Risk factors for leprosy identified from cases notified in a period of 15 years

Authors

  • Clinton Fábio Gomes da Silva
  • Susilene Toneli Nardi
  • André Wilian Lozano
  • José Martins Pinto Neto
  • Rogério Rodrigo Ramos
  • Vania Del'Arco Paschoal

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.36489/saudecoletiva.2020v10i58p3789-3802

Keywords:

Risk factors, Social Determinants of Health, Hansen's disease, Epidemiology

Abstract

Objective: To identify and analyze risk factors for leprosy transmission over a 15-year period. Methods: Quantitative study, historical and observational. Data extracted from the SINAN. Statistical analyzes were the Mann-Whitney U method and spearman correlation in addition to univariate analyzes. Results: During the period, 514 cases were reported, In the univariate analysis model, men arrive at the service to be diagnosed with a greater number of injuries (p-value <0.05), with the clinical forms dimorphic and virchovian, (p-value <0.05) and with Degree of disabilities 1 and 2 (p-value <0.05). In the final model of multivariate analysis performed by means of logistic regression, significance was found for the association between the presence of physical disabilities and being diagnosed with multibacillaries, being over 52 years old and more than 3 injuries at the time of diagnosis.Conclusion: Sex and age have a higher risk of infection with leprosy. Socio-demographic risk factors did not show significance in the clinical variables.

Author Biographies

Clinton Fábio Gomes da Silva

Graduated in nursing from FEF, Esp. in Health Management and Residency in Health Surveillance. Member of the Brazilian Network of Nursing in Patient Safety, works in the Hospital Infection Control Service of FUNFARME / Hospital de Base.

Susilene Toneli Nardi

Graduated in Occupational Therapy. PhD in Health Sciences from the Faculty of Medicine of São José do Rio Preto - FAMERP. Scientific Researcher VI at CLR - Instituto Adolfo Lutz - São José do Rio Preto-SP. Effective Advisor to CREFITO-3 / SP. Member of the Ethics and Deontology Committee for Occupational Therapy - CREFITO-3 CEDTO. Coordinator of the Technical Sanitary Chamber of CREFITO-3. Chief Editor of Hansenologia Internationalis Magazine: Leprosy and other infectious diseases.

André Wilian Lozano

Graduated in nursing from FEF. Master in Nursing from the Faculty of Medicine of São José do Rio Preto - FAMERP. Member of the Brazilian Network of Nursing in Patient Safety-REBRAENSP. Professor in the Nursing course at Fundação Educacional de Fernandópolis - FEF and in the Medicine course at Universidade Brasil.

José Martins Pinto Neto

Graduated in nursing from FEF. PhD by the Public Health Program at USP. Professor in the Nursing course at Fundação Educacional de Fernandópolis - FEF and in the Medicine course at Universidade Brasil.

Rogério Rodrigo Ramos

Graduated in Nursing from FEF. Master in Biomedical Engineering from Camilo Castelo Branco University. PhD in Health Sciences from the Faculty of Medicine of São José do Rio Preto - FAMERP. Professor at the University of Brazil of Medicine and Dentistry courses. Ambassador at Bentham Science Publishers.

Vania Del'Arco Paschoal

Graduated in nursing from the University of Sagrado Coração, doctorate in Postgraduate Studies in Health Sciences from the Faculty of Medicine of São José do Rio Preto-FAMERP. Professor at the Faculty of Medicine of São José do Rio Preto-FAMERP.

Published

2020-11-24

How to Cite

Gomes da Silva, C. F. ., Toneli Nardi, S. ., Wilian Lozano, A. ., Martins Pinto Neto, J. ., Rodrigo Ramos, R. ., & Del’Arco Paschoal, V. . (2020). Risk factors for leprosy identified from cases notified in a period of 15 years. Saúde Coletiva (Barueri), 10(58), 3789–3802. https://doi.org/10.36489/saudecoletiva.2020v10i58p3789-3802

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Section

Artigos Cientí­ficos