Clinical and epidemiological aspects of elderly patients with Chikungunya fever

Objectives: to characterize the clinical and epidemiological aspects of elderly people affected by Chikungunya fever. Methods: cross-sectional and retrospective study of confirmed cases of Chikungunya fever in elderly people. Frequencies and percentages were calculated for categorical variables. The...

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Published in:Rev. RENE Vol. 20; no. 20; p. e41184
Main Authors: Andrade, Maria Sandra, Quirino, Evelyn Maria Braga, Souza, Slayne Rayane Gomes de, Silva, Mônica Alice Santos, Dourado, Cynthia Angélica Ramos Oliveira, Pinho, Clarissa Mourão
Format: Journal Article
Language:English
Published: Universidade Federal do Ceará 01-01-2019
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Summary:Objectives: to characterize the clinical and epidemiological aspects of elderly people affected by Chikungunya fever. Methods: cross-sectional and retrospective study of confirmed cases of Chikungunya fever in elderly people. Frequencies and percentages were calculated for categorical variables. The chi-square test was used for intragroup comparisons of the proportional distribution of variables. Results: three hundred elderly were evaluated. There was a predominance of women (63.0%), with a mean age of 70.49 years, brown and black skin color (92.0%), living in the urban area (95.3%), reporting the disease in the chronic phase (57.3%), requiring hospitalization (74.3%), and with comorbidities (63.0%). The most prevalent symptoms were fever and arthralgia (100.0%), headache (98.0%), and low back pain (96.3%). Conclusion: cases of Chikungunya fever tend to be more severe in elderly patients and have greater clinical repercussions, especially with the presence of symptoms of pain. Objetivos: caracterizar os aspectos clínicos e epidemiológicos dos idosos acometidos pela febre de Chikungunya. Métodos: estudo transversal e retrospectivo de casos confirmados de febre de Chikungunya em idosos. Para as variáveis categóricas foram calculadas as frequências e percentuais. Utilizou-se o teste qui-quadro para comparação de proporções das distribuições das variáveis intragrupos. Resultados: foram avaliados 300 idosos com predominância de mulheres (63,0%), idade média de 70,49 anos, cores parda e preta (92,0%), moradores da zona urbana (95,3%), notificados na fase crônica da doença (57,3%), que necessitaram de hospitalização (74,3%) e com comorbidades (63,0%). Os sintomas mais prevalentes foram febre e artralgia (100,0%), cefaleia (98,0%) e lombalgias (96,3%). Conclusão: os casos de febre de Chikungunya tendem a ser mais graves em pacientes idosos e com maiores repercussões clínicas, em especial com a presença de sintomas álgicos.
ISSN:2175-6783
2175-6783
DOI:10.15253/2175-6783.20192041184