Avaliação da qualidade da informação sobre óbitos por causas externas em Viçosa, MG

• Autor(a) principal: Melo, Cristiane Magalhães de
• Data de Publicação: 2011
• Tipo de documento: Dissertação
• Idioma: por
• Título da fonte: LOCUS Repositório Institucional da UFV
• Texto Completo: http://locus.ufv.br/handle/123456789/5094
• topic: Mortabilidade; Causas externas; Violência; Death; External causes; Violence; CNPQ::CIENCIAS DA SAUDE::SAUDE COLETIVA::SAUDE PUBLICA

The study aimed to analyze the quality of information on deaths from external causes in Viçosa-MG in the period 2000 to 2009 and understand the meanings and senses of the death certificate (DO) by doctors responsible for its completion. The research methodology consisted of two components: quantitative and qualitative. At first, the sources of data included the DO of external causes (Chapter XX of ICD 10th) Information System (SIM), the Department of Health of Viçosa and the books of records of police department's Civil investigation of the same county. In the qualitative study, they were conducted semi-structured interviews with doctors / the assistants, medical examiners and emergency service units serving the municipality. According to information from the SIM, external causes were the 4th leading cause of death in Viçosa, in that period. The victims, mostly men (79%), young people between 20 and 29 years (26%), unmarried (38%), black or brown (47%), residing in Viçosa, especially in populated and vulnerable areas. The proportion of deaths of undetermined intent was high, as well as uncompleted or ignored informations showing problems in the quality of data from SIM. The comparison between the data obtained in the SIM and the Civil Police records revealed the occurrence of a significant number of deaths recorded only in the Civil Police, pointing to the fragility of the SIM to capture all deaths, resulting in major problems in building statistics officers on deaths from accidents and violence in the city. The qualitative research indicated that different meanings are attributed to DO according to the function the document performs between whom it meets and whom it is addressed, leading to confusion in the interpretation of the laws, resolutions and ordinances dealing with medical responsibilities in filling of victims of external causes. The interviews also revealed greater importance given to information on the cause of death rather than the other information contained in DCs, including those related to the 'probable circumstances of unnatural death . The understanding that it is up to / the doctor / on reporting the nature of the injury, considering only its biological component may explain the high percentage of deaths from external causes of undetermined intent, and also fields unfilled or skipped the DO. The bureaucratic and fragmented view of the DO and the idea of hegemonic medical technicalities that guides the perception of the medical profession about the disease, focusing essentially biological dimension have negative consequences on the production of data and information on mortality from external causes, compromising the reliability of statistics and weakening the possibilities for construction of public policies for prevention and control appropriate to the characteristics of this event in the population.