Universidade Federal do Ceará, Faculdade de Medicina, Programa de Pós-Graduação em Saúde Pública, Fortaleza, CE, Brasil.
Universidade Federal do Ceará, Faculdade de Farmácia, Odontologia e Enfermagem, Departamento de Enfermagem, Fortaleza, CE, Brasil.
Rev Soc Bras Med Trop. 2021 Feb 26;54:e03892020. doi: 10.1590/0037-8682-0389-2020. eCollection 2021.
This study analyzed the magnitude and temporal trends of leprosy relapse in Ceará in 2001-2018.
Descriptive cross-sectional and ecological-time trend studies were performed.
We diagnosed 1,777 leprosy relapse cases. Higher prevalence of relapse was observed in men, illiterates, mixed race, multibacillary leprosy, lepromatous leprosy, and persons with visible disabilities. The proportion of relapse increased throughout the study period.
Leprosy relapse is prevalent in certain groups.
本研究分析了 2001-2018 年塞阿拉州麻风病复发的程度和时间趋势。
进行了描述性的横断面和生态学时间趋势研究。
我们诊断了 1777 例麻风病复发病例。复发的较高患病率出现在男性、文盲、混血儿、多菌型麻风病、瘤型麻风病和有可见残疾的人群中。复发的比例在整个研究期间有所增加。
麻风病复发在某些群体中较为普遍。