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Autor(en) / Beteiligte

• Hacker, Mariana de Andrea Vilas Boas
• Sales, Anna Maria
• Albuquerque, Edson Cláudio Araripe
• Rangel, Emanuel
• Nery, Jose Augusto Costa
• Duppre, Nadia Cristina
• Sarno, Euzenir Nunes

Titel

Patients from a reference center for leprosy: Rio de Janeiro and Duque de Caxias, 1986-2008

Ist Teil von

• Ciência & saude coletiva, 2012-09, Vol.17 (9), p.2533-2541

Ort / Verlag

Brazil

Erscheinungsjahr

2012

Link zum Volltext

Quelle

Free E-Journal (出版社公開部分のみ）

Beschreibungen/Notizen

• The scope of this study was to compare epidemiological data on leprosy patients living in two cities with different socioeconomic and endemic profiles that were monitored in a single center of reference. A descriptive study was made of data from patients in the Souza Araújo Outpatient facility treated in the period 1986-2008, who were resident in the cities of Rio de Janeiro = 1353) and Duque de Caxias (n = 336). Among patients from Duque de Caxias, in comparison with patients from Rio de Janeiro, there was a higher proportion of cases: below the age of 15 years, multibacillary, higher initial bacilloscopic index (BI) and cases detected through surveillance of contacts. Patients in Duque de Caxias had lower average incomes and education levels. There were no statistically significant differences regarding gender, disability level, reaction in the diagnosis, final BI, bandonment and regularity of treatment. The differences found between the patients monitored in a single center of reference, could be partly related to contextual differences between the municipalities. On the other hand, it was observed that the provision of treatment and monitoring can minimize the effect of different contextual factors on health outcomes.