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OBJETIVO: descrever as proporções de abandono do tratamento segundo características sociodemográficas e clínico-epidemiológicas dos casos novos de tuberculose no estado de Pernambuco, Brasil. MÉTODOS: estudo ecológico descritivo, com dados do Sistema de Informação de Agravos de Notificação (Sinan) referentes ao período 2001-2014; a Gerência Regional de Saúde (GERES) calculou a proporção de abandono. RESULTADOS: dos 57.015 novos casos, 6.474 (11,3%) abandonaram o tratamento, representando decréscimo de 16,4% (2001) para 9,3% (2014); as GERES I Recife, III Palmares, IV Caruaru, VIII Petrolina e IX Ouricuri ainda apresentavam proporção de abandono >5% em 2014; essa proporção foi maior para homens (11,9%), de 20-39 anos (12,7%), com Ensino Fundamental incompleto (12,1%), negros (13,7%), institucionalizados (12,5%) e da forma clínica pulmonar + extrapulmonar (14,1%). CONCLUSÃO: apesar do decréscimo, a proporção de abandono continuava elevada; homens, adultos, com baixa escolaridade, negros, institucionalizados e portadores de tuberculose pulmonar mais extrapulmonar demonstram maior predisposição ao abandono.
OBJETIVO: describir las proporciones de abandono según características sociodemográficas y clínico-epidemiológicas de los nuevos casos en tratamiento para tuberculosis, en Pernambuco, Brasil. MÉTODOS: estudio ecológico descriptivo con datos del Sistema de Información sobre enfermedades de notificación obligatoria, en el período 2001-2014; la Gerencia Regional de Salud (GERES) calculó la proporción de abandono. RESULTADOS: de los 57.015 nuevos casos, 6.474 (11,3%) abandonaron el tratamiento, disminución del 16,4% (2001) al 9,3% (2014); las GERES I Recife, III Palmares, IV Caruaru, VIII Petrolina y IX Ouricuri tenían una proporción de abandono >5% en 2014; la proporción fue mayor en hombres (11,9%), entre 20-39 años (12,7%), con educación primaria incompleta (12,1%), negros (13,7%), institucionalizados (12,5%) y con presentación clínica pulmonar + extra pulmonar (14,1%). CONCLUSIÓN: a pesar de la disminución, la proporción de abandono se mantuvo alta; hombres, adultos con bajo nivel de educación, negros, institucionalizados y con tuberculosis pulmonar + extra pulmonar demuestran mayor predisposición al abandono.
OBJECTIVE: to describe abandonment rates according to sociodemographic, clinical and epidemiological characteristics of new tuberculosis cases being treated in Pernambuco State, Brazil. METHODS: this is a descriptive ecological study using data from the Information System for Notifiable Diseases from 2001 to 2014; the abandonment rate was calculated by the Regional Administration on Health (GERES). RESULTS: of the 57,015 new cases, 6,474 (11.3%) abandoned treatment, although abandonment decreased from 16.4% (2001) to 9.3% (2014); the abandonment rate in GERES I Recife, III Palmares, IV Caruaru, VIII Petrolina and IX Ouricuri was still >5% in 2014; the rate was higher in males (11.9%), people aged 20-39 (12.7%), people with incomplete elementary school (12.1%), black-skinned people (13.7%), institutionalized people (12.5%) and those with pulmonary + extrapulmonary tuberculosis (14.1%). CONCLUSION: despite the decrease, the abandonment rate remained high; males, adults with low education level, black-skinned people, institutionalized patients and patients with pulmonary + extrapulmonary tuberculosis seemed more prone to abandoning treatment.
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Humanos , Masculino , Femenino , Recién Nacido , Lactante , Preescolar , Niño , Adolescente , Adulto , Persona de Mediana Edad , Anciano , Tuberculosis , Negativa del Paciente al Tratamiento , Cumplimiento de la Medicación , Epidemiología DescriptivaRESUMEN
OBJECTIVE: to describe abandonment rates according to sociodemographic, clinical and epidemiological characteristics of new tuberculosis cases being treated in Pernambuco State, Brazil. METHODS: this is a descriptive ecological study using data from the Information System for Notifiable Diseases from 2001 to 2014; the abandonment rate was calculated by the Regional Administration on Health (GERES). RESULTS: of the 57,015 new cases, 6,474 (11.3%) abandoned treatment, although abandonment decreased from 16.4% (2001) to 9.3% (2014); the abandonment rate in GERES I Recife, III Palmares, IV Caruaru, VIII Petrolina and IX Ouricuri was still >5% in 2014; the rate was higher in males (11.9%), people aged 20-39 (12.7%), people with incomplete elementary school (12.1%), black-skinned people (13.7%), institutionalized people (12.5%) and those with pulmonary + extrapulmonary tuberculosis (14.1%). CONCLUSION: despite the decrease, the abandonment rate remained high; males, adults with low education level, black-skinned people, institutionalized patients and patients with pulmonary + extrapulmonary tuberculosis seemed more prone to abandoning treatment.