a prevalence of 39.82/100,000 inhabitants. Most patients have an EDSS of 3 or lower and a mean age of 42 years. The diagnosis was done at mean age of 35, with RRMS being the disease type in more than 80% of patients. In this cohort, we found a female : male ratio of 1.79. More than 50% of patients are treated with Interferon β-1b IM or IFNβ-1a SC 22 μg.This research was partially supported by the Research Centre of Mathematics of the University of Minho through the FEDER Funds ”Programa Operacional Fatores de Competitividade – COMPETE'', and by the Portuguese Funds through FCT -”Fundação para a Ciência e Tecnologia” within the Project Est-C/MAT/UI0013/2011.Hindawi Publishing CorporationUniversidade do MinhoFigueiredo, JoséSilva, ÂngelaCerqueira, João JoséFonseca, JoaquimPereira, Paulo A.2015-01-092015-01-09T00:00:00Zinfo:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersioninfo:eu-repo/semantics/articleapplication/pdfhttp://hdl.handle.net/1822/39248eng2090-185210.1155/2015/895163http://www.hindawi.com/journals/nri/2015/895163/ref/info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccessreponame:Repositório Científico de Acesso Aberto de Portugal (Repositórios Cientìficos)instname:Agência para a Sociedade do Conhecimento (UMIC) - FCT - Sociedade da Informaçãoinstacron:RCAAP2023-07-21T12:41:10Zoai:repositorium.sdum.uminho.pt:1822/39248Portal AgregadorONGhttps://www.rcaap.pt/oai/openaireopendoar:71602024-03-19T19:38:05.469982Repositório Científico de Acesso Aberto de Portugal (Repositórios Cientìficos) - Agência para a Sociedade do Conhecimento (UMIC) - FCT - Sociedade da Informaçãofalse
dc.title.none.fl_str_mv MS prevalence and patients’ characteristics in the district of Braga, Portugal
title MS prevalence and patients’ characteristics in the district of Braga, Portugal
spellingShingle MS prevalence and patients’ characteristics in the district of Braga, Portugal
Figueiredo, José
Multiple Sclerosis
Epidemiology
Demographic
Clinical
Ciências Naturais::Matemáticas
Ciências Médicas::Ciências da Saúde
Ciências Médicas::Outras Ciências Médicas
Science & Technology
title_short MS prevalence and patients’ characteristics in the district of Braga, Portugal
title_full MS prevalence and patients’ characteristics in the district of Braga, Portugal
title_fullStr MS prevalence and patients’ characteristics in the district of Braga, Portugal
title_full_unstemmed MS prevalence and patients’ characteristics in the district of Braga, Portugal
title_sort MS prevalence and patients’ characteristics in the district of Braga, Portugal
author Figueiredo, José
author_facet Figueiredo, José
Silva, Ângela
Cerqueira, João José
Fonseca, Joaquim
Pereira, Paulo A.
author_role author
author2 Silva, Ângela
Cerqueira, João José
Fonseca, Joaquim
Pereira, Paulo A.
author2_role author
author
author
author
dc.contributor.none.fl_str_mv Universidade do Minho
dc.contributor.author.fl_str_mv Figueiredo, José
Silva, Ângela
Cerqueira, João José
Fonseca, Joaquim
Pereira, Paulo A.
dc.subject.por.fl_str_mv Multiple Sclerosis
Epidemiology
Demographic
Clinical
Ciências Naturais::Matemáticas
Ciências Médicas::Ciências da Saúde
Ciências Médicas::Outras Ciências Médicas
Science & Technology
topic Multiple Sclerosis
Epidemiology
Demographic
Clinical
Ciências Naturais::Matemáticas
Ciências Médicas::Ciências da Saúde
Ciências Médicas::Outras Ciências Médicas
Science & Technology
description Article ID 895163
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