MORBIMORTALIDADE DA DENGUE EM IDOSOS NO BRASIL - DENGUE MORBIDITY AND MORTALITY IN ELDERLY IN BRAZIL

• Main Authors: Annah Rachel Graciano, Luís Pedro Ferreira de Assis, Andressa Meline Cozer, Vitória Castilho Amâncio, Júlia Maria Rodrigues de Oliveira
• Format: Article
• Language: Portuguese
• Published: UniEVANGÉLICA 2017-07-01
• Series: Revista Educação em Saúde
• Subjects: Dengue; Health Services Research; Preventive medicine
• Online Access: http://revistas.unievangelica.edu.br/index.php/educacaoemsaude/article/view/2383/2040

Objective: To determine the prevalence and specific dengue coefficients of mortality in Brazil in the elderly population correlating the rates by male and female. Methods: Analytical ecological study with temporal trend of design. It was used as data sources Sistema de Informação Hospitalar, Sistema de Informação de Mortalidade and Instituto Brasileiro de Geografia e Estatística. The population corresponded to the elderly aged between 60 years to 100 attended at Brazilian public health system whom were diagnosed with dengue between 2008 and 2015. Results: The prevalence rates did not change in the general population between the years 2008 and 2015. There was a significant increase in the number of deaths from dengue. In the elderly group, the prevalence increased substantially, and the specific mortality analysis in this group showed higher values than the mortality of the general population affected by dengue. Conclusions: It is very important to underline studies on the involvement of dengue in elderly groups for the development of public politics and the creation of specific protocols for the diagnosis and treatment in that age group, considering the lack of scientific evidence to entail proper conduct in handling such patients