Epidemiological study of elderly people affected by drug intoxication in the state of Paraíba: a portrait of a decade

• Autor(a) principal: Silva, Wagner Bernardo da
• Data de Publicação: 2021
• Outros Autores: Murilo, Beatriz Maria da Conceição, Silva, Pedro Ithalo Francisco da, Costa Filho, Ival da, Andrade Júnior, Francisco Patrício de, Souza, Cinthya Maria Pereira de
• Tipo de documento: Artigo
• Idioma: por
• Título da fonte: Research, Society and Development
• Texto Completo: https://rsdjournal.org/index.php/rsd/article/view/18563
• topic: Adverse effects of drugs; Drug toxicity; Senility.; Toxicidade de Drogas; Eventos adversos dos Fármacos; Senilidade.; Efectos adversos de las drogas; Toxicidad farmacológica; Senilidad.

This study aimed to investigate the epidemiological profile of elderly people affected by drug intoxication in Paraíba, between the years 2007 to 2017. It was an epidemiological, observational, retrospective, analytical and documentary study, of the quantitative type, in which data were collected from queries to the database of the Information System for Notifiable Diseases (SINAN), made available by the Informatics Department of the Unified Health System (DATASUS). Variables such as year, city of notification, sex, age, education, circumstances of the type of poisoning and evolution of cases were analyzed. For the analysis of the associations between the variables, the Chi-Square Test of Independence was applied, in which p<0.05 was considered statistically significant for the null hypothesis. It was found that 219 cases of drug intoxication were reported, with 2014 being the most prevalent year (21.46%) and João Pessoa was the city with the most cases. When associating sex and other variables, no statistical significance was observed. The epidemiological profile of those affected was mostly female (63.0%), aged 60 to 69 years (55.0%), and most reported cases were cured without sequelae (72.6%). It is noteworthy that the data from this research can be used to create public policies or indicators in order to serve the most affected population.