People with Disabilities and COVID-19 in the state of Espírito Santo, Brazil: between invisibility and lack of Public Policies.

Autor: Melo DCF; Programa de Pós-Graduação em Educação, Universidade Federal do Espírito Santo (UFES). Av. Fernando Ferrari 514, Goiabeiras. 29075-910 Vitória ES Brasil. dochris.ferrari@gmail.com., Siqueira PC; Programa de Pós-Graduação em Saúde Coletiva, UFES. Vitória ES Brasil., Maciel ELN; Programa de Pós-Graduação em Saúde Coletiva, UFES. Vitória ES Brasil., Delcarro JCS; Programa de Mestrado Profissional EDUCIMAT, Instituto Federal do Espírito Santo (IFES). Vitória ES Brasil., Robaina IMM; Departamento de Geografia, UFES. Vitória ES Brasil., Jabor PM; Instituto Jones dos Santos Neves (IJSN). Vitória ES Brasil., Goncalves Junior E; Centro de Ciências Exatas, UFES. Vitória ES Brasil., Zandonade E; Programa de Pós-Graduação em Saúde Coletiva, UFES. Vitória ES Brasil.
Jazyk: Portuguese; English
Zdroj: Ciencia & saude coletiva [Cien Saude Colet] 2022 Nov; Vol. 27 (11), pp. 4203-4212. Date of Electronic Publication: 2022 Jun 24.
DOI: 10.1590/1413-812320222711.08232022
Abstrakt: This article aims to analyze the profile of people with disabilities among the cases notified by the COVID-19 panel of Espírito Santo and the possible associations with the positive result of the COVID-19 test. Descriptive cross-sectional study among people with disabilities with positive and negative tests for the diagnosis of COVID-19. Associations of epidemiological and clinical variables were performed using the chi-square test and logistic regression models to estimate the odds ratio. Lethality rate of COVID-19 was 4.9% (175 cases) in the group of people with disabilities, and 3% (3,016) in the group without disabilities. People with disabilities, male (OR=1.34; 95%CI 1.22-1.47), race/black color (OR=1.55; 95%CI 1.09-2.20), and those who were hospitalized (OR=2.27; 95%CI 1.71-3.02) were associated with positive tests for COVID-19. The pandemic emphasizes the need to create specific legal care mechanisms and targeted public policies for this population.
Databáze: MEDLINE