Epidemiological characteristics of patients with Chagas Disease

Abstract

The Chagas Disease is an infection caused by Trypanosoma cruzy, transmitted to a hematophague insect, transfused blood or birth, with evolution divided in acute and chronic phases. Object: Analyses variables from patients with Chagas Disease (CD): age, gender, education, prevalence, and presence of co morbid and work. Methodology: The study region is constituted by many peripheral neighborhoods from Montes Claros City- Minas Gerais- Brazil. The study was made with 7150 registered people in the local health unit (Programa Saúde da Família), Tancredo Neves. The information about Chagas Disease was obtaining from ‘A’ files, this present in virtual information program. Take a part in the study only patients with the confirmed diagnostic of Chagas Disease in two diagnostic methods different. Results: The prevalence of Chagas Disease were 1% (86 patients), 60% of cases belong of female gender. The middle age at the men was 47,5 years and the woman was 48,6 years. The main occupation were: retired 9,3%, general services 51,1%, house-wife 17,4%, unemployment 18,5%, students 1,1% and autonomous 1,1%. The analysis of schooling demonstrates: 27,9% was illiterate, 68,6% does not have completely the primary school and 2,3% has completely the second school. The co morbid more seen were the Systemic Hypertension Arterial (SHA). Conclusion: The epidemiological profile in the study site is of the an adult patient with the age between 40-50 years, female gender, with schooling low, working in general services and with SHA were the co morbid.