Impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on compulsory notification of meningitis during the first wave of the pandemic in Brazil: an ecological study using P-score
São Paulo med. j
;
140(2): 305-309, Jan.-Feb. 2022. graf
Artigo
em Inglês
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| ID: biblio-1366034
ABSTRACT
Abstract BACKGROUND:
Meningitis is listed as one of the diseases requiring compulsory notification in Brazil. It can affect all age groups and also has no seasonality. Cases can be recorded in all months of the year and in all states of Brazil. Despite its importance, the obligation of immediate notification may have been compromised by the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic.OBJECTIVE:
To analyze the immediate impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on compulsory notifications of meningitis in Brazil and its states during the first wave of the pandemic. DESIGN ANDSETTING:
This was an ecological study involving all confirmed cases of meningitis in Brazil, in its regions and in its states.METHODS:
Data for the months from 2015 to 2020 were obtained from the database of the Notifiable Diseases Information System (Sistema de Informação de Agravos de Notificação, SINAN), in the Department of Informatics of the National Health System (Departamento de Informática do Sistema Único de Saúde, DATASUS). The P-score was used to obtain the percentage change in the numbers of cases reported in 2020.RESULTS:
A 45.7% reduction in notifications of meningitis in Brazil was observed. Regarding the regions and the states, with the exception of Roraima, all of them showed a negative P-score, with decreasing curves each month.CONCLUSION:
The pandemic caused a negative impact on meningitis notifications in Brazil.
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Índice:
LILACS (Américas)
Assunto principal:
COVID-19
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Meningite
Tipo de estudo:
Estudo de rastreamento
País/Região como assunto:
América do Sul
/
Brasil
Idioma:
Inglês
Revista:
São Paulo med. j
Assunto da revista:
Cirurgia Geral
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Cincia
/
Ginecologia
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Medicina
/
Medicina Interna
/
Obstetr¡cia
/
Pediatria
/
Sa£de Mental
/
Sa£de P£blica
Ano de publicação:
2022
Tipo de documento:
Artigo
País de afiliação:
Brasil
Instituição/País de afiliação:
Universidade Federal de Alagoas (UFAL)/BR
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Universidade Federal de Alagoas/BR
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Universidade Federal do Vale do São Francisco (UNIVASF)/BR
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