Elderly Profile with Leprosy in Pará between the Years 2015 to 2018

Viviane Ferraz Ferreira de Aguiar, Dayara de Nazaré Rosa de Carvalho, Jaqueline Dantas Neres Martins, Jéssica Maria Lins da Silva, Manuela Cristina Gouveia do Amaral, Lucrecia Aline Cabral Formigosa, Gabrielle Cecília Lobo da Costa, Raquel Castilho Sardinha, Cíntia Maria da Silva Gomes, Ewellyn Natália Assunção Ferreira, Márcia Rafaela Tavares Lobato, Renata Ferreira Magno, Bianca Pires Santos, Thanaira Aicha Fernandes Maciel, Rafael Everton Assunção Ribeiro da Costa, Sara Melissa Lago Sousa, Antônia Margareth Moita Sá, Ivonete Vieira Pereira Peixoto, Daniele Melo Sardinha

Leprosy; Aging; Epidemiology.

Objective: To identify the epidemiological profile of elderly people with leprosy in the State of Pará in the 2015-2018 historical series. METHOD: The study is epidemiological, retrospective, descriptive-exploratory, with a quantitative approach and with data extracted from the Department of Informatics of the Unified Health System, on the diagnosed cases of leprosy in the elderly in the period 2015-2018 in the state of Pará. RESULTS: A total of 1,782 cases of leprosy were found in the elderly in the 2015-2018 period in Pará, with a predominance of males, with the most prevalent form being dimorphic and the most disabling grade was grade 0. In addition, the multibacillary diagnosis presented the highest index of cases. CONCLUSION: The importance of adequate and continuous treatment is emphasized in order to combat possible complications of Hanse’n's disease, promoting an improvement in the quality of life of these patients.

10.22161/ijaers.73.60