Leprosy and pregnancy: detection coefficient and proposal for a new index.

Autor:	Palácios VR; Departamento de Saúde Comunitária, Universidade do Estado do Pará, Belém, PA, Brazil., Gonçalves NV; Departamento de Saúde Comunitária, Universidade do Estado do Pará, Belém, PA, Brazil., Bichara CN; Departamento de Saúde Comunitária, Universidade do Estado do Pará, Belém, PA, Brazil., Fontelles MJ; Departamento de Saúde Integrada, Universidade do Estado do Pará, Belém, PA, Brazil., Andriolo RB; Departamento de Saúde Comunitária, Universidade do Estado do Pará, Belém, PA, Brazil., Silva Junior JB; Secretaria Nacional de Vigilância em Saúde, Ministério da Saúde, Brasília, DF., Póvoa MM; Departamento de Doenças Infecciosas e Parasitárias, Instituto Evandro Chagas, Ananindeua, PA, Brazil.
Jazyk:	angličtina
Zdroj:	Revista da Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical [Rev Soc Bras Med Trop] 2014 Nov-Dec; Vol. 47 (6), pp. 798-800.
DOI:	10.1590/0037-8682-0026-2014
Abstrakt:	Introduction: Our study presents a method to generate a novel detection coefficient for the association between leprosy and pregnancy (DCLP). Methods The DCLP was calculated for women from the State of Pará (2007-2009), Brazil. Data were ordered, divided into five equal parts (corresponding to the P20, P40, P60, and P80 percentiles), and classified as low, medium, high, very high, or hyperendemic. Results: Using the new index, we established the DCLP parameters for low (<0.36), medium (0.36-0.69), high (0.70-1.09), very high (1.10-1.50), and hyperendemic (>1.50). Conclusions: The new DCLP is more appropriate than the overall detection coefficient (DC), which does not take into account the particularities of the interaction between a disease and a specific physiological state.
Databáze:	MEDLINE
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