SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION AND DEMOGRAPHIC PROFILE OF PEMPHIGUS PATIENTS IN UBERABA PEMPHIGUS HOSPITAL, BRAZIL (1957-2015)

• Autor(a) principal: Ferreira, Ricardo Vicente
• Data de Publicação: 2024
• Outros Autores: Pinheiro, Sandra de Azevedo, Assunção, Luiza Maria de, Almeida, Maria Juliana da Silva, Galdeano, Dolores Noronha, Lima, Hellen Moreira de, Silva, Ivone Aparecida Vieira da, Timóteo, Rodolfo Pessato
• Tipo de documento: Artigo
• Idioma: por
• Título da fonte: Hygeia (Uberlândia)
• Texto Completo: https://seer.ufu.br/index.php/hygeia/article/view/68775
• topic: Análise de correspondência; Georreferenciamento; Acessibilidade espacial; Correspondence analysis; Georeferencing; Spatial accessibility

The aims of the current study are to feature the spatial distribution and to analyze the sociodemographic profile of patients treated at a philanthropic hospital specialized in different pemphigus types, as well as to contribute to epidemiological and geospatial data associated with this disease. It is a longitudinal study based on medical records of patients diagnosed with some pemphigus type. Spatial gravity model was used to analyze the spatial distribution of the investigated patients; univariate and bivariate tests were run to assess demographic features. Results have shown that attendance at the hospital decreases as distance from it increases; from 800km onward, patients show random origin. Correlation between significance in the number of patients and factor distance reached -0.742. The black population recorded incidence rate much higher than the expected one. Black patients living on rural activities were closely linked to the development of this disease. It is possible concluding that patients’ locational and demographic features, such as living in rural areas and being black, were associated with the prevalence of this disease. Skin color may be related to socioeconomic status; consequently, it can be an external cause for this disease. Tertiary care was recommended as the most viable treatment for patients living in municipalities comprising small populations and located quite far from their respective hospitals.