Chagas disease and social welfare: characterization of the disease in the Brazilian social security and social assistance, 2004-2016

• Autor(a) principal: Perissato, Izabela Lima
• Data de Publicação: 2022
• Outros Autores: Santos, Keile Aparecida Resende, Oliveira, Antônio Marcos Machado de, Limongi, Jean Ezequiel
• Tipo de documento: preprint
• Idioma: por
• Título da fonte: SciELO Preprints
• Texto Completo: https://preprints.scielo.org/index.php/scielo/preprint/view/3883
• topic: Doença de Chagas; Apoio Social; Previdência Social; Seguridade Social; Estudos Transversais; Chagas Disease; Social Support; Social Security; Social Welfare; CrossSectional Studies; Enfermedad de Chagas; Apoyo Social; Seguridad Social; Bienestar Social; Estudios Transversales

Objective: To characterize the sociodemographic profile of beneficiaries of Brazilian social security affected by Chagas disease and identify factors associated with the granting of assistance benefits, 2004 to 2016. Methods: Cross-sectional study based onsecondary data from the Ministry of Labor and Social Security. Logistical regression was performed to estimate crude and adjusted odds ratios (OR) and 95% confidence intervals (95%CI). Results: 36,023 benefits were granted; 62.5% were to male; 67.0% to residents of urban areas; 46.7% to residents of Southeast region; 56.7% to people with chronic cardiac form; and 42.7% to the 50-59 age group. Residents of urban areas (OR=134.9 – 95%CI 78.0;233.2), Northeast macro-region (OR=2.9 – 95%CI 2.5;3.1), female (OR=2.0– 95%CI 1.8;2.1) and age group 60 years or older (OR=1.6 – 95%CI 1,3;1,7) were factors associated with assistance benefits. Conclusion: Factors related to the area of residence, macro-region, sex and age group increased the chance of granting assistance benefits.