The most common disorders in neurological clinic for medico-legal assessment of labour capacity at the Brazilian Social Security System (INSS) in Florianopolis - SC, Brazil

• Published in: Arquivos de neuro-psiquiatria Vol. 59; no. 2a; pp. 214 - 218
• Main Authors: Trevisol-Bittencourt, Paulo Cesar, Ferreira, Michelangelo Antunes, Marasciulo, Antonio Carlos, Collares, Carlos Fernando
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English; Portuguese
• Published: 2001
• ISSN: 0004-282X
• DOI: 10.1590/S0004-282X2001000200012

OBJECTIVE: To present the most frequent diagnosis among patients refered for neurological evaluation to estimate their labour capacities at the unit of National Institute of Social Security (INSS), Florianopolis-SC, southern Brazil. METHOD: Review of all medical records of 108 patients evaluated between October 97 and May 98. The sample was submited to judicious medico-legal assessment to define their final diagnosis. RESULTS: Neurological evaluation disclosed as the commonest disorders, in decreasing order of frequency: epilepsy, rheumatic diseases, psychiatric illnesses, neurological disorders related to chronic alcoholism, head trauma syndrome and cerebrovascular diseases. CONCLUSION: Neurological disorders may be responsible for important disability among workers in our society. However, the potential for social rehabilitation, often underestimated, must be considered. Moreover, diverse non-neurological conditions used to be sent for neurological evaluation.